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World / Asia

Xi says China’s Covid fight in new stage, faces tough tasks 18 Jan 2023 - 05:15 pm
A calligrapher writes spring couplets, a kind of Lunar New Year decorations, at a stall along a street in Foshan, in southern China's Guangdong province on January 18, ahead of the start of the Lunar New Year, which ushers in the Year of the Rabbit on January 22. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
India considers banning news identified as 'fake' by govt on social media 18 Jan 2023 - 03:11 pm
Peninsula
Make it easier to raise children say many Chinese after population falls 18 Jan 2023 - 02:08 pm
A woman pushes a trolley with twins along a street in Beijing on Aug. 2, 2022. (Photo: AFP)
Indonesia to break ground for $2.7 bln housing project in new capital in Q2 18 Jan 2023 - 01:21 pm
People wearing protective masks enjoy a pedestrian bridge during the dusk amid of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Girl killed as convenience store collapses in Vietnam 18 Jan 2023 - 12:00 pm
Rescue workers carry out equipment from a Circle-K convenience store after part of the building collapsed, killing a 15-year-old girl, in Ho Chi Minh City on January 18, 2023. Photo by Dat Tran / AFP
7.0-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia, tsunami warning lifted 18 Jan 2023 - 10:38 am
Peninsula
UN envoys in Kabul to press for women's rights 18 Jan 2023 - 12:51 am
Afghan girls carry a gas cylinder along a street in Kabul on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Vietnam president resigns as Communist Party intensifies graft crackdown 17 Jan 2023 - 08:21 pm
Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrives to attend APEC Leader's Dialogue with APEC Business Advisory Council during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, November 18, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/Pool via REUTERS)
Blinken to pay long-awaited China visit on February 5-6 17 Jan 2023 - 07:49 pm
In this file photo taken on July 8, 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / POOL / AFP)
Factbox: India set to overtake China as world's most populous nation 17 Jan 2023 - 07:05 pm
A man dressed as a teddy bear entertains people at a crowded beach in Mumbai, India, June 12, 2022. (REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas)
Kazakhstan ends unlimited stay for Russians 17 Jan 2023 - 05:55 pm
Russian citizens visit a public service centre to receive an individual identification number for foreigners in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 3, 2022. (REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev)
China back to 'normal' after end of Covid curbs: official 17 Jan 2023 - 05:21 pm
People shop for Lunar New Year decorations in the southern Chinese enclave of Macau ahead of the New Year of the Rabbit on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Peter Parks / AFP)
Nepal finds all but one missing person following deadly plane crash 17 Jan 2023 - 05:10 pm
Rescue teams search for victims at the site of the Yeti Airlines plane crash, in Pokhara on January 17, 2023. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)
Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan hints at returning to parliament 17 Jan 2023 - 04:51 pm
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 4, 2021. (REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir)
Bangladeshi cleric convicted for spreading Covid disinformation 17 Jan 2023 - 01:02 pm
Picture taken from Facebook / Mufti Kazi Ibrahim
Nepal plane crash searchers rappel, fly drones to find last two people 17 Jan 2023 - 11:54 am
Rescuers inspect the wreckage at the site of a Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara on January 16, 2023. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)
China's Lunar New Year travel offers spark of economic rebound from COVID crunch 17 Jan 2023 - 11:48 am
People wait to board a train at a railway station during the annual Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Shanghai, China January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Pakistan PM Sharif offers talks with arch-rival India 17 Jan 2023 - 10:36 am
Reuters file photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif