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File Photo: The 25th Ministerial Conference of Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) at Luang Prabang in Laos on December, 2022
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07 December 2023
Myanmar junta to host 26th Ministerial Conference of the Greater Mekong Subregion
Voters queue up to cast their ballots for Bihar state assembly elections at a polling station in Masaurhi on October 28, 2020. Photo: AFP
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30 October 2020
Millions queue to vote as India state election...
Millions of Indians turned out to cast ballots in a state election Wednesday in the world...
A man inspects his house after it was damaged by Typhoon Molave, in Quang Nam, Vietnam, 29 October 2020. Photo: EPA
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29 October 2020
16 dead, dozens missing in Vietnam landslides...
Sixteen people were killed and dozens left missing Thursday after landslides triggered by...
Chinese President Xi Jinping (3-R) and Premier Li Keqiang (2-R) attend the event marking the 70th anniversary of China's entry into the Korean war, at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, 23 October 2020. Photo: EPA
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26 October 2020
Xi's big carbon promise on the table as...
China's Communist leadership will discuss Xi Jinping's ambitious carbon neutral pledge in...
Mass testing began in China to cover 4.75 million residents in and around Kashgar, Xinjiang province, after a 17-year-old garment factory worker tested positive for the coronavirus (Photo: AFP)
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26 October 2020
More mass testing in China after 137 virus cases...
Chinese officials were racing Sunday to smother a fresh coronavirus outbreak in the...
(File) A Rohingya refugee children’s plays on the makeshift camp in Ukhia, Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, 30 July 2020. Photo: EPA
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26 October 2020
Refugee death highlights Myanmar mine use
A Rohingya boy from a refugee camp in Bangladesh has been killed by a landmine inside...
A general view shows the city engulfed in heavy smog in New Delhi, India, 22 October 2020. Photo: EPA
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24 October 2020
India's capital chokes on 'severe...
New Delhi was blanketed in noxious haze Friday as air pollution levels in parts of the...
Rohingya refugees cross the makeshift camp at Teknuf in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: EPA
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24 October 2020
$597 million raised for Myanmar refugees at aid...
International donors on Thursday stumped up an additional $597 million in humanitarian...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 7, 2020, a researcher holds a sheet with paper strip samples for Covid-19 coronavirus tests developed by the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) which could give results at a similar speed of pregnancy tests, at a laboratory of the IGIB in New Delhi. Photo: AFP
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21 October 2020
India to roll out quick and cheap coronavirus...
A fast and cheap paper-based coronavirus test will soon be available across India, with...
An Indian Air Force jet takes off from an airbase in Leh, the joint capital of Ladakh, where tensions with China are running high (Photo: AFP)
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21 October 2020
India says 'no timeframe' for release...
A Chinese soldier detained after straying into Indian territory near their high-altitude...
Indian army vehicles move along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer some 81 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 07 September 2020. Photo: EPA
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20 October 2020
Indian Army apprehends a Chinese soldier in...
A PLA soldier identified as Corporal Wang Ya Long was apprehended in the Demchok sector...
Rescue workers in action during an operation searching for missing people after a landslide which left at least 22 soldiers missing Quang Tri province, Vietnam, 18 October 2020. Photo: EPA
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19 October 2020
11 soldiers dead, 11 missing in Vietnam after...
Eleven soldiers are dead and a frantic search is under way for 11 others after a huge...
(File) A picture of Dr. Li Wenliang, the Chinese whistle-blower who tried to sound the alarm on the coronavirus but was reprimanded by authorities, sits among offerings at a makeshift shrine outside the Wuhan Central Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, 07 February 2020. Photo: EPA
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19 October 2020
China beefs up laws to handle epidemics, protect...
China has passed a new law to improve its handling of disease outbreaks -- including...

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