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4.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia 25 Oct 2023 - 08:02 pm
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China to send youngest-ever crew to space station 25 Oct 2023 - 04:03 pm
Staff members stand before a Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft, on the launch pad encased in a shield at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in northwest China on October 25, 2023. Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP
Dozens of bushfires rage through eastern Australia 25 Oct 2023 - 10:51 am
A Chinese tourist takes a photograph with her phone as she walks underneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge on October 25, 2023. Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP
Old and poor: Thailand sleepwalking towards an ageing crisis 25 Oct 2023 - 10:45 am
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South Korea brings smart agriculture expertise to world 25 Oct 2023 - 08:45 am
A greenhouse at Gimje Smart Farm Innovation Valley. Photos courtesy of South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Filipino listeners cheered by last surviving radio dramas 24 Oct 2023 - 12:39 pm
This photo taken on July 17, 2023 shows Phil Cruz (3rd L), his brother Robert (2nd R) and other voice actors recording their part for a radio drama at a studio of a radio station in Manila. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Foreign YouTuber apologises after free-riding Japan trip 24 Oct 2023 - 09:40 am
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Busan highlights World Expo bid as platform for global collective solutions 24 Oct 2023 - 08:19 am
A view of the Busan North Port, the candidate site for the World Expo 2030. (Photos courtesy of KOCIS)
US renews warning it will defend Philippines after incidents with Chinese vessels in South China Sea 23 Oct 2023 - 05:44 pm
This video frame grab from footage taken and released on October 22, 2023 by the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) through the Chinese embassy in Manila shows a collision between a Chinese Coast Guard ship (right) and a Philippine resupply boat (left) during a resupply mission in Second Thomas Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea. (Photo by Handout / Chinese Coast Guard / AFP)
Bedi: India spin champion and impetuous cricket crusader 23 Oct 2023 - 03:19 pm
(Files) In this file photo taken on April 4, 2003, former India's cricket captain and spinner Bishan Singh Bedi (L) speaks with fast bowler Ashish Nehra during a felicitation ceremony in New Delhi. (Photo by Ravi Raveendran / AFP)
Fifteen killed, over 100 injured in Bangladesh train crash 23 Oct 2023 - 03:07 pm
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Pakistan ex-PM Khan indicted in leaked documents case 23 Oct 2023 - 02:52 pm
Umar Khan Niazi (C), the lawyer of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, speaks with media representatives outside the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on October 23, 2023. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
Japan PM promises focus on 'economy, economy, economy' 23 Oct 2023 - 11:58 am
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers his policy speech at extraordinary Diet session in Tokyo on October 23, 2023. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Manila says Chinese vessels 'intentionally' hit Philippine boats 23 Oct 2023 - 11:53 am
In this video grab taken from a video on October 22, 2023 and released by the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) through the Chinese embassy in Manila on October 23, 2023 shows a collision between Chinese Coast Guard ship (R) and Philippines' resupply boat (L) during a resupply mission in Second Thomas Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea. Photo by Handout / Chinese Coast Guard / AFP
Google hit by Japan anti-trust probe 23 Oct 2023 - 11:33 am
The Google logo is seen during the Google I/O annual developers conference at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on May 10, 2023. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP)
Indonesia's leading presidential hopeful picks Widodo's son to run for VP in 2024 election 22 Oct 2023 - 07:26 pm
A supporter of Indonesian President Joko Widodo's son and current Surakarta City mayor, Gibran Rakabuming Raka takes a selfie with the latter's poster displayed at an event to raise support for his nomination as the vice presidential candidate ahead of the 2024 presidential elections in Jakarta on October 21, 2023. (Photo by Bay Ismoyo / AFP)
Philippines says coast guard ship and supply boat 'rammed' by Chinese vessels at disputed shoal 22 Oct 2023 - 05:52 pm
This videograb taken and released on October 22, 2023, by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) shows a collision between a Chinese Coast Guard ship (L) and Philippines' resupply boat (R) during a resupply mission near the Second Thomas Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea. Beijing and Manila traded blame on October 22, for two collisions between Chinese vessels and Philippine boats on a resupply mission to Filipino troops on a remote outpost in the disputed South China Sea. (Photo by ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES / AFP)
India says it ousted Canadian envoys on interference concerns 22 Oct 2023 - 04:50 pm
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This handout photograph taken on August 15, 2026 and released on August 17, 2026 by VHP shows a firefighter looking at wildfire in the Hautes Fagnes (High Fens) nature reserve. Photo by HANDOUT / VHP / AFP Belgium fire halts short of German border, but not 'contained'
Jesus College, where black academic Jason Arday was a Fellow, is pictured at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, eastern England on August 15, 2026. Photo by BROOK MITCHELL / AFP Cambridge head slams 'racist feeding frenzy' over dead academic
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Takemore Malunga (L) watches as pallbearers carry the coffin of his maternal uncle, a victim of the capsized passenger ferry, at the Kariba Hospital mortuary in Kariba, on August 14, 2026. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) Death toll in Zimbabwe ferry capsizing rises to 68: police
Electoral Commission of Zambia chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis (back row 3rd R) addresses the nation at the 2026 National Election Results Centre in Lusaka on August 14, 2026. Zambia resumed vote counting on August 14 after a nationwide suspension over violence raised tensions nationwide. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP) Zambia resumes vote count after pause over violence

Americas

Duane Davis arrives for the opening statements of his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court in the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 17, 2026. (Photo by STEVE MARCUS / POOL / AFP) Tupac Shakur accused killer was out for 'revenge', jury hears
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Jessica Florez, sister-in-law of the Colombian lawyer Lenny Ruiz, who died protecting her dog Salomon, during the August 10th earthquake in Cali, holds Solomon during Ruiz's funeral in Pasto, Colombia on August 13, 2026. (Photo by Eyder Portilla / AFP) Colombian woman dies saving dog from earthquake
This handout photo distributed by the Indianapolis Fire Department shows flooding in northern Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 15, 2026. Photo by Handout / Indianapolis Fire Department / AFP) / Hurricane Lala brushes past Hawaii's Big Island, bringing heavy rain

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