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World / Asia

Rohingya refugees decry 'devastating' cuts to food aid 02 Mar 2023 - 05:54 pm
File Photo: Rohingya refugee children look on at the Jamtoli camp in the morning in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, January 22, 2018. (REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain)
G20 talks end in India with no consensus on Ukraine war 02 Mar 2023 - 05:08 pm
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni pose before their meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on March 2, 2023. - Meloni said on March 2 she hoped India would use its G20 presidency to broker an end to the Ukraine war after unveiling a new strategic partnership with New Delhi. (Photo by AFP)
Sunken Philippine tanker leaks industrial fuel oil into sea 02 Mar 2023 - 11:43 am
In this handout photo received from the Philippine Coast Guard and taken on March 2, 2023, a coast guard personnel collects water sample from of an oil spill in the waters off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
At G-20, high expectations for India as rising global power 02 Mar 2023 - 10:33 am
A security personnel gestures beside a hoarding during the G20 Foreign Minister meeting in New Delhi on March 2, 2023. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
Singapore hikes permanent residence threshold for ultra-rich 02 Mar 2023 - 10:31 am
File photo of a Singapore skyline.
Cambodia says recent bird flu cases not spread by humans 01 Mar 2023 - 05:04 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 24, 2023 A worker weighs chickens at a market in Phnom Penh on February 24, 2023. - Cambodian health authorities have said there was no human-to-human transmission of bird flu in the case of a father and daughter who caught the virus. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP)
Philippines medical helicopter missing with 5 on board 01 Mar 2023 - 04:11 pm
Peninsula
Airline websites swamped as Hong Kong ticket giveaway takes off 01 Mar 2023 - 12:55 pm
A woman (C) walks through the central business district in Hong Kong on March 1, 2023, as the government lifted a mask mandate on March 1. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)
China says 'lab leak' claims hurt US credibility 01 Mar 2023 - 12:50 pm
People walk down a street next to a local market in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 23, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Belarusian leader visits China amid Ukraine tensions 01 Mar 2023 - 12:32 am
Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko arrives in Beijing on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Maxim GUCHEK / BELTA / AFP)
New Cyprus president sworn in 28 Feb 2023 - 09:53 pm
Cyprus' President-elect Nikos Christodoulides (L) attends a meeting with outgoing-President Nicos Anastasiades before his investiture ceremony at the parliament in Nicosia on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)
China to host Belarusian leader amid Ukraine tensions 28 Feb 2023 - 05:35 pm
Reuters file photo
Taiwan cancels concert by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko 28 Feb 2023 - 05:02 pm
Peninsula
China says it's been 'open and transparent' on COVID origins 28 Feb 2023 - 03:08 pm
People walk down a street next to a local market in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 23, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Pakistan’s court issues arrest warrant against Imran Khan 28 Feb 2023 - 02:43 pm
Peninsula
Cobra Gold military exercises resume at pre-pandemic size 28 Feb 2023 - 02:15 pm
Peninsula
Surgeon, scientist named Japan's first new astronauts in 13 years 28 Feb 2023 - 11:31 am
Astronaut candidates for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Ayu Yoneda (L), a surgeon at the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, and Makoto Suwa (on screen), a disaster prevention specialist at the World Bank, pose after a press conference in Tokyo on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
Hong Kong scraps one of world's last Covid mask mandates 28 Feb 2023 - 11:25 am
People wear masks on a street in Hong Kong on February 27, 2023 as health experts in the territory backed the extension of its mask mandate to March 8 leaving Hong Kong as one of the only places left in the world with such rules. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)