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PICTURED: China releases photos of its rover on Mars surface

The dusty, rocky Martian surface and a Chinese rover and lander bearing small national flags are seen in photos the rover took on the red planet.

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China's Zhurong Mars rover took a photo of itself by a remote camera.

Australia and Japan combine to voice ‘serious concerns’ over China

Australia and Japan have united to issue a strongly worded statement amid reports of human rights abuse.

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Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi in a video conference with Australian Foreign Minister and Minister for Women Marise Payne and Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton.

Chinese social media users joke about Queen dying after censored post goes viral

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A censored Weibo post from the UK embassy in China has gone viral, leading its 1.8 million followers to believe that Queen Elizabeth had died. File images.

At least 25 dead, several trapped as express trains collide in Pakistan

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Footage of the scene of the crash was posted online.

Why online fortune telling is booming among young people in Hong Kong

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A fortuneteller, using a smartphone and a magnifying glass, at her stall in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong, in 2016.

‘It’s real people’: Hundreds of Australian children still STRANDED in India

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Heavy traffic at Johari Bazar after the easing of COVID-19 lockdown begins, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, on June 2, 2021.