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Japan leukaemia survivor Ikee to swim at Paris Olympics 28 Mar 2024 - 10:51 am
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Rare bus driver pay strike causes commuter chaos in S. Korea's capital 28 Mar 2024 - 08:30 am
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Xi tells Dutch PM Rutte 'no force can stop' China tech progress 27 Mar 2024 - 06:07 pm
Taken on March 27, 2024 in Veldhoven shows containers of Dutch tech giant ASML, which supplies chipmaking machines to the semiconductor industry. Photo by ROB ENGELAAR / ANP / AFP.
Sri Lanka PM says China to develop strategic infrastructure 27 Mar 2024 - 05:30 pm
photograph released by Sri Lanka Prime Minister's Office on March 27, 2024 shows Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena (L) shaking hands with China's President Xi Jinping before a meeting in Beijing. Photo by Sri Lanka Prime Minister's Office / AFP.
Japan announces possible resumption of funding for UNRWA next April 27 Mar 2024 - 05:08 pm
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Vietnam jails luxury property tycoon over $355 mn bond scam 27 Mar 2024 - 03:20 pm
Chairman of Tan Hoang Minh group Do Anh Dung (C) is escorted by police officers to a court for his trial on fraud charges in Hanoi on March 19, 2024. Photo by Anh TUC / AFP
Japan unveils next-generation passenger plane project 27 Mar 2024 - 03:03 pm
People walk with their umbrellas during a rainy day at Sensoji Temple, a popular tourist location, in Tokyo's Asakusa district on March 26, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Nine missing after Indonesia landslide, flooding 25 Mar 2024 - 03:13 pm
General view of a landslide site in Cipongkor, West Java province on March 25, 2024. Photo by Timur MATAHARI / AFP
Health supplements recalled as 26 hospitalised in Japan 25 Mar 2024 - 03:05 pm
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Five dead, 1,000 homes destroyed in PNG earthquake 25 Mar 2024 - 11:02 am
This photo released by the Papua New Guinea Police and received by AFP on March 25, 2024 shows locals on a makeshift bridge in the flooded Angriman Village in Angoram District, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. (Photo by Handout / PNG Police / AFP)
Philippines says Chinese envoy summoned over 'aggressive actions' off reef 25 Mar 2024 - 07:38 am
Handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies on March 24, 2024 and dated March 23, 2024 shows Chinese and Philippine ships in waters where the Philippines said the China Coast Guard blocked their supply vessel and damaged it with water cannon in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Handout / Satellite image 2024 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
Japan's emperor, empress to visit Britain in June: media 24 Mar 2024 - 01:55 pm
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Two Rohingya found dead at sea after Indonesia ends survivor search 23 Mar 2024 - 01:35 pm
Members of the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) search for missing Rohingya refugees after 69 refugees were rescued from their overturned boat in the sea near Calang, West Aceh, on March 23, 2024. (Photo by Zahlul AKBAR / AFP)
35 Somalis arrive in India to face trial over ship hijacking 23 Mar 2024 - 09:56 am
Accused Somali pirates wait to be transferred to police custody at the Indian naval dockyard in Mumbai on March 23, 2024. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
Malaysia drops controversial citizenship plan after backlash 22 Mar 2024 - 08:27 pm
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Malaysia rejects chance to host 2026 Commonwealth Games over costs 22 Mar 2024 - 04:21 pm
Malaysia's Minister of Communications Fahmi Fadzil answers questions regarding the hosting of the 2026 Commonwealth Games during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on March 22, 2024. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP)
Magnitude-6.4 quake hits off Indonesia's Java island: USGS 22 Mar 2024 - 12:57 pm
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India’s main opposition party accuses govt of freezing its bank accounts ahead of election 21 Mar 2024 - 05:30 pm
India's Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi speaks during a press conference in New Delhi on March 25, 2023, after being disqualified as a member of parliament. (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP)