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Asia

4 Nov
Authorities in northern Thailand successfully rescued 25 tourists who were stranded by flash floods at a popular waterfall in Chiang Mai province, prompting the national park chief to order a temporary closure of...
3 Nov
Thai traditional masked dance-drama has been a central royal initiative, leading to the dramatic revival of the high-art performance under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother. This...
3 Nov
Health authorities in Afghanistan said ‘more than 20 people’ were killed after 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan overnight. Hundreds have also been left injured. The earthquake...
3 Nov
Japan’s new defense minister Koizumi Shinjiro is engaging in a flurry of diplomacy during his visit to Malaysia. This included his first meeting with China’s Defense Minister Dong Jun. The talks...
3 Nov
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday successfully launched its heaviest satellite, CMS-03, on board the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3-M5), officials said. The launch took place from the second...
3 Nov
Chinese tech giant Tencent and the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University in south China have launched a powerful artificial intelligence model that can identify gene mutations in just one...
3 Nov
On Saturday night, a mountain reservoir in TuyPhong commune in Viet Nam burst, sending torrents of water cascading into nearby residential areas and sweeping several people away. Local residents reported that at...
3 Nov
The Philippines signs a visiting forces agreement with Canada. The agreement allows Canadian troops to participate in joint exercises on land as well as at sea, bringing them in line with earlier agreements signed...
2 Nov
The four mice transported to China’s Tiangong space station aboard the Shenzhou-21 crewed spacecraft are in good condition and have adapted well to the microgravity environment, the Technology and...
2 Nov
Maldives seeks to "protect public health and promote a tobacco-free generation" with a ban on tobacco use for those born after 2007. A generational prohibition on tobacco went into effect in the Maldives...

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