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Chinese tech giant Tencent says net profits soar in second quarter 14 Aug 2024 - 12:49 pm
This photo taken on July 10, 2022 shows the Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen, China's southern Guangdong province. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP)
Pakistan rewards javelin champion Nadeem with $897,000 for record-breaking throw at Paris Olympics 13 Aug 2024 - 10:43 pm
Arshad Nadeem (R), Pakistan's javelin gold medallist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, hugs his mother Raziah Parveen upon his arrival at his hometown in Mian Channu on August 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Bangladesh ex-Premier Hasina calls for probe into killings during unrest that led to her ouster 13 Aug 2024 - 07:37 pm
Sheikh Hasina speaks as she is sworn in for her fourth spell as Bangladesh's prime minister at the Presidential Palace in Dhaka on January 7, 2019. / AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN
North Korea reports 'fierce' heat as peninsula bakes 13 Aug 2024 - 06:19 pm
A woman uses an umbrella as she walks along the Mirae Scientists Street in Pyongyang during high temperatures on August 13, 2024. (Photo by KIM Won Jin / AFP)
Filipino gymnast with 2 Olympic golds in Paris gets hero's welcome, free buffets for life 13 Aug 2024 - 05:34 pm
Philippines' Carlos Yulo (L), Paris 2024 Olympic Games double gold medalist in gymnastics shakes hands with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. upon his arrival at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Basilio H SEPE / POOL / AFP)
Pilot crashed helicopter into Australian hotel after farewell party 13 Aug 2024 - 03:05 pm
This frame grab taken from video footage provided by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on August 12, 2024, via AFPTV shows a piece of the helicopter lying on a roadside after a helicopter crashed into the roof of a Hilton hotel in Cairns on August 12, 2024, killing the pilot and igniting a blaze on the building's roof. (Photo by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) / AFP)
South Korean sniffer dog searches for post-Olympic bedbugs 13 Aug 2024 - 02:27 pm
This photo taken on August 8, 2024 shows a sniffer dog from hygiene services company CESCO taking part in a demonstration of bed bug detection in passengers' luggage at Incheon International Airport's Terminal 2 in Incheon. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Thousands cancel trips in Japan after megaquake alert 13 Aug 2024 - 02:19 pm
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shinjuku area of central Tokyo on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
Death toll mounting from South Asia's devastating monsoon 13 Aug 2024 - 01:43 pm
This handout photograph taken on August 1, 2024 and released by Humane Society International, India, shows an aerial view of the tea plantations after landslides in Wayanad. Photo by Hemanth Byatroy / Humane Society International, India / AFP
4.9 magnitude earthquake hits Eastern Indonesia 13 Aug 2024 - 10:23 am
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UN slams surge in violence in Myanmar 12 Aug 2024 - 10:07 pm
This photo taken on August 10, 2024 shows destroyed and damaged buildings in Lashio in Myanmar's northern Shan State, following fighting between Myanmar's military and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in the region. (Photo by AFP)
Tropical storm Maria Disrupts air, travel in Northeastern Japan 12 Aug 2024 - 07:59 pm
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Bangladesh interim leader Yunus says resignations of officials close to the ousted Hasina are legal 12 Aug 2024 - 06:57 pm
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (C) speaks during a press conference upon his arrival at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on August 8, 2024. 
 (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Bangladesh is experiencing a 'student-led revolution': Yunus 12 Aug 2024 - 04:08 pm
Police vehicles that were burned during anti-government demonstrations are seen inside the compound of a police station as students volunteering to maintain law and order are in control of the Jatrabari Police Station in Dhaka on August 11, 2024. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and his newly named interim government set out on August 9 to restore
Singapore Airlines plane brake glitch forces runway closure in Japan 12 Aug 2024 - 12:38 pm
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Storm dumps intense rainfall on northern Japan, sending some people to shelters 12 Aug 2024 - 12:31 pm
A man walks past a flooded road in the wake of
Japan spends 5.92 tln yen in single-day record to curb currency fall in April 11 Aug 2024 - 06:41 pm
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Afghan govt announces victory day as public holiday 11 Aug 2024 - 06:16 pm
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