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Japan plans 'world first' deep-sea mineral extraction 03 Jul 2025 - 12:48 pm
(Files) Japan's deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu is seen anchored at a pier in Shimizu port, Shizuoka prefecture on September 11, 2013. (Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP)
Japan urges evacuation of small island as 1,000 quakes hit region 03 Jul 2025 - 12:37 pm
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Pakistan flash floods, heavy rain kill 64 in a week: govt 02 Jul 2025 - 03:33 pm
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India chemical factory blast toll rises to 40 02 Jul 2025 - 02:20 pm
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Japan updates 'megaquake' preparedness plan 02 Jul 2025 - 01:34 pm
People walk through Shibuya area in Tokyo on November 15, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
China's Alibaba launches e-commerce subsidies of $7 bn in consumption boost 02 Jul 2025 - 12:19 pm
This file photo taken on May 27, 2022 shows staff members walking past the logo of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba at its headquarters in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province. Photo by AFP
Pakistan, India exchange lists of prisoners 01 Jul 2025 - 06:30 pm
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Japan had hottest June on record: weather agency 01 Jul 2025 - 03:40 pm
Pedestrians use an umbrella to shelter from the sun as they walk past a digital display (behind) showing a late morning temperature at 34 Centigrade (93.2 F) in the Ginza area of central Tokyo on July 1, 2025. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
Indian capital bans fuel for old cars in anti-pollution bid 01 Jul 2025 - 01:49 pm
A traffic police personnel and a fuel attendant stand near a notice announcing the ban on refuelling petrol cars older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years, displayed at a gas station in New Delhi on July 1, 2025. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP
Singapore anti-scam law allows police to seize bank accounts 01 Jul 2025 - 01:04 pm
This photo shows the Singapore Flyer observation wheel (C) backdropped with the city skyline in Singapore on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)
India chemical factory blast toll rises to 36 01 Jul 2025 - 11:47 am
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Four giant pandas born and raised in Japan arrive safely in China 30 Jun 2025 - 11:24 pm
Crowds gathered to say goodbye to the pandas. Photo: The Japan News
Jury retires to decide verdict in Australia's mushroom murder trial 30 Jun 2025 - 06:11 pm
A television journalist prepares to speak in front of cameras as she stands outside the Latrobe Valley Magistrates' Court in Morwell on June 30, 2025. Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP
Thailand's industrial output rises 1.88 pct in May 30 Jun 2025 - 04:47 pm
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Bangladesh opens murder trial of key student protester 30 Jun 2025 - 04:28 pm
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Snakes on a plane bound for India, again 30 Jun 2025 - 03:01 pm
Photo credit: Mumbai Customs-III on X.
India chemical factory blast kills at least 12 30 Jun 2025 - 02:25 pm
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China to resume some Japanese seafood imports after Fukushima ban 30 Jun 2025 - 12:40 pm
This file photo taken on September 1, 2023 shows fishery workers unloading seafood caught in offshore trawl fishing at the port of Matsukawaura in the city of Soma, Fukushima prefecture, about a week after the country began discharging treated wastewater from the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP