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India's Verma aims to maintain the winning habit

Cricket - ICC Women's World Cup - Final - India v South Africa - DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai, India - November 2, 2025 India's Shafali Verma in action REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

S’pore’s lung cancer screening study detects cancer in nine participants; all are non-smokers

Lung cancer patient and Solstice participant Kang Kim Choon went for low-dose computed tomography scans as part of the study.

Uzbek president proposes setting up bloc of Central Asian states

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev takes part in the CIS leaders' summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan October 10, 2025. Sputnik/Grigory Sysoev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Suryavanshi smashes second T20 hundred before turning 15

Cricket - Youth One Day Match - England Under-19's v India Under-19's - New Road, Worcester, Britain - July 5, 2025 India's Vaibhav Suryavanshi celebrates after completing his century Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley

Asia stocks crumble as hopes fade for imminent Fed rate cut

Asian markets joined a global sell-off on Nov 14 as hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials doused hopes for a US rate cut in December.

German couple pedal 8,000km to Busan, discovering humanity one country at a time

Mr Philipp Springsguth and Ms Maria West set out from Germany and arrived in Busan eight months later, after cycling through 16 countries.

Asia’s rich lack succession plans as wealth nears $129 trillion

Singapore pulled in US$765 billion in wealth inflows between 2019 and 2024, while Hong Kong attracted US$975 billion.

Murder of the Salween: Pollution, dams and destructive fishing practices affect Karen communities

zlriver10 - Over the past five years, Ms Mu Tee, 22, and her uncle, Mr Saw Ni Say, 65, observed a dramatic decline in the number of fishes they could catch due to unregulated fishing practices and pollution.

Photo: ANIS NABILAH AZLEE

Trump to host Central Asian presidents as US seeks to counter China, Russia influence

US President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 22, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Rice prices in Asia poised to fall further amid bumper Indian crop

Farmers planting rice saplings in a padi field on the outskirts of Varanasi, India, in July.

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