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• Death penalty for Japan man who killed four in gun and knife attack

  Masanori Aoki stabbed two women in Nakano city before shooting two policemen with a hunting rifle.

• A photo worth a thousand words: Taliban minister with Indian female journalists

  Female reporters were invited after being excluded from Taliban minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's first event in Delhi.

• Foul skies, fading light: How air pollution is stealing India's sunshine

  India’s sunshine hours have fallen over the past 30 years due to clouds, aerosols and local weather.

• US calls for China to release 30 leaders of influential underground church

  Zion Church, founded by pastor Jin Mingri in 2007, is one of China's largest underground church networks.

• India and Canada reset ties after strain of Sikh leader's murder

  Canada's foreign minister visits Delhi as the sides restore ties strained by a murder on Canadian soil.

• Dutch government takes control of China-owned chip firm

  The move, which is aimed to protect supplies of technology, could raise tensions between the EU and China.

• China accuses US of 'double standards' over tariff threat

  Beijing says it could introduce "countermeasures" if the US President imposes an an additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports.

• Watch: Dolphin calf rescued from fishing line entanglement

  The mother and calf were spotted in late September, with the young dolphin’s swimming ability noticeably impeded by a fishing line caught around its tail.

• Afghan Taliban says Pakistani troops killed in 'retaliatory' border attacks

  The attacks came days after Pakistan was accused of bombing a market inside Afghanistan.

• KPop Demon Hunters directors on Oscar chances and a possible sequel

  The co-directors of Netflix's most watched film ever say "there's more we can do with these characters"

• Indian student captured by Ukraine joined Russian army to avoid drug charges, says mother

  Gujarat’s Sahil Majothi joined the Russian army to avoid jail over alleged drug charges.

• Watch: North Korea shows off huge missile at military parade

  Named the Hwasong-20, its size suggests that it could carry multiple nuclear warheads.

• Why AI is being trained in rural India

  Smaller Indian towns are becoming centres for training and correcting artificial intelligence models.

• How the autumn climbing season turned deadly in the Himalayas

  Unpredictable, intense and longer monsoons are encroaching into autumn, turning it into a deadly season.

• How hackers forced brewing giant Asahi back to pen and paper

  The maker of Japan's most popular beer, Super Dry, was hit by a major cyber-attack last month.