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Investigators comb wreckage after Seoul lithium battery fire kills 23 25 Jun 2024 - 10:17 am
Emergency personnel and investigators examine the site the day after a fire at a lithium battery factory owned by South Korean battery maker Aricell in Hwaseong on June 25, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Cyberattacker hits Indonesia's data centre, demands $8 million ransom 24 Jun 2024 - 03:33 pm
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Firefighters find '20 bodies' at S Korea battery fire site: Yonhap 24 Jun 2024 - 10:48 am
Aerial view of firefighters working to extinguish a fire at a lithium battery factory in Hwaseong on June 24, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Fire at lithium battery factory in South Korea kills 1, leaves more than 20 missing 24 Jun 2024 - 10:04 am
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Marcos says Philippines won't be intimidated after violent clash with Chinese coast guard 23 Jun 2024 - 09:10 pm
This handout photo taken and released on June 23, 2024 by the Presidential Communications Office shows Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos arriving at the Philippines’ South China Sea Forces Headquarters in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. (Photo by Handout / Presidential Communications Office (PCO) / AFP) 
8 people killed following intense rain-induced landslides in Central China 23 Jun 2024 - 06:22 pm
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New Caledonia independence activists sent to France for detention 23 Jun 2024 - 11:27 am
French gendarmes stand guard at a roadblock outside the courthouse, where eleven independentists, including one of the leaders of the pro-independence CCAT movement, face court for their involvement in last month's spate of deadly unrest, in Noumea in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on June 22, 2024. Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP.
Japanese royals arrive for three-day state visit to UK 22 Jun 2024 - 07:56 pm
A plane carrying Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako lands at Stansted Airport, northeast of London, on June 22, 2024. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)
Taiwan detects 41 Chinese aircraft around island 22 Jun 2024 - 08:46 am
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Five People Killed, 44 Others Wounded as Blaze Rips Through Turkiye's Wildfires 21 Jun 2024 - 04:48 pm
This handout photograph taken and released on June 21, 2024 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows a burnt field after a wildfitre swept overnight through two areas between the districts of Diyarbakir and Mardin in southeastern Turkey. Photo by Handout / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP.
Historic flooding in south China kills 47, more floods feared 21 Jun 2024 - 02:06 pm
A villager walks out from a damaged building in the aftermath of flooding in Meizhou, in southern China's Guangdong province on June 21, 2024. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT
South Korea summons Russian ambassador to protest strategic partnership agreement with North Korea 21 Jun 2024 - 01:21 pm
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Extreme heat in India has killed more than 100 people in the past three and a half months 20 Jun 2024 - 03:46 pm
A man wears a scarf as he walks past the India Gate on a hot summer day in New Delhi on June 18, 2024. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP.
Indian toxic alcohol brew kills at least 34 20 Jun 2024 - 10:20 am
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The Philippine vice president resigns from posts in Marcos' Cabinet as alliance flounders 19 Jun 2024 - 06:45 pm
(FILES) Philippines' Vice President Sara Duterte speaks during the kick-off rally for the New Philippines movement at Quirino Grandstand in Manila on January 28, 2024. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
New Caledonia police detain independence leader and 7 others in wake of revolt against French rule 19 Jun 2024 - 12:43 pm
A pro-independence supporter holds a Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) flag in front of police officers outside the headquarters of the Union Caledonienne (UC), after police intervened in the UC offices this morning, where a press conference of the Cellule de Coordination des Actions de Terrain (CCAT) was due to be held, in Noumea, on June 19, 2024. Photo by Delphine Mayeur / AFP.
Central China farmers face crop failures in 'withering' drought 19 Jun 2024 - 12:23 pm
A farmer sits on a dry rice field affected by drought at Hudianxiang village in Xinyang, in central China’s Henan province on June 18, 2024. Photo by JADE GAO / AFP.
Russia and North Korea sign strategic partnership, vowing closer ties in face of rivalry with West 19 Jun 2024 - 11:25 am
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (R) and and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose after a welcoming ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP.