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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
A general view of a rescue operation near the Dhauliganga hydro power project after a portion of Nanda Devi glacier broke off, at Reni village in Chamoli district, Uttrakhand, India, 07 February 2021. Photo: EPA
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08 February 2021
200 missing in India after burst glacier causes...
At least 200 people are missing in northern India after a piece of Himalayan glacier fell...
A general view of the city engulfed in smog, in New Delhi, India. Photo: EPA
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06 February 2021
Why India's coronavirus cases have fallen so...
With its 1.3 billion population, India has the world's second-highest number of...
Peter Ben Embarek (C-L) leaves after visiting with other members of World Health Organization (WHO) Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, in Wuhan, China, 29 January 2021. Photo: EPA
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05 February 2021
Virus talks with Chinese scientists "very...
World Health Organization inspectors had "very frank" discussions with Chinese scientists...
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05 February 2021
Japanese multinationals cautiously restart...
Japanese multinationals in various industries have cautiously restarted factories in...
Farmers in large numbers take part in a 'parallel parade' on tractors and trolleys, during their ongoing farmers protest against the new agricultural laws, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, 26 January 2021. Photo: EPA
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31 January 2021
New clashes heighten tensions at India farmer...
Clashes erupted Friday between hundreds of opponents and supporters of a major farmers...
Rohingya refugees are seen on a Bangladesh's Navy ship as they are being relocated to Bhashan Char Island in the Bay of Bengal, in Chittagong on January 29, 2021. Photo: AFP
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31 January 2021
Bangladesh moves thousands more Rohingya to...
Bangladesh authorities on Friday moved more than 1,750 Rohingya Muslims to a...
Members of World Health Organization (WHO) gather to leave a Hilton hotel, in Wuhan, China, 29 January 2021. Photo: EPA
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30 January 2021
WHO virus probe begins with fieldwork in ground-...
Experts from the World Health Organization visited a Wuhan hospital Friday as the...
(FILES) This file photo taken on June 4, 2017 shows a volunteer holding a placard of detained Tibetan education advocate Tashi Wangchuk during an event in Taipei marking the 28th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing. Photo: AFP
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30 January 2021
China releases Tibetan activist after five years...
A Tibetan activist sentenced to five years in prison by Chinese authorities for "inciting...
A view of buildings in New Delhi, India. Photo: EPA
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30 January 2021
India forecasts 11% growth for 2021-22
India on Friday forecast its pandemic-stricken economy would grow by 11 percent in the...
A health worker holds a vial of Covishield COVID-19 vaccine at the Ayeyarwady Foundation quarantine center in Yangon, Myanmar, 27 January 2021. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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30 January 2021
UN chief lauds India for vaccine production as...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called the vaccine production...
Hundreds of Rohingya are missing from a refugee camp in Indonesia and are believed to have been trafficked to neighbouring Malaysia, officials and sources said Thursday.
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29 January 2021
Hundreds missing from Indonesian refugee camp
Hundreds of Rohingya are missing from a refugee camp in Indonesia and are believed to...
People walk at a shopping center on the day of Wuhan's lockdown one-year anniversary, in Wuhan, China, 23 January 2021. Photo: EPA
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28 January 2021
Wuhan next-of-kin say China silencing them as WHO...
Relatives of Wuhan's coronavirus dead on Wednesday said Chinese authorities have deleted...

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