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Protesters storm S. Korea court after president's detention extended 19 Jan 2025 - 02:31 pm
Police stand guard on a street near the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul, early on January 19, 2025, after hundreds of pro-Yoon protesters smashed windows and broke down doors to enter the court following the extension of the detention of impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol. Photo by Jin-kyu Kang / AFP
Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts more than 1,000 times this month 19 Jan 2025 - 11:22 am
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South Korea's impeached president attends court to fight detention extension 18 Jan 2025 - 07:09 pm
A blue van believed to be transporting impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul on January 18, 2025, for a hearing which will decide whether to extend Yoon's detention as investigators probe his failed martial law bid. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP)
Sri Lanka reduces electricity tariffs by 20 pct 18 Jan 2025 - 06:29 pm
COLOMBO, Jan. 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 25, 2024 shows the Presidential Secretariat of Sri lanka in Colombo, Sri lanka. (Xinhua/Chen Dongshu)
China records 9.9% increase in foreign companies in 2024 18 Jan 2025 - 05:34 pm
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Cambodian villager killed by anti-tank mine 18 Jan 2025 - 05:30 pm
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S. Korea's impeached president attends court to fight detention extension 18 Jan 2025 - 03:04 pm
Pro-Yoon supporters wave flags as they gather on a road outside the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
Indian court finds man guilty in notorious hospital rape case 18 Jan 2025 - 01:37 pm
Social activists shout slogans near the Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court in Kolkata on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)
India uses AI to stop stampedes at world's biggest gathering 18 Jan 2025 - 12:31 pm
Police monitor the situation via screens at the Integrated Command and Control Center during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni / AFP)
Pakistan airline apologises for Eiffel Tower advert 17 Jan 2025 - 09:27 pm
A man looks at an advert of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane flying at the Eiffel Tower, on his mobile phone in Islamabad on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Farooq Naeem / AFP)
Trump, Xi speak by phone, vow improved ties despite threats 17 Jan 2025 - 07:20 pm
This combination of pictures created on November 07, 2024 shows former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024, and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a press conference in Belgrade, on May 8, 2024. (Photo by Charly Triballeau and Elvis Barukcic / AFP)
S. Korea plane crash investigators find feathers in engines: media 17 Jan 2025 - 03:01 pm
Investigators and emergency response personnel work at the site where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on January 4, 2025. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
South Korea investigators seek to extend President Yoon's detention 17 Jan 2025 - 02:55 pm
Supporters of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol chant slogans during a rally outside the government complex building housing the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in Gwacheon on January 16, 2025. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
Nintendo shares down on detail-light Switch 2 teaser 17 Jan 2025 - 12:29 pm
A woman walk past an electronic board showing the numbers of Nintendo's stock price (top, R) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in central Tokyo on January 17, 2025. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Japan marks 30th anniversary of deadly Kobe quake 17 Jan 2025 - 12:16 pm
People take part in an early morning ceremony to remember the victims on the 30th anniversary of the
'No money': gloom on Beijing streets as economic growth slows 17 Jan 2025 - 12:02 pm
A customer picks vegetables at a supermarket in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province on January 17, 2025. Photo by AFP
Japan forest on fire after military explosives drill 17 Jan 2025 - 11:58 am
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What's driving American "TikTok refugees" to China's RedNote? 16 Jan 2025 - 09:08 pm
A photo illustration shows a woman holding her smartphone displaying the Chinese social networking and e-commerce app Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, in Beijing on January 15, 2025. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)