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07 December 2023
Nepal detains 12 for illegal recruitment of citizens in Russian army
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Photo: AFP
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18 September 2022
Chinese vice president to attend Queen Elizabeth...
China's vice president Wang Qishan will attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Beijing...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping after the meeting in narrow format of the 22nd Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Heads of State Council (SCO-HSC) Summit, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 16 September 2022. Photo: EPA
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17 September 2022
Russia and China hail 'great power'...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for their first face-...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the 22nd Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Heads of State Council (SCO-HSC) Summit, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 16 September 2022. Photo: EPA
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17 September 2022
India's Modi tells Putin now is 'not a...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that now was "...
A woman is dwarfed by the Merlion statue and buildings of the financial district in Singapore. Photo: EPA
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17 September 2022
Questions raised in Singapore parliament over...
This week the Singapore government responded to questions raised by parliamentarians over...
China's President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose with Mongolia's President during their trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders' summit in Samarkand on September 15, 2022. Photo: Alexandr Demyanchuk / SPUTNIK / AFP
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16 September 2022
Putin, Xi hail 'great power' ties at...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for their first face-...
Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez. Photo: EPA
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15 September 2022
US Senate takes first step to direct military aid...
A Senate committee took the first step Wednesday toward the United States directly...
Waves generated by Typhoon Muifa break along the coast in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on September 14, 2022. Photo: STR / AFP
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15 September 2022
Typhoon Muifa makes second landfall on China...
Typhoon Muifa on Thursday made landfall for a second time on China's densely populated...
Waiter, there's an insect in my burger? A Bangkok pop-up is serving cricket burgers. Photo: AFP
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14 September 2022
Thai pop-up wins fans with crunchless cricket...
There's no crunch or crackle, but crickets are on the menu at one Bangkok pop-up serving...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) pose for a picture during their meeting in Beijing, China, 04 February 2022. Photo: EPA
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14 September 2022
Summit with Putin, Xi to showcase '...
A regional summit this week where Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet China's Xi...
A handout picture provided by the British Ministry of Defence shows Pallbearers from the Royal Air Force Regiment carrying the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Edinburgh International Airport, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain, 13 September 2022. Photo: EPA
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14 September 2022
Myanmar, one of few countries not invited to...
Russia and Belarus have not been invited to Queen Elizabeth's state funeral next Monday...
(File) A photograph taken with a drone shows areas of forest that have been cleared for oil palm plantations, in Bawa village, Subulusalam, Aceh, Indonesia. Photo: EPA
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13 September 2022
Indonesia, Norway ink deal to reward rainforest...
Indonesia and Norway signed a deal Monday to reward deforestation reduction months after...
This picture taken on September 12, 2022 shows an exterior view of the Chinese-built Lotus Tower in Colombo. A huge green and purple communications tower in Sri Lanka financed with Chinese debt that has become a symbol of the ousted Rajapaksa clan's closeness to Beijing will finally open this week, its operator said on September 12. Photo: AFP
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13 September 2022
Sri Lankan 'white elephant' Chinese...
A huge green and purple communications tower in Sri Lanka financed with Chinese debt that...

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