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Nippon Steel hires Pompeo as US Steel deal adviser 20 Jul 2024 - 02:00 pm
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
North Korean athletes leave for Paris Olympics 20 Jul 2024 - 01:11 pm
North Korea players leave to take part in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang on July 20, 2024. (Photo by Kim Won Jin / AFP)
Indian coast guard battling fire aboard vessel in Arabian sea 20 Jul 2024 - 11:00 am
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Vietnamese social media users black out profile pics to mourn leader 20 Jul 2024 - 10:43 am
A vendor arranges newspapers reporting on the death of Nguyen Phu Trong, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in Hanoi on July 20, 2024. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen / AFP)
Tense talks as UNESCO mulls Heritage sites at risk 20 Jul 2024 - 09:17 am
Britain's prehistoric Stonehenge circle
Motorcycle-riding sultan crowned Malaysian king 20 Jul 2024 - 08:19 am
The seventeenth King of Malaysia, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar and Queen Raja Zarith Sofiah Idris Shah walk near the throne during his coronation at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur on July 20, 2024. (Photo by Hasnoor Hussain / Pool / AFP)
11 dead, over 30 missing after China bridge collapse 20 Jul 2024 - 08:05 am
This photo taken on July 20, 2024 shows the site of a bridge collapse in Zhashui County in Shangluo City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Xinhua)
Bangladesh soldiers out in force as PM cancels foreign trip 20 Jul 2024 - 08:00 am
Anti-quota protesters clash with the police in Dhaka on July 19, 2024. (Photo by Abdul Goni / AFP)
Bangladesh imposes curfew, calls in military after deadly unrest 19 Jul 2024 - 09:25 pm
Commuters drive past a burnt car after students set it on fire amid the ongoing anti-quota protest in Dhaka on July 19, 2024. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Here's what to know about the ongoing unrest in Bangladesh; over 100 killed 19 Jul 2024 - 08:28 pm
Anti-quota protesters clash with the police in Dhaka on July 18, 2024. Bangladesh woke on July 19 to survey destruction left by the deadliest day of ongoing student protests so far, which saw government buildings torched by demonstrators and a nationwide internet blackout put into effect. (Photo by AFP)
India's Reliance sees profits drop over underperforming energy division 19 Jul 2024 - 07:59 pm
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Bangladesh protesters storm prison as police fail to quell unrest 19 Jul 2024 - 07:18 pm
Burnt building of Bangladesh bridge authority is pictured after students set it on fire amid the ongoing anti-quota protest in Dhaka on July 19, 2024. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Bangladesh capital bans rallies after government buildings torched 19 Jul 2024 - 06:32 pm
Students take part in the ongoing anti-quota protest in Dhaka on July 18, 2024. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Heavy rains kill 5, leave 8 missing in northern China: state media 19 Jul 2024 - 03:31 pm
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Vietnamese leader Nguyen Phu Trong has died: party 19 Jul 2024 - 03:21 pm
Vietnam's newly elected Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong waves during a press conference after the closing ceremony of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) 13th National Congress at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on February 1, 2021. Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP
Japan sees 1 mn more tourists post-pandemic, new half-year record 19 Jul 2024 - 02:32 pm
This file photo taken on April 30, 2024 shows tourists walking through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo. Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
Hong Kong airport says some airlines affected by IT outage 19 Jul 2024 - 02:09 pm
Airport staff manually check-in passengers at Hong Kong International Airport on July 19, 2024, due to a world wide Microsoft outage. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)
Bangladesh protesters set state TV HQ ablaze as toll mounts, internet cut 18 Jul 2024 - 08:59 pm
Smoke rises from the burning vehicles after protesters set them on fire near the Disaster Management Directorate office, during the ongoing anti-quota protest in Dhaka on July 18, 2024. (Photo by AFP)