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Chinese TV cuts maskless World Cup scenes as Covid anger mounts 27 Nov 2022 - 05:15 pm
This frame grab from video footage made available via AFPTV on November 27, 2022 shows students protesting against China's zero-Covid policy at Tsinghua University in Beijing. (Photo by AFPTV / AFP)
Protests in Shanghai and Beijing as anger over China's Covid curbs mounts 27 Nov 2022 - 01:55 pm
Police officers stand next to a cordon line set up near the site where a protest against COVID-19 curbs took place. Reuters/David Stanway
Thousands throng Anime Festival in Singapore after long Covid hiatus 27 Nov 2022 - 11:15 am
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Former Pakistan PM Khan vows to fight on in first rally since being shot 26 Nov 2022 - 11:10 pm
Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, gestures from behind a bullet-proof glass window, in his first public appearance since him being wounded in a gun attack earlier this month, during so-called 'a true freedom march' to pressure the government to announce new elections, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on November 26, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Protests erupt in Xinjiang and Beijing after deadly fire 26 Nov 2022 - 10:37 pm
A worker in a protective suit passes a delivery good to a resident through a gate of a residential compound that is still under lockdown, following a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chaoyang District of Beijing, China, on November 26, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Taiwan leader Tsai quits as ruling party chief after local elections loss 26 Nov 2022 - 05:43 pm
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen enter a news confrence on the day of local elections in Taipei, Taiwan, November 26, 2022. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Over 20,000 new hires have left Apple supplier Foxconn's major China plant: Source 25 Nov 2022 - 11:23 am
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Indonesian girl, 7, found dead after day-long quake rescue effort 25 Nov 2022 - 10:39 am
Ahmad Ashikin (2L), father of seven-year-old Indonesian girl Ashika Nur Fauziah, reacts after rescue personnels found her dead under the rubble at Cugenang village, in Cianjur, on November 25, 2022. Photo by Mas Agung Wilis / AFP
Pakistan names Asim Munir as new chief of powerful army 24 Nov 2022 - 05:16 pm
A man watches a news television broadcast of the nomination of the next Pakistan's army Chief General Syed Asim Munir (on television 2R), at a market in Karachi on November 24, 2022. (AFP/Asif Hassan)
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim appointed prime minister 24 Nov 2022 - 09:17 am
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Violent protests at largest iPhone factory in China 23 Nov 2022 - 10:58 am
The Foxconn logo is seen on a glass door at its office building in Taipei, Taiwan November 12, 2020. Reuters/Ann Wang/File Photo
Indonesia quake survivors appeal for supplies as rescuers trawl rubble 23 Nov 2022 - 10:33 am
An aerial view of badly damaged houses following Monday's earthquake in Cianjur, November 23, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Raisan Al Farisi via Reuters
Children at school among 162 dead in Indonesia quake 22 Nov 2022 - 11:14 am
Indonesia rescue members carry a victims body from the site of a landslide caused by the earthquake in Cugenang, Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
One dead, 10 hurt after bomb explodes in police compound in southern Thailand: Police 22 Nov 2022 - 10:58 am
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Buildings damaged but no tsunami warning for Solomon Islands after 7.0 earthquake 22 Nov 2022 - 10:58 am
Families walk outside the hospital building in downtown of Honiara on November 22, 2022, as people rushed from their offices and fleeing to higher ground after a strong earthquake. Photo by Mavis PODOKOLO / AFP
Indonesia quake kills more than 50, wounds hundreds, destroys homes 21 Nov 2022 - 02:42 pm
A damaged school building is pictured following an earthquake in Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, November 21, 2022. Reuters/Iman Firmansyah
Kazakh leader headed for huge election victory, exit polls show 20 Nov 2022 - 10:53 pm
People vote at a polling station during Kazakhstan's presidential elections in Astana on November 20, 2022. - Kazakhstan holds a snap presidential vote on November 20 expected to cement incumbent Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's grip on power, months after deadly unrest spurred a historic power shift in the Central Asian country. (Photo by Vyacheslav OSELEDKO / AFP)
China Covid cases steady as many Beijing businesses, schools shut 20 Nov 2022 - 12:44 pm
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