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Malaysia Airlines finds 'potential issue' on A350-900 engine 06 Sep 2024 - 04:39 pm
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World's largest indoor ski resort opens in Shanghai as China logs hottest month 06 Sep 2024 - 01:50 pm
An aerial view shows the exterior view of the Shanghai L*SNOW Indoor Skiing Theme Resort, the world's largest indoor skiing resort during its official opening day in Shanghai on September 6, 2024. Photo by STRINGER / AFP
Outgoing Japan PM promises warmer ties with Seoul 06 Sep 2024 - 01:28 pm
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol (R) and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands during a meeting at the Presidential Office in Seoul on September 6, 2024. (Photo by Lee Jin-man / POOL / AFP)
Super Typhoon Yagi makes landfall on south China's Hainan: state media 06 Sep 2024 - 12:19 pm
A local resident carries food and his luggage to a temporary shelter in a primary school ahead of the expected landfall of Super Typhoon Yagi in Wenchang, in southern China's Hainan province on September 6, 2024. (Photo by CNS / AFP) / China OUT
Fugitive former mayor detained upon return to Philippines from Indonesia 05 Sep 2024 - 11:59 pm
Alice Leal Guo (left), former mayor of Bamban in Philippine's Tarlac province accused of human trafficking and links to Chinese organised crime, is escorted to a press conference in Manila on September 6, 2024, after being deported following her arrest in Indonesia on September 3. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Rallies in Bangladesh mark one month since ex-premier Sheikh Hasina was ousted 05 Sep 2024 - 10:51 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)
Japanese report says 7-Eleven operator sees takeover bid as 'low' 05 Sep 2024 - 04:19 pm
Peninsula
Rare twin elephants take first steps in Myanmar 05 Sep 2024 - 02:49 pm
A mother elephant stands next to its baby elephant twins at Wingabaw Elephant Camp, Myanmar's Bago region, on September 5, 2024. (Photo by Sai Aung Main / AFP)
Chinese cities suspend schools, cancel flights ahead of super typhoon Yagi 05 Sep 2024 - 02:41 pm
Storm clouds gather over buildings in Hong Kong on September 5, 2024, as super typhoon Yagi tracked across the South China Sea towards the southern China coast. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)
S. Korea space transport ambitions hopes to challenge SpaceX 05 Sep 2024 - 02:04 pm
Yoon Young-bin administrator of Korea Aero Space Administration (KASA), speaks at a press conference in Seoul on September 5, 2024. Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP
Small meteor lights up Philippine sky 05 Sep 2024 - 11:30 am
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South Korea records highest average summer temperature on record 05 Sep 2024 - 09:04 am
Peninsula
Crowds give Nepal's first Paralympic medallist hero's welcome 04 Sep 2024 - 01:59 pm
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games taekwondo bronze medallist Palesha Goverdhan greets the crowd upon her arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on September 4, 2024. Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP.
Japanese island eradicates rabbit-killing mongoose 04 Sep 2024 - 10:40 am
This undated handout photo released to AFP by Japan's Ministry of the Environment on September 4, 2024 shows a mongoose captured by authorities in Japan. Photo by Handout / Ministry of the Environment / AFP
Cathay's affected Airbus A350 planes need engine fuel lines replaced: airline 04 Sep 2024 - 10:14 am
Cathay Pacific aircraft are seen in the maintenance hanger at the international airport in Hong Kong on September 3, 2024. Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP
India searches for coastguard crew after helicopter crash 03 Sep 2024 - 01:50 pm
Peninsula
Thailand nets 1.3 million kilograms of invasive fish 03 Sep 2024 - 09:32 am
This photograph taken on July 15, 2024 shows blackchin tilapia fish in a basket after being caught in a canal in Bangkok. (Photo by James WILSON / THAI NEWS PIX / AFP)
Bangladesh flood death toll rises to 67 03 Sep 2024 - 09:14 am
A family uses a makeshift raft to make their way through the flood waters in Daganbhuiyan in Feni, on August 25, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)