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Japan's Olympic pool-sized sinkhole highlights risk of old pipes 04 Feb 2025 - 03:01 pm
Rescue operations continue for a truck driver after his vehicle plunged into a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 30, 2025. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
Philippines declares food security emergency to tame rice prices 03 Feb 2025 - 10:06 pm
Rice prices are displayed at a market stall Quezon City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Saturday, April 6, 2024. (Photo by Veejay Villafranca/Bloomberg)
Hong Kong's economy grows 2.5 pct in 2024 03 Feb 2025 - 05:59 pm
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10.7 tons of kimchi confiscated at Incheon Airport last year 03 Feb 2025 - 04:03 pm
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Traffic accidents kill 209 in Vietnam during Lunar New Year holiday 03 Feb 2025 - 03:59 pm
Customers sit at a cafe terrasse in Hanoi on February 2, 2025. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
Shark kills teenage girl swimming in eastern Australia 03 Feb 2025 - 03:38 pm
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Rising floodwaters force evacuations in eastern Australia 03 Feb 2025 - 01:27 pm
A handout photo taken on February 2, 2025 and released by the Queensland Fire Department on February 3, 2025 shows an aerial view of flood-affected areas around Townsville, Queensland. (Photo by Handout / Queensland Fire Department / AFP)
14 potential oil and gas reserves discovered in South Korea's east sea 03 Feb 2025 - 12:23 pm
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South Korea appeals court upholds Samsung chief's fraud acquittal 03 Feb 2025 - 11:21 am
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong leaves after a court ruling on the controversial 2015 merger case, at the Seoul High Court in Seoul on February 3, 2025. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
EU criticizes US tariff, vows "firm response" if targeted: spokesman 02 Feb 2025 - 08:58 pm
European Union flag. File photo.
Flight or fright? Aviophobia rises in South Korea amid safety scares 02 Feb 2025 - 04:25 pm
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire that broke out on an Air Busan passenger plane bound for Hong Kong, at Gimhae International Airport in Busan on January 28, 2025. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Residents near Japan sinkhole urged to evacuate 02 Feb 2025 - 02:25 pm
Excavators and rescue personnel working to construct a slope for rescue operations are seen at the site where a truck on January 28 plunged into a sinkhole, trapping the vehicle's driver, in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on February 1, 2025. Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP
One dead in Australia floods as authorities order evacuation 02 Feb 2025 - 01:54 pm
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China issues bonds worth $11 trillion in 2024 01 Feb 2025 - 07:19 pm
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Indian troops kill eight Maoist rebels 01 Feb 2025 - 04:40 pm
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India unveils income tax cuts to boost slowing economy 01 Feb 2025 - 02:53 pm
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (C) along with minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary (C, left) poses as she leaves the ministry of finance to present the annual budget at the parliament in New Delhi on February 1, 2025. (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP)
Rescuers build slope to reach man in Japan sinkhole 01 Feb 2025 - 01:04 pm
A worker controls the traffic as rescue operations continue for the truck driver in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Philip Fong / AFP)
South Korea's language museum catches fire 01 Feb 2025 - 10:46 am
Fire engines are seen on a road as smoke rises from the roof of the National Hangeul Museum in Seoul on February 1, 2025. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)