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Fifth storm in under a month bears down on Philippines 12 Nov 2024 - 08:32 pm
An aerial photo shows a swollen river inundating farm fields and houses at a village in Ilagan town, Isabela province on November 12, 2024, a day after Typhoon Toraji hit the province. (Photo by Villamor Visaya / AFP)
India will allow Musk's Starlink to operate if passes security checks 12 Nov 2024 - 06:11 pm
Commuters wait in a traffic jam during rush hour along a street in Bengaluru on November 12, 2024. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP)
Qatar takes part in World Cities Forum 2024 in South Korea 12 Nov 2024 - 04:38 pm
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35 killed, dozens wounded in south China car ramming 12 Nov 2024 - 03:41 pm
This image grab from a UGC video posted on November 11, 2024 shows emergency vehicles arriving after a driver ploughed through a crowd of people exercising at a sports center in Zhuhai, in south China's Guangdong province. Photo by UGC / AFP
Japanese tech investor SoftBank posts $7.7 bn quarterly net profit 12 Nov 2024 - 11:05 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on May 2, 2024 shows a man talking on his phone outside the headquarters for Japanese company SoftBank Group in Tokyo. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
China's Yuan loans grow by $2.3 trillion in first 10 months 12 Nov 2024 - 11:02 am
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China's auto sector registers expansion in October 12 Nov 2024 - 10:59 am
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Toxic towns in Kyrgyzstan battling radioactive danger 12 Nov 2024 - 09:58 am
Bakytbek Asankulov, the Kyrgyz emergency situations ministry's employee in charge of radioactive security, stands near new
Sri Lanka's leftist president faces first parliament test 12 Nov 2024 - 08:08 am
Sri Lanka's president and National People's Power (NPP) party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake addresses his supporters during a rally ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Colombo on November 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
North Korea ratifies comprehensive strategic partnership treaty with Russia 12 Nov 2024 - 08:00 am
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Car rams pedestrians at Chinese sports centre, several injured: police 11 Nov 2024 - 08:10 pm
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Indonesia's Mt. Lewotobi eruption displaces over 12,000 as danger zone expands 11 Nov 2024 - 05:41 pm
This photo provided by Indonesia's Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) shows volcanic materials spewing from Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in East Flores regency of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Nov. 10, 2024. (PVMBG/Handout via Xinhua)
Unexploded bomb found at construction site in Taiwan 11 Nov 2024 - 05:29 pm
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Paris agreement climate goals 'in great peril', warns UN 11 Nov 2024 - 03:50 pm
Pedestrian walk in front of the venue for COP 29 Summit in Baku on November 10, 2024, on the eve of UN Climate Change Conference. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
Thousands flee as fourth major storm in a month hits Philippines 11 Nov 2024 - 03:45 pm
This handout photo taken on November 11, 2024 and received from the Casiguran Municipal Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO) shows government workers removing a fallen tree on a highway in Casiguran, Aurora province, after Typhoon Toraji hit the nation's northeast coast. Photo by Handout / Casiguran Municipal Risk Reduction Management Office / AFP
Unexploded 'corroded' bomb found at TSMC construction site in Taiwan 11 Nov 2024 - 03:43 pm
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China cracks down after dumpling-hunting cyclists spark road chaos 11 Nov 2024 - 03:21 pm
Chinese police have cracked down on an internet craze that saw thousands of cyclists throng a highway under cover of night to gorge on dumplings in a nearby city. Photo by STRINGER / AFP
Lawmakers vote to keep embattled Ishiba as Japan PM 11 Nov 2024 - 02:47 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) leaves the prime minister's official residence to attend a ceremony with the emperor at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 11, 2024. (Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP)