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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 escort men into a police van following a demonstration during China's National Day in Hong Kong on October 1, 2020, which commemorates the 71st anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Photo: May James/AFP
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02 October 2020
China anniversary arrests as Hong Kong leader...
Dozens of democracy supporters were arrested in Hong Kong Thursday for defying a protest...
Cinemas like this one in Mumbai have been closed in movie-obsessed India for months, but the government now says they can reopen at 50 percent capacity (Photo: AFP)
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01 October 2020
Schools, cinemas to reopen in India despite spike...
Schools, cinemas and swimming pools will be allowed to reopen in India after a months-...
An Indian medical official collects a swab sample for a coronavirus and COVID-19 disease test at government medical college hospital in Jammu, India, 29 September 2020. Photo: EPA
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30 September 2020
More than 60 million Indians may have caught...
More than 60 million people in India -- 10 times the official figure -- could have...
A rescuer saves a child after landslides hit in four separate locations in Tarakan (Photo: AFP)
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29 September 2020
Indonesia landslides kill 11 including infant...
Two 10-month-old twins were among at least 11 people killed in landslides across an...
Angry farmers took to the streets across India on Friday, intensifying protests over major new farming bill they say will benefit only big corporates (Photo: AFP)
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29 September 2020
Farmers block rails and roads in India to protest...
Angry farmers took to the streets and blocked roads and railways across India on Friday,...
A man is tested for coronavirus in Ghaziabad, India (Photo: AFP)
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28 September 2020
India coronavirus cases pass 6 million
India reported its six millionth coronavirus case on Monday as it surged closer to the...
President of the Sabah Heritage Party Shafie Apdal votes during state elections in Semporna, a town in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island, on September 26, 2020. Photo: AFP
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28 September 2020
Malaysian PM wins crucial victory in state polls
Malaysia's embattled prime minster on Saturday passed his biggest political test since...
Rescuers wait outside the Songzao Coal Mine near Chongqing, in southwest China on September 27, 2020. Photo: AFP
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28 September 2020
16 dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in Chinese...
Sixteen workers died and one is in a critical condition after being trapped underground...
Indian people wait in a queue for COVID-19 detection tests at a government hospital in Jammu, India, 22 September 2020. Photo: EPA
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26 September 2020
Indian state to allow quarantined virus patients...
Quarantined coronavirus patients in the Indian state of Bihar will be allowed to vote in...
(File) Self-exiled former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy speaks to journalists after landing at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, 09 November 2019. Photo: EPA
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25 September 2020
Cambodian opposition activists sentenced for...
Seven Cambodian activists have been handed jail sentences for treason over comments...
A domestically-produced F-CK-1 indigenous defence fighter jet (IDF) takes off during a visit by the island's president and the media from Penghu Air Force Base on Magong island in the Penghu islands on September 22, 2020. Photo: Sam Yeh/AFP
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24 September 2020
Chinese warplanes buzz Taiwan for third straight...
Taiwan scrambled jet fighters Wednesday after Chinese warplanes buzzed the island for the...
(File) Myanmar expats wait in line to cast their vote outside the Myanmar Embassy building in Singapore, 15 October 2015. Photo: WALLACE WOON/EPA
Election 2020
23 September 2020
Myanmar embassy in Singapore announces casting of...
The Myanmar embassy in Singapore made an announcement on September 22 which says that...

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