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World / Asia

Coffee-fired Ding levels world chess championsip score 09 Dec 2024 - 06:05 pm
Pic by: @FIDE_chess on X
India appoints new central bank chief 09 Dec 2024 - 04:54 pm
Reuters file photo
Philippines arrests suspected depleted uranium traders 09 Dec 2024 - 03:55 pm
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Air India buys 100 more Airbus aircraft 09 Dec 2024 - 03:54 pm
File photo
Evacuations underway as Philippine volcano erupts 09 Dec 2024 - 02:29 pm
This frame grab from video footage taken on December 9, 2024 and posted on the Facebook account of Dianne Paula Abendan shows the eruption of Kanlaon volcano as seen from Biak na Bato village in La Castellana town in Negros Occidental province, central Philippines. (Photo by Dianne Paula Abendan / various sources / AFP)
South Korean president banned from leaving country 09 Dec 2024 - 01:51 pm
This handout photo taken and released on December 7, 2024 by the South Korean Presidential Office shows South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol bowing after the end of his address at the Presidential Office in Seoul. Photo by Handout / South Korean Presidential Office / AFP
Indian teen challenger takes 6-5 lead in world chess championship 08 Dec 2024 - 06:05 pm
Peninsula
Afghanistan's central bank to auction 16 mln USD to stabilize local currency 08 Dec 2024 - 12:49 pm
File photo of the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, used for representation purposes only.
5-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia 08 Dec 2024 - 12:08 pm
Peninsula
South Korea president escapes impeachment over martial law fiasco 07 Dec 2024 - 05:37 pm
(Files) South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol is seen speaking on a television in a train station in Seoul late on December 3, 2024, Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP
World chess championship tied with four games to go 07 Dec 2024 - 04:48 pm
Pic by: @FIDE_chess on X
Australian sprinter, 16, betters Bolt to smash record 07 Dec 2024 - 11:18 am
Pic: Casey Sims / World Athletics shared on X
South Korea president apologises but doesn't resign over martial law fiasco 07 Dec 2024 - 08:27 am
This handout photo taken and released on December 7, 2024 by the South Korean Presidential Office shows South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol bowing after the end of his address at the Presidential Office in Seoul. (Photo by Handout / South Korean Presidential Office / AFP)
Indonesia, Philippines agree to repatriate Filipina on death row 06 Dec 2024 - 03:36 pm
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra (L) and the Philippines’ Undersecretary at the Department of Justice Raul Vasquez (R) speak to reporters after signing documents regarding the plan to repatriate death row inmate Mary Jane Veloso in Jakarta on December 6, 2024. Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP.
Crocodile mauls Indonesia plantation worker to death 06 Dec 2024 - 01:33 pm
Peninsula
Philippine police says kidnapped American feared dead 06 Dec 2024 - 01:26 pm
Peninsula
South Korean ruling party says 'dangerous' president must go 06 Dec 2024 - 01:09 pm
People take part in a protest calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol outside the National Assembly in Seoul on December 6, 2024. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
US pledges $12.5mn to help Vietnam combat illegal fishing 05 Dec 2024 - 06:24 pm
A man stands on rocks as he fishes in West Lake in Hanoi on November 27, 2024. Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP