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China's 2022 smartphone shipments the lowest in 10 years: Research firm 29 Jan 2023 - 09:25 am
Mobile phones are seen on display at an electronics market in Shanghai, China, June 24, 2015. Picture taken June 24, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song
Marcos approves Philippine tax refund plan for foreign tourists 29 Jan 2023 - 08:20 am
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New Zealand roiled by flash floods, landslides for third day 29 Jan 2023 - 08:01 am
Stranded vehicles are seen during heavy rainfall in Auckland, New Zealand January 27, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. @MonteChristoNZ/via Reuters
China aims to boost consumption and imports as global demand cools 28 Jan 2023 - 06:22 pm
A woman and a child walk past workers sorting toys at a shopping mall in Beijing, China on January 11, 2023. File Photo / Reuters
Two Indian air force jets crash, one pilot killed 28 Jan 2023 - 12:19 pm
People gather around the debris of a crashed aircraft in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, January 28, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a handout video. ANI/Handout via Reuters
Holiday trips within China surge after lifting of COVID curbs 28 Jan 2023 - 10:59 am
Travellers wait for their trains at Hangzhou East railway station during the Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China January 20, 2023. China Daily via Reuters
Japan to drop mask guidance, relax covid strategy 27 Jan 2023 - 10:18 pm
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida removes his face mask before his speech during a plenary session of the upper house of parliament in Tokyo on January 27, 2023. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP)
Protests held in Pakistan over Swedish, Dutch attacks on Holy Quran 27 Jan 2023 - 06:57 pm
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party members chant slogans in a protest against the torching of the Holy Quran in Sweden over the weekend, in Karachi on January 26, 2023. (Photo by Asif Hassan / AFP)
Philippines to appeal ICC resumption of drug war probe 27 Jan 2023 - 06:21 pm
This file photo taken on January 30, 2017 shows then-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) talking to Philippine National Police director general Ronald Dela Rosa during a press conference at the Malacanang palace in Manila. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
Nepal's combative Deputy PM sacked over citizenship 27 Jan 2023 - 05:14 pm
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China domestic tourism picks up over Lunar New Year as COVID curbs end 27 Jan 2023 - 03:53 pm
First batch of Chinese tourists arrived at Ngurah Rai InternationalÊAirport following the Chinese Government's resumption of travel for citizens in Bali, Indonesia, January 22, 2023 Antara Foto/Fikri Yusuf/via REUTERS
Torrential rains, flash floods lash Auckland; Elton John concert cancelled 27 Jan 2023 - 02:22 pm
People walk on a flooded street after Elton John?s concert was canceled due to bad weather, in Auckland, New Zealand, January 27, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Duane Moyle/via REUTERS
Japan to downgrade coronavirus classification on May 8, PM Kishida says 27 Jan 2023 - 12:47 pm
People wearing face masks cross a street in Tokyo on January 27, 2023. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
India police charge 10 with homicide over bridge collapse that killed 135 27 Jan 2023 - 12:41 pm
People look on as rescuers in boats work at the site of a suspension bridge collapse in Morbi town in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 31, 2022. ANI via REUTERS
Egypt, India launch 'strategic partnership' to boost trade 26 Jan 2023 - 09:43 pm
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (left) shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi after their joint media briefing at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on January 25, 2023. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
More than 160 Afghans die in bitterly cold weather 26 Jan 2023 - 04:43 pm
An Afghan child collects plastic to burn for heat in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara
Philippines economy grows 7.6% despite inflation threat 26 Jan 2023 - 03:05 pm
Pedestrians walk as they shop at a market in Manila on January 26, 2022. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
Indonesia signals end of hikes as fed peak rate comes to view 26 Jan 2023 - 01:23 pm
Farmers plant rice seeds at a paddy field in Samahani in Indonesia's Aceh province on January 25, 2023. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)