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UK's Starmer urged to fire minister hit by Bangladesh graft probe 13 Jan 2025 - 07:04 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer reacts while delivering a speech during a visit of the Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL (Unnivesrity College London), in London, on January 13, 2025. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / POOL / AFP)
China targets coupons and 'silver economy' to boost tourism 13 Jan 2025 - 07:01 pm
This photo taken on January 12, 2025 shows a boat sailing on Songhua River as visitors gather to see the frost-covered trees on the riverbank in Jilin, northeast China's Jilin province. (Photo by AFP)
Kazakhstan encouraged by rare leopard sighting 13 Jan 2025 - 06:08 pm
Peninsula
Bangladesh files graft cases against ousted leader's family 13 Jan 2025 - 05:02 pm
Photo used for representation purposes. Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP.
Japan issues tsunami advisory after 6.9 magnitude quake 13 Jan 2025 - 04:00 pm
Peninsula
Philippine sect gathers to oppose VP Duterte impeachment 13 Jan 2025 - 02:37 pm
Members of the influential sect Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) watch Philippine lawmaker Rodante Marcoleta speak as they attend a rally to oppose calls to unseat Vice-President Sara Duterte in Manila on January 13, 2025. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
South Korea's impeached president gets a pay rise 13 Jan 2025 - 12:55 pm
Supporters of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol attend a rally near his residence in Seoul on January 13, 2025. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP)
Blue Origin pushes back first launch of giant New Glenn rocket 13 Jan 2025 - 12:37 pm
Blue Origin New Glenn rocket sits at Launch Complex 36 after its scheduled early morning launch was cancelled at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on January 13 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
South Korea to adapt airport concrete barriers after plane crash 13 Jan 2025 - 12:22 pm
Firefighters take part in a search operation near 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 11, 2025. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Seoul confirms Ukraine captured two North Korean soldiers 12 Jan 2025 - 02:36 pm
A photograph obtained from the Telegram account of V_Zelenskiy_official shows an alledged soldier presented as North Korean detained by Ukrainian authorities at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, following their capture by the Ukrainian army. (Photo by Handout / Telegram/V_Zelenskiy_official / AFP)
China, Pakistan hold fourth round of political consultations 11 Jan 2025 - 08:38 pm
Peninsula
Eight students recovering after Japan university hammer attack 11 Jan 2025 - 04:07 pm
A banner (L) for Hosei University is pictured near the entrance to the university's Tama campus after a woman brandished a hammer inside a classroom, in Machida in the western suburbs of Tokyo on January 10, 2025. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts, spews hot lava and smoke 11 Jan 2025 - 03:54 pm
This handout picture taken and released on January 11, 2025 by Indonesian Geological Agency shows Mount Ibu spewing volcanic material approximately 4,000 meters high during an eruption as observed from the Mount Ibu Volcano Observation Post in West Halmahera, North Maluku on January 11, 2025. Photo by Handout / Indonesian Geological Agency / AFP
China marks muted 5th anniversary of first Covid death 11 Jan 2025 - 01:59 pm
This combination photograph created on December 23, 2024 shows medical staff members, wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in the city, walking outside the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on January 25, 2020 (top) and a view of the same location at the hospital entrance on December 21, 2024, ahead of the fifth anniversary of China confirming its first death from the Covid-19 coronavirus. Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP
Thousands of South Koreans protest as president digs heels in 11 Jan 2025 - 12:22 pm
Supporters of impeached South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol wave flags and shout slogans during a rally in Gwanghwamun in Seoul on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
Indian business leader sparks outcry with call for Sunday work 11 Jan 2025 - 10:58 am
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UK treasurer says London 'natural home' for Chinese finance 11 Jan 2025 - 10:36 am
British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves (L) meets Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng before the start of the Fourth China-UK Financial Services Summit in Beijing in Beijing on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Aaron Favila / Pool / AFP)
Japan to give Indonesia high-speed patrol boats in security deal 11 Jan 2025 - 10:30 am
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto (R) and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba give a press statement following their meeting at the presidential palace in Bogor, West Java, on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Bay Ismoyo / AFP)