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World / Asia

WHO chief 'very concerned' about Covid situation in China 21 Dec 2022 - 08:09 pm
An elderly woman receives a Covid-19 vaccine in Danzhai, in China's southwestern Guizhou province province on December 21, 2022. (AFP) 
Covid surge hits Shanghai with crowded hospitals, empty streets 21 Dec 2022 - 05:52 pm
A woman crosses a street on the Bund in the Huangpu district in Shanghai on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP)
Armed guards stop Afghan women entering universities after Taliban ban 21 Dec 2022 - 05:03 pm
Members of the Taliban stand guard at the entrance gate of Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 21, 2022. (REUTERS/Ali Khara)
Relatives despair as search continues for Thai marines missing at sea 21 Dec 2022 - 02:45 pm
A helicopter carries an injured sailor and a body of a Royal Thai Navy sailor during a rescue mission after a Navy corvette sank in the Gulf of Thailand, in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Napat Wesshasartar
India on lookout for new COVID variants as cases in other countries climb 21 Dec 2022 - 02:36 pm
Women walk past a graffiti amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi, India, February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Malaysia landslide toll hits 26 after man found hugging dog 21 Dec 2022 - 02:19 pm
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Man survives croc-, shark-filled Australian waters by clinging to flotsam 21 Dec 2022 - 12:47 pm
Pic: Australian Maritime Safety Authority - AMSA
End of Japan Covid curbs triggers surge in visitors to near 1 mln in November 21 Dec 2022 - 11:20 am
People walk through Ginza area in Tokyo on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP)
Taliban-led Afghan administration suspends university education for women 21 Dec 2022 - 10:33 am
Afghan female university students stop by Taliban security personnel stand next to a private university in Kabul on December 21, 2022. Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP
Taliban ban university education for Afghan girls 20 Dec 2022 - 10:59 pm
Children walk past a locked school gate after Taliban militants seized a police station in Bannu on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Karim ULLAH / AFP)
Pakistani forces retake anti-terrorism centre, free hostages: Sources 20 Dec 2022 - 02:04 pm
A Pakistani policeman checks a car in front of a shuttered market after Taliban militants seized a police station in Bannu on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Karim Ullah / AFP)
Survivor rescued as Thai navy continues search for 29 sailors 20 Dec 2022 - 01:34 pm
Sailors gather onboard HTMS Kraburi at Bang Saphan Pier in Prachuap Khiri Khan on December 20, 2022, during the search operation for survivors . (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
Quiet before Christmas in Seoul night-life district of deadly crowd crush 19 Dec 2022 - 04:02 pm
People read condolences messages attached to the wall of a narrow alley of Itaewon where the deadly Halloween crush that killed more than 150 in October happened, in Seoul, South Korea, December 18, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Air quality plummets in Indian capital as temperature falls 19 Dec 2022 - 02:53 pm
Commuters’ cross railway tracks amid foggy conditions on a wintry morning near a railway station in Amritsar on December 19, 2022. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
China's cities battle first wave of COVID surge as wider spread looms 18 Dec 2022 - 01:41 pm
A health worker wearing protective equipment (PPE) stands at the entrance of a fever clinic of a hospital in Shanghai on December 18, 2022. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP)
Philippines extends tariff cuts on imported rice, other food items to fight inflation 18 Dec 2022 - 12:40 pm
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Malaysia police questions campsite operator after landslide kills 24 18 Dec 2022 - 12:37 pm
A rescue crew member checks the landslide area during a rescue and evacuation operation following a landslide at a campsite in Batang Kali, Selangor, Malaysia, December 17, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain
Death toll from Malaysia campsite landslide rises to 24, nine missing 17 Dec 2022 - 02:07 pm
Family members of a Batang Kali, landslide victim, leave Sungai Buloh Hospital's mortuary in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia, December 17, 2022. Reuters/Hasnoor Hussain