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Kim to be shown 'demonstration' of Russian Pacific fleet capability: Putin 13 Sep 2023 - 04:02 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (centre L) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (centre R) visit the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on September 13, 2023. Photo by Mikhail Metzel
China says no law banning iPhone use in govt agencies 13 Sep 2023 - 11:41 am
An attendee looks at the brand new Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max products during an Apple event on September 12, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Photo by JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
Chinese tourists get visa-free entry to Thailand in busy season 13 Sep 2023 - 11:09 am
A general view shows a BTS commuter train as it passes with the backdrop of the Bangkok skyline on June 2, 2023. Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP
Dozens dead in Hanoi apartment fire 13 Sep 2023 - 10:51 am
People watch a fire at an apartment building in Hanoi on September 13, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Hong Kong tech park says data exposed by 'malicious' hack 13 Sep 2023 - 10:30 am
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Children of couple that fled Britain put into Pakistan state custody 12 Sep 2023 - 03:54 pm
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Chinese city hunts for crocodiles on the loose 12 Sep 2023 - 02:19 pm
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Canada's Trudeau finally leaves India after plane troubles 12 Sep 2023 - 11:46 am
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (C) arrives to attend a press conference after the closing session of the G20 summit in New Delhi on September 10, 2023. (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP)
'Moving fortress': Kim Jong Un's bulletproof train 12 Sep 2023 - 09:57 am
This picture taken on September 10, 2023 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 12, 2023 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C) waving as he departs by train from Pyongyang for a visit to Russia. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)
More charges dropped over New Zealand's deadly White Island blast 12 Sep 2023 - 09:47 am
This handout photo taken and released on December 13, 2019 by the New Zealand Defence Force shows soldiers taking part in a mission to retrieve some of the 22 bodies from White Island after the December 9 volcanic eruption, off the coast from Whakatane on New Zealand's North Island. Photo by Handout / New Zealand Defence Force / AFP
Venezuela's Maduro arrives in Beijing ahead of Xi meeting 12 Sep 2023 - 09:39 am
This handout photo taken and released by the Miraflores Presidential Palace Press Office on September 12, 2023 shows Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (centre R) and Venezuela's First Lady Cilia Flores (centre L) being received by Chinese officials.
Australia logging ban to create koala haven 12 Sep 2023 - 09:11 am
This file photo taken on April 28, 2016 shows Oxley Kaylee, a koala that lost an eye and had her left hind leg amputated after being hit by a car, looking on at the Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie. AFP / Peter Parks
Train carrying N. Korea's Kim entered Russia, Ria Novosti agency confirms 12 Sep 2023 - 09:01 am
This picture taken on September 10, 2023, and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 12, 2023 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C) waving as he departs by train from Pyongyang for a visit to Russia. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)
Fukushima nuclear plant's operator says the first round of wastewater release is complete 11 Sep 2023 - 04:33 pm
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)
N. Korea's Kim 'appears' to have set off for Russia: Yonhap 11 Sep 2023 - 02:14 pm
This picture taken on September 10, 2023 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 11, 2023 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C) posing for a commemorative photo with participants of a military parade on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the nation, at an undisclosed location. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)
Macron in Bangladesh to 'consolidate' France's Asia-Pacific push 11 Sep 2023 - 12:23 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) speaks as Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina looks on during the ceremony of signing bilateral agreements at the Prime Minister's office in Dhaka on September 11, 2023. (Photo by Munir uz zaman / AFP)
Militants kidnap six young footballers in Pakistan: officials 11 Sep 2023 - 11:20 am
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Climber survives plunge on 'deadly' New Zealand mountain 11 Sep 2023 - 10:13 am
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