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World / Asia

Over 15,000 people affected by rain-related disasters in Sri Lanka 24 Nov 2024 - 10:49 pm
A woman holding a child in her arm wades through floodwater on a waterlogged road in Gampaha, Sri Lanka, on November 20, 2024. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)
COP29: Developing nations slam 'paltry' $300 billion climate deal 24 Nov 2024 - 09:27 pm
COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev speaks at a first closing plenary of the COP29 Climate Conference in Baku on November 23, 2024. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)
Fire rips through slum area in Philippine capital 24 Nov 2024 - 12:54 pm
A Philippine Air Force helicopter drops water over houses on fire at Tondo in Manila on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Wounded Bangladesh protesters receive robotic helping hand 24 Nov 2024 - 10:41 am
(Files) A protester who lost his arm in July's students' revolution holds a prosthetic arm manufactured by Robolife Technologies in Dhaka on November 21, 2024. (Photo by Abdul Goni / AFP)
EU, China close to agreement on EV tariffs 23 Nov 2024 - 04:58 pm
Peninsula
32 killed in new sectarian violence in Pakistan 23 Nov 2024 - 02:18 pm
Men walk past a market closed by traders during a strike against sectarian attacks in Kurram district. (Photo by Dilawer Khan / AFP)
Indian teen admits to 'some nerves' in bid for world chess crown 23 Nov 2024 - 01:22 pm
India's chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Roslan Rahman / AFP)
Philippine VP made 'active threat' on Marcos' life: palace 23 Nov 2024 - 10:19 am
File photo of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys, flying squirrels 23 Nov 2024 - 08:59 am
Items - all organised from where and when they were lost, sitting on shelves at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Centre in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
COP29 braces for new deal after poorer nations reject climate offer 23 Nov 2024 - 08:27 am
Fierce bargaining at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan dragged into Saturday after a $250 billion a year offer from rich nations was flatly refused by developing countries hardest hit by Earth's rapid warming.
Second Australian dies after suspected Laos poisoning 22 Nov 2024 - 03:24 pm
This photo shows the logo of the Bangkok Hospital in Bangkok on November 21, 2024. Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP
India court tells smog-hit capital to step up vehicle restrictions 22 Nov 2024 - 03:04 pm
A DHL aircraft prepares to land during a foggy morning at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on November 22, 2024. (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED / AFP)
Japan government approves $140bn stimulus 22 Nov 2024 - 01:27 pm
Pedestrians walk down the high-street shopping area of the Ginza district in central Tokyo on November 22, 2024. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP
Alleged Thai cyanide serial killer sentenced to death 20 Nov 2024 - 05:57 pm
Peninsula
Philippine hatchling stirs hope for endangered eagle 20 Nov 2024 - 03:55 pm
This handout photo taken on November 10, 2024 and released on November 20 shows chick number 30 after its hatching at the facility of the National Bird Breeding Sanctuary (NBBS) in Davao City, on the southern island of Mindanao. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) / AFP)
Japan ramps up tech ambitions with $65 bn for AI, chips 20 Nov 2024 - 02:35 pm
This file photo taken on May 10, 2023 shows visitors walking past a sign (L) promoting ChatGPT, a hugely popular language app that has sparked a rush in artificial intelligence technology, during the three-day 7th AI Expo, part of NexTech Week Tokyo 2023, Japan's largest trade show for artificial intelligence technology companies, at Tokyo Big Sight. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP
Bangladesh ex-police chief faces crimes against humanity charges 20 Nov 2024 - 12:16 pm
Police personnel escort detainees Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun (C), a former police inspector general and Ziaul Ahsan (back 2R), a former military general and former director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC), to Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) court in Dhaka on November 20, 2024. Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP.
India to bail long-term prisoners awaiting trial 20 Nov 2024 - 11:04 am
File picture of India's Home Minister Amit Shah