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Malaysia ends mandatory death penalty for serious crimes

By Nicholas Yong BBC News, Singapore Malaysia’s parliament has voted to remove the country’s mandatory death penalty, potentially sparing more than 1,300 prisoners on death row. The country has had a moratorium on executions since 2018. But lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly voted to remove the death penalty as the mandatory sentence for 11 serious crimes, […]

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Lazarus Heist: The intercontinental ATM theft that netted $14m in

By Jean Lee, Geoff White and Viv Jones BBC World Service Imagine you’re a low-wage worker in India who is offered a day’s employment as an extra in a Bollywood film. Your role? To go to a cash point and withdraw some money. In 2018, several men in Maharashtra state thought they were accepting a […]

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Dozens killed in blaze on Philippines ferry

By Nicholas Yong BBC News At least 28 people have been killed and 230 rescued after a passenger ferry caught fire in the Philippines. The blaze began in the ship’s air-conditioned cabins on Wednesday night but it is unclear how, officials said. Among the dead were at least three children, including a six-month-old baby. […]

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Amritpal Singh: Rumours swirl in hunt for fugitive Indian preacher

By Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Rumors are circulating in India about the whereabouts of a controversial self-styled Sikh preacher, more than 10 days after he went on the run. A massive operation is underway to find Amritpal Singh, who is wanted in many cases including attempted murder. His calls for an independent Sikh […]

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Rahul Gandhi: Congress holds countrywide protests over disqualification

Leaders of India’s main opposition party Congress are holding nationwide protests against the disqualification of their leader Rahul Gandhi from parliament. Mr Gandhi was removed as an MP last week after he was sentenced to two years in prison in a defamation case. He was convicted by a court for 2019 comments about PM Narendra Modi’s […]

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Jack Ma: Alibaba founder seen in China after long absence

By Nicholas Yong, BBC News, Singapore Alibaba founder Jack Ma, who has rarely been seen in public in the past three years, has resurfaced at a school in Hangzhou, a report says. The 58-year-old has kept a low profile since criticising China’s financial regulators in 2020. Mr Ma was the most high-profile Chinese billionaire […]

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North Korea asserts first evidence of tactical nuclear weapons

By Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent North Korea has revealed small nuclear warheads, which it says can be fitted on to short-range missiles. The North has long claimed it has tactical nuclear weapons, capable of hitting targets in South Korea. But the photos published in its state newspaper on Tuesday are the first time it […]

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Aamir Liaquat Hussain: Pakistan’s shock televangelist dies at 50

By Simon Fraser BBC News One of Pakistan’s most prominent and contentious TV hosts, Aamir Liaquat Hussain, has died aged 50 after being found unconscious at home in Karachi. The anchor was taken to hospital but pronounced dead on arrival. A post mortem exam is being carried out. Aamir Liaquat Hussain switched from televangelism to […]

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Thailand legalises cannabis trade but still bans recreational use

By Frances Mao BBC News People in Thailand can now grow cannabis plants at home and sell the crop after the nation removed marijuana from its banned narcotics list. The nation is the first to advance such a move in South-East Asia, a region known for its stringent drug laws. But recreational use is still […]

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India’s loan scams leave victims scared for their lives

By Priti Gupta & Ben Morris Mumbai When Raj took out a loan for $110 (£87) in March, he thought it would swiftly solve his financial problems, instead it has made his life much, much worse. The Pune-based man had been lured into one of India’s many digital loan scams. Like many, Raj (not his […]

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