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World / Asia

South Korea passes ban on dog meat production and sales 09 Jan 2024 - 09:58 pm
Animal rights activists hold placards reading
Bangladesh's Hasina celebrates 'absolute victory' after polls without opposition 09 Jan 2024 - 07:16 pm
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accepts the greetings from the assembled media and election observers while addressing a press conference, a day after she won the 12th parliamentary elections, in Dhaka on January 8, 2024. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP)
Jokowi to discuss South China Sea with Marcos in Philippines 09 Jan 2024 - 01:21 pm
AFP File photo
Magnitude 6.0 quake strikes off central Japan, no tsunami warning 09 Jan 2024 - 12:24 pm
Peninsula
China says successfully launched satellite: state media 09 Jan 2024 - 12:08 pm
A Long March-2C rocket, carrying the Einstein Probe satellite, lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, in southwestern China's Sichuan province on January 9, 2024. Photo by AFP
Thai cabinet endorses clean air bill 09 Jan 2024 - 11:48 am
This aerial photo shows sunrise amid high levels of air pollution in Bangkok on January 9, 2024. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
Death toll from Japan quake rises above 200 09 Jan 2024 - 10:17 am
A vehicle believed to be washed away by the tsunami sits in water next to damaged buildings in the disaster-hit city of Noto, Ishikawa prefecture on January 9, 2024, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP
French footballer goes viral after scoring Cambodian dream 09 Jan 2024 - 07:57 am
This photo taken on January 3, 2024 shows French footballer Antoine Lemarie (C) warming up during a training session with the Cambodian premier league's Boeung Ket FC team. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP)
Philippines turns to hackers for help as US warns of China cyber threat 08 Jan 2024 - 01:12 pm
Peninsula
Number of missing in Japan quake jumps to over 300 08 Jan 2024 - 10:20 am
A damaged car lies underneath a collapsed building at Shika town in Hakui District, Ishikawa Prefecture on January 8, 2024 after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region on New Year's Day. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
India's Supreme Court overrules release of Bilkis Bano convicts; 11 murderers must return to jail 08 Jan 2024 - 09:54 am
(Files) A woman holds a placard during a protest against the release of 11 men convicted in Bilkis Bano case in Mumbai on August 23, 2022. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
Roadside bomb kills atleast five, injures many in Pakistan 08 Jan 2024 - 09:38 am
Peninsula
Indonesia's presidential hopefuls face off in debate 07 Jan 2024 - 05:58 pm
Workers prepare ballot papers in Banda Aceh on January 7, 2024, ahead of Indonesia's general election on February 14. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Hasina set to stay in power in Bangladesh after opposition boycotts election 07 Jan 2024 - 05:32 pm
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gestures after casting her vote casts at a polling station in Dhaka on January 7, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Seoul to make all public facilities earthquake-resistant by 2030 07 Jan 2024 - 03:20 pm
A person crosses a footbridge as the first sunrise of the new year is seen in Seoul on January 1, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
South Korea accuses North of firing artillery for 3rd day, as Kim sister mocks it 07 Jan 2024 - 03:10 pm
A general view shows the North Korean coastline with artillery bunkers as seen from a viewpoint on Yeonpyeong island on January 7, 2024. (Photo by Stringer / Yonhap / AFP)
Thousands of Rohingya homeless after Bangladesh fire 07 Jan 2024 - 11:26 am
Picture shared by Office of the Refugee Relief & Repatriation Commissioner, Cox's Bazar
Bhutan to vote as economic strife hits 'national happiness' 07 Jan 2024 - 11:03 am
Bhutanese people line up to vote at a polling station in Thimpu on October 18, 2018. Photo by DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP