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World / Asia

Profile: Xi Jinping the reformer 18 Jul 2024 - 12:40 pm
Xi Jinping meets with representatives from American business, strategic and academic communities at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 27, 2024.
Bangladesh students reject PM olive branch after deadly protests 18 Jul 2024 - 11:48 am
Anti-quota protesters clash with the police in Dhaka on July 18, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Death inevitable, says preacher at centre of Indian stampede disaster 18 Jul 2024 - 08:14 am
File photo of the site in Hathras where the deadly stampede took place.
India navy says nine crew rescued from capsized oil tanker off Oman 17 Jul 2024 - 06:52 pm
Source: Spokesperson of the Indian Navy at Naval Headquarters & DPR (@indiannavy) on X
Bangladesh students mourn classmates killed in job quota protests 17 Jul 2024 - 05:55 pm
Anti-quota protesters and students backing the ruling Awami League party clash in Dhaka on July 16, 2024. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Fire extinguished at China mall, people trapped inside: state media 17 Jul 2024 - 05:48 pm
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Philippines, China to boost communication lines on sea disputes 17 Jul 2024 - 04:31 pm
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Bangkok hotel dead presumed to have swallowed cyanide from teacups 17 Jul 2024 - 02:17 pm
People walk past the main entrance of the Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel in Bangkok on July 17, 2024. (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP)
Tokyo airport trials driverless cargo vehicle 17 Jul 2024 - 07:58 am
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Philippine officials say suspect in killing of 2 Australians and Filipina has surrendered 16 Jul 2024 - 11:45 pm
Source: GMA Integrated News (@gmanews) on X
China's first all-electric telecommunication satellite begins operational services 16 Jul 2024 - 08:55 pm
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Bangladesh shuts schools nationwide after six killed in protests 16 Jul 2024 - 08:46 pm
Anti-quota protesters and students backing the ruling Awami League party clash in Dhaka on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Six people found dead in a Bangkok, poisoning suspected: police 16 Jul 2024 - 06:19 pm
A general view of the street after an incident, in which six bodies were found at a hotel in Bangkok on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
Families buried, livelihoods lost as Afghan storm toll hits 47 16 Jul 2024 - 06:07 pm
Afghan residents shovel mud following flash floods after heavy rainfall at Pesgaran village in Dara district, Panjshir province on July 15, 2024. At least 35 people were killed and 230 injured on July 15, after heavy rain in eastern Afghanistan, a local official said. (Photo by AFP)
Three killed in Bangladesh job quota protests 16 Jul 2024 - 03:01 pm
Anti-quota protesters and students backing the ruling Awami League party clash in Dhaka on July 16, 2024 (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Sweeping floods in the Philippines kill five 16 Jul 2024 - 02:39 pm
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Chinese kindergartens pivot to senior care as population ages 16 Jul 2024 - 02:21 pm
Participants practicing a dance at a kindergarten-turned-elderly centre in Taiyuan, in China's northern Shanxi province. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
High-ranking North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South 16 Jul 2024 - 12:38 pm
This picture taken on December 31, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 1, 2023 shows a ceremony of donating 600mm Super-large Multiple Launch Rocket System in the yard of the headquarters of the Centr