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Six people found dead in a Bangkok, poisoning suspected: police 16 Jul 2024 - 06:19 pm
A general view of the street after an incident, in which six bodies were found at a hotel in Bangkok on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
Families buried, livelihoods lost as Afghan storm toll hits 47 16 Jul 2024 - 06:07 pm
Afghan residents shovel mud following flash floods after heavy rainfall at Pesgaran village in Dara district, Panjshir province on July 15, 2024. At least 35 people were killed and 230 injured on July 15, after heavy rain in eastern Afghanistan, a local official said. (Photo by AFP)
Three killed in Bangladesh job quota protests 16 Jul 2024 - 03:01 pm
Anti-quota protesters and students backing the ruling Awami League party clash in Dhaka on July 16, 2024 (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Sweeping floods in the Philippines kill five 16 Jul 2024 - 02:39 pm
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Chinese kindergartens pivot to senior care as population ages 16 Jul 2024 - 02:21 pm
Participants practicing a dance at a kindergarten-turned-elderly centre in Taiyuan, in China's northern Shanxi province. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
High-ranking North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South 16 Jul 2024 - 12:38 pm
This picture taken on December 31, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 1, 2023 shows a ceremony of donating 600mm Super-large Multiple Launch Rocket System in the yard of the headquarters of the Centr
'Super spicy' crisps land Japan schoolkids in hospital 16 Jul 2024 - 11:32 am
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World's rarest whale washes up on New Zealand beach 16 Jul 2024 - 08:11 am
A handout photo taken on July 5, 2024 and received on July 16 from the New Zealand Department of Conservation shows rangers Jim Fyfe (L) and Tumai Cassidy walking beside what appears to be the carcass of a rare spade-toothed whale in New Zealand's southern Otago province. (Photo by Handout / New Zealand Department of Conservation / AFP)
35 people die in a storm that brought heavy rainfall to eastern Afghanistan 15 Jul 2024 - 08:17 pm
Afghan residents shovel mud following flash floods after heavy rainfall at Pesgaran village in Dara district, Panjshir province on July 15, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
100 injured as Bangladesh student groups clash over job quotas 15 Jul 2024 - 03:20 pm
Student activists shout slogans before they submit their memorandum to the country's President on quota reforms on July 14, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Beijingers feel the pinch as economic data disappoints 15 Jul 2024 - 01:34 pm
General view of an under-construction residential housing complex in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on July 15, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Pakistan government will seek to ban party of ex-PM Khan: Minister 15 Jul 2024 - 12:41 pm
(Files) Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan's supporters protest outside the court in Islamabad on June 27, 2024. (Photo by Farooq Naeem / AFP)
Nepal's Communist PM takes power for fourth time 15 Jul 2024 - 11:30 am
Nepal's newly appointed prime minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (C) signs a document as his predecessor Pushpa Kamal Dahal looks on at the presidential house in Kathmandu on July 15, 2024. (Photo by Prabin Ranabhat / AFP)
Nepal president appoints new Prime Minister 14 Jul 2024 - 08:30 pm
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Nepal's KP Sharma Oli new prime minister: presidential official 14 Jul 2024 - 03:40 pm
A file photo of Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Cambodia's defense ministry says a search is on for a military helicopter missing since Friday 13 Jul 2024 - 09:29 pm
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Eleven dead in northern Vietnam after landslide buries van 13 Jul 2024 - 03:34 pm
This picture taken and released by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on July 13, 2024 shows rescuers carrying out a casualty. (Photo by Vietnam News Agency / AFP)
Malala calls for Pakistan to stop deporting undocumented Afghans 13 Jul 2024 - 01:41 pm
Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai listens to a question during an interview in London on July 12, 2024. (Photo by Benjamin Cremel / AFP)