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China executes couple for double child murder that shocked nation 31 Jan 2024 - 09:39 am
People are seen at a subway station in Beijing on January 17, 2024. Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP
Thai police warn Liverpool fans not to fall for Alonso scam 30 Jan 2024 - 02:39 pm
Bayer Leverkusen's Spanish coach Xabi Alonso looks on ahead the UEFA Europa League Group semi final second leg football match between Bayer Leverkusen and AS Roma in Leverkusen, on May 18, 2023. Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years jail: party 30 Jan 2024 - 10:43 am
A vendor sits at his tuck shop displaying posters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan, in Hyderabad on January 29, 2024. (Photo by Akram SHAHID / AFP)
Vietnam, Philippines boost South China Sea ties amid China row 30 Jan 2024 - 10:33 am
Peninsula
Philippines' Marcos blames fentanyl for Duterte's drug accusations 29 Jan 2024 - 11:55 pm
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr delivers a speech during the kick-off rally for the New Philippines movement at Quirino Grandstand in Manila on January 28, 2024. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Myanmar sends representative to ASEAN meet for first time in two years 29 Jan 2024 - 11:18 pm
(L-R) Myanmar Permanent secretary Marlar Than Htaik, Undersecretary Philippine Som leader Theresa P. Lazaro, Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand's Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, Vietnam's Foreign Minister But Thanh Son, Laos' Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, Malaysia's Foreign Mohamad Hasan, Brunei's Foreign Minister Erywan Pehin Yusof, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, East Timor's Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas and ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn pose for a group photo during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting in Luang Prabang on January 29, 2024. (Photo by TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP)
CNN Philippines to close due to financial losses 29 Jan 2024 - 12:56 pm
The logo of CNN Philippines is seen outside their office in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila on January 29, 2024. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Lawsuit filed over 'everyday' racial profiling by Japan police 29 Jan 2024 - 12:08 pm
Maurice (first name only), a US citizen with Japanese permanent residency status, speaks to the media outside Tokyo district court in Tokyo on January 29, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
33 people have been killed in separate traffic crashes in eastern Afghanistan 28 Jan 2024 - 04:57 pm
Peninsula
China sees 189 mln passenger trips on first day of Spring Festival travel rush 27 Jan 2024 - 01:18 pm
Passengers on train No.K4177 wait for departure at Shanghai South Railway Station in east China's Shanghai, late on Jan. 25, 2024. Xinhua/Xin Mengchen
Foreign visitors to Japan rise 6-fold in 2023 27 Jan 2024 - 10:48 am
Peninsula
First Boeing 737 MAX delivered to China since 2019 lands in Guangzhou 27 Jan 2024 - 08:40 am
This photo taken on June 5, 2019 shows grounded China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft parked in a line at Urumqi airport, in China's western Xinjiiang region. Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP
Apple tops China's smartphone market for the first time 26 Jan 2024 - 03:36 pm
Peninsula
Death toll in southwest China landslide rises to 43 25 Jan 2024 - 02:08 pm
Rescue workers search for missing people at the site of a landslide in Zhaotong, in southwest China's Yunnan province on January 24, 2024. (Photo by CNS / AFP)
South Korean ruling party MP attacked in street : Yonhap 25 Jan 2024 - 01:31 pm
A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with a file footage of South Korean ruling People Power Party's lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin, at a railway station in Seoul on January 25, 2024. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
Japan craft made successful pin-point Moon landing, space agency says 25 Jan 2024 - 12:54 pm
This handout photo released on January 25, 2024 from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and credited to JAXA, Takara Tomy, Sony Group Corporation and Doshisha University shows an image of the lunar surface taken and transmitted by LEV-2
Japanese man sentenced to death in anime arson trial 25 Jan 2024 - 11:58 am
A woman (R) walks past as journalists (C) try to record the departure of a vehicle as it leaves the Kyoto District Court in Kyoto on January 25, 2024, following the verdict for a Japanese man who admitted to starting a fire that killed 36 people at an animation studio in 2019. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
More heavy snow expected in Japan after 800 vehicles trapped on expressway 25 Jan 2024 - 11:39 am
A woman walks on the street as it snows in Kyoto on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)