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Japan's worst wildfire in half a century spreads 04 Mar 2025 - 01:47 pm
This picture taken on March 3, 2025 shows people watching a wildfire which approaches a village from the fishing port of Ofunato city in Iwate prefecture. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)
Chinese lessons in Saudi schools show growing ties 04 Mar 2025 - 01:23 pm
Pupils attend a Mandarin language lesson at a school in Riyadh on February 2, 2025. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)
Trade wars intensify as US tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China take force 04 Mar 2025 - 09:26 am
(Files) The Canadian and US flags fly near the Canada-US border in Blackpool, Quebec, Canada, on February 2, 2025.  (Photo by Andrej Ivanov / AFP)
Philippine Air Force fighter goes missing during 'tactical' operation 04 Mar 2025 - 08:22 am
A Philippine Air Force FA-50 multirole light fighter aircraft flies past at the Clark Air Base in Angeles City, Pampanga province on November 18, 2015. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Trump suggests Zelensky 'won't be around very long' without deal 04 Mar 2025 - 12:02 am
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
Israeli occupation warplanes launch airstrikes on Syrian city Tartous 03 Mar 2025 - 11:33 pm
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Dozens of Kenyans rescued from scam centres stuck in Myanmar 03 Mar 2025 - 11:07 pm
Members of the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) carry out an inspection at a work place during a crackdown operation on illicit activity linked to scam centres in Shwe Kokko in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township on February 18, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Pope has two episodes of 'acute respiratory failure': Vatican 03 Mar 2025 - 10:24 pm
A picture taken at night shows the statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli University Hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized with pneumonia, in Rome on March 03, 2025. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
Singapore probes final destination of possible Nvidia chip servers 03 Mar 2025 - 10:12 pm
(FILES) This photo illustration shows the DeepSeek and Nvidia logos on screens in Hangzhou, in China痴 eastern Zhejiang province on January 27, 2025. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT
Indonesia needs 4 mln tons of rice for free nutritious meal program 03 Mar 2025 - 09:52 pm
Rice fields in Indonesia. File photo for representation only.
AI, trade tensions mark Barcelona mobile industry meet 03 Mar 2025 - 09:45 pm
People walk towards the entrance of the MWC (Mobile World Congress), the world's biggest mobile fair, in Barcelona on March 3, 2025. (Photo by Manaure QUINTERO / AFP)
Another Bolivia bus crash claims at least 25 lives 03 Mar 2025 - 08:53 pm
Handout picture released by Bolivian Police shows the wreckage of a bus that collided with another one on a highway near Uyuni, Bolivia on March 1, 2025. (Photo by Handout / Bolivian Police / AFP)
Trump says will 'not put up with' Zelensky war stance 03 Mar 2025 - 08:37 pm
US President Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on March 2, 2025, as he returns to the White House. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
Russia bans entry of nine Japanese citizens, including FM 03 Mar 2025 - 08:32 pm
File photo. A view of the Kremlin towers in Moscow.
China refutes Rubio's false charges 03 Mar 2025 - 08:11 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty during a photo opportunity ahead of a meeting in the U.S. State Department Building on February 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Two buses collide in Barcelona, 34 injured 03 Mar 2025 - 07:52 pm
Emergency services members stand next to a bus after two buses collided in Barcelona on March 3, 2025. Photo by Manaure Quintero / AFP
Japanese judge Yuji Iwasawa elected new ICJ president: court 03 Mar 2025 - 07:49 pm
Peninsula
Cambodia records spikes in diabetes, cancer, mental health cases in 2024: official 03 Mar 2025 - 07:19 pm
People ride a ferry at sunset on the Mekong River in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on August 12, 2021. (Reuters File Photo)