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China can’t get enough of this smelly fruit as farmers fight extreme weather to feed the craving

Malaysian durian farmers face challenges as climate change impacts their crops. Growers like Stephen Chow struggle with erratic weather and rising costs.

 

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Photos from China Fashion Week

BEIJING, China (AP) — This photo gallery, curated by AP photo editors, features highlights from China Fashion Week.

 

Photos from the meeting of China’s National People’s Congress

BEIJING (AP) — The annual session of China’s National People’s Congress is being held in Beijing.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

 

Photos show city balconies united under red flags for Vietnam’s National Day

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — In Hanoi, Vietnam, balconies hold the city’s layers.

French villas lean out with wrought-iron rails.

 

Photos of Vietnam preparing to celebrate 80th National Day

Hanoi, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is getting ready to celebrate its 80th National Day on September 2, marking the Southeast Asian country’s independence from French colonial rule in 1945.

 

Above and below: Photos show all angles at the World Aquatics

SINGAPORE (AP) — Underwater angles reveal the unseen, while high-diving athletes soar with precision and poise.

 

Highlights from the World Aquatics Championships, in photos

SINGAPORE (AP) — This photo gallery, curated by AP photo editors, features highlights from the World Aquatics Championships which are under way in Singapore. ___ Follow AP visual journalism: AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews ___ AP sports: https://ap

 

Photos of the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore

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Furniture exporters in Malaysia race to beat Trump’s 90-day tariff window

MUAR, Malaysia (AP) — In southern Malaysia, furniture manufacturers are in a race against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

 

Malaysia is betting on data centers to boost its economy. But experts warn they come at a price

Johor in Malaysia is being transformed by the construction of giant data centers. The government hopes that the billions in investment as part of a global artificial intelligence boom will help it get rich by modernizing its economy.

 

Beijing’s imperial palace bustles with throngs of visitors in Qing dynasty costumes

BEIJING, China (AP) — In Beijing’s Forbidden City, once the sprawling palace to China’s Ming and Qing emperors and their legions of guards and servants, steady streams of visitors wearing historical costumes pose for portraits, in a fashion of centuries gone by.

 

Scandinavian Airlines medevac plane lands in Malaysian island where Norwegian king is hospitalized

A Scandinavian Airlines medical evacuation plane has arrived in Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi, where the Norwegian king is being treated at a hospital for an infection.

 

Norway’s King Harald, Europe’s oldest monarch, in hospital in Malaysia after falling ill on vacation

King Harald V of Norway remains hospitalized in Malaysia in the country’s northern resort island of Langkawi after falling ill while on vacation.

 

AP PHOTOS: Malaysia ex-leader convicted in corruption trial

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was found guilty Tuesday in his first corruption trial linked to one of the world’s biggest financial scandals — the billion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund.

 

AP Photos: Once a protest fortress, Hong Kong campus quiet

HONG KONG (AP) — Overturned chairs. Empty plastic bottles scattered around. Food leftovers rotting in the canteen.

 

Flights resume at Hong Kong airport as protesters apologize

Flights have resumed at Hong Kong’s airport after two days of disruptions that descended into clashes with police, highlighting the hardening positions of pro-democracy protesters and the authorities in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.

 

Hong Kong airport closure left travelers seeking answers

The reports began circulating near the gate area and were echoed online: Hong Kong airport, a major hub and the starting point for my flight home to Malaysia, might close.

 

China to fund 85% of Malaysia’s revived rail project

Malaysia’s transport minister says China’s Export-Import Bank is expected to finance 85% of a 44 billion ringgit ($10.7 billion) rail link project that will bolster economic development in rural eastern states.

 

Malaysian PM campaigns for successor and former foe Anwar

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is campaigning for his designated successor and former foe Anwar Ibrahim, urging voters to support his return to active politics.

 

Malaysia ex-PM’s wife pleads not guilty to money laundering

The wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najjib Razak has pleaded not guilty to laundering illegal proceeds linked to the graft scandal at the 1MDB state investment fund that led to his shocking electoral loss.

 

Heartbreaking scenes described in Thai boat sinking; 41 dead

A search has resumed for 15 missing tourists on a boat that sank during a storm off the southern resort island of Phuket.

 

Malaysia searches for 26 missing after boat sinks

BANTING, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian rescuers intensified a search Thursday for 26 people who remained missing after an overcrowded wooden boat carrying Indonesians home in a storm sank in choppy seas.