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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for the welcome ceremony for the China-Central Asia summit in Xian, Shaanxi province on May 18, 2023. (Photo by FLORENCE LO / POOL / AFP)

Xi hosts Central Asian leaders
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China locks down city of 300,000 over single Covid case
XIAN, Shaanxi, China: A resident undergoes a nucleic acid test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a residental area that is under restrictions following a recent coronavirus outbreak in Xian, in China’s northern Shaanxi province yesterday. —AFP

China locks down city as COVID cases surge around the world
XIAN, SHAANXI, China: A medical worker takes a sample from a resident to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Xi’an, in China’s northern Shaanxi province yesterday, after the detection of more than 40 new cases raised concerns of wider transmission ahead of a busy travel season. —AFP

China’s Xi’an tests millions as COVID cases rise
SYDNEY: Protesters hold up placards and banners as they attend a demonstration in Sydney to call on the Australian government to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over China's human rights record. - AFP n

Australia joins US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
BEIJING: People walk past a statue with the Olympic Rings titled 'Dating With the Winter Olympics' by Huang Jian, near the headquarters of the Beijing Organizing Committee in Shougang Park, one of the sites for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics yesterday. - AFP n

US boycotts Beijing Winter Olympics
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US announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
TAOYUAN, Taiwan: File photo shows Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (C) inspects an algae reef zone at the coast of the Guanyin district in Taoyuan on November 25, 2021. - AFPnnn

Taiwan to 'deepen' Honduras ties under pro-Beijing Castro
BEIJING: An Apollo Go autonomous taxi is seen on a street in Yizhuang, a town of Daxing District, in the southeast suburbs of Beijing. - AFP n

First 'robotaxis' enter service in Beijing
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KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah takes a group photo with senior officials and dignitaries during the Fourth Dushanbe Conference. - KUNA
Kuwait urges nations to unite against terrorism, extremism
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ALMORA: This handout photo shows people at the site of a bus accident, after it fell into a gorge at Almora district in India’s Uttarakhand state. - AFP
36 die as bus crash in Indian Himalayas
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Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 lands in Singapore International Changi airport on March 3, 2016. --AFP
Singapore Airlines to spend $800m to retrofit planes
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Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
Kuwait calls for systematic plan to nip terrorism in bud
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J Sudhakar, a leader and husband of a local councillor, distributes sweets after offering prayers for Kamala Harris at the Sri Dharmasastha temple in her ancestral village Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu. -- AFP
Harris’ ancestral village in India to pray for her victory