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Airlines around Asia ground Bali flights after volcano erupts 13 Nov 2024 - 09:41 am
Passengers look at an electronic board displaying cancelled flights after the nearby Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano catapulted an ash tower miles into the sky, at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Tuban near Denpasar, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on November 13, 2024. (Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA / AFP)
Fifth storm in under a month bears down on Philippines 12 Nov 2024 - 08:32 pm
An aerial photo shows a swollen river inundating farm fields and houses at a village in Ilagan town, Isabela province on November 12, 2024, a day after Typhoon Toraji hit the province. (Photo by Villamor Visaya / AFP)
India will allow Musk's Starlink to operate if passes security checks 12 Nov 2024 - 06:11 pm
Commuters wait in a traffic jam during rush hour along a street in Bengaluru on November 12, 2024. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP)
Qatar takes part in World Cities Forum 2024 in South Korea 12 Nov 2024 - 04:38 pm
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35 killed, dozens wounded in south China car ramming 12 Nov 2024 - 03:41 pm
This image grab from a UGC video posted on November 11, 2024 shows emergency vehicles arriving after a driver ploughed through a crowd of people exercising at a sports center in Zhuhai, in south China's Guangdong province. Photo by UGC / AFP
Japanese tech investor SoftBank posts $7.7 bn quarterly net profit 12 Nov 2024 - 11:05 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on May 2, 2024 shows a man talking on his phone outside the headquarters for Japanese company SoftBank Group in Tokyo. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
China's Yuan loans grow by $2.3 trillion in first 10 months 12 Nov 2024 - 11:02 am
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China's auto sector registers expansion in October 12 Nov 2024 - 10:59 am
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Toxic towns in Kyrgyzstan battling radioactive danger 12 Nov 2024 - 09:58 am
Bakytbek Asankulov, the Kyrgyz emergency situations ministry's employee in charge of radioactive security, stands near new
Sri Lanka's leftist president faces first parliament test 12 Nov 2024 - 08:08 am
Sri Lanka's president and National People's Power (NPP) party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake addresses his supporters during a rally ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Colombo on November 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
North Korea ratifies comprehensive strategic partnership treaty with Russia 12 Nov 2024 - 08:00 am
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Car rams pedestrians at Chinese sports centre, several injured: police 11 Nov 2024 - 08:10 pm
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Indonesia's Mt. Lewotobi eruption displaces over 12,000 as danger zone expands 11 Nov 2024 - 05:41 pm
This photo provided by Indonesia's Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) shows volcanic materials spewing from Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in East Flores regency of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Nov. 10, 2024. (PVMBG/Handout via Xinhua)
Unexploded bomb found at construction site in Taiwan 11 Nov 2024 - 05:29 pm
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Paris agreement climate goals 'in great peril', warns UN 11 Nov 2024 - 03:50 pm
Pedestrian walk in front of the venue for COP 29 Summit in Baku on November 10, 2024, on the eve of UN Climate Change Conference. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
Thousands flee as fourth major storm in a month hits Philippines 11 Nov 2024 - 03:45 pm
This handout photo taken on November 11, 2024 and received from the Casiguran Municipal Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO) shows government workers removing a fallen tree on a highway in Casiguran, Aurora province, after Typhoon Toraji hit the nation's northeast coast. Photo by Handout / Casiguran Municipal Risk Reduction Management Office / AFP
Unexploded 'corroded' bomb found at TSMC construction site in Taiwan 11 Nov 2024 - 03:43 pm
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China cracks down after dumpling-hunting cyclists spark road chaos 11 Nov 2024 - 03:21 pm
Chinese police have cracked down on an internet craze that saw thousands of cyclists throng a highway under cover of night to gorge on dumplings in a nearby city. Photo by STRINGER / AFP