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Storm Jangmi dumps torrential rain on Tokyo 03 Jun 2026 - 11:44 am
A woman holding her child walks through heavy rain brought by severe tropical storm Jangmi in Tokyo on June 3, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP)
Virtual taekwondo to feature at 2026 Asian Games 03 Jun 2026 - 11:08 am
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India removes exam chief over marking fiasco 03 Jun 2026 - 10:53 am
Indian Youth Congress party workers hold placards of India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan during a protest against National Testing Agency (NTA) in Mumbai on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
Typhoon Jangmi to approach western, eastern Japan after battering Kyushu 02 Jun 2026 - 05:20 pm
Peninsula
Death toll in Northern Philippine building collapse climbs to 20 02 Jun 2026 - 03:34 pm
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Samsung minority union challenges bonus deal in court 02 Jun 2026 - 03:27 pm
A man walks past a Samsung store in Seoul on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
Bear goes on rampage in Japan, injuring four people 02 Jun 2026 - 01:07 pm
Peninsula
Pay workers 'as much as possible', Nvidia's Huang says 02 Jun 2026 - 11:16 am
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introduces a new chip for Windows laptops during his keynote speech at Computex 2026 in Taipei on June 1, 2026. (Photo by I-HWA CHENG / AFP)
Tropical storm Jangmi injures 9 in Japan, thousands without power 02 Jun 2026 - 08:03 am
A departures board shows a cancelled flight to Okinawa after Severe Tropical Storm Jangmi shut down the airport at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on June 1, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
Myanmar president holds trade and security talks with India's Modi 01 Jun 2026 - 04:02 pm
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing before their meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on June 1, 2026. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
India's viral 'Cockroach' party founder plans street protest 01 Jun 2026 - 02:16 pm
Peninsula
Chinese relive 'wonderful' youth in viral sneak-eating contest 01 Jun 2026 - 01:16 pm
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Explosion kills 5 at South Korean aerospace plant 01 Jun 2026 - 12:28 pm
A vehicle of Korea Electric Power Corporation enters the main gate at the Hanwha Aerospace plant in Daejeon on June 1, 2026, after a reported explosion. (Photo by Yonhap / AFP)
Mining turns India's heat-shield hills to dust 31 May 2026 - 03:30 pm
This photograph taken on May 19, 2026 shows a stone quarry near Avinashi village in Rajasthan's Neem Ka Thana town. (Photo by AFP)
Two decades later, impacts from Indonesia mud volcano linger 31 May 2026 - 03:20 pm
A resident affected by the Lapindo mudflow sits on the embankment in the mud volcano area, marking 20 years since a gas exploration accident triggered a mud flow that inundated more than a dozen villages and permanently displaced tens of thousands of people in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java province on May 29, 2026. (Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP)
Australian researchers teach brain cells to play 'Doom' 31 May 2026 - 03:15 pm
In this photo taken on May 5, 2026, chief scientific and operations officer Brett Kagan looks at cortical and hippocampal cells on cell culture plates in Melbourne. (Photo by William West / AFP)
Survivors advise rescuers in search for last two stuck in Laos cave 31 May 2026 - 02:02 pm
This screen grab made from handout video footage taken on May 30, 2026, and provided by Adisak Wongsoraya, shows two men (centre L and centre R, with headlamp) being hugged after they were rescued from a semi-submerged cave in Laos' central Xaysomboun province, northeast of the capital Vientiane. Photo by Handout / Adisak Wongsoraya / AFP
India reduces fuel export duties 31 May 2026 - 11:15 am
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