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Philippines' high court overturns ban on vote machine firm 17 Apr 2024 - 02:43 pm
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Taiwan's air force plunges into underwater survival training 17 Apr 2024 - 02:10 pm
Taiwanese air force personnel take part in water survival and aviation egress training in a specialised pool at a base in Kaohsiung on April 17, 2024. (Photo by I-Hwa CHENG / AFP)
Death toll from 4 days of rains rises to 63 in Pakistan with more rain on the forecast 17 Apr 2024 - 01:58 pm
A displaced family carry their belongings to tents at a makeshift camp after fleeing from their flood hit homes following heavy rains in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on April 17, 2024. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP)
Apple CEO says company will 'look at' manufacturing in Indonesia 17 Apr 2024 - 01:19 pm
A man checks an Apple product at an Apple reseller store iBox in Jakarta on April 17, 2024. Photo by Adek BERRY / AFP
Woman, 5 children dead after boat capsizes in Indian Kashmir 16 Apr 2024 - 02:21 pm
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) conduct a rescue and search operation after a boat ferrying people across the Jhelum river capsized in Srinagar on April 16, 2024. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)
Philippines' Marcos says 'not one person died' as police make huge drug bust, in dig at predecessor 16 Apr 2024 - 10:53 am
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (C, in white shirt) and Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos (2nd R) inspect seized methamphetamine drugs in Alitatag town in Batangas province on April 16, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
'The country failed': S. Korea ferry victims' families 10 years on 15 Apr 2024 - 08:12 pm
Yellow ribbon dedications are displayed on the main gates at a port in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, near to where the salvaged Sewol ferry stands, late on April 15, 2024, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the country's worst-ever maritime disaster on April 16, 2014, when the overloaded Sewol ferry capsized off South Korea's southern coast. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Lightning, downpours kill 41 people across Pakistan 15 Apr 2024 - 04:27 pm
Onlookers gaze towards municipal workers using heavy machinery to level the ground after damage due to floodwaters following heavy rains on the outskirts of Quetta on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Banaras Khan / AFP)
Australian police probe why man who stabbed 6 people to death in Sydney mall targeted women 15 Apr 2024 - 04:02 pm
Police cordon off the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall after a stabbing incident in Sydney on April 13, 2024. Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP
Singapore PM Lee to step down, deputy to take over May 15 15 Apr 2024 - 02:47 pm
(Files) Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong during the Singapore Fab expansion grand opening in Singapore on September 12, 2023. (Photo by Roslan Rahman / AFP)
Police arrest man after reports of stabbing in western Sydney 15 Apr 2024 - 02:18 pm
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OpenAI comes to Asia with new office in Tokyo 15 Apr 2024 - 12:23 pm
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Australia reunites magpie and dog after uproar 15 Apr 2024 - 10:16 am
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Marcos rules out giving US access to more Philippine military bases 15 Apr 2024 - 10:14 am
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Landslides hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 18 people 15 Apr 2024 - 08:05 am
This handout photo released on April 14, 2024 by the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows a landslide site in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi. (Photo by Handout / BASARNAS / AFP)
At least 14 killed as landslide hits Central Indonesia 14 Apr 2024 - 06:06 pm
This handout photo released on April 14, 2024 by the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows a landslide site in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi. (Photo by Handout / BASARNAS / AFP)
Heavy rains set off flash floods, killing 33 people in Afghanistan 14 Apr 2024 - 05:17 pm
Afghan men sit atop of military vehicles as they cross through a flooded area in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province on April 13, 2024, after a flash flood following a heavy rainfall. (Photo by Sanaullah SEIAM / AFP)
19 dead, two missing after Indonesia landslide 14 Apr 2024 - 04:08 pm
This handout photo released on April 14, 2024 by the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows rescuers carrying a body bag at a landslide site in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi. At least 19 people have been found dead and two more are missing after a landslide in central Indonesia, local authorities said on April 14. (Photo by Handout / BASARNAS / AFP)