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China's Temu owner says net profits surge 144% in Q2 26 Aug 2024 - 03:29 pm
In this photo illustration, the Temu logo is displayed on a laptop on February 26, 2024 in San Anselmo, California. Photo by JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Thailand flash floods after heavy rains kill 22 26 Aug 2024 - 01:41 pm
This handout photo taken on August 24, 2024 and released on August 26, 2024 by the Thailand's Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation shows partially submerged houses in the aftermath of floods in Phrae Province, northern Thailand. Photo by Handout / Thailand's Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation / AFP
Strong typhoon forecast to hit Japan this week 26 Aug 2024 - 11:51 am
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shinjuku area of central Tokyo on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
Japan's maverick Kono enters race for next PM 26 Aug 2024 - 11:38 am
Japan's Digital Minister Taro Kono delivers a speech during a press conference to announce his intention to run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election, in Tokyo on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
India's green energy wind drive hits desert herders hard 26 Aug 2024 - 11:25 am
In this photograph taken on August 7, 2024, goats graze near windmills on the outskirts of Jaisalmer, in India's desert state of Rajasthan. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP)
First batch of Malaysian fresh durians enters Chinese market 25 Aug 2024 - 07:57 pm
Representaional photo by Jonny Clow on Unsplash
2 separate bus crashes in Pakistan leave at least 36 people dead, officials say 25 Aug 2024 - 04:56 pm
Rescue personnel inspect the site of a bus accident that killed 23 people after it plunged into a ravine at Soon village near Kahuta, Punjab province on August 25, 2024. Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP.
China says it rescued 'personnel' after Philippines collision 25 Aug 2024 - 02:37 pm
This frame grab from handout video footage taken and released on August 25, 2024 by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows a Chinese coast Guard ship (R) in a collision with the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel BRP Datu Sanday, near Sabina Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
Bangladesh metro back on track after protest closure 25 Aug 2024 - 02:30 pm
Passengers arrive at a metro train station in Dhaka on August 25, 2024. Photo by Rahman ASAD / AFP
Flash flood on Indonesia's eastern Ternate Island sweeps away buildings, leaves 13 dead 25 Aug 2024 - 01:50 pm
This aerial view shows rescue teams and residents searching for victims buried in mud after a flashflood hit the village of Rua located at the foot of Mount Gamalama, in Ternate, North Maluku on August 25, 2024. (Photo by AZZAM RISQULLAH / AFP)
44 dead in two Pakistan bus accidents: rescue officials 25 Aug 2024 - 11:48 am
People move the body of a bus accident victim from a hospial in Kahuta, Punjab province on August 25, 2024. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
Floods ease in Bangladesh but 300,000 still in shelters 25 Aug 2024 - 11:23 am
A man looks out from the porch of a bank partially submerged in floodwaters at Feni on August 24, 2024. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Shop fire leads to 6 dead in East China 24 Aug 2024 - 05:33 pm
Peninsula
Philippines says China fired flares at its South China Sea plane 24 Aug 2024 - 01:25 pm
This screengrab from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) handout video taken on August 19, 2024, and received on August 24, 2024, shows a Chinese air force fighter jet deploying flares near a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) plane that was conducting a maritime domain awareness flight near China-controlled Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP.
Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis in emergency shelters after floods 24 Aug 2024 - 12:28 pm
People carrying relief materials wade through flood waters in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 24, 2024. Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP.
Death toll in Thai holiday island landslide jumps to 10 24 Aug 2024 - 12:00 pm
A vendor pushes his cart as he crosses a street in Bangkok on August 23, 2024. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)
Car crash in S. Korea kills 5, at least 1 Chinese national included 24 Aug 2024 - 08:43 am
Peninsula
'Avoid Read Sea', Philippine govt tells mariners a day after rescue of 23 Filipinos 23 Aug 2024 - 09:38 pm
File photo: Philippine President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr