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Super Typhoon Man-yi pounds the Philippines 16 Nov 2024 - 11:00 pm
Large waves break along a seawall ahead of the expected landfall of Super Typhoon Man-yi, in Legaspi City, Albay province on November 16, 2024. (Photo by CHARISM SAYAT / AFP)
Super Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall in Philippines: govt forecaster 16 Nov 2024 - 05:16 pm
People (R) react as large waves break along a seawall ahead of the expected landfall of Super Typhoon Man-yi, in Legaspi City, Albay province on November 16, 2024. (Photo by CHARISM SAYAT / AFP)
Japan reiterates desire to have stable ties with China 16 Nov 2024 - 04:17 pm
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Sales of South Korean companies decline in H1 of 2024 16 Nov 2024 - 04:03 pm
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Philippines warns of 'potentially catastrophic' Super Typhoon Man-yi 16 Nov 2024 - 03:44 pm
The sun sets past anchored barges ahead of the expected landfall of Super Typhoon Man-yi, in Manila Bay on November 16, 2024. A super typhoon sweeping towards the Philippines on November 16 was intensifying and could have a
Stirring 'haka' dance disrupts New Zealand's parliament 16 Nov 2024 - 03:10 pm
This frame grab taken from a New Zealand Parliament TV feed dated November 14, 2024 shows Maori lawmaker Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (C) standing up during a first reading of the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill and performing a Haka dance. (Photo by New Zealand Parliament / AFPTV / AFP)
UN climate chief urges G20 action to untangle COP29 talks 16 Nov 2024 - 11:53 am
UN climate chief Simon Stiell delivers a speech during the opening of the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov / AFP)
10 newborns killed, 16 critical in India hospital fire 16 Nov 2024 - 08:48 am
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Tens of thousands flee as Super Typhoon Man-yi nears Philippines 16 Nov 2024 - 08:24 am
Residents from coastal areas take shelter on an evacuation center in Legaspi City, Albay province, south of Manila on November 16, 2024, ahead of Super Typhoon Man-yi's landfall. (Photo by Charism Sayat / AFP)
Typhoon Man-yi bears down on Philippines still reeling from Usagi 15 Nov 2024 - 02:21 pm
Residents get off a truck after the local government implemented a preemptive evacuation in Daraga, Albay on November 15, 2024, ahead of the landfall of Typhoon Man-Yi. Photo by Charism SAYAT / AFP
Primary schools empty as smog persists in Indian capital 15 Nov 2024 - 02:13 pm
A woman covers her face as she walks past school boys on a cold smoggy morning in the old quarters of New Delhi on November 15, 2024. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
'Megaquake' warning hits Japan's growth 15 Nov 2024 - 11:58 am
People cross a street in the Omotesando shopping area in Tokyo on November 15, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
China tests building Moon base with lunar soil bricks 15 Nov 2024 - 11:56 am
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South Korean opposition leader handed suspended jail term 15 Nov 2024 - 11:54 am
South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung (C) leaves the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on November 15, 2024, after he was found guilty of making false statements in violation of the Public Official Election Act. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
South Korea's LG to pump extra $1 bn into Vietnam plant 15 Nov 2024 - 11:52 am
This picture taken on August 29, 2023 shows employees leaving the LG Display factory in Hai Phong. Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP
China's Xi arrives in Peru for APEC summit, Biden meeting 14 Nov 2024 - 10:27 pm
China's President Xi Jinping waves upon his arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit at Air Force Base 8, annexed to the Jorge Chavez International Airport, in Callao, Peru, on November 14, 2024. (Photo by Ernesto Benavides / AFP)
'Very humiliating': Bangladesh's Yunus seethes over COP29 fight for climate money 14 Nov 2024 - 08:22 pm
Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus gives a speech during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 13, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov / AFP)
Thousands flee as Typhoon Usagi hits north Philippines 14 Nov 2024 - 02:16 pm
This handout photo taken on November 14, 2024, shows a rescuer carrying a young resident during a forced evacuation operation in Buguey town, Cagayan province, north of Manila. (Photo by Handout / Buguey Municipal Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office via Cagayan Provincial Public Information Office / AFP)