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China school bus crashes into crowd, kills 11 including students 03 Sep 2024 - 09:00 am
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Japan's summer was joint hottest on record: weather office 02 Sep 2024 - 02:26 pm
A driver guides a tram along the Toden Arakawa Line, also known as Tokyo Sakura tram, in Arakawa Ward in Tokyo on January 23, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
Torrential floods kill 25 in southern India 02 Sep 2024 - 12:20 pm
A motorcyclist rides through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in Amritsar on August 29, 2024. Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP.
Tropical storm triggers landslides in Philippines, four dead 02 Sep 2024 - 10:20 am
Youths wade in a storm surge along Manila Bay amid heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Yagi in Manila on September 2, 2024. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Philippines to inaugurate Muslim-dedicated beach in September 31 Aug 2024 - 07:22 pm
Beach in Boracay / AFP file photo
Storm Shanshan slowly moves across Japan as officials warn of torrential rains in major cities 31 Aug 2024 - 01:35 pm
Muddy waters of the Kaneme River flow past houses lined up behind the river's bank in the aftermath of Typhoon Shanshan in Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa prefecture on August 30, 2024. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP.
China manufacturing contracts for fourth straight month 31 Aug 2024 - 10:19 am
People walk along the Dazhalan street in Beijing on August 29, 2024. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)
Weakening Shanshan rains still disrupting transport in Japan 31 Aug 2024 - 10:02 am
People walk in front of closed ticket gates for the Tokaido Shinkansen as train operations between Tokyo and Nagoya are suspended, in Tokyo Station, due to Typhoon Shanshan crawling across Japan on August 31, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Panda pair in Tokyo to return to China 31 Aug 2024 - 09:34 am
This file picture taken on May 24, 2017 shows female giant panda Shin Shin eating bamboo in her enclosure at Tokyo's Ueno zoo. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Vietnam's two major airports to see over 800,000 passengers in National Day holidays 31 Aug 2024 - 08:39 am
A street vendor uses her mobile phone as she sits in front of a garage door in the colours and shapes of the Vietnamese flag in Hanoi on August 28, 2024. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
Philippines, Vietnam agree to deepen defence cooperation 30 Aug 2024 - 08:27 pm
Vietnam's Minister of Defence General Phan Van Giang (left) and Philippines' Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro after delivering their joint statements at the Department of National Defense office in Manila on August 30, 2024. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Sri Lanka inflation dips to lowest point since crisis 30 Aug 2024 - 03:58 pm
Supporters of Sri Lanka's president and United National Party presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe, wave the country's national flag during an election rally ahead of the upcoming presidential elections in Colombo on August 28, 2024. Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP.
UN to deploy team to Bangladesh to probe rights abuses, violations during mass uprising 30 Aug 2024 - 02:12 pm
Relatives hold portraits of forcibly disappeared people, as they form a human chain to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, in Dhaka on August 30, 2024. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Quarter of China's energy now comes from non-carbon sources: white paper 29 Aug 2024 - 02:22 pm
People cross a street in Beijing on August 29, 2024. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)
Philippines says US offered to escort supply ships in disputed sea 29 Aug 2024 - 02:00 pm
Philippines' Military Chief General Romeo Brawner (R) shakes hands with US Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral Samuel Paparo during a joint press conference after the Philippines-US Mutual Defence Board meeting at the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio on August 29, 2024. Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP
A sinkhole swallows an SUV in South Korea, injuring 2 people 29 Aug 2024 - 01:21 pm
A man sits near parked cars along a road in Seoul on August 20, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Court rules S. Korea climate goals 'unconstitutional' 29 Aug 2024 - 01:10 pm
Climate activists hold banners outside South Korea's Constitutional Court in Seoul on August 29, 2024. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
Powerful Typhoon Shanshan slams into southern Japan 29 Aug 2024 - 12:23 pm
Workers remove a fallen tree brought down by strong winds from Typhoon Shanshan in Usa, Oita prefecture on August 29, 2024. Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP