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Mongolia opposition candidate killed during election campaign 16 Jun 2024 - 05:34 pm
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Chinese Premier Li toasts warming trade ties in Australia 16 Jun 2024 - 11:53 am
Wang Wang the panda (top) chews a box as South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas and China's Premier Li Qiang listen to a zoo ranger at the Adelaide Zoo in Adelaide on June 16, 2024. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake / Pool/ AFP)
Team 'Melodi' woos India as Meloni-Modi video goes viral 16 Jun 2024 - 11:11 am
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New China rules allow detention of foreigners in South China Sea 15 Jun 2024 - 08:32 pm
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BTS mania hits Seoul ahead of 'huggathon' with Jin 13 Jun 2024 - 07:48 pm
Fans of K-pop boy band BTS pose during the annual BTS FESTA, organised by HYBE, the band's agency, in Seoul on June 13, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Unusually heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan will affect 200,000 people, a top UN official warns 13 Jun 2024 - 04:24 pm
A vendor carries chicks in a cage as he rides a bicycle along a street amid rainfall in Islamabad on June 5, 2024. Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP.
Japan enacts law ensuring access to third-party apps 12 Jun 2024 - 03:05 pm
A visitor takes a photo out the window toward the 240m tall (790 ft.) NTT Docomo Yoyogi highrise building (back C) from the viewing deck at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in the Shinjuku area of central Tokyo on June 12, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
Indonesia gangs poached 26 rare Javan rhinos since 2018: police 11 Jun 2024 - 05:19 pm
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Suspect arrested in stabbing attack on Americans in China: police 11 Jun 2024 - 03:01 pm
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Tourists in Japan trapped in out-of-service bus resort to calling police 11 Jun 2024 - 01:42 pm
This picture taken on March 22, 2024 shows tourists from the US walking down a small alleyway as they take part in a snack bar tour in Tokyo. Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
Singapore Airlines offers $10,000 to passengers hurt by turbulence 11 Jun 2024 - 11:42 am
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Chinese Premier Li to visit Australia as trade ties warm 11 Jun 2024 - 11:31 am
(Files) China's Premier Li Qiang delivers his speech during the China Development Forum in Beijing on March 24, 2024. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / Pool / AFP)
Animals killed as fire rips through Bangkok pet market 11 Jun 2024 - 10:07 am
Forensics officers survey the area after a fire at a pet market next to Chatuchak market in Bangkok on June 11, 2024. (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP)
North China bakes under searing heatwave 11 Jun 2024 - 08:13 am
People shelter under umbrellas during heatwave conditions in Beijing on July 19, 2023. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)
Spotted? Leopard-like animal seen at India's swearing-in ceremony 10 Jun 2024 - 06:15 pm
India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Narendra Modi (R) takes the oath of office for a third term as the country's Prime Minister during the oath-taking ceremony administered by President Droupadi Murmu (2L) at presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on June 9, 2024. Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP
India's heatwave longest ever, worse to come 10 Jun 2024 - 02:35 pm
A vendor with an umbrella over his head talks on mobile phone as he wipes his face with a cloth on a hot summer day in Varanasi on May 27, 2024. Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP
Flooding and landslides kill three in Vietnam's north 10 Jun 2024 - 02:03 pm
An aerial picture shows flood waters submerging buildings after heavy rain in Ha Giang city in northern Vietnam on June 10, 2024. Photo by Trong Hai / AFP
Seoul resumes loudspeaker propaganda against North 09 Jun 2024 - 07:00 pm
This handout photo taken on June 9, 2024 and provided by the South Korean Defence Ministry shows unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul. Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP