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China has not received any application for asylum from Philippines’ former President Rodrigo Duterte and his family, a foreign ministry spokesperson said today. — AFP pic

China says Duterte’s Hong Kong trip was personal, denies asylum request from former Philippine president

Some 1.8 per cent of 77.6 million chickens at poultry farms nationwide have been culled since late October due to the bird flu, according to the ministry. — Reuters pic

South Korea reports four additional avian influenza cases in less than a week, total at 41

The wildfires spread across 128 hectares in Ehime and 250 hectares in Okayama.

Japan deploys army to battle raging wildfires in Okayama and Ehime (VIDEO)

A picture taken on March 23, 2025 shows a view of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh where talks are underway with US mediation to try to reach a ceasefire in the Russia Ukraine war. US and Ukrainian officials were meeting in Saudi Arabia on March 23 for talks on a partial ceasefire in the war with Russia. — AFP pic

Ukraine hails ‘productive’ US talks as Russia prepares for separate discussions in Riyadh

South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo bows during a briefing at the Government Complex in Seoul March 24, 2025. — Ahn Young-joon/Pool/Reuters pic

South Korean court rules 7-1 to reinstate PM Han Duck-soo as acting president after impeachment overturned

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a news conference at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on March 23, 2025 after asking the Governor General to dissolve Parliament thereby triggering snap elections on April 28. Carney, a former central banker, was chosen by Canada's centrist Liberal Party to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister, but he has never faced the country's broader electorate. — AFP pic

Canada’s PM calls snap elections for April 28 to defend sovereignty as Trump’s annexation rhetoric escalates

Usha Vance, the wife of US Vice President JD Vance, will visit Greenland this week, the White House said yesterday. — Reuters pic

Wife of US VP Vance to visit Greenland as Trump revives controversial territorial claims

US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC March 19, 2025. — Reuters pic

Trump’s envoy says Putin not eyeing ‘all of Europe’, expects ‘real progress’ in Ukraine-Russia talks

Palestinians rush an injured girl away from the site of Israeli strikes on a makeshift displacement camp in central Gaza City on March 23, 2025. — AFP pic

‘No food in Gaza’: Israeli escalates ground offensive as death toll surpasses 50,00, sparking humanitarian crisis

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra faces a no-confidence motion in parliament starting today, with the opposition set to grill her over an underperforming economy and her powerful father’s perceived influence over her administration. — Reuters pic

Thaksin’s shadow and economic woes: Thai PM faces no-confidence motion as leadership challenged in high-stakes censure debate

A protester waves Turkey's national flag during a demonstration outside Istanbul's city hall to support Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu following his arrest in connection with two probes. — AFP pic

‘Authoritarian rule or democracy?’: Why mass protests in Turkey actually signal simmering anger against Erdogan

Cameras are set up in the conference room of the 'Our Lady of Fatima' inter-diocesan seminary, where journalists wait for reactions from the 'national dialogue' between sectors of civil society and the Nicaraguan government, in Managua on June 15, 2018. — AFP pic

USAIDcalypse: Latin American journalists warn of crisis as Trump pulls independent media funding

Pope Francis gestures during his first public appearance in five weeks, on the day he is set to be discharged from Gemelli Hospital, in Rome March 23, 2025. — Reuters pic

‘Francis, Francis, Francis’: Pope leaves hospital after making first public appearance in five weeks

Black smoke rises from the site of fire following an explosion at an oil depot, which was recently hit by a drone what local authorities called a Ukrainian a military strike, in the settlement of Kavkazskaya in the Krasnodar region, Russia, in this still image from video released March 21, 2025. — Krasnodar Region's Ministry of Internal Affairs handout pic via Reuters

Fire spreads at Russian oil depot as spill worsens aftermath of drone strike

Children hold out empty pots as they queue for charity meals handed out from a kitchen during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City on March 22, 2025. — AFP pic

‘Cruelty on top of cruelty’: UN warns Gaza’s children suffering from massive trauma as war, shortages escalate

Palestinians carry the bodies of Hamas political leader Salah al-Bardaweel and his wife who died after an Israeli strike on their tent shelter in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 23, 2025. — Reuters pic

Israeli airstrike kills senior Hamas leader Salah al-Bardaweel, wife while praying in Gaza