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World / Asia

China to require 'security assessment' for new AI products 11 Apr 2023 - 03:20 pm
A man carrying bags of vegetables walk through an underpass in Beijing on April 11, 2023. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
1 dead, hundreds flee wildfire in South Korean seaside city 11 Apr 2023 - 12:53 pm
Peninsula
Punching Pooh: Unofficial air force badge all the rage in Taiwan 11 Apr 2023 - 11:48 am
This file handout photo from Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense released on April 9, 2023 shows a Taiwanese air force fighter pilot, seen wearing an embroidered patch on his left shoulder in an undisclosed location in Taiwan. (Photo by Handout / Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense / AFP)
US, Philippines hold largest war drills near disputed waters 11 Apr 2023 - 09:54 am
Philippines exercise director for Balikatan Major General Marvin Licudine (L) speaks while US exercise director and representative for Balikatan US marines Major General Eric Austin (R) listens during a press conference after the opening ceremony of the 'Balikatan' joint military exercise at the military headquarters in Quezon City, suburban Manila on April 11, 2023. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
$800 million urgently needed for Afghanistan: UN food agency 10 Apr 2023 - 06:00 pm
An Afghan daily worker sleeps on his wheelbarrow while women walk past at a market in Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province on April 10, 2023. (Photo by OMER ABRAR / AFP)
Taliban ban restaurant gardens for families, women in Herat 10 Apr 2023 - 05:18 pm
An Afghan boy selling balloons talks to a Taliban security personnel along a street in Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province on April 10, 2023. (Photo by OMER ABRAR / AFP)
China military 'ready to fight' after drills near Taiwan 10 Apr 2023 - 04:42 pm
Tourists prepare to go on a boat cruise along the coast of Pingtan island, opposite Taiwan, in China's southeast Fujian province on April 9, 2023. China was conducting a second day of military drills around Taiwan on April 9, in what it has called a
Bomb targeting police kills 4, wounds 15 in Pakistan 10 Apr 2023 - 04:23 pm
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Philippines rules out 'offensive actions' on bases US can use 10 Apr 2023 - 11:32 am
Filephoto of President Ferdinand Marcos
Tesla to build battery plant in Shanghai: state media 09 Apr 2023 - 02:55 pm
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Taiwanese celebrate freedom in the face of China's war games 09 Apr 2023 - 02:28 pm
People walk past vendors selling kites at Hsinchu fishing port on April 9, 2023. (Photo by Jameson Wu / AFP)
Seven dead in fire near Philippine capital: police 09 Apr 2023 - 02:20 pm
Peninsula
India's tiger population rises above 3,000 09 Apr 2023 - 12:39 pm
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Third massive whale in a month beaches itself, dies in Bali 09 Apr 2023 - 10:24 am
Members of an environmental task force team inspect the mouth of a dead whale on a beach in Jembrana, in Indonesia's resort island of Bali. (Photo by DICKY BISINGLASI / AFP)
China launches three days of military drills in Taiwan Strait 08 Apr 2023 - 02:28 pm
A ship sails in the Taiwan Strait, past tourists at a lighthouse on Pingtan island, the closest point to Taiwan, in China's southeast Fujian province on April 8, 2023. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)
China applicants make up 95% of Hong Kong talent visa approvals 08 Apr 2023 - 12:08 pm
Hong Kong Skyline file photo
Musk to visit China this weekend with possible Tesla Plant stop 08 Apr 2023 - 11:15 am
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China sanctions Reagan library, others over Tsai's US trip 07 Apr 2023 - 06:08 pm
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy stand together in the Air Force One Pavilion at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library after making statements to the press on April 5, 2023 in Simi Valley, California. (Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images via AFP)