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Cold wave grips several states in north India as fog delays flights, trains 05 Jan 2024 - 03:11 pm
People ride a horse-driven cart on a cold foggy winter morning in New Delhi on January 5, 2024. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
Japanese air safety experts search for voice data from plane debris after runway collision 05 Jan 2024 - 02:29 pm
A Japan Airlines (JAL) plane taxis past as officials remove the remaining debris of a JAL passenger plane from the runway area at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on January 5, 2024. Photo by Richard A. BROOKS / AFP
4 dead, 22 injured in Indonesia train collision 05 Jan 2024 - 01:46 pm
Search and rescue teams work at the scene of a train accident in Cicalengka, West Java province on January 5, 2024. Photo by ADI MARSIELA / AFP
Singapore to face more extreme weather amid climate change: report 05 Jan 2024 - 12:05 pm
 A man holding an umbrella rides in rain in Singapore, Jan. 4, 2024. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)
Japan quake death toll rises to 94 with 222 missing 05 Jan 2024 - 11:44 am
A general view shows a street affected by tsunami waves in Noto, Ishikawa prefecture on January 5, 2024, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
3 dead, 28 injured in Indonesia train collision: officials 05 Jan 2024 - 09:26 am
Search and rescue teams work at the scene of a train accident in Cicalengka, West Java province on January 5, 2024. Photo by TIMUR MATAHARI / AFP
Popular dining district severely damaged following massive fire in Japan's Kitakyushu 04 Jan 2024 - 02:13 pm
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Search dog finds elderly woman trapped after Japan quake 04 Jan 2024 - 01:07 pm
A rescue dog joins firefighters searching for people in the rubble of a collapsed house in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture on January 4, 2024, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Hopes fade for survivors of Japan quake 04 Jan 2024 - 01:00 pm
People walk past fallen utility poles and damaged buildings in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture on January 4, 2024, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Stabbed S. Korean opposition leader 'recovering well': doctor 04 Jan 2024 - 12:40 pm
South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung, who was attacked in Busan, lies on a stretcher as he arrives at Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul on January 2, 2024. Photo by Yonhap / YONHAP / AFP
Beijing embraces good air quality in 2023 03 Jan 2024 - 02:43 pm
A child walks past a toy shop converted from a trailer along a business street in Beijing on January 3, 2024. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
Soup and sympathy at Japan quake shelters 03 Jan 2024 - 01:49 pm
Evacuees rest at a shelter in Nanao, Ishikawa prefecture on January 3, 2024. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP)
Japan investigators probe conflicting reports on fiery Tokyo crash 03 Jan 2024 - 10:01 am
Officials look at the burnt wreckage of a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger plane on the tarmac at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda in Tokyo on January 3, 2024, the morning after the JAL airliner hit a smaller coast guard plane on the ground. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP
Philippine tourism revenue in 2023 tops pre-pandemic level 03 Jan 2024 - 09:48 am
This photo taken on December 11, 2023 shows tour boats sailing back to El Nido, Palawan province. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
2023 was China's hottest recorded year: state media 02 Jan 2024 - 02:14 pm
People ride sleds on a frozen lake at the Summer Palace during sunset in Beijing on December 28, 2023. (Photo by JADE GAO / AFP)
Japan Airlines evacuates all 379 passengers after plane fire 02 Jan 2024 - 02:00 pm
This photo provided by Jiji Press shows a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024. (Photo by Jiji Press / AFP)
S. Korea protests Japan tsunami advisory inclusion of disputed islands 02 Jan 2024 - 12:59 pm
South Korean emergency workers patrol in front of a seawall with a
Thousands evacuated following Indonesia volcano eruption 02 Jan 2024 - 12:28 pm
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