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India TB: Can vaccines help India triumph over tuberculosis?

January 3, 2024 - 6:06pm
India is far from achieving its stated goal of eliminating tuberculosis by 2025.
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New Zealand: Man's watch reflection leads to rescue after day in ocean

January 3, 2024 - 5:35pm
The man, who spent almost 24 hours floating in the ocean, harnessed the sun's rays to attract attention.
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Philippines: Bone diggers seek justice for dead in Duterte's drug war

January 3, 2024 - 5:17pm
A priest and a forensic pathologist are collecting evidence that may one day be used in court.
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Crown Princess Mary: Australia celebrates an unexpected Queen

January 3, 2024 - 11:36am
Mary met Prince Frederik by chance in a Sydney bar - now she's about to become Queen of Denmark.
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Japan Airlines: Coastguard plane not cleared for take-off, transcripts show

January 3, 2024 - 10:30am
A transcript shows a coastguard aircraft was told to hold short of the runway an airliner was approaching.
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Japan earthquake: Eerie search for bodies near epicentre

January 3, 2024 - 9:29am
Wajima was one of the worst hit places in Monday's earthquake. Now it resembles a ghost town.
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Watch: Buildings still smouldering in quake-hit Wajima

January 3, 2024 - 5:37am
The BBC's Jean Mackenzie made it to one of the worst affected towns after a powerful earthquake rocked Japan.
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How crew pulled off flawless evacuation from Japan jet inferno

January 3, 2024 - 1:53am
Leaving valuables behind was a "major factor" behind the evacuation of 379 people as fire engulfed the plane.
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Kai Zhuang: Cyber kidnapping in US illustrates growing crime trend

January 2, 2024 - 6:30pm
Cyber kidnapping is on the rise - surveillance, online threats then the victim hiding from relatives.
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Bangladesh elections: Why India matters across the border

January 2, 2024 - 5:35pm
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks a fourth consecutive term as the country goes to the polls on Sunday.
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Watch: What may have caused plane to burst into flames

January 2, 2024 - 2:18pm
A professor in investigating accidents tells the BBC what might have caused the plane to burst into flames.
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Japan earthquake: Fires hit quake zone as rescuers race to reach survivors

January 2, 2024 - 11:01am
A day after the powerful quake which killed 55, rescue services are struggling to reach survivors.
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China’s BYD overtakes Tesla's electric car sales in last quarter of 2023

January 2, 2024 - 9:44am
Electric-only deliveries from BYD outpaced Elon Musk's Tesla in the fourth quarter for the first time.
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Kai Zhuang: Chinese teen found alive in US after 'cyber kidnapping'

January 2, 2024 - 6:04am
Exchange student Kai Zhuang is discovered freezing in the Utah mountains after parents pay ransom.
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Japan Airlines plane in flames on runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport

January 2, 2024 - 4:53am
Fire crews are battling to put out the blaze - officials say all passengers and crew were evacuated.
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Watch: First pictures of plane on fire on Tokyo runway

January 2, 2024 - 4:32am
The Japan Airlines plane was in flames as it landed on a runway at Haneda airport.
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Naomi Osaka 'ready to conquer again'

January 2, 2024 - 2:00am
Naomi Osaka has returned to tennis after 15 months out, with one new family member and a fresh outlook on life and sport.
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Thailand and China to waive visa requirements from March

January 2, 2024 - 1:05am
Both countries have been trialling visa-free travel programmes to boost tourism recovery post Covid.
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Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong mogul pleads not guilty to national security crimes

January 2, 2024 - 12:10am
Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to breaching national security and colluding with foreign forces.
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Lee Jae-myung: South Korea opposition leader stabbed in Busan

January 1, 2024 - 10:54pm
Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in his neck at a news conference during a visit to Busan.
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