North Korea says recent embassy closures are ‘regular affairs’ https://ift.tt/MYWm3uC

China set for abrupt switch from warm to freezing weather in year of extremes https://ift.tt/57bOwFB

India’s New Delhi blanketed by toxic haze, most polluted city in world https://ift.tt/QYVRv1N

Myanmar military will hit back at ethnic armed groups’ offensive: Junta chief https://ift.tt/iLpd9A8

Director of new Godzilla film pursuing ‘Japanese spirituality’ of 1954 original https://ift.tt/yqC350M

China’s Tsingtao brewery says employee who urinated in malt has been detained https://ift.tt/JOucQ90

Indonesian court jails CEO and three others over deadly cough syrup https://ift.tt/ioK5wQ9

Blinken to visit Seoul for North Korea talks https://ift.tt/muC2gtc

Mass exodus of Afghans as deadline to leave Pakistan arrives https://ift.tt/SCrzmvQ

China strengthens capital management rules for banks https://ift.tt/h96xuUj