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TBILISI - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) plus Japan, China and South Korea on Friday agreed to provide each other funds in times of emergency such as pandemics and natural disasters, building on their existing currency swap arrangements for the United States dollar and its counterparts.

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PARIS - Police entered France&s prestigious Sciences Po university on Friday and removed student activists who had occupied its buildings in protest against Israel&s conduct in its war against Hamas in Gaza.

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian government will permanently relocate almost 10,000 residents after a series of explosive eruptions of the Ruang volcano has raised concerns about the dangers of residing on the island in future, a minister said on Friday.

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HAWAII - The defence ministers from Japan, the United States, Australia and the Philippines on Thursday pledged to maintain the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region, where concerns are growing over China's increasing assertiveness.

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BEIJING - China launched an unmanned spacecraft on Friday to collect samples of soil from the far side of the Moon, state-run media reported, marking the world's first attempt at such an endeavour.

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California police flatten UCLA protest camp
LOS ANGELES - Hundreds of helmeted police swarmed the site of a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California at Los Angeles early on Thursday, arresting defiant demonstrators and dismantling their encampment.

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