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Shelf-sharing seeks to save bookstores in Japan 02 Nov 2024 - 04:20 pm
This photo taken on August 1, 2024 shows Rokurou Yui, president of book review site All Reviews and president of three shelf-sharing bookstores, working at his bookstore in Tokyo's Kanda Jimbocho district, one of the world's largest
Japan urges 200,000 people to evacuate due to heavy rain 02 Nov 2024 - 11:01 am
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Air monitor records pollution level in Lahore 80 times above WHO limit 02 Nov 2024 - 10:49 am
Commuters make their way amid smog in Lahore on November 2, 2024. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)
North Korea says will stand by Russia until 'victory' in Ukraine 01 Nov 2024 - 10:33 pm
In this handout picture taken and released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on November 1, 2024, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui attend a ceremony unveiling a memorial plaque dedicated to Kim Il Sung's visit to the USSR in 1949, at Moscow's Yaroslavsky railway station. (Photo by Russian Foreign Ministry / AFP)
Indonesia adds Google Pixel phones to ban list with iPhone 16 01 Nov 2024 - 04:00 pm
Pic: Google Store
Taiwan races to remove oil from grounded Chinese ship 01 Nov 2024 - 12:53 pm
In this handout photo from Ocean Affairs Council taken and released on November 1, 2024 the Chinese-flagged cargo ship Yu Zhou Qi Hang is stranded around Yeliu Geopark due to Typhoon Kong-rey, in Yehliu on November 1, 2024. (Photo by Ocean Affairs Council / AFP)
Taiwanese driver recounts his narrow escape during Typhoon Kong-rey 01 Nov 2024 - 12:30 pm
A fallen tree blocks a road in Keelung on November 1, 2024, after Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in eastern Taiwan on October 31. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)
Bombing of Pakistan polio vaccine drive kills 7: police 01 Nov 2024 - 11:26 am
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Attackers set fire to the headquarters of a Bangladesh party that backed ousted leader Sheikh Hasina 31 Oct 2024 - 07:52 pm
Flames engulf a military vehicle after clashes between protesters and the police in Mirpur on October 31, 2024. Bangladeshi garment workers furious at job layoffs in the economically vital sector clashed with police and soldiers on October 31, with two teenagers shot and wounded, officers said. (Photo by Md. Naimur Rahman / AFP)
Hong Kong charges foreigner with killing Southeast Asian woman 31 Oct 2024 - 04:09 pm
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Kong-rey among biggest typhoons to hit Taiwan in decades 31 Oct 2024 - 03:40 pm
A man (R) helps a motorist with a scooter amid heavy rain due to Super Typhoon Kong-rey in Keelung on October 31, 2024. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)
Indian and Chinese troops gift sweets at contested border 31 Oct 2024 - 02:36 pm
Indian and Chinese army greet each other along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) near Karakoram pass in Ladakh on October 31, 2024. (Photo by Indian Army / AFP)
Faker: eSports legend and South Korea 'national treasure' 31 Oct 2024 - 12:33 pm
Gold medallist South Korea's Lee Sang-hyeok alias
Snow forecast next week on Mt Fuji, at last 31 Oct 2024 - 12:26 pm
A sign with a photo of Mount Fuji covered in snow is seen at a view point as Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776 metres, looms in the background in Gotemba, Shizuoka prefecture on October 31, 2024. Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
Over 20 hospitalised after fire in southwest China 31 Oct 2024 - 12:23 pm
Peninsula
Flooding from Storm Trami kills five in Vietnam 31 Oct 2024 - 12:19 pm
This aerial photo taken on October 29, 2024 shows cars parked on a bridge to avoid flood waters in Quang Binh province in central Vietnam. Photo by An Xa / AFP
Militants kill two Pakistan police guarding polio vaccination team 30 Oct 2024 - 08:26 pm
A health worker administers polio drops to a child during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in Karachi on October 28, 2024. Photo by Rizwan Tabassum / AFP.
Taiwan battens down for Super Typhoon Kong-rey 30 Oct 2024 - 03:43 pm
People ride scooters in heavy rain as Typhoon Kong-rey approaches Taiwan, in Yilan County on October 30, 2024. (Photo by I-Hwa CHENG / AFP)