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World / Asia

UN chief warns global family is 'dysfunctional' 08 Sep 2023 - 04:26 pm
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference during the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta on September 7, 2023. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
'Monkey' ID photo exposes loophole in Philippine SIM card law 08 Sep 2023 - 02:43 pm
Pedestrians walk as they shop at a market in Manila on January 26, 2022. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
Hong Kong flooded by heaviest rainfall in 140 years 08 Sep 2023 - 01:06 pm
A motorist drives through floodwaters on Lantau Island in Hong Kong on September 8, 2023. Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP
Global rice prices hit 15-year high after India curbs: FAO 08 Sep 2023 - 11:29 am
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Philippines condemns Chinese boats' 'illegal' actions in South China Sea 08 Sep 2023 - 11:26 am
Peninsula
Chevron workers on strike at gas plants in Western Australia 08 Sep 2023 - 09:57 am
Peninsula
Hong Kong hit with heavy rain, flooding days after typhoon 07 Sep 2023 - 09:40 pm
A general view of a flooded street after heavy rainstorms triggered a 'Black Rainstorm Warning' from the city's weather observatory, in Hong Kong on September 7, 2023. (Photo by Matt Surrusco / AFP)
Biden heads for tense G20 as China, Russia stay away 07 Sep 2023 - 08:29 pm
In this picture taken on September 6, 2023, a sand sculpture created by Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik representing US President Joe Biden's visit to India for the two-day G20 summit is pictured at Puri beach in India's Odisha state. (Photo by AFP)
Vietnam, Philippines to sign rice trade agreement 07 Sep 2023 - 03:02 pm
Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends the 18th East Asia Summit as part of the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta on September 7, 2023. Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / POOL / AFP
China exports, imports fall again in August but pace slows 07 Sep 2023 - 12:01 pm
In this photo taken on August 6, 2023 a truck drives between containers at Nanjing port in Nanjing, in China痴 eastern Jiangsu Province. Photo by STRINGER / AFP
Japan launches 'Moon Sniper' mission 07 Sep 2023 - 10:58 am
A H-IIA rocket carrying a small lunar surface probe and other objects lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Centre on Tanegashima island, Kagoshima prefecture on September 7, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
Fake experts drive disinformation before Bangladesh polls 07 Sep 2023 - 09:58 am
In this photograph taken on September 1, 2023, pedestrians read Bangladesh's local newspapers displayed along a street in Dhaka. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP) /
China bans iPhone use at central government agencies: WSJ 06 Sep 2023 - 08:09 pm
File photo: A man talks on a phone in front of an Apple logo outside its store in Shanghai, China, November 7, 2022. (REUTERS/Aly Song)
Bangladesh hit by worst dengue outbreak on record: WHO 06 Sep 2023 - 07:31 pm
Peninsula
Couple who fled to Pakistan after British girl's death say 'will cooperate' 06 Sep 2023 - 06:59 pm
(COMBO) This combination of undated handout pictures released by Surrey Police in London and created on September 06, 2023, shows Sara Sharif (C), her father Urfan Sharif (L) and his wife Beinash Batool. (Photo by Surrey Police / AFP)
G20 summit: Who is coming to India, and who is not 06 Sep 2023 - 05:09 pm
Students work on paintings of world leaders at an art school in Mumbai on September 5, 2023, ahead of the two-day G20 summit in New Delhi. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe / AFP)
Why Modi is using Bharat instead of India and what it means 06 Sep 2023 - 04:24 pm
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Man charged for throwing explosive at Japan PM 06 Sep 2023 - 11:04 am
A man (L), whom local media have named as 24-year-old Ryuji Kimura, who is believed to have thrown an explosive toward Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, leaves Wakayama Nishi Police Station in Wakayama on April 17, 2023. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP