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China's teenage 223cm basketball player 'just a little girl'

Nepal holds day of mourning as families pray missing still alive

Tokyo's Shinjuku to ban more than half of vacation rentals

African players in Europe: Mbeumo fires solo goal as United draw

Australian Rules limits contact training to reduce concussion

Malaysia cancels haze emergency, but warns problems remain

Philippine sensation Eala looks forward to Asian Games 'fun'

Nepal tunnel rescues face 'unprecedented' challenge

Jakarta airport extends closure after volcano eruption

Mourinho's Real Madrid European revival bid starts with Inter reunion

Lonely woman director in Venice sees industry backsliding on gender

Tech firms rally on mixed day for Asian markets, with eyes on US inflation

Ohtani 'unlikely' to pitch again this season, says Dodgers manager

World number one An sends Asian Games warning with China hat-trick

Drought and frost batter vital potato crops in Bolivia

Dozens of furrows lie barren in a dusty field on the Bolivian highlands. It should be replete with potato plants ready for harvest, but a deadly combination of drought and frost proved too much for the crop.

Amazon pollution: the stain on Ecuador's oil boom

Lago Agrio is where it began in February 1967: Ecuador's first oil well drilled by the US Texaco-Gulf consortium to ring in an era of black gold for the Ecuadoran Amazon.

Back from the dead, IPOs picking up again on Wall Street

The IPO parade of the early pandemic years crashed to Earth in 2022, but there are hints of a potential 2023 rebound despite plenty of lingering caution.

Arsenal seek swift response to take title fight to Man City

Arsenal have no time to lick their wounds after losing top spot in the Premier League to Manchester City as the Gunners aim to snap a four-game winless streak at Aston Villa on Saturday.

Covid infection gives similar immunity to vaccination: study

The protection against Covid-19 from being previously infected lasts at least as long as that offered by vaccination, one of the largest studies conducted on the subject said on Friday.

Mixed results for Moderna mRNA flu vaccine trial

US biotech company Moderna said Thursday it had mixed results from a large-scale trial of its mRNA flu shot, based on the same technology used in its successful Covid-19 vaccine.

Biden, 80, declared medically 'fit' ahead of 2024 campaign

President Joe Biden was declared "fit for duty" by his doctor Thursday after the final annual medical check-up before he is expected to declare he's running for re-election in 2024, when he will be 82.

Turkey-Syria death toll passes 41,000 as UN appeals for quake aid

The death toll from the earthquake that has devastated parts of Turkey and Syria exceeded 41,000 on Friday as the United Nations appealed for $1 billion to address a growing humanitarian crisis.

Identifying Panama bus crash victims will 'take time': officials

Panamanian authorities said Thursday it would "take time" to identify the dozens of migrants who died in one of the country's worst-ever road accidents while trying to make their way to the United States.

Was Neruda poisoned? Probe members say inconclusive

Two members of a scientific panel that investigated the mysterious death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda told AFP that they could not determine whether or not the Chilean poet and diplomat had been poisoned.

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