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Four Japan nuclear plant workers splashed with tainted water 27 Oct 2023 - 11:41 am
This aerial picture shows storage tanks (bottom) used for storing treated water at TEPCO's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture on August 24, 2023. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)
Blast kills two in predominantly Shiite Kabul neighbourhood 26 Oct 2023 - 10:10 pm
Afghan security personnel arrive at the site of an explosion in Kabul on March 13, 2017. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
Beijing logs hottest late-October day on record 26 Oct 2023 - 03:30 pm
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Vietnam fugitive businesswoman sentenced to 10 years in jail 26 Oct 2023 - 02:40 pm
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Error-prone AI chatbot dog leads Japan's elderly astray 26 Oct 2023 - 12:44 pm
This illustration photo taken on October 26, 2023 in Tokyo shows a mobile phone text conversation with generative artificial intelligence chatbot
Seoul creates memorial at site of deadly 2022 crowd crush 26 Oct 2023 - 09:48 am
A man looks at flowers and notes left in memory of victims at the site of the October 29, 2022 crowd crush that killed more than 150 people during Halloween celebrations, in the popular Itaewon nightlife area in Seoul on October 25, 2023. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
4.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia 25 Oct 2023 - 08:02 pm
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China to send youngest-ever crew to space station 25 Oct 2023 - 04:03 pm
Staff members stand before a Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft, on the launch pad encased in a shield at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in northwest China on October 25, 2023. Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP
Dozens of bushfires rage through eastern Australia 25 Oct 2023 - 10:51 am
A Chinese tourist takes a photograph with her phone as she walks underneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge on October 25, 2023. Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP
Old and poor: Thailand sleepwalking towards an ageing crisis 25 Oct 2023 - 10:45 am
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South Korea brings smart agriculture expertise to world 25 Oct 2023 - 08:45 am
A greenhouse at Gimje Smart Farm Innovation Valley. Photos courtesy of South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Filipino listeners cheered by last surviving radio dramas 24 Oct 2023 - 12:39 pm
This photo taken on July 17, 2023 shows Phil Cruz (3rd L), his brother Robert (2nd R) and other voice actors recording their part for a radio drama at a studio of a radio station in Manila. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Foreign YouTuber apologises after free-riding Japan trip 24 Oct 2023 - 09:40 am
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Busan highlights World Expo bid as platform for global collective solutions 24 Oct 2023 - 08:19 am
A view of the Busan North Port, the candidate site for the World Expo 2030. (Photos courtesy of KOCIS)
US renews warning it will defend Philippines after incidents with Chinese vessels in South China Sea 23 Oct 2023 - 05:44 pm
This video frame grab from footage taken and released on October 22, 2023 by the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) through the Chinese embassy in Manila shows a collision between a Chinese Coast Guard ship (right) and a Philippine resupply boat (left) during a resupply mission in Second Thomas Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea. (Photo by Handout / Chinese Coast Guard / AFP)
Bedi: India spin champion and impetuous cricket crusader 23 Oct 2023 - 03:19 pm
(Files) In this file photo taken on April 4, 2003, former India's cricket captain and spinner Bishan Singh Bedi (L) speaks with fast bowler Ashish Nehra during a felicitation ceremony in New Delhi. (Photo by Ravi Raveendran / AFP)
Fifteen killed, over 100 injured in Bangladesh train crash 23 Oct 2023 - 03:07 pm
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Pakistan ex-PM Khan indicted in leaked documents case 23 Oct 2023 - 02:52 pm
Umar Khan Niazi (C), the lawyer of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, speaks with media representatives outside the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on October 23, 2023. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)