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Second Fukushima nuclear sample removal eyed for spring 26 Dec 2024 - 01:44 pm
This aerial picture shows storage tanks (bottom) used for storing treated water at TEPCO's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture on August 24, 2023. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)
Azerbaijan mourns 38 killed in plane crash in Kazakhstan 26 Dec 2024 - 08:18 am
In this handout picture released by Kazakhstan's emergency situations ministry, emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Handout / Kazakhstan's emergency situations ministry / AFP)
Japan Airlines reports cyberattack 26 Dec 2024 - 08:10 am
People walk past a check-in counter for Japan Airlines at the departures hall of Haneda Airport in Tokyo on December 26, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
Nepal hosts hot air balloon festival 26 Dec 2024 - 07:57 am
Hot air balloons rise in the sky during the International Hot-Air Balloon festival in Pokhara on December 24, 2024. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)
Pakistani army kills 13 militants in country's northwest  25 Dec 2024 - 09:14 pm
Peninsula
China, Japan reach 10 agreements on people-to-people, cultural exchanges 25 Dec 2024 - 07:36 pm
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, holds talks with Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeshi Iwaya in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
32 survivors as Azerbaijani jet crashes in Kazakhstan 25 Dec 2024 - 03:26 pm
Scene from the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Issa Tazhenbayev / AFP)
28 survivors as Azerbaijani jet crashes in Kazakhstan 25 Dec 2024 - 01:04 pm
Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Issa Tazhenbayev / AFP)
Once a war zone, southern Philippines rebrands as tourist destination 25 Dec 2024 - 11:58 am
Colorful sails, called vinta, of the Sama Bajau line the shore of Zamboanga City during its weeks-long Hermosa Festival. Photo by Martin San Diego for The Washington Post.
Pakistan air strikes kill 46 in Afghanistan: Taliban spokesman 25 Dec 2024 - 11:47 am
Peninsula
14 survivors from Kazakh plane crash hospitalised: health authorities 25 Dec 2024 - 11:09 am
Peninsula
Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes near Kazakhstan's Aktau airport 25 Dec 2024 - 10:33 am
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Sweeping Vietnam internet law comes into force 25 Dec 2024 - 09:09 am
Youths play video games in a gaming room in Hanoi on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen / AFP)
Chinese workers saved from 'slave-like conditions' in Brazil 24 Dec 2024 - 10:36 pm
File photo for representation only showing BYD's logo on a car. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)
Nikkei index ends lower amid thinning trading activity 24 Dec 2024 - 08:57 pm
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Man finds bear in living room as Japan readies licence to kill 24 Dec 2024 - 02:49 pm
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China says to raise deficit, boost spending next year: state media 24 Dec 2024 - 01:03 pm
A cleaner carrying a broom and a trash bin walks along a street in Beijing on December 24, 2024. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
Driver in central China car ramming handed suspended death sentence 23 Dec 2024 - 03:27 pm
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