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China allows French, German citizens to enter visa free 24 Nov 2023 - 12:49 pm
A woman walks on an overpass at the central business district in Beijing on November 14, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
14 metres to freedom: Final push to free Indian tunnel workers 24 Nov 2023 - 11:42 am
A view of the collapsed under construction Silkyara tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state, on November 24, 2023. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP
China says no unusual pathogens in respiratory illness surge: WHO 23 Nov 2023 - 11:56 pm
Children and their parents wait at an outpatient area at a children hospital in Beijing on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
Vietnam's vegetable, fruit exports hit record high in 11 months 23 Nov 2023 - 03:22 pm
Staff members label durians to be exported to China at a durian processing plant in Dak Lak province, Vietnam, Sept. 15, 2023. Xinhua/Hu Jiali
'Like battle': Indian rescuers strive to free 41 trapped workers 23 Nov 2023 - 02:55 pm
Media personnel stand near an entrance of the Silkyara under construction road tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
WHO asks China for more data on respiratory illnesses outbreak 23 Nov 2023 - 12:09 pm
Children and their parents wait at an outpatient area at a children hospital in Beijing on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
India resumes e-visas for Canadian nationals 22 Nov 2023 - 05:23 pm
File: Security personnel stand guard in front of the High Commission of Canada in New Delhi on September 19, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
S.Korean president to deepen UK ties on second day of state visit 22 Nov 2023 - 02:57 pm
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a speech at the Royal Society in London on November 22, 2023, on the second day of a three-day state visit to the UK. Photo by TOBY MELVILLE / POOL / AFP
Indian rescuers drill two-thirds of way to 41 trapped workers 22 Nov 2023 - 02:08 pm
A general view shows the entrance of the under construction Silkyara road tunnel during rescue efforts for trapped constructions workers days after a section of the tunnel collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state on November 22, 2023. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP
One dead, over 43,000 displaced in Philippine floods 22 Nov 2023 - 01:38 pm
This handout photo taken on November 21, 2023 and received from the Philippine Coast Guard on November 22 shows coast guard personnel wading through floodwaters during evacuation operations at a village in Catarman town, Northern Samar, central Philippines. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
Load of rubbish: litter-hunters vie for unusual world title in Tokyo 22 Nov 2023 - 12:38 pm
Members of Indonesia search in the bushes for rubbish during the first round of the
Indonesia gives hundreds of rejected Rohingya temporary stay 21 Nov 2023 - 05:46 pm
Rohingya refugees offer congregational prayers at a temporary shelter in Lapang Barat village, Bireuen, Aceh province on November 21, 2023. (Photo by Zikri Maulana and Zikri MAULANA / AFP)
Indonesia unveils investment plan for $20 bn energy transition pact 21 Nov 2023 - 03:49 pm
People gather in the park of the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta on August 6, 2023. Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP
Chinese company gives leftover hotpot oil second life as jet fuel 21 Nov 2023 - 03:26 pm
This photo taken on October 21, 2023 shows a restaurant employee taking away a pot of oily broth, which will be recycled, at an eatery in Chengdu, China's southwest Sichuan province. Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP
China renews yellow alert for cold wave 21 Nov 2023 - 01:53 pm
A woman takes a picture along the moat outside the Forbidden City in Beijing on November 21, 2023. Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP
Floods force evacuation of over 2,000 in Malaysia 21 Nov 2023 - 12:30 pm
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Indian workers trapped in tunnel for 10 days seen on camera 21 Nov 2023 - 09:03 am
This picture released by Department of Information and Public Relation (DIPR) Uttarakhand and taken with endoscopic camera on November 21, 2023 shows a worker trapped inside the under-construction tunnel, days after it collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state. Photos by Department of Information and Public Relation (DIPR) Uttarakhand / AFP
Disneyland's $60B expansion means parks in Hong Kong and Shanghai are only getting bigger 20 Nov 2023 - 05:31 pm
Photo taken on Sept. 12, 2023, shows staff working at a new themed land