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Xi’s frustration at Biden grows with skepticism of ‘guardrails’ 07 Mar 2023 - 02:05 pm
China's President Xi Jinping (C) is applauded as he arrives for the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 7, 2023. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)
Woman arrested in gruesome killing of Hong Kong model 07 Mar 2023 - 01:24 pm
Abby Choi. Source/Instragram
Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan no-show in court, avoids arrest 07 Mar 2023 - 01:19 pm
File Photo: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan gestures as he addresses supporters during a rally, in Lahore, Pakistan April 21, 2022. (REUTERS/Mohsin Raza)
6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks southern Philippines: USGS 07 Mar 2023 - 09:51 am
Peninsula
Women still barred as Afghan universities reopen for men 06 Mar 2023 - 06:58 pm
A banner seen with images of women defaced using spray paint are pictured inside a private university after the universities were reopened in Kabul on March 6, 2023. - Male students trickled back to their classes on March 6 after Afghan universities reopened following a winter break but women remain barred by Taliban authorities. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
Landslide in Indonesia kills at least 11; dozens missing 06 Mar 2023 - 04:03 pm
This handout photo taken and released on March 6, 2023 by the BNPB (National Disaster Management Agency) shows people inspecting the damage at a village that was hit by landslides in Natuna in Indonesia's Riau Province. (Photo by Handout / BNPB / AFP)
Drivers strike over plan to remove aging Philippine jeepneys 06 Mar 2023 - 01:06 pm
A woman stands beside a parked jeepneys in Quezon City on March 6, 2023. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Fire rips through Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, displacing 12,000 06 Mar 2023 - 12:22 pm
Rohingya refugees search for their belongings after a fire broke out in Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhia on March 5, 2023. (Photo by Tanbir Miraz / AFP)
Indonesia to offer incentives for over 235,000 EVs this year 06 Mar 2023 - 11:55 am
Reuters file photo
Iron ore and copper drop on lack of Beijing spending pledges 06 Mar 2023 - 10:51 am
A woman crosses a street at central business district in Beijing on March 5, 2023 (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
Pakistan suicide bomber kills nine police officers 06 Mar 2023 - 10:42 am
Chief Minister of Balochistan Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo, speaks with a policeman receiving treatment, after he was injured in suicide bomb attack in Kachhi district, during his visit at a hospital in Quetta on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Banaras Khan / AFP)
Blinken hails 'historic' S. Korea announcement on Japan 06 Mar 2023 - 09:16 am
South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin speaks during a briefing announcing a plan to resolve a dispute over compensating people forced to work under Japan's 1910-1945 occupation of Korea, at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji / POOL / AFP)
Here are the stranger ideas being talked about at China’s elite gathering 06 Mar 2023 - 08:54 am
File photo of a road in Wuhan used for representation
Fire hits crowded Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh 05 Mar 2023 - 05:22 pm
Peninsula
Indonesia fuel depot fire kills 19; 3 still missing 05 Mar 2023 - 02:57 pm
Firefighters evacuate a victim's body from a house in a residential area in Plumpang, north Jakarta on March 4, 2023, after a fire at a nearby state-run fuel storage depot run by energy firm Pertamina. Photos by ADITYA AJI / AFP
Islamabad police attempts to arrest ex-PM Khan in Lahore 05 Mar 2023 - 12:36 pm
File photo: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan. Saiyna Bashir/Reuters
China defense spending to rise 7.2%, fastest in 4 years 05 Mar 2023 - 12:15 pm
:A security officer stands outside the Great Hall of the People ahead of the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 5, 2023. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP)
For economists, China's ‘conservative’ GDP goal represents a cautious sign 05 Mar 2023 - 12:06 pm
This photo taken on March 2, 2023 shows an aerial view of residental buildings in Haikou, in China's southern Hainan province. (Photo by AFP)