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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)
Sweden agrees to one Turkiye extradition amid NATO bid 06 Apr 2023 - 08:48 pm
Finland Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto (left) and Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstroem (right) speak prior to attending a round table during the North Atlantic Council (NAC) Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Olivier Matthys / POOL / AFP)
Putin, Lukashenko hold talks on defense, economic ties 06 Apr 2023 - 08:34 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarus's President Alexander Lukashenko are seen prior to talks on union between the two countries at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 6, 2023. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev / SPUTNIK / AFP)
Protests as Sudan marks key anniversary 06 Apr 2023 - 08:14 pm
Sudanese protesters take part in a demonstration in southern Khartoum on April 6, 2023 marking a key anniversary in the decades-old struggle against military rule with new protests against the general. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP)
Covid is still deadlier for US patients than flu 06 Apr 2023 - 07:40 pm
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Vietnam to probe TikTok over 'toxic' content 06 Apr 2023 - 07:17 pm
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Chinese President Xi calls for Ukraine peace talks 06 Apr 2023 - 06:21 pm
China's  President Xi Jinping attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron (not pictured) in Beijing on April 6, 2023. (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP)
Italy's Berlusconi diagnosed with leukemia, doctors say 06 Apr 2023 - 04:58 pm
Italy's Forza Italia party leader Senator Silvio Berlusconi looks on at The Senate, ahead of a confidence vote for Italy's new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Madama Palace (Palazzo Madama) in Rome on October 26, 2022. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli / AFP)
'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
French army fears overstretch at 2024 Paris Olympics 06 Apr 2023 - 02:02 pm
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Japanese military helicopter disappears from radar 06 Apr 2023 - 01:52 pm
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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
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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)