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World / Asia

India considers banning news identified as 'fake' by govt on social media 18 Jan 2023 - 03:11 pm
Peninsula
Make it easier to raise children say many Chinese after population falls 18 Jan 2023 - 02:08 pm
A woman pushes a trolley with twins along a street in Beijing on Aug. 2, 2022. (Photo: AFP)
Indonesia to break ground for $2.7 bln housing project in new capital in Q2 18 Jan 2023 - 01:21 pm
People wearing protective masks enjoy a pedestrian bridge during the dusk amid of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Girl killed as convenience store collapses in Vietnam 18 Jan 2023 - 12:00 pm
Rescue workers carry out equipment from a Circle-K convenience store after part of the building collapsed, killing a 15-year-old girl, in Ho Chi Minh City on January 18, 2023. Photo by Dat Tran / AFP
7.0-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia, tsunami warning lifted 18 Jan 2023 - 10:38 am
Peninsula
UN envoys in Kabul to press for women's rights 18 Jan 2023 - 12:51 am
Afghan girls carry a gas cylinder along a street in Kabul on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Vietnam president resigns as Communist Party intensifies graft crackdown 17 Jan 2023 - 08:21 pm
Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrives to attend APEC Leader's Dialogue with APEC Business Advisory Council during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, November 18, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/Pool via REUTERS)
Blinken to pay long-awaited China visit on February 5-6 17 Jan 2023 - 07:49 pm
In this file photo taken on July 8, 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / POOL / AFP)
Factbox: India set to overtake China as world's most populous nation 17 Jan 2023 - 07:05 pm
A man dressed as a teddy bear entertains people at a crowded beach in Mumbai, India, June 12, 2022. (REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas)
Kazakhstan ends unlimited stay for Russians 17 Jan 2023 - 05:55 pm
Russian citizens visit a public service centre to receive an individual identification number for foreigners in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 3, 2022. (REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev)
China back to 'normal' after end of Covid curbs: official 17 Jan 2023 - 05:21 pm
People shop for Lunar New Year decorations in the southern Chinese enclave of Macau ahead of the New Year of the Rabbit on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Peter Parks / AFP)
Nepal finds all but one missing person following deadly plane crash 17 Jan 2023 - 05:10 pm
Rescue teams search for victims at the site of the Yeti Airlines plane crash, in Pokhara on January 17, 2023. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)
Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan hints at returning to parliament 17 Jan 2023 - 04:51 pm
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 4, 2021. (REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir)
Bangladeshi cleric convicted for spreading Covid disinformation 17 Jan 2023 - 01:02 pm
Picture taken from Facebook / Mufti Kazi Ibrahim
Nepal plane crash searchers rappel, fly drones to find last two people 17 Jan 2023 - 11:54 am
Rescuers inspect the wreckage at the site of a Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara on January 16, 2023. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)
China's Lunar New Year travel offers spark of economic rebound from COVID crunch 17 Jan 2023 - 11:48 am
People wait to board a train at a railway station during the annual Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Shanghai, China January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Pakistan PM Sharif offers talks with arch-rival India 17 Jan 2023 - 10:36 am
Reuters file photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
Singapore expects full tourism recovery by 2024 17 Jan 2023 - 10:22 am
Reuters file photo