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November 11, 2026

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A dentist checks a child's teeth at a mobile dental clinic inside a traditional tent in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in August.

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Oct 15, 2026

Mobile clinics battle Mongolia’s childhood dental ‘disaster’

By Mungunsor Purevsuren

Hundreds of thousands of Mongolian children suffer from untreated dental problems due to a combination of unhealthy food and a lack of dental care.

South Korean players celebrate after winning the gold medal over Japan at the Asian Games in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, earlier this month.

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Oct 13, 2026

South Korea soccer players’ boasts spark rethink of military service exemptions

Athletes have previously spoken cautiously about the exemptions, long a sensitive subject in a country where most young men are required to serve.

Jason Kwon, chief strategy officer for OpenAI, speaks to the media ahead of an appearance at New South Wales parliament in Sydney on Tuesday.

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Oct 6, 2026

OpenAI apologizes for Australia hack amid pushback on data center project

An OpenAI prototype sought access to a government health statistics portal, sidestepping restrictions to breach a section hosting private files.

High living costs and housing shortages are fueling anti-immigration sentiment in Australia.

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Oct 6, 2026

Australian opposition vows ‘biggest cut to immigration’ in country’s history

The Liberal-National Coalition’s sweeping proposal comes amid growing anti-immigration sentiment due to high living costs and housing shortages.

Migrants returning from Malaysia look out from a bus upon their arrival at the Myanmar naval base in Thanlyin, Myanmar, on Sunday.

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Oct 4, 2026

Myanmar migrants returned to war-torn nation from Malaysia

The U.N. warns that conditions in Myanmar, consumed by civil war since 2021, mean safe homecomings cannot be guaranteed as required under international law.

Members of the all-women "The Power of Mama" volunteer firefighting team spray water onto smoldering peatland in the village of Tanjungpura, West Kalimantan, Borneo, on Sept. 26.

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Sep 30, 2026

Women fight fires and sexism in Indonesian Borneo

Women are fighting fires in a region where traditional gender roles define women as the main providers of childcare, cooking and cleaning.

Wu Xingyu, an AI animation director, works on a project at the office of China Wit Media, a film and television production company, in Shenzhen on Aug. 17.

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Sep 25, 2026

China fuels rush to turn AI video into an industry

By Ellen Zhang and Alessandro Diviggiano

Local governments are promising to build tech clusters and offering subsidies to AI filmmakers and startups, a familiar industrial policy playbook.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.

Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan

By Elizabeth Beattie

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