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India minister blames dam release for flooding 20 Sep 2024 - 08:31 pm
An aerial view shows houses partially submerged in flood, after rise in water level of river Ganges, in Patna on September 20, 2024. (Photo by Sachin Kumar / AFP)
Philippine senator says China should do more to help fight cybercrime gangs 20 Sep 2024 - 03:44 pm
Motorists and vehicles travel along a road amid traffic jam in Manila on November 24, 2023. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
Huge Australian king penguin chick Pesto grows into social media star 20 Sep 2024 - 01:05 pm
Photo credit: Official Instagram account of SEA LIFE Melbourne.
Kimchi threat as heatwave drives up South Korea cabbage prices 20 Sep 2024 - 12:59 pm
AFP File photo. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
China to 'gradually resume' seafood imports from Japan after Fukushima ban 20 Sep 2024 - 12:43 pm
This file photo taken on September 1, 2023 shows fishery workers unloading seafood caught in offshore trawl fishing at the port of Matsukawaura in the city of Soma, Fukushima prefecture, about a week after the country began discharging treated wastewater from the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka secures debt deal ahead of vote 19 Sep 2024 - 10:18 pm
Sri Lankan police combat officers inspect an auto-rickshaw at a road checkpoint ahead of the upcoming presidential elections, in Colombo on September 19, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S Kodikara / AFP)
Cathay Airbus engine fire linked to cleaning: EU regulator 19 Sep 2024 - 07:57 pm
This photo taken on December 13, 2023 shows Cathay Pacific aircraft parked at Hong Kong international airport. Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP
Huge python grabs Thai woman, squeezes her two hours before she can be freed 19 Sep 2024 - 03:33 pm
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Sri Lanka to vote in first poll since economic collapse 19 Sep 2024 - 12:36 pm
Sri Lankan police combat officers inspect a car at a road checkpoint ahead of the upcoming presidential elections, in Colombo on September 19, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
S. Korean police to invest millions to prevent deepfakes 19 Sep 2024 - 12:33 pm
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Chinese navy sails between Japanese islands near Taiwan 18 Sep 2024 - 01:13 pm
This combination of recent handout photos released on September 18, 2024 by Japan's Ministry of Defence Joint Staff Office Public Relations shows the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning (top), and two Luyang III-class missile destroyers (number 120 at centre and number 123 at bottom) at sea in waters near Japan's southern Okinawa region. Photo by Handout / Japan's Ministry of Defense Joint Staff Office Public Relations / AFP.
Six million children in SE Asia affected by Yagi disaster: UNICEF 18 Sep 2024 - 10:43 am
Flood-affected residents line up for food at a temporary camp set up at a monastery in Taungoo, Myanmar's Bago region on September 14, 2024. Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP.
Japan to formally elect new prime minister on October 1 18 Sep 2024 - 10:37 am
Photo used for demonstration purposes. People walk in the pedestrian zone of Tokyo's Ginza district during the
Sri Lanka's plantation workers live on the margins. But politicians still want their votes 18 Sep 2024 - 10:26 am
In this photograph taken on September 2, 2024, tea pickers listen to Palani Shakthivel, national organiser of the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC), at a village in Hatton. Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP.
Bangladesh opposition party rallies to demand a new election 17 Sep 2024 - 04:56 pm
Demonstrators carry Bangladesh's national flag (front) during Martyr March, a rally organised by Students Against Discrimination to mark one month to the ousting of the country's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on September 5, 2024.Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP.
US backs Philippines over China despite reef pullout 16 Sep 2024 - 10:47 pm
This handout photo from the Philippine Coast Guard taken and received on September 15, 2024 shows the Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Teresa Magbanua as it arrives at a port in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP)
Taliban suspends polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan: UN 16 Sep 2024 - 08:20 pm
An Afghan burqa-clad woman walks along a street in Fayzabad district of Badakhshan Province on September 16, 2024. (Photo by Omer Abrar / AFP)
China sees travel surge on first day of Mid-Autumn Festival holiday 16 Sep 2024 - 04:36 pm
People visit the Garden Expo Park during a lantern show as part of celebrations marking the Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing on September 14, 2024. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)