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World / Asia

Japan wins World Pastry Cup 22 Jan 2023 - 12:35 pm
Japan celebrated their third win in the competition after 1989 and 2007 © JEFF PACHOUD / AFP
India blocks 'hostile' BBC documentary on PM Modi 22 Jan 2023 - 12:25 pm
File photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
China reports nearly 13,000 Covid deaths over last week 22 Jan 2023 - 11:42 am
People walk under lanterns along an alley ahead of the lunar new year in Beijing on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)
COVID curbs over, China's tourists hit Thai beaches for first time in 3 years 22 Jan 2023 - 09:40 am
A Chinese tourist rides on an elephant in a jungle park ahead of Lunar New Year in Phuket, Thailand January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Four killed, four critical after Japan apartment fire 22 Jan 2023 - 08:43 am
Peninsula
Fireworks, flowers in Wuhan for Lunar New Year but grief lingers 21 Jan 2023 - 10:43 pm
People walk on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
China says Covid outbreak has infected 80% of population 21 Jan 2023 - 01:23 pm
People walk on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Hector Retamal/ AFP)
Death toll from Tibet avalanche rises to 28 21 Jan 2023 - 10:42 am
Peninsula
Blast claimed by separatist group derails train in Pakistan; 15 hurt 20 Jan 2023 - 11:39 pm
Video grab from social media
US, Philippines vow to boost security ties to address 'flashpoints' 20 Jan 2023 - 04:51 pm
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations and ASEAN Affairs Theresa Lazaro and US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink attend a press conference during 10th US-Philippines Bilateral Strategic Dialogue in Manila on January 20, 2023. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Sinopharm unit gets OK for clinical trials of mRNA COVID vaccine 20 Jan 2023 - 04:01 pm
Test tubes are seen in front of a displayed Sinopharm logo in this illustration taken, May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
South Korea to drop most indoor mask restrictions 20 Jan 2023 - 03:50 pm
Reuters file photo
First raise for Japan day labourer in 20 years, but McDonald's out of reach 20 Jan 2023 - 03:44 pm
Day labourer Masami Fujino poses for a photo during an interview with Reuters at a park in Tokyo, Japan January 20, 2023. REUTERS/ Elaine Lies
In a Tokyo supermarket, signs of struggle for Japanese business 20 Jan 2023 - 01:41 pm
A shopper checks food items at a supermarket in Tokyo, Japan January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Hundreds evacuated as blaze erupts in slum next to Seoul's posh Gangnam district 20 Jan 2023 - 11:23 am
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at the Guryong village, one of South Korea's last remaining slums, in southern Seoul on January 20, 2023. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Year of the Rabbit? Not so fast! Vietnam's Lunar New Year to celebrate the cat 20 Jan 2023 - 10:46 am
This photograph taken on January 16, 2023 shows a man riding a bicycle past a cat statue at Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi, ahead of the lunar new year. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
China reports big jump in COVID hospitalisations: WHO 20 Jan 2023 - 12:21 am
This photo taken on January 17, 2023 shows passengers arriving at Shenzhen North railway station during peak travel ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit, in China's southern Guangdong province. (Photo by CNS / AFP)
Ukrainians learn demining techniques from Cambodian experts 19 Jan 2023 - 05:29 pm
 Ukrainian deminer, left, holds a mine detector as he listens to a Cambodia Mine Action Center, CMAC, demining expert, right, during a training session in Preytotoeung village, Battambang province, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan 19, 2023. Cambodian experts, whose country has the dubious distinction of being one of the world’s most contaminated by landmines, walked a group of Ukrainian soldiers through a minefield being actively cleared Thursday, hoping their decades of experience will help the Europeans in their own efforts to remove Russian mines at home. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)