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Marcos says Philippines won't be intimidated after violent clash with Chinese coast guard 23 Jun 2024 - 09:10 pm
This handout photo taken and released on June 23, 2024 by the Presidential Communications Office shows Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos arriving at the Philippines’ South China Sea Forces Headquarters in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. (Photo by Handout / Presidential Communications Office (PCO) / AFP) 
8 people killed following intense rain-induced landslides in Central China 23 Jun 2024 - 06:22 pm
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New Caledonia independence activists sent to France for detention 23 Jun 2024 - 11:27 am
French gendarmes stand guard at a roadblock outside the courthouse, where eleven independentists, including one of the leaders of the pro-independence CCAT movement, face court for their involvement in last month's spate of deadly unrest, in Noumea in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on June 22, 2024. Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP.
Japanese royals arrive for three-day state visit to UK 22 Jun 2024 - 07:56 pm
A plane carrying Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako lands at Stansted Airport, northeast of London, on June 22, 2024. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)
Taiwan detects 41 Chinese aircraft around island 22 Jun 2024 - 08:46 am
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Five People Killed, 44 Others Wounded as Blaze Rips Through Turkiye's Wildfires 21 Jun 2024 - 04:48 pm
This handout photograph taken and released on June 21, 2024 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows a burnt field after a wildfitre swept overnight through two areas between the districts of Diyarbakir and Mardin in southeastern Turkey. Photo by Handout / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP.
Historic flooding in south China kills 47, more floods feared 21 Jun 2024 - 02:06 pm
A villager walks out from a damaged building in the aftermath of flooding in Meizhou, in southern China's Guangdong province on June 21, 2024. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT
South Korea summons Russian ambassador to protest strategic partnership agreement with North Korea 21 Jun 2024 - 01:21 pm
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Extreme heat in India has killed more than 100 people in the past three and a half months 20 Jun 2024 - 03:46 pm
A man wears a scarf as he walks past the India Gate on a hot summer day in New Delhi on June 18, 2024. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP.
Indian toxic alcohol brew kills at least 34 20 Jun 2024 - 10:20 am
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The Philippine vice president resigns from posts in Marcos' Cabinet as alliance flounders 19 Jun 2024 - 06:45 pm
(FILES) Philippines' Vice President Sara Duterte speaks during the kick-off rally for the New Philippines movement at Quirino Grandstand in Manila on January 28, 2024. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
New Caledonia police detain independence leader and 7 others in wake of revolt against French rule 19 Jun 2024 - 12:43 pm
A pro-independence supporter holds a Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) flag in front of police officers outside the headquarters of the Union Caledonienne (UC), after police intervened in the UC offices this morning, where a press conference of the Cellule de Coordination des Actions de Terrain (CCAT) was due to be held, in Noumea, on June 19, 2024. Photo by Delphine Mayeur / AFP.
Central China farmers face crop failures in 'withering' drought 19 Jun 2024 - 12:23 pm
A farmer sits on a dry rice field affected by drought at Hudianxiang village in Xinyang, in central China’s Henan province on June 18, 2024. Photo by JADE GAO / AFP.
Russia and North Korea sign strategic partnership, vowing closer ties in face of rivalry with West 19 Jun 2024 - 11:25 am
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (R) and and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose after a welcoming ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP.
Landslides kill nine as Bangladesh lashed by rain 19 Jun 2024 - 11:09 am
This aerial photo shows a truck driving past a landslide site after storms in Liuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi province on June 13, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Philippine officials say Chinese forces seized 2 navy boats in disputed shoal, injuring sailors 18 Jun 2024 - 05:21 pm
A China Coast Guard ship (R) sailing past a Philippine fishing boat with volunteers from the civilian-led mission Atin Ito (This Is Ours) Coalition on board, in the disputed South China Sea on May 15, 2024. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
Power demand peaks in northern India heatwave 18 Jun 2024 - 03:22 pm
A man wears a scarf as he walks past the India Gate on a hot summer day in New Delhi on June 18, 2024. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
Court finds four Philippine police guilty in drug war killings 18 Jun 2024 - 11:30 am
Philippine police officers attend their trial in Manila on June 18, 2024 at a court where they were found guilty of killing a father and son. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)

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(Files) Larry the cat sits in front of a flower arch of Ukraine's national flower, sunflowers, erected outside Number 10 Downing Street in London on August 24, 2022. (Photo by Susannah Ireland / AFP) Paw patrol: Larry the cat marks 15 years at 10 Downing Street
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) on February 14, 2026 in Munich, southern Germany. (Photo by Alexandra Beier / POOL / AFP) Rubio tells allies US and Europe 'belong together'
(Files) Indian author Arundhati Roy speaks during a press conference in Seoul on November 25, 2021. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP) Indian writer Roy pulls out of Berlin Film Festival over Gaza row
Waves crash near the Plage des Basques in Biarritz, as the storm named Nils hits southwestern France coastline on February 12, 2026. (Photo by Gaizka IROZ / AFP) Hundreds of thousands without power after storm lashes France

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (C) speaks as Angola President Joao Lourenco (L), and Mahmoud Ali Youssouf (R), Chairperson of the African Union Commission, listen on during the closing press conference of the Second Italy-Africa Summit at the Addis International Convention Center (AICC) in Addis Ababa on February 13, 2026. (Photo by Marco Simoncelli / AFP) 'Extermination' of Palestinians must stop: African Union chair
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Americas

File photo of US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at a press conference at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry accompanied by U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks on February 12, 2026 in Otay Mesa, California. Carlos A. Moreno/Getty Images/AFP US ends temporary protected status for Yemeni migrants
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (C), commander, and Jack Hathaway (L), pilot, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot (R), and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev (2ndL) walk out as they prepare to travel to the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft at Space Launch Complex 40 for the Crew-12 mission at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on February 13, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) International crew takes off for space station: NASA feed
An Ariane 6 rocket carrying 32 satellites for the Amazon Leo constellation launches at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, on the French overseas department of Guiana, on February 12, 2026. (Photo by Ronan LIETAR / AFP) Europe's most powerful rocket carries 32 satellites for Amazon Leo network into space
This photograph provided by local journalist Trent Ernst shows the middle school and high school building where a shooting took place, leaving at least nine people dead in the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on February 10, 2026. (Photo by Trent Ernst / AFP) Deadly mass shooting in Canada: What we know

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