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Adams had asserted he was being punished for his criticism of then-president Joe Biden’s immigration policies. – Pic by AFP

New York prosecutor quits after order to drop mayor’s corruption case

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged it was ‘not very pleasant’ that Trump spoke first to the Russian leader. – Pic by AFP

Trump upends US bulwark on Ukraine with call to Russia

 Russian cryptocurrency kingpin Alexander Vinnik has been released by the United States as part of an exchange deal. —  Pic by AFP

US releases crypto kingpin Alexander Vinnik as part of an exchange deal with Russia

Donald Trump and Narendra Modi at a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House. — Pic by AFP

Trump offers top-end jets, trade deal to India in Modi bromance

Newspaper covers dedicated to the recent phone call of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, are laid out at a newsstand in a street in Moscow, Russia, February 13, 2025. — Reuters pic

Enemies or allies? Reasons why the Trump-Putin talks raise eyebrows

A sign limiting egg purchases to three per member is displayed on empty shelves due to limited supplies of eggs for sale at a Costco Wholesale warehouse store in Hawthorne, California on February 10. — AFP pic

Egg shortage drives Americans to raise chickens at home

Members of the emergency services work at the scene where a car drove into a crowd in the southern German city of Munich on February 13, 2025. — AFP pic

Over 20 hurt in Munich after Mini Cooper mows down demonstrators

China’s foreign ministry rejected today a Swiss government report that suggested Beijing was exerting political pressure on Tibetans and Uyghurs. —Reuters pic

China rejects Swiss report on ‘transnational repression’ of Tibetans, Uyghurs

Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7, 2023 attacks, block Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest calling for the release of all hostages today. — AFP pic

Hamas says committed to truce as mediators push for Israeli hostage release

Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since they were carved out of the Asian subcontinent at the end of British colonial rule in 1947.— AFP pic

Indian and Pakistani troops trade fire across Kashmir border, casualties reported

The bodies of a man, woman, and a boy were discovered inside a white Isuzu D-Max pickup truck parked near a deserted house in Khlong Khlung district in Kampaeng Phet province, central Thailand. — Picture from Facebook/บ้านเด่นสะเดา

Bad smell from pickup truck leads to discovery of dead family in central Thailand missing a month, cops investigating possible murder

Ministry of Interior official Traisuree Taisaranakul said the order was issued because many people in Thailand carry firearms in public places without a sound reason. — AFP pic

Thailand freezes new firearm permits for one year to cut gun crimes, starting tomorrow

TEPCO has stored around 1.3 million tons of water – a combination of groundwater, seawater and rainwater – at the site, along with water used for cooling the reactors, since the 2011 accident. — AFP pic

Strong winds force late start to water tank dismantling at Fukushima nuclear plant

An explosion at the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi store in Taichung, Taiwan killed four people and left another ‘without vital signs’ on February 13, 2025. — AFP/Taiwan Central News Agency pic

Four dead in Taichung’s Shin Kong Mitsukoshi store blast from suspected gas leak, rescue ops underway

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted multiple times in November 2024, killing nine people, cancelling scores of international flights to Bali and forcing the evacuation of thousands. — AFP pic

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki threatens to blow again, Indonesia issues highest alert and orders evacuations in Flores

The scene outside the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung, Taiwan after an explosion on February 13, 2025.— AFP/Taiwan Central News Agency (CNA) pic

Explosion rocks Shin Kong Mitsukoshi dept store in Taichung, at least 12 injured, possible deaths