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Daihatsu to resume all shipments after safety test scandal 19 Apr 2024 - 01:50 pm
This picture taken on December 22, 2023 shows a signboard of Daihatsu Motor displayed at its sales office in Tokyo. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
S. Korea govt offers first compromise in effort to end doctors' strike 19 Apr 2024 - 01:15 pm
A medical worker walks past a sign for a pediatric emergency centre outside a hospital in Seoul on April 1, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Indonesia evacuating thousands after volcano erupts, causes tsunami threat 18 Apr 2024 - 11:47 am
Handout photograph taken and released by the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation on April 17, 2024, shows Mount Ruang spewing hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi. (Photo by Handout / Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation / AFP)
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits western Japan: USGS 17 Apr 2024 - 05:54 pm
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Japan records best-ever monthly visitor numbers 17 Apr 2024 - 03:37 pm
A woman takes photographs at Nezu Shrine in Tokyo on April 17, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
High Court orders Pakistan government to restore X in one week: lawyer 17 Apr 2024 - 02:59 pm
Moiz Jaaferi, a lawyer challenging the ban on social media platform X, talks to local media after a hearing at the Sindh High Court in Karachi on April 17, 2024. (Photo by Asif Hassan / AFP)
Philippines' high court overturns ban on vote machine firm 17 Apr 2024 - 02:43 pm
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Taiwan's air force plunges into underwater survival training 17 Apr 2024 - 02:10 pm
Taiwanese air force personnel take part in water survival and aviation egress training in a specialised pool at a base in Kaohsiung on April 17, 2024. (Photo by I-Hwa CHENG / AFP)
Death toll from 4 days of rains rises to 63 in Pakistan with more rain on the forecast 17 Apr 2024 - 01:58 pm
A displaced family carry their belongings to tents at a makeshift camp after fleeing from their flood hit homes following heavy rains in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on April 17, 2024. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP)
Apple CEO says company will 'look at' manufacturing in Indonesia 17 Apr 2024 - 01:19 pm
A man checks an Apple product at an Apple reseller store iBox in Jakarta on April 17, 2024. Photo by Adek BERRY / AFP
Woman, 5 children dead after boat capsizes in Indian Kashmir 16 Apr 2024 - 02:21 pm
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) conduct a rescue and search operation after a boat ferrying people across the Jhelum river capsized in Srinagar on April 16, 2024. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)
Philippines' Marcos says 'not one person died' as police make huge drug bust, in dig at predecessor 16 Apr 2024 - 10:53 am
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (C, in white shirt) and Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos (2nd R) inspect seized methamphetamine drugs in Alitatag town in Batangas province on April 16, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
'The country failed': S. Korea ferry victims' families 10 years on 15 Apr 2024 - 08:12 pm
Yellow ribbon dedications are displayed on the main gates at a port in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, near to where the salvaged Sewol ferry stands, late on April 15, 2024, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the country's worst-ever maritime disaster on April 16, 2014, when the overloaded Sewol ferry capsized off South Korea's southern coast. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Lightning, downpours kill 41 people across Pakistan 15 Apr 2024 - 04:27 pm
Onlookers gaze towards municipal workers using heavy machinery to level the ground after damage due to floodwaters following heavy rains on the outskirts of Quetta on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Banaras Khan / AFP)
Australian police probe why man who stabbed 6 people to death in Sydney mall targeted women 15 Apr 2024 - 04:02 pm
Police cordon off the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall after a stabbing incident in Sydney on April 13, 2024. Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP
Singapore PM Lee to step down, deputy to take over May 15 15 Apr 2024 - 02:47 pm
(Files) Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong during the Singapore Fab expansion grand opening in Singapore on September 12, 2023. (Photo by Roslan Rahman / AFP)
Police arrest man after reports of stabbing in western Sydney 15 Apr 2024 - 02:18 pm
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OpenAI comes to Asia with new office in Tokyo 15 Apr 2024 - 12:23 pm
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This aerial view shows health personnel boarding the cruise ship MV Hondius, while stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 6, 2026. Photo by AFP French citizen was on same plane as hantavirus case: ministry
Picture taken on May 5, 2026 shows a general view of Slovakia's largest mineral oil refinery Slovnaft in Bratislava, Slovakia. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP) Slovakia to stop charging foreigners more for diesel
Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales during her visit to the University of East London in Stratford, east London, on May 6, 2026, where she was set to meet with families, researchers and students, alongside leaders in further and higher education from across the UK, to launch 'Foundations for Life: A Guide to Social and Emotional Development', as part of the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood. (Photo by Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP) Britain's Princess Catherine to make official visit to Italy
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This general view shows the cruise ship MV Hondius, leaving the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 6, 2026. (Photo by AFP) No hantavirus outbreak in Argentina, only isolated cases: expert
A large cargo ship is seen behind migrant boats stacked at the port of Granadilla de Abona, on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands archipielago, on May 6, 2026. (Photo by Oscar DEL POZO / AFP) Plane that left Cape Verde after hantavirus ship evacuation lands in Canaries: AFP
US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on May 5, 2026. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP) US pauses Hormuz escorts in bid for deal, as threats continue
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