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Panda on loan from China dies in Thailand aged 21 19 Apr 2023 - 12:25 pm
(Files) In this file photo taken on September 3, 2005, two giant pandas on loan to Thailand from China, Chuang Chuang and Lin Hui, eat bamboo at Chiang Mai Zoo in Chiang Mai. (Photo by Pornchai Kittiwongsakul / AFP)
Irish climber dies, Indian missing on Nepal's Annapurna 18 Apr 2023 - 07:36 pm
A member of medical staff helps India's record-holding climber Baljeet Kaur after being rescued from the treacherous Annapurna mountain range, at a hospital in Kathmandu on April 18, 2023. (Photo by Prakash Mathema / AFP)
Fire in Beijing hospital kills 21, says report 18 Apr 2023 - 07:00 pm
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China's military chief vows to bolster ties with Russia 18 Apr 2023 - 05:50 pm
Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 16, 2023. (Photo by Pavel Bednnyakov / SPUTNIK / AFP)
Hong Kong drops behind Singapore in new ranking of world’s richest cities 18 Apr 2023 - 05:11 pm
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Melbourne becomes Australia’s biggest city after boundary tweak 17 Apr 2023 - 04:51 pm
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Apple India sales near $6 billion as Cook begins retail push 17 Apr 2023 - 02:38 pm
People pose outside the new Apple retail store during a media preview on the eve of its opening in Mumbai on April 17, 2023. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe / AFP)
Indian villages under curfew after deadly tiger attacks 17 Apr 2023 - 01:49 pm
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Fishermen at Japan PM attack acted fast to swarm suspect 16 Apr 2023 - 08:57 pm
Police officers investigate Saikazaki port, where Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed from the scene of an apparent
Former Indian lawmaker, brother fatally shot live on TV 16 Apr 2023 - 08:50 pm
Mourners gather alongside the bodies of a former Indian member of parliament Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed after they were shot dead by gunmen outside Kalvin Hospital while being taken for a medical checkup in police custody, in Prayagraj on April 16, 2023. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia / AFP)
China's economy expected to rebound as zero-Covid era fades 16 Apr 2023 - 05:05 pm
People walk in a public park in Beijing on April 15, 2023. Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP
Five bodies, wreckage found in Japan helicopter crash search 16 Apr 2023 - 12:14 pm
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels, including the submarine rescue ship Chihaya (L), search the waters off Miyakojima, Okinawa prefecture, where an object believed to be the missing Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter was confirmed, on April 16, 2023. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Explosive thrown at Japan PM at campaign event; 1 hurt 15 Apr 2023 - 07:42 pm
A man (bottom) is detained after throwing an apparent
Japan PM resumes campaigning after blast incident 15 Apr 2023 - 11:22 am
A man (bottom) is detained after throwing an apparent
Three children killed while playing with bomb in Pakistan 14 Apr 2023 - 06:24 pm
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China's Xi, Brazil's Lula meet in Beijing to boost ties 14 Apr 2023 - 06:20 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shake hands after a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 14, 2023. (Photo by Ken Ishii / POOL / AFP)
Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Indonesia: USGS 14 Apr 2023 - 01:45 pm
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Philippines considers 330,000 tons of rice imports to boost stockpiles 14 Apr 2023 - 01:39 pm
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