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Kim Jong Un and Putin may meet. What do North Korea and Russia need from each other? 05 Sep 2023 - 05:47 pm
File Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prior to their talks at the Far Eastern Federal University campus on Russky island in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on April 25, 2019. (AFP / POOL / Alexander Zemlian)
Philippines says ready to chair ASEAN in 2026 instead of Myanmar 05 Sep 2023 - 03:54 pm
Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends the retreat session at the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta on September 5, 2023. (Photo by Mast Irham / POOL / AFP)
Great Wall of shame: two held after smashing hole in China landmark 05 Sep 2023 - 10:06 am
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Qantas CEO steps down early as airline falls out of favour 05 Sep 2023 - 09:44 am
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Australia plan to close largest coal power station in doubt 05 Sep 2023 - 09:30 am
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Charges over deadly New Zealand volcanic eruption dismissed 05 Sep 2023 - 09:10 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
Japanese man admits starting deadly anime studio fire: reports 05 Sep 2023 - 08:59 am
People wait in line for tickets to attend the first trial of Shinji Aoba, the defendant in the Kyoto Animation arson murder case, in Kyoto on September 5, 2023. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Biden trip offers little hope to 'desperate' Vietnam activists 05 Sep 2023 - 08:53 am
Vietnam's journalist Le Anh Hung, sentenced to five years in jail, gives an interview in Hanoi on September 5, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
OpenAI chief granted Indonesia's first golden visa 05 Sep 2023 - 08:34 am
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Australian icebreaker rescues stricken Antarctic researcher 04 Sep 2023 - 02:08 pm
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September rains will limit risks to food supplies, India Says 04 Sep 2023 - 11:59 am
A worker ties rope around a loaded truck transporting food grains and other products to retail outlets across the city, at a wholesale market in Kolkata on August 31, 2023. Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP
Japan fishermen, locals seek halt to Fukushima water release 04 Sep 2023 - 11:05 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
Bomb attack on Myanmar border hub kills 5 officials, wounds 11 04 Sep 2023 - 10:16 am
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Storm Haikui heads to China after double landfall in Taiwan 04 Sep 2023 - 10:11 am
People hold umbrellas while walking on the street in the rain in Keelung after Typhoon Haikui hits Taiwan on September 4, 2023. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)
India's moon rover completes walk, scientists look for signs of frozen water 03 Sep 2023 - 05:15 pm
This handout screen grab taken and received from the live feed of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) website on August 23, 2023, shows the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft seconds before its successful lunar landing on the south pole of the moon. (Photo by ISRO / AFP)
Taiwan suspends work, transport and classes as Typhoon Haikui slams into the island 03 Sep 2023 - 04:51 pm
People watch huge waves in Yilan as Typhoon Haikui makes landfall in eastern Taiwan on September 3, 2023. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)
Indonesia introduces golden visa to draw foreign investors 03 Sep 2023 - 12:34 pm
People gather in the park of the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta on August 6, 2023. Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP
North Korea test-fires missiles as part of mock 'nuclear attack' 03 Sep 2023 - 12:15 pm
This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 3, 2023 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting the Pukjung Machine Complex in North Pyongan Province. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) /