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Rooms of their own: women-only communities thrive in China 18 Aug 2025 - 12:42 pm
The photo taken on July 15, 2025 shows Chen Yani (C), also known as
Swatch pulls 'slanted eye' ad after Chinese social media uproar 18 Aug 2025 - 11:26 am
Swiss-made Swatch watches on display in their store on August 05, 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
Australian court fines Qantas US$59 million for illegal layoffs 18 Aug 2025 - 07:51 am
A Qantas Airways Boeing 737 aircraft takes off from Sydney International Airport in Sydney on August 18, 2025. (Photo by David Gray / AFP)
Women bear brunt of Afghanistan's water scarcity 17 Aug 2025 - 10:18 pm
An Afghan woman with children takes a break as they haul water cans on wheelbarrows along a deserted street in the drought-ridden village of Bolak at Chahar Bolak district, Balkh province on July 10, 2025.  (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)
QRCS launches new health project for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh 17 Aug 2025 - 07:40 pm
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Hopes for survivors wane as landslides, flooding bury Pakistan villages 17 Aug 2025 - 10:18 am
Locals collect woods from Noseri Dam near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad Qayyum / AFP)
Football and falls as first humanoid robot games launch in China 16 Aug 2025 - 10:32 am
Robots compete in a 5x5 football match during the World Humanoid robots games in Beijing on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
Pakistan monsoon death toll rises to over 320 in past 48 hours: Authorities 16 Aug 2025 - 09:47 am
Onlookers gather near a destroyed bridge after flash floods on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad Qayyum / AFP)
Australia opens facility to protect 13 million biodiversity specimens 15 Aug 2025 - 11:59 pm
This file photo taken on August 28, 2015 shows bird specimens as part of the Australian National Wildlife Collection in Canberra, capital of Australia. (CSIRO/Handout via Xinhua)
Monsoon rains kill 200 in northern Pakistan 15 Aug 2025 - 11:40 pm
People gathered at the site of a flashflood in Salarzai Tehsil of Pakistan's Bajaur district on August 15, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Vietnamese rice grower helps tackle Cuba's food shortage 15 Aug 2025 - 11:15 pm
Vietnamese specialists check the quality of grains during the mechanized harvesting at a Vietnamese rice field, in Los Palacios, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, on May 29, 2025. (Photo by Adalberto Roque / AFP)
Indian rescuers scour debris after 60 killed in flood 15 Aug 2025 - 08:36 pm
A woman looks on as she stands near a damaged house at the site of a flashflood at a village in Kishtwar district on August 15, 2025. Photo by Mir Imran / AFP)
Online cockfighting thrives in Philippines despite ban, killings 15 Aug 2025 - 08:29 pm
In this photo taken on July 5, 2025, people watch a cockfight in Bulacan province, north of Manila. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Pakistani central bank's reserves rise by 11 mln USD 15 Aug 2025 - 07:26 pm
A stockbroker walks past share prices on a financial market board during a trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in Karachi on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP)
Indonesian president vows to tackle corruption, protect forests 15 Aug 2025 - 04:11 pm
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto delivers his annual State of the Nation Address, ahead of the country's Independence Day in Jakarta on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana / POOL / AFP)
Japan's emperor expresses 'deep remorse' 80 years after WWII 15 Aug 2025 - 03:29 pm
Japan's Emperor Naruhito (R) and Empress Masako bow as they attend a memorial service marking the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
Heavy rain kills at least 50 in Pakistan 15 Aug 2025 - 01:48 pm
People gathered at the site of a flashflood in Salarzai Tehsil of Pakistan's Bajaur district on August 15, 2025. Photo by AFP
India and China eye resumption of border trade 14 Aug 2025 - 08:13 pm
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