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IMF reviews Sri Lanka bailout as Colombo eyes more funds 14 Sep 2023 - 05:28 pm
A man sits next to a flowers stall in Colombo on September 14, 2023. (Photo by Farooq Naeem / AFP)
Sydney blanketed by smoke for 4th day due to hazard reduction burning 14 Sep 2023 - 02:38 pm
Sydney Harbour Bridge is seen shrouded by smoke in Sydney on September 13, 2023. (Photo by Steve Christo / AFP)
Vietnam orders apartment block checks after deadly blaze 14 Sep 2023 - 10:18 am
This picture shows burned motorbikes and the damage on the ground floor of a 10-storey building after a major fire at an apartment block in Hanoi on September 13, 2023. Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP
India vigilante Monu Manesar, accused of inciting Haryana riots, arrested 13 Sep 2023 - 06:53 pm
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'Whole family gone': families identify victims of Hanoi fire 13 Sep 2023 - 04:27 pm
Relatives wait outside a funeral house during the identification of victims of the major fire at an apartment block in Hanoi on September 13, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Kim to be shown 'demonstration' of Russian Pacific fleet capability: Putin 13 Sep 2023 - 04:02 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (centre L) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (centre R) visit the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on September 13, 2023. Photo by Mikhail Metzel
China says no law banning iPhone use in govt agencies 13 Sep 2023 - 11:41 am
An attendee looks at the brand new Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max products during an Apple event on September 12, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Photo by JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
Chinese tourists get visa-free entry to Thailand in busy season 13 Sep 2023 - 11:09 am
A general view shows a BTS commuter train as it passes with the backdrop of the Bangkok skyline on June 2, 2023. Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP
Dozens dead in Hanoi apartment fire 13 Sep 2023 - 10:51 am
People watch a fire at an apartment building in Hanoi on September 13, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Hong Kong tech park says data exposed by 'malicious' hack 13 Sep 2023 - 10:30 am
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Children of couple that fled Britain put into Pakistan state custody 12 Sep 2023 - 03:54 pm
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Chinese city hunts for crocodiles on the loose 12 Sep 2023 - 02:19 pm
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Canada's Trudeau finally leaves India after plane troubles 12 Sep 2023 - 11:46 am
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (C) arrives to attend a press conference after the closing session of the G20 summit in New Delhi on September 10, 2023. (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP)
'Moving fortress': Kim Jong Un's bulletproof train 12 Sep 2023 - 09:57 am
This picture taken on September 10, 2023 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 12, 2023 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C) waving as he departs by train from Pyongyang for a visit to Russia. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)
More charges dropped over New Zealand's deadly White Island blast 12 Sep 2023 - 09:47 am
This handout photo taken and released on December 13, 2019 by the New Zealand Defence Force shows soldiers taking part in a mission to retrieve some of the 22 bodies from White Island after the December 9 volcanic eruption, off the coast from Whakatane on New Zealand's North Island. Photo by Handout / New Zealand Defence Force / AFP
Venezuela's Maduro arrives in Beijing ahead of Xi meeting 12 Sep 2023 - 09:39 am
This handout photo taken and released by the Miraflores Presidential Palace Press Office on September 12, 2023 shows Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (centre R) and Venezuela's First Lady Cilia Flores (centre L) being received by Chinese officials.
Australia logging ban to create koala haven 12 Sep 2023 - 09:11 am
This file photo taken on April 28, 2016 shows Oxley Kaylee, a koala that lost an eye and had her left hind leg amputated after being hit by a car, looking on at the Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie. AFP / Peter Parks
Train carrying N. Korea's Kim entered Russia, Ria Novosti agency confirms 12 Sep 2023 - 09:01 am
This picture taken on September 10, 2023, and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 12, 2023 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C) waving as he departs by train from Pyongyang for a visit to Russia. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)