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Samsung workers in South Korea stage first strike: union 07 Jun 2024 - 07:38 pm
Samsung Electronics' union members hold a rally outside the company building in Seoul on June 7, 2024, as workers at the tech giant staged the first ever strike, the head of a major union representing tens of thousands of people told AFP. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Philippines accuses Chinese boats of 'dangerous' actions in high-seas medevac 07 Jun 2024 - 06:47 pm
This handout photo grabbed from a video released by the Philippine Coast Guard on June 7, 2024 shows Chinese Coast Guard personnel aboard their rigid inflatable boat, blocking a Philippine Coast Guard rigid inflatable boat carrying marine scientists in the waters of the South China Sea. Photo by Mahmoud RIZK / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
Indonesia volcano erupts three times, spews 5 km ash tower 06 Jun 2024 - 07:27 pm
In this handout picture taken and released on June 6, 2024 by the Geological Agency lightning struck as lava erupts from the crater of Mount Ibu, as seen from West Halmahera, North Maluku. Photo by Handout / Geological Agency / AFP.
Australia's fearsome 'dinosaur bird' stares down extinction 05 Jun 2024 - 04:38 pm
This picture taken on April 7, 2024, shows a cassowary bird as it stands next to a road that passes through the township of Etty Bay, located in the Cassowary Coast region of North Queensland, south of Cairns. (Photo by David Gray / AFP)
'All Eyes on Papua' campaign generates interest in deforestation cases 05 Jun 2024 - 03:57 pm
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Death toll from inclement weather conditions rises to 26 in Sri Lanka 05 Jun 2024 - 03:45 pm
A soldier distributes food to people affected by the floods in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)
Police officers in Philippines arrested for kidnapping 4 tourists, demanding ransom 05 Jun 2024 - 02:57 pm
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Modi celebrates victory in India vote, but falls short of landslide 04 Jun 2024 - 10:41 pm
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes victory sign as he arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate the party's win in country's general election, in New Delhi on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
Modi heads for victory in India vote, but no landslide 04 Jun 2024 - 03:16 pm
Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) watch live vote counting figures for India's general election, displayed on a large screen in Varanasi on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni / AFP)
Philippines says Chinese boats seized supplies airdropped to Filipino outpost 04 Jun 2024 - 02:46 pm
This handout photo taken on May 19, 2024 and received on June 4, 2024 from the Armed Forces of the Philippines shows recovered supplies which were airdropped to a Filipino outpost, on a boat near Second Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES / AFP
Hundreds in emergency shelters after Philippine volcano erupts 04 Jun 2024 - 02:36 pm
An elderly evacuee gestures as she speaks about what she saw when Mount Kanlaon volcano erupted, at an evacuation center set up at a school in a village in Canlaon, Negros Occidental province, central Philippines on June 4, 2024. Photo by Ferdinand Edralin / AFP
Seoul fully suspends inter-Korean military pact over trash balloons 04 Jun 2024 - 02:23 pm
This handout photo taken by the South Korean Defence Ministry between the night of June 1 and 2, 2024 and released on June 2, 2024 shows South Korean military officers check unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul. Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP
Modi eyes triumph as India counts epic vote 04 Jun 2024 - 08:12 am
Electoral officials work at an election vote counting station in Mumbai on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe / AFP)
Sri Lanka closes schools as the death toll from floods and mudslides rises to 16 04 Jun 2024 - 12:17 am
Residents wade through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Kaduwela on the outskirts of Colombo on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
Chinese probe lands on ‘dark’ side of the moon to collect rare samples 03 Jun 2024 - 05:43 pm
BEIJING, June 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This image taken from video animation at Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) on June 2, 2024 shows the lander-ascender combination of Chang'e-6 Probe landing on the far side of the moon.
Alert level raised for Philippine volcano after 'explosive eruption': volcanology agency 03 Jun 2024 - 03:49 pm
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India commission says 642 million voted in election 03 Jun 2024 - 10:56 am
Chief Election Commissioner of India, Rajiv Kumar gestures as he speaks during a news conference in New Delhi on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP)
North Korea says it will stop sending trash balloons as South Korea vows strong retaliation 02 Jun 2024 - 10:36 pm
This handout photo taken by the South Korean Defence Ministry between the night of June 1 and 2, 2024 and released on June 2 shows unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul. (Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP)

Europe

A building designated for affordable social rental housing is pictured on February 13, 2025 in Sant Boi de Llobregat. Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP Spain unveils public investment fund to tackle housing crisis
File photo Greenland's west coast posts warmest January on record
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Africa

General view of a flooded street in Toamasina on February 15, 2026 after the passage of tropical cyclone Gezani. Photo by RIJASOLO / AFP Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 59
File photo: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi Strike disrupts flights at Kenya's main airport
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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

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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