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Cyclone recovery expected to cost New Zealand billions 20 Feb 2023 - 11:49 am
This undated handout photo received on February 16, 2023 from the New Zealand Defence Force shows flooding in the Hawkes Bay region in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle. Photo by PLTOFF Callum Post / New Zealand Defence Force / AFP
Vietnam shoe maker for Nike, Adidas to cut 6,000 jobs 20 Feb 2023 - 11:39 am
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High-risk volcano search for Philippine plane with 4 aboard 20 Feb 2023 - 11:05 am
Photo from the Facebook page of Albay Representative Joey Salceda.
Hong Kong airport’s passenger volume surges as China reopens 19 Feb 2023 - 01:41 pm
File photo: Passengers from China's Xiamen arrive at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport after China reopens its borders amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
S. Korea, US and Japan hold trilateral talks on N. Korea 19 Feb 2023 - 12:34 pm
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin meet at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Petr David Josek / POOL / AFP)
Japan bids farewell to four pandas returning to China 19 Feb 2023 - 12:01 pm
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North Korea says it fired ICBM as warning to US, Seoul 19 Feb 2023 - 11:44 am
This picture taken on February 18, 2023 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 19, 2023 shows test-firing of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
Plane crashes in Philippines, search underway for 4 on board 19 Feb 2023 - 09:38 am
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North Korea fires ICBM missile that lands in Japan's EEZ 18 Feb 2023 - 05:00 pm
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno leaves the prime minister's office after a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) on North Korea's missile launch, in Tokyo on February 18, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT
North Korea fires missile as US, S. Korea prepare for drills 18 Feb 2023 - 03:49 pm
A woman walks past a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
12 South African cheetahs arrive for India rewilding 18 Feb 2023 - 01:54 pm
Pic: Twitter / DD News Odia
Cambodians celebrate traditional fishing methods at annual ceremony 18 Feb 2023 - 12:14 pm
Villagers catch fish during the annual fish-catching ceremony at the Choam Krovean commune in Tboung Khmum province on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP)
Four killed, 14 wounded in Karachi police attack claimed by Pakistan Taliban 17 Feb 2023 - 11:14 pm
Volunteers carry an injured paramilitary soldier to a hospital following an attack on a police compound in Karachi on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum / AFP)
Taliban claim attack on police in Pakistan's Karachi, 2 dead 17 Feb 2023 - 08:14 pm
Security personnel take position behind a police vehicle near site of an attack to a police compound in Karachi on February 17, 2023. - A gunbattle was raging on February 17 night inside a Pakistan police building in the port city of Karachi, an AFP correspondent near the scene said. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)
Poor Pakistanis worry IMF bailout measures risk stark future 17 Feb 2023 - 04:40 pm
Daily wage labourers wait for work at a market in Peshawar, Pakistan, on February 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
China top tech dealmaker goes missing amid graft crackdown 17 Feb 2023 - 01:58 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on May 18, 2022 shows a general view of the construction site of the Workers' Stadium, a planned venue for the 2023 Asian Cup, in Beijing. - Alleged corruption at the top of Chinese football has left President Xi Jinping's dream of his country becoming a global force in the sport appear more remote than ever. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
France drops Covid testing for travellers from China 17 Feb 2023 - 12:13 pm
This aerial photo taken on February 16, 2023 shows people wathcing plum blossom in Ningbo, in China's eastern Zhejiang province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT
Hong Kong’s January visitors plunge 93% from pre-pandemic level 17 Feb 2023 - 11:59 am
A man (R) takes a picture of a sculpture (L) floating on the water in the North Point district of Hong Kong on February 16, 2023. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)