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Thai PM vows to curb air pollution in tourist hotspot Chiang Mai 16 Mar 2024 - 01:52 pm
Heavy air pollution is seen over Mae Ngat Somboon Chon Dam in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai on March 16, 2024. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
N. Korea refers to Kim's daughter by term reserved for 'top leaders' 16 Mar 2024 - 12:56 pm
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S. Korean senior doctors to resign in support of junior medics' walkout 16 Mar 2024 - 09:47 am
A medical worker walks into a hospital in Seoul on March 15, 2024. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
Crisis-hit Sri Lankan economy rebounds as tourists return 16 Mar 2024 - 09:01 am
A street vendor sells prawns at the Galle Face sea-front promenade in Colombo on March 15, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Japan suspends Fukushima water release after quake as precaution 15 Mar 2024 - 12:42 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)
Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai tops world's most polluted cities 15 Mar 2024 - 12:38 pm
Tourists look out as high levels of air pollution obscure the view of Chiang Mai from atop Wat Phra That Doi Suthep temple on March 15, 2024. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
Baseball star Ohtani reveals identity of wife after intense speculation 15 Mar 2024 - 12:27 pm
Mamiko Tanaka (R), wife of Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani (L), arrives with the baseball team's players at Incheon International Airport in Incheon on March 15, 2024, ahead of the 2024 MLB Seoul Series baseball games between Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Hundreds rescued from Philippines scam centre 14 Mar 2024 - 07:23 pm
This undated handout photograph received from Philippines' Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on March 14, 2024 shows a police officer (front, center) talking to foreign nationals after a raid in a 10-hectare (25-acre) complex of buildings in Bamban town of Tarlac province, north of Manila. Hundreds of people forced to work in an online scam centre in the Philippines were rescued in a pre-dawn raid on March 14 that also saw eight suspects arrested, according to police. Police found 432 Chinese nationals, 371 Filipinos, 57 Vietnamese, eight Malaysians, three Taiwanese, two Indonesians and two Rwandans at the site. (Photo by Philippines' Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) / AFP) 
Thousands of Indian farmers protest in New Delhi demanding law guaranteeing minimum crop prices 14 Mar 2024 - 02:04 pm
Farmers take part in a sit-in protest demanding minimum crop prices, loan waivers and an investigation into the death of a farmer during the farmers' protest
Fire erupts in Philippine General Hospital, over 100 patients evacuated 13 Mar 2024 - 05:08 pm
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Huge blast kills two, injures 26 in northern China 13 Mar 2024 - 02:52 pm
Firefighters work at the scene of a suspected gas explosion in Sanhe, in China's northern Hebei province on March 13, 2024. Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP
11 Indonesians survive days in sea after boat capsizes, 22 missing 13 Mar 2024 - 09:58 am
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Japan space rocket explodes seconds after launch 13 Mar 2024 - 08:19 am
A frame grab taken from AFPTV via online footage broadcast by Wakayama Telecasting Corp. (WTV) on March 13, 2024 shows smoke rising after the Space One rocket exploded upon take-off. (Photo by AFPTV / AFP)
Explosion in building outside Beijing kills one and injures 22 13 Mar 2024 - 08:17 am
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Pakistan authorities bar ex-PM Khan from visits for 2 weeks, citing 'possible attack' 12 Mar 2024 - 10:04 pm
File photo of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Hotpot chefs in China fired up over occupational standard 12 Mar 2024 - 06:36 pm
Tourists eat Chongqing hotpot at a traditional scenic area in Yuzhong District in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Feb. 10, 2023. Xinhua/Huang Wei
Seven nabbed in Delhi for selling fake cancer drugs in real vials 12 Mar 2024 - 06:27 pm
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Chemical cat sparks alert in Japan 12 Mar 2024 - 11:56 am
This handout picture taken and released by Nomura Plating on March 12, 2024 shows footprints believed to be from the cat in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. (Photo by Handout / Nomura Plating / AFP)