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Boeing, Airbus duel for deal with India SpiceJet

The world's biggest planemakers are wooing the Indian budget carrier for a potential blockbuster order worth about $12 billion.

Drifting world economy skirts the worst but still lags

Call it the drift economy. The world somehow manages to stay afloat yet doesn't go much of anywhere very fast.

'Megathrust' puts millions at risk

A massive earthquake called an "active megathrust fault" is posing a genuine threat to southern Asia.

Why you shouldn't take selfies with loris

Tourists visiting Thailand are urged not to take selfies with slow loris animals after one was found with his teeth ripped out.

Aquariums reinvented in Tokyo exhibit

An exhibition in the Japanese capital is reinventing traditional aquariums of the Edo period

New dress code for Angkor temples

Visitors who dress immodestly will not be allowed to enter Cambodia's famed Angkor temple complex

Discovering the Hawaii of China

Rod Pascoe basks in tropical temperatures on a fabulous - and surprising - resort island off China's southern coastline.

Naked man's attempt to conceal affair

A man has been filmed after reportedly climbing out of his lover's apartment window to hide from her husband.

Japan: Tranquil times in Okinawa

The subtropical islands of Okinawa are officially part of Japan but it's almost like a different country.

Singapore - a homecoming

We had hundreds of entries in our Singapore Airlines giveaway. Our winner, Colin Liddell, tells his story.

Bar fly: Divine, Singapore

Graham Reid visits a huge bar on the ground floor of the distinctive Parkview Building.

Thailand: Going beyond The Beach

Calm washes over me as I listen to the soothing chants of a monk praying in the early-morning sun.

Hong Kong's greatest cheap eats

Cheap, fast and frills-free. Hong Kong's street restaurants have served well-loved favorites for decades. The city's much-loved food stalls are finding new favour, discovers Justine Gerardy

Business class fares slashed to Hong Kong

Newcomer Hong Kong Airlines has business fares out that will undercut rivals when it starts flying to NZ in November.

Identity crisis for NZ's migrant youth

Ann An moved to New Zealand as a child with her parents from China - and still wakes up in the morning asking "who am I?"

Malaysia: Paradise in the jungle

No bananas! I couldn't believe there had been no bananas in our entire village and in the middle of a sweat-drenched 10km jungle trek, I was starting to cramp up.