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Philippines posts 4.1 bln USD deficit in January 19 Feb 2025 - 06:43 pm
Market in Manila. AFP file photo.
Hong Kong remains vibrant market for digital assets financial secretary 19 Feb 2025 - 06:11 pm
People cross an intersection in the Central business district in Hong Kong. AFP file photo.
Manila neighbourhood puts bounty on dengue-carrying mosquitoes 19 Feb 2025 - 12:44 pm
A village officer examines a strainer filled with mosquito larvaes for counting at the start of
Bangladesh clashes leave nearly 150 students injured 19 Feb 2025 - 12:13 pm
Peninsula
China's 'Ne Zha 2' becomes highest-grossing animated film: state media 18 Feb 2025 - 06:02 pm
People wait as a screen displays a scene from the Ne Zha 2 animated film at a movie theatre in Beijing on February 16, 2025. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)
Maldivian government to stabilize prices of essential goods during Ramadan 18 Feb 2025 - 05:32 pm
Top view of Male, Maldives. AFP file photo.
South Korean actor released after drugs sentence suspended 18 Feb 2025 - 03:02 pm
Peninsula
Thai police bust $187 million online scam gang 18 Feb 2025 - 01:40 pm
This photo taken on May 14, 2024 shows the skyline in the backdrop of the Bangkok Port as seen from the Mahanakhon Tower Observation deck in Bangkok. Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
Kazakhstan mine collapse traps seven 17 Feb 2025 - 10:30 pm
This photograph taken on October 28, 2023, shows a view of the Kostyenko coal mine, in Karaganda. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)
Mainland spokesperson urges US to stop sending wrong signals to "Taiwan independence" separatist forces 17 Feb 2025 - 05:59 pm
Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, gestures at a regular press conference in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
Indonesia mandates natural resource exporters retain forex revenues domestically for one year 17 Feb 2025 - 05:15 pm
A man smells a local durian at a durian market in Randulanang village in Klaten Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo by Bram Selo/Xinhua)
Sri Lanka budget banks on car taxes to boost coffers 17 Feb 2025 - 02:37 pm
People buy vegetables at a market in Colombo on February 17, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
DeepSeek removed from South Korea app stores pending privacy review 17 Feb 2025 - 12:09 pm
This photo illustration taken on February 17, 2025 in Goyang shows screens displaying web pages of the Chinese AI DeepSeek. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
In Photos: End of the road for Kolkata's beloved yellow taxis 17 Feb 2025 - 11:24 am
This photograph taken on February 1, 2025 shows Hindustan Ambassador yellow taxis parked along a roadside in Kolkata. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)
India capital shaken by 4.0-magnitude quake 17 Feb 2025 - 11:22 am
Peninsula
Fruit feast as Sri Lanka's first jumbo orphanage marks golden jubilee 16 Feb 2025 - 05:22 pm
Elephants return to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage after taking their daily bath in a river in Pinnawala on February 16, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron found dead at home: police 16 Feb 2025 - 05:11 pm
Photo credit: Instagram
11 killed, 7 injured in road accidents in Pakistan's Punjab 16 Feb 2025 - 05:04 pm
File photo for representational purposes only