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Philippines steps up exposure of China ‘bullying’ in sea row 25 Aug 2023 - 11:05 pm
US Marines V-22 Osprey aircraft hover above Australian landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Canberra during a joint exercise between Australian and Philippine troops at a naval base in San Antonio town, Zambales province on August 25, 2023. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
Fukushima operator says released water samples within safe limits 25 Aug 2023 - 12:35 pm
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
Trash fire 'emergency' chokes locals on Indonesia's Java 25 Aug 2023 - 09:37 am
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire that has been burning for five days, causing air pollution for some 12,000 residents in the surrounding area, at the landfill in Sarimukti on the outskirts of Bandung, West Java on August 24, 2023. Photo by Timur MATAHARI / AFP
Japan's 'Moon Sniper' mission looks to match Indian success 25 Aug 2023 - 09:30 am
This handout photo taken on June 1, 2023 and released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows the
Philippine, Australian troops hold South China Sea drills 25 Aug 2023 - 09:22 am
Philippine and Australian soldiers march in formation while a US marines V-22 Osprey hovers above during military exercise Alon (wave), a joint amphibious landing drill held at a naval base in San Antonio town in Zambales province, north of Manila on August 25, 2023. Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP
Pakistan PM honors rescuers who freed 8 people from broken cable car 24 Aug 2023 - 10:08 pm
This handout photo taken and released by Pakistan's Press Information Department on August 24, 2023, shows Pakistani caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar (left) greets a survivor of the cable car accident during a ceremony in honor of rescuers efforts in cable car accident at the Prime Minister office in Islamabad. (Photo by Pakistan PRESS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT / AFP)
G7 powers condemn failed North Korean satellite launch 24 Aug 2023 - 08:46 pm
A man walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Indian rover begins exploring Moon's south pole 24 Aug 2023 - 06:30 pm
This handout screen grab taken and received from the live feed of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) website on August 23, 2023, shows the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft seconds before its successful lunar landing on the south pole of the moon. (Photo by ISRO / AFP)
Pakistani court delays ruling on ex-PM Imran Khan's conviction appeal 24 Aug 2023 - 05:50 pm
File photo: Policemen escort Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan (centre) as he arrives at the high court in Islamabad on May 12, 2023. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
BRICS to admit six new members next year 24 Aug 2023 - 11:54 am
(From L to R) President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)
China halts all Japanese seafood imports over 'selfish' Fukushima release 24 Aug 2023 - 10:47 am
A vendor collects seafood at a wholesale fish market in Beijing on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)
North Korea says spy satellite launch ends in failure, again 24 Aug 2023 - 10:11 am
A man walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Japan begins release of water from Fukushima nuclear plant 24 Aug 2023 - 08:14 am
A shoreline is pictured from Futaba-machi, Fukushima Prefecture, around 5 km away from the crippled Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant on August 24, 2023, the day on which Japan's government plan to begin releasing wastewater from the stricken plant into the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
North Korea conducts rocket launch in likely 2nd attempt to put spy satellite into orbit 23 Aug 2023 - 11:24 pm
File photo: People watch a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on March 19, 2023. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
22 killed in Indian railway bridge collapse 23 Aug 2023 - 05:36 pm
Rescue workers conduct a search operation at the site of an accident where an under-construction railway bridge collapsed in Sairang town of the Aizwal district in India's eastern state of Mizoram on August 23, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
India becomes first nation to land spacecraft near Moon's south pole 23 Aug 2023 - 04:06 pm
This handout screen grab taken and received from the live feed of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) website on August 23, 2023, shows the successful lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the south pole of the Moon. (Photo by ISRO / AFP)
BRICS leaders to debate expanding membership at summit 23 Aug 2023 - 02:32 pm
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his remarks at the plenary session during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on August 23, 2023. (Photo by Gianluigi Guercia / Pool / AFP)
China's sushi fans flounder over Fukushima water release 23 Aug 2023 - 01:36 pm
Fish from Japan is seen in a Japanese supermarket in Hong Kong on August 23, 2023. Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP