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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
Peninsula
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)
Bangladesh interim leader says elections will follow reforms 13 Nov 2024 - 07:37 pm
Peninsula
Toxic smog smothering India's capital smashes WHO limit 13 Nov 2024 - 04:35 pm
An aerial view shows cars along a road engulfed in smog in New Delhi on November 13, 2024. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
Vietnam looks to restart nuclear power projects 13 Nov 2024 - 02:08 pm
Peninsula
Indonesians drill for disaster before tsunami anniversary 13 Nov 2024 - 01:47 pm
People take part in an earthquake and tsunami drills ahead of the 20-year anniversary of the Boxing Day disaster in Banda Aceh on November 13, 2024. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
14 dead in Pakistan wedding bus crash, bride survives 13 Nov 2024 - 10:18 am
In this photograph taken and released by Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) on November 13, 2024, mourners carry a deceased's body who died in a wedding bus accident in Gilgit. Photo by Gilgit Baltistan Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) / AFP
Airlines around Asia ground Bali flights after volcano erupts 13 Nov 2024 - 09:41 am
Passengers look at an electronic board displaying cancelled flights after the nearby Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano catapulted an ash tower miles into the sky, at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Tuban near Denpasar, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on November 13, 2024. (Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA / AFP)
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)