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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
Police officers go through clearance operation in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, China, 27 May 2020. Photo: EPA
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30 May 2020
China faces mounting pressure over Hong Kong...
China faced growing international pressure Friday over its move to impose a security law...
An aerial view of a residential area near the slums in Devipada area, one of the COVID-19 hotspots in Mumbai, India, 29 May 2020. Photo: EPA
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30 May 2020
India coronavirus death toll passes China's
India's coronavirus death toll passed neighbouring China's on Friday, with 175 new...
A view of heat haze occurring on the surface of a road near the India Gate, in New Delhi, India, 27 May 2020. Photo: EPA
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28 May 2020
India wilts as temperature hits 50 degrees Celsius
India is wilting under a heatwave, with temperatures in places reaching 50 degrees...
Riot police stand guard outside Hong Kong's legislature ahead of Wednesday's debate (AFP Photo/ Anthony WALLACE)
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27 May 2020
Police swarm Hong Kong ahead of flashpoint anthem...
Hong Kong police ramped up security around the city's legislature on Wednesday ahead of a...
This picture taken on May 23, 2020 shows a laboratory baby monkey being examined by employees in the breeding centre for cynomolgus macaques (longtail macaques) at the National Primate Research Center of Thailand at Chulalongkorn University in Saraburi. Photo: AFP
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26 May 2020
Thailand enters global race for vaccine with...
Thailand is conducting tests on macaque monkeys as it races to produce a cheaper,...
Tear gas is seen in the background as police try to disperse protesters during a rally against the implementation of a new national security law in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, China, 24 May 2020. Photo: Jerome Favre/EPA
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25 May 2020
Thousands protest in Hong Kong over China...
Police fired tear gas and water cannon at thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters...
An Airbus A320 of Vietjet Air lands at Noi Bai International Airport, in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: EPA
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25 May 2020
Special flight takes 240 Vietnamese citizens home...
Vietjet coordinated with the Embassy of Vietnam in Myanmar and the two countries’...
Law enforcement officers from China and Myanmar exchange information during the 93rd Mekong River joint patrol. Photo: Official Sina Weibo account of the CPC Yunnan Provincial Committee political and legal affairs commission
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25 May 2020
93rd Mekong River joint patrol concludes
The 93rd Mekong River joint patrol by China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand concluded as...
Residents carry Tapas Pramanik (C), 41, after his leg got broken by a tree fall the night before, in search of an ambulance or vehicle to take him to the hospital, following the landfall of cyclone Amphan in Khejuri area of Midnapore, West Bengal, on May 21, 2020. Photo: AFP
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23 May 2020
South Asia cyclone death toll passes 100
At least 106 people died in the fiercest cyclone to hit Bangladesh and eastern India...
Chinese leaders and delegates bow their heads during the opening session of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 22 May 2020. Photo: EPA
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23 May 2020
China moves to tighten grip on Hong Kong
China moved Friday to quash Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement by unveiling plans for a...
Pan-democrat lawmakers and activists make their way to China’s Liaison Office during a rally against a security law in Hong Kong, China, 22 May 2020. Photo: JEROME FAVRE/EPA
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22 May 2020
'This is the end of Hong Kong': China...
China's parliament said it will introduce a proposal Friday for a national security law...
People getting off a boat in Bhashan Char island off the Bangladeshi coast in 2018. Bangladesh says Rohingya refugees shipped to the island are being treated "well" despite claims they are being beaten by security forces (AFP Photo/Polash SHIKDER)
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22 May 2020
Bangladesh slams claims security forces beat...
Bangladesh on Thursday slammed an international rights group's claim that its security...

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