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Taiwan to 'prevent China's interference' in territorial waters: Tsai 06 Apr 2023 - 08:50 pm
A cargo sails in the Taiwan Strait, behind tourists on a lighthouse on Pingtan island, the closest point to Taiwan, in China's southeast Fujian province on April 6, 2023. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
Vietnam to probe TikTok over 'toxic' content 06 Apr 2023 - 07:17 pm
Peninsula
'Unbearable': Vietnam airport construction dust blankets homes, school 06 Apr 2023 - 02:08 pm
This aerial photograph taken on April 5, 2023 shows red dust on rooftops of communities near the construction site of Long Thanh airport in Dong Nai province. Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP
Japanese military helicopter disappears from radar 06 Apr 2023 - 01:52 pm
Peninsula
Japan, land of the hybrid car, takes slowly to EVs 06 Apr 2023 - 01:31 pm
This photo taken on January 27, 2023 shows Atsushi Ikeda, the founder and vice president of a Japanese club for Tesla owners, checking his phone as he charges his Tesla Model S at a charging station in Tokyo. Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
Man charged after taking platypus on train ride, shopping trip 06 Apr 2023 - 01:24 pm
An undated handout framegrab received on April 6, 2023 from the Queensland Police Service shows a man (L) carrying a rare, wild platypus at a train station near Brisbane. (Photo by Handout / Queesland Police Service / AFP)
Massive sperm whale beaches itself, dies in Bali 06 Apr 2023 - 01:07 pm
This aerial picture shows villagers looking at a dead sperm whale (Physeter Macrocephalus) that stranded at Yeh Malet beach, in Klungkung, on April 5, 2023. Photo by DICKY BISINGLASI / AFP
Australian mayor threatens to sue over alleged ChatGPT defamation 06 Apr 2023 - 12:57 pm
In this file photo taken on January 23, 2023 in Toulouse, southwestern France, shows screens displaying the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT. Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP
Four confirmed dead in Vietnam helicopter crash: state media 06 Apr 2023 - 12:50 pm
Peninsula
Chinese tourists to Taiwan Strait shrug off beefed-up security patrols 06 Apr 2023 - 11:47 am
Chinese tourists pose for photos in front of the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of Pingtan island, the closest point to Taiwan, in China's southeast Fujian province on April 6, 2023. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)
Macron meets Xi in Beijing, with Ukraine top priority 06 Apr 2023 - 10:50 am
China's President Xi Jinping (C) and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron arrive for the official welcoming ceremony in Beijing on April 6, 2023. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP)
UN: Ban on Afghan female staffers by Taliban unacceptable 05 Apr 2023 - 07:39 pm
A Taliban security personnel take pictures of his colleague using a mobile phone at the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop overlooking the Kabul city on April 4, 2023. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Thai opposition confirms Thaksin's daughter as PM candidate 05 Apr 2023 - 03:30 pm
Thai candidates for prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (C), Srettha Thavisin (R) and Chaikasem Nitisiri (L) wave to the crowd during an election rally for Thailand's main opposition Pheu Thai party at the Thunder Dome Stadium in Nonthaburi, north of the capital Bangkok, on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Jack Taylor / AFP)
Foreign veterinarians save sick elephant at Pakistani zoo 05 Apr 2023 - 02:09 pm
Pic: Twitter / Four Paws
Jacinda Ardern delivers final speech to New Zealand parliament 05 Apr 2023 - 12:14 pm
Outgoing New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern gives a speech in parliament in Wellington on April 5, 2023. Photo by Mark Coote / AFP
Video probe shows internal damage to Fukushima reactor 05 Apr 2023 - 12:06 pm
This March 29, 2023 handout image provided by the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID) and received from Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on April 5, 2023 shows an image taken underwater by a robot of a rod-shaped structure at the bottom of the pedestal, a structure supporting TEPCO's reactor no. 1 at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima prefecture. Photo by Handout / Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) / AFP
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off eastern Philippines: USGS 04 Apr 2023 - 05:20 pm
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Avalanche sweeps away tourists in northeast India; 7 killed 04 Apr 2023 - 03:20 pm
This handout photograph taken on April 4, 2023 and released by the Indian Army shows rescue workers gather at the site of avalanche that hit the Gangtok-Natu La road in India's north-eartern state Sikkim. Photo by INDIAN ARMY / AFP