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Six dead, 40 injured as two trains collided in India 29 Oct 2023 - 08:46 pm
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Families to hold mass commemoration for Seoul 2022 crush victims 29 Oct 2023 - 10:39 am
A bystander attaches a handwritten note next to others left on a wall in an alleyway in Seoul late October 28, 2023, which was the site of the October 29, 2022, tragic crowd crush that killed 159 people during Halloween celebrations, in Seoul's popular Itaewon nightlife area. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Bangladesh opposition chief held after anti-PM protests 29 Oct 2023 - 10:29 am
Bangladesh's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) member inspects a protest site after Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) activists held a rally amid the ongoing nationwide strike in Dhaka on October 29, 2023.  (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Kazakhstan in mourning after 36 killed at mine 29 Oct 2023 - 10:14 am
Relatives of miners sit at the Kostyenko ArcelorMittal coal mine building as a rescue operation continues following a mine fire in Karaganda, north-western Kazakhstan, on October 28, 2023. (Photo by Stringer / AFP)
Bangladesh police break up anti-PM protest with tear gas, rubber bullets 28 Oct 2023 - 04:04 pm
Police personnel stand guard during a rally by Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) activists in Dhaka on October 28, 2023. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Kazakhstan says 32 killed in ArcelorMittal mine fire 28 Oct 2023 - 02:45 pm
This photograph taken on October 28, 2023, shows a view of the Kostyenko coal mine, in Karaganda. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)
Philippines detains nearly 600 in anti-trafficking raid 28 Oct 2023 - 02:11 pm
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More than 100,000 protest to demand Bangladesh PM step down 28 Oct 2023 - 11:45 am
Police (front) stand guard in front of Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) activists in Dhaka on October 28, 2023. (Photo by Munir uz ZAMAN / AFP)
'I couldn't breathe': Seoul crowd crush survivor writes to heal 27 Oct 2023 - 12:06 pm
This picture taken on October 26, 2023 shows Itaewon Halloween crush survivor Kim Cho-long speaking during an interview with AFP at a studio in Seoul. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
Four Japan nuclear plant workers splashed with tainted water 27 Oct 2023 - 11:41 am
This aerial picture shows storage tanks (bottom) used for storing treated water at TEPCO's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture on August 24, 2023. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)
Blast kills two in predominantly Shiite Kabul neighbourhood 26 Oct 2023 - 10:10 pm
Afghan security personnel arrive at the site of an explosion in Kabul on March 13, 2017. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
Beijing logs hottest late-October day on record 26 Oct 2023 - 03:30 pm
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Vietnam fugitive businesswoman sentenced to 10 years in jail 26 Oct 2023 - 02:40 pm
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Error-prone AI chatbot dog leads Japan's elderly astray 26 Oct 2023 - 12:44 pm
This illustration photo taken on October 26, 2023 in Tokyo shows a mobile phone text conversation with generative artificial intelligence chatbot
Seoul creates memorial at site of deadly 2022 crowd crush 26 Oct 2023 - 09:48 am
A man looks at flowers and notes left in memory of victims at the site of the October 29, 2022 crowd crush that killed more than 150 people during Halloween celebrations, in the popular Itaewon nightlife area in Seoul on October 25, 2023. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
4.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia 25 Oct 2023 - 08:02 pm
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China to send youngest-ever crew to space station 25 Oct 2023 - 04:03 pm
Staff members stand before a Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft, on the launch pad encased in a shield at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in northwest China on October 25, 2023. Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP
Dozens of bushfires rage through eastern Australia 25 Oct 2023 - 10:51 am
A Chinese tourist takes a photograph with her phone as she walks underneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge on October 25, 2023. Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP