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Thousands of mobile phone towers go offline in Pakistan after power outage 23 Jan 2023 - 06:32 pm
An aerial view shows Pakistan's capital Islamabad during a nationwide power outage on January 23, 2023. - A massive power breakdown in Pakistan on January 23 affected most of the country's more than 220 million people, including in the mega cities of Karachi and Lahore. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
Pakistan nationwide power outage continues into night 23 Jan 2023 - 06:15 pm
Students attend a class at a private school during a nationwide power outage in Karachi on January 23, 2023. - A massive power breakdown in Pakistan on January 23 affected most of the country's more than 220 million people, including in the mega cities of Karachi and Lahore. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)
Severest cold spell so far this season forecast to hit Japan 23 Jan 2023 - 02:41 pm
Pedestrians walk through the snow in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Saturday. Japan News-Yomiuri.
Former McDonald's restaurants reopen without branding in Kazakhstan 23 Jan 2023 - 02:36 pm
Employees remove snow outside a fast food restaurant, which used to operate under the McDonald's brand and reopened with no branding weeks after the U.S. company left the local market, in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 23, 2023. A sign reads:
'Not afraid of the virus': Wuhan turns page on Covid, three years on 23 Jan 2023 - 11:31 am
People walk down a street next to a local market in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 23, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
It's 'now or never' to stop Japan's shrinking population, PM says 23 Jan 2023 - 11:11 am
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives at his office in Tokyo, Jan 20, 2023. US, Jan 14, 2023. (File photo: Kyodo News via AP)
Pakistan suffers major power outage after grid failure 23 Jan 2023 - 09:49 am
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Japan urges Russia to start annual talks over safe fishing pact 23 Jan 2023 - 09:24 am
File Photo: Toru Yamanaka/AFP
Hosts India crash out of hockey World Cup 22 Jan 2023 - 08:06 pm
In this picture taken on January 20, 2023, an ice hockey player chases the puck on the frozen river Indus in Leh city, India. (Photo by Mohd Arhaan Archer / AFP)
Indonesian President Jokowi's approval rating at all-time high -poll 22 Jan 2023 - 02:35 pm
File photo of Indonesian President Joko Widodo
Japan wins World Pastry Cup 22 Jan 2023 - 12:35 pm
Japan celebrated their third win in the competition after 1989 and 2007 © JEFF PACHOUD / AFP
India blocks 'hostile' BBC documentary on PM Modi 22 Jan 2023 - 12:25 pm
File photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
China reports nearly 13,000 Covid deaths over last week 22 Jan 2023 - 11:42 am
People walk under lanterns along an alley ahead of the lunar new year in Beijing on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)
COVID curbs over, China's tourists hit Thai beaches for first time in 3 years 22 Jan 2023 - 09:40 am
A Chinese tourist rides on an elephant in a jungle park ahead of Lunar New Year in Phuket, Thailand January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Four killed, four critical after Japan apartment fire 22 Jan 2023 - 08:43 am
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Fireworks, flowers in Wuhan for Lunar New Year but grief lingers 21 Jan 2023 - 10:43 pm
People walk on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
China says Covid outbreak has infected 80% of population 21 Jan 2023 - 01:23 pm
People walk on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Hector Retamal/ AFP)
Death toll from Tibet avalanche rises to 28 21 Jan 2023 - 10:42 am
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