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'Cruelly hot': Japan devises new term for heatwave days

Tokyo: Blistering temperatures rising to 40°C and above will now be branded "cruelly hot" or "kokusho-bi" in Japan, the weather agency said on Friday, as heatwave days become increasingly frequent in the region.By using...

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India, Pakistan face rising prices amid crop losses

Volunteers rescue flood-affected villagers by boat in Jalalpur Pirwala Tehsil of Multan district in Punjab province on September 8, 2025, after the Chenab River overflowed following heavy monsoon rains. Monsoon rains over the past week swelled three major rivers that cut through Punjab province, Pakistan's agricultural heartland and home to nearly half of its 255 million people. (Photo by Shahid Saeed MIRZA / AFP)

Indonesia replaces finance minister after protests

Indonesia newly appointed Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa attends his swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. — AFP

19 killed in Nepal in protest over social media ban

Demonstrators weild stones and sticks as they clash with riot police personnel, in Kathmandu. — AFP

Japan PM Ishiba resigns after election losses

Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba attends a press conference as he announces his resignation, in Tokyo. — Reuters

Conservative Thai tycoon wins parliament vote to become PM

Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul gestures after he was elected Thailand's new prime minister. — Reuters

Afghanistan earthquake death toll rises, survivors face aid crunch

Afghans walk along a hillside, in the aftermath of an earthquake at the Nurgal district of Kunar province on September 3, 2025.

India's Yamuna river crosses danger mark as heavy rains flood parts of Delhi

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Xi projects power at parade with Putin, Kim

Russia's President Vladimir Putin walks with China's President Xi Jinping and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade in Beijing on Wednesday. — AFP

Hope dwindles for Afghan quake survivors

A man sits amid the remains of a damaged house in the aftermath of an earthquake at the Darai Nur district of Nangarhar province on Wednesday. — AFP

Hot mic picks up Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality

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Fresh quake hits Afghanistan, as toll passes 1,400

Afghans walk past damaged houses, in Kunar province, Eastern Afghanistan. — AFP

North Korea leader Kim arrives in Beijing for rare visit

A motorcade believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un leaves Beijing Railway Station. — Reuters

Pheu Thai party prepared to dissolve parliament

Chaikasem Nitisiri, Pheu Thai party's remaining prime ministerial candidate, arrives at the party's headquarters, in Bangkok. — Reuters

Rescuers in Afghanistan race to reach remote quake-hit mountain villages

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India to start commercial chip production by 2025

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