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Singapore bids farewell to China-bound panda cub 13 Dec 2023 - 01:30 pm
This handout picture taken and released on December 13, 2023 by the Mandai Wildlife Group shows two-year-old panda cub Le Le attending its farewell event at the River Wonders wildlife park in Singapore on December 13, 2023, as authorities prepare to send him to China where he will join the country's breeding program. Photo by Handout / Mandai Wildlife Group / AFP
Philippines drops foreign ownership case against Ressa 13 Dec 2023 - 01:10 pm
This file photo taken on January 18, 2023 shows Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa talking during an interview with AFP at Rappler offices in Pasig, Metro Manila. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Cyclone Jasper makes landfall in Australia 13 Dec 2023 - 12:37 pm
A motorist drives through floodwater as Cyclone Jasper approaches landfall in Cairns in far north Queensland on December 13, 2023. Photo by Brian CASSEY / AFP
Sri Lanka will get the second tranche of a much-need bailout package from the IMF 13 Dec 2023 - 12:25 pm
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Belt and Road promotes partner countries’ economic, social development: Report 13 Dec 2023 - 08:55 am
A train drives on the China-Laos Railway's Luang Prabang cross-Mekong River super major bridge in Laos, May 28, 2023. (Photo by Chen Chang/Xinhua)
BRI agricultural cooperation help alleviate hunger in less developed countries: Report 13 Dec 2023 - 08:53 am
Kelvin Josephat Kituruka (front), a native of Mwanza who joined the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) as a quality engineer, helps local villagers with access to drinking water in Misungwi of Mwanza Region, Tanzania, recently. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)
Xinhua releases report on Belt and Road cooperation from human rights perspective 13 Dec 2023 - 08:49 am
Passengers take selfies in a carriage of a high-speed electrical multiple unit (EMU) train running on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway in Indonesia, recently. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)
Indonesia asks international community to share burden as more Rohingya boats arrive 12 Dec 2023 - 07:17 pm
A Newly arrived Rohingya refugee walks to the beach after the local community decided to temporarily allow them to land for water and food in Ulee Madon, Aceh province, Indonesia, on November 16, 2023. (Photo by amanda jufrian / AFP)
Sri Lanka introduces hotline for cybercrime victims 12 Dec 2023 - 06:06 pm
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India’s inflation accelerates, fueled by rising food prices 12 Dec 2023 - 04:12 pm
Workers repair a scooter at their workshop in Amritsar on December 12, 2023. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
China facing 'challenges' in reviving economy, leaders say 12 Dec 2023 - 03:24 pm
Snow-covered rooftops are seen in the Forbidden City after an overnight snowfall in Beijing on December 11, 2023. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
Philippines braces for drought as El Nino to persist until 2024 12 Dec 2023 - 02:04 pm
This photo taken on December 11, 2023 shows tour boats sailing back to El Nido, Palawan province. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
'Chip alliance': S. Korean president kicks off Dutch trip 12 Dec 2023 - 01:26 pm
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol (R) and his wife Kim Keon Hee (L) board their aircraft at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam on December 11, 2023, for a state visit to the Netherlands. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Indian state imposes up to one-year jail time for waste management violations 12 Dec 2023 - 11:50 am
Peninsula
Japan's oldest person dies at 116 12 Dec 2023 - 10:49 am
Picture: Fusa Tatsumi in April 2023, shared by Osaka governor Hirofumi Yoshimura on X
Suicide bomber kills 3, wounds 16 in northwest Pakistan 12 Dec 2023 - 08:40 am
Peninsula
TikTok to spend $1.5 billion taking over GoTo’s Indonesia shop 11 Dec 2023 - 04:56 pm
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Philippines summons Chinese envoy over maritime confrontations 11 Dec 2023 - 02:27 pm
Handout photo taken and released on December 10, 2023 shows a China Coast Guard vessel (R) using water cannon against the M/L Kalayaan chartered supply boat (L) during a mission to deliver provisions at Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP)