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Tourists take pictures at the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Photo: EPA
Visitors vanish from Asia's most visited sites
As dawn breaks the unmistakable tapered towers of Angkor Wat emerge from the gloom - but for once there are no tourists jostling on its steps to...
Myanmar army blocks bid to slash parliamentary power base
Myanmar's military on Tuesday quashed proposals in parliament that would mean its MPs relinquish power, in a vote pitting the armed forces in open...
King Willem-Alexander's apology to Indonesia for "excessive violence" during the country's independence struggle is a first by a Dutch monarch (AFP Photo/BAY ISMOYO)
Dutch king apologises for violence during Indonesian independence war
Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologised to Indonesia on Tuesday for "excessive violence" during the former colony's independence struggle in the 1940s.
A picture released by Xinhua News Agency shows Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visiting patients who are being treated, by video calls at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, 10 March 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/XINHUA
China's Xi says Wuhan has 'turned the tide' against virus epidemic
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that Wuhan has turned the tide against the deadly coronavirus outbreak, as he paid his first visit to the...
US President Donald J. Trump addresses the nation from the Oval Office about the widening coronavirus crisis, in Washington, DC, USA, 11 March 2020. Photo: EPA
Trump suspends 'all travel from Europe' to US for 30 days
President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would ban all travel from Europe for 30 days starting to stop the spread of the...
The preserved skull of the Oculudentavis khaungraaem is just 7.1 millimetres long, likely making it the smallest dinosaur yet discovered (Photo: China University of Geosciences/AFP / XING Lida)
Pint-sized bird may be smallest dinosaur yet: study
Tinier than the teeniest bird, older than T-Rex and perfectly preserved for eternity: scientists have identified a 100-million-year-old flying...
A US military honor guard salutes a coffin carrying suspected remains of American airmen killed in Myanmar during World War II (AFP Photo)
Remains of suspected WWII US airmen repatriated from Myanmar
The remains of suspected US airmen killed in Myanmar during World War II were repatriated Thursday, as American officials continue searching for 500...
The Dow suffered its worst session since 1987 on March 12, plunging 10 percent as emergency measures by central banks failed to douse mounting recession fears (AFP Photo / Bryan R. Smith)
Asian stocks nosedive, extending global rout on recession fears
Asian markets opened in freefall on Friday, extending a global rout that saw bourses experience their worst day in decades on fears of a recession...
Passengers wearing protective masks disembark from a car at a terminal of the Metro Rail Transit in Quezon City, Philippines, 10 March 2020. Photo: EPA
Philippine president orders virus lockdown of capital
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced plans Thursday for a sweeping lockdown of the capital's 12 million people, including a halt to...
This photo taken on February 5, 2020 shows shaman Jang Ngon preparing to go to farming in Satpalaw Shaung village in Lahe township, Sagaing Division, northwest of Myanmar. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
Medicine and shamanism mix with Myanmar's far-flung Naga tribes
With Malaria and tuberculosis screening out front and sacrifices to jungle gods out back, health worker Htan Pi and her shaman mother are an unlikely...

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