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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
Tensions have been high in recent months on the contested border between India and China in the Himalayas (Photo: AFP)
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31 August 2020
India accuses China of new 'provocative...
The Indian military on Monday accused China of carrying out "provocative" movements on...
Thousands of employees of Freeport gold mine block a road at Tembagapura district in Mimika on August 28, 2020, which started on August 24 as a protest against restrictions on employees mobility by the company as part of implementation of health protocols amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Photo: AFP
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31 August 2020
Huge Indonesia mine resumes operations after...
Operations have resumed at the world's biggest gold mine in Indonesia, the company that...
The Malaysian district of Jenjarom quickly became flooded with rubbish after a move by China to restrict its waste recycling saw firms shift to nearby countries (Photo: AFP)
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30 August 2020
Criminal recycling scams 'profit from...
Criminal networks are profiting from an "overwhelming" surge in plastic waste being...
People walk around Beijing, China, 21 August 2020. Photo: EPA
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29 August 2020
Thousands arrested for 'virus-related crimes...
Nearly 5,800 people suspected of killing health workers, selling defective medical...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at the prime minister official residence in Tokyo, Japan, 28 August 2020. Photo: EPA
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29 August 2020
Japan's PM Abe resigning for health reasons
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday he will resign, ending his record-...
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 8, 2007 shows the sea off the rocky base at Port Blair in the Andamans. Ten members of India's dwindling Great Andamanese tribe have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said on August 27, fuelling concerns about the safety of the group and other indigenous people in the remote archipelago. Photo: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP
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27 August 2020
Coronavirus hits isolated Indian island tribe
Ten members of India's dwindling Great Andamanese tribe have tested positive for the...
(FILE) - Pro-democracy lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting (2-L, in white shirt), is carried out of the chamber by security guards during a scuffle with pro-Beijing lawmakers at a the Legislative Council meeting in Hong Kong, China, 18 May 2020. Photo: EPA
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27 August 2020
Two Hong Kong opposition lawmakers among new...
Two prominent Hong Kong opposition lawmakers were among more than a dozen people arrested...
A handout picture made available by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) shows armed soldiers secure the site of an explosion in the town of Jolo, Sulu province, Philippines, 24 August 2020. Photo: EPA
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26 August 2020
Suicide bombers in Philippine attack were...
Two female suicide attackers who carried out a double bombing in the southern Philippines...
Rescue workers search for people in the rubble of a five-storey apartment building after it collapsed in Mahad on August 24, 2020. Photo: AFP
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25 August 2020
One dead, scores feared trapped in India building...
One person was killed and dozens feared trapped after a five-storey apartment building...
A Rohingya worker walks across a bamboo bridge in Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh. Photo: AFP
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25 August 2020
Bangladesh to lift refugee camp internet ban...
Bangladesh will restore internet access to nearly a million Rohingya stuck in refugee...
A handout picture made available by the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Western Mindanao Command (AFP-WMC) shows the site of an explosion in the town of Jolo, Sulu province, Philippines, 24 August 2020. Photo: EPA
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24 August 2020
10 dead, dozens wounded in twin bombing in...
At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded -- including soldiers and police -- in...
Orderlies (in blue) and a relative push a handcart carrying the body of a person who died from coronavirus to a furnace at the Nigambodh Ghat crematorium in New Delhi (Photo: AFP)
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24 August 2020
India's coronavirus tally crosses three...
India's confirmed coronavirus cases crossed the three million mark Sunday with nearly 70,...

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