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France's Macron makes high-stakes visit to riot-struck New Caledonia 22 May 2024 - 04:53 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron waves as he boards his Presidential aeroplane to travel to the Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia in an attempt to resolve a political crisis, at the Orly airport, suburb of Paris on May 21, 2024. Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP.
20 people in intensive care after turbulent Singapore Airlines flight: Thai hospital 22 May 2024 - 02:02 pm
Hospital personnel work on a registration desk at Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, where some of the injured passengers on a turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines flight were being treated, in Bangkok on May 22, 2024. Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP
Malaysia footballer set to return after acid attack: club official 22 May 2024 - 01:57 pm
Selangor FC Board of Directors member Shahril Mokhtar speaks during a press conference on the progress of Malaysian national team and Selangor FC footballer Faisal Halim, who was injured in an acid attack, at a hospital in Shah Alam on May 22, 2024. Photo by Arif Kartono / AFP
Relieved travellers land in Singapore after deadly turbulence 22 May 2024 - 08:27 am
Officials gather around the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER airplane as it is parked on the tarmac at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on May 22, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
Over 1,000 relief camps set up as Pakistan braces for heatwave 21 May 2024 - 07:04 pm
Youths cool off as water bursts out from a damaged water pipe line amidst a heatwave in Karachi on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)
Boeing offers condolences after turbulence fatality on Singapore Airlines flight 21 May 2024 - 06:53 pm
This frame grab from a video by Phongsak Suksi taken and released on May 21, 2024 and made available via AFPTV shows ambulances leaving the fire station at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, after a Singapore Airlines London-Singapore flight hit severe turbulence and was forced to make an emergency landing. Photo by various sources / AFP
Singapore to send investigators to Bangkok after flight incident: transport ministry 21 May 2024 - 05:39 pm
A worker wipes a Singapore Airlines logo at the International Tourism Trade Fair (ITB, Internationale Tourismusboerse) in Berlin on March 6, 2023. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Sick of tourists, Japan town blocks view of Mt Fuji 21 May 2024 - 04:39 pm
A person takes pictures of Mount Fuji from across the street of a convenience store, hours before the installation of a barrier to block the sight of Japan's Mount Fuji to deter badly behaved tourists, in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi prefecture on May 21, 2024. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
16 top AI firms make new safety commitments at Seoul summit: UK govt 21 May 2024 - 02:21 pm
Commuters walk inside a train station in Seoul on March 18, 2024. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
US, Philippines to train Filipinos in nuclear power 21 May 2024 - 02:06 pm
US Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink delivers a speech during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to promote US-Philippines Civil Nuclear Cooperation at a hotel in Taguig, Metro Manila, on May 21, 2024. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
One death, injuries after 'severe turbulence' on Boeing plane: Singapore Airlines 21 May 2024 - 01:41 pm
A worker wipes a Singapore Airlines logo at the International Tourism Trade Fair (ITB, Internationale Tourismusboerse) in Berlin on March 6, 2023. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP
'Incognito Market' founder arrested in New York 21 May 2024 - 12:23 pm
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India inspects spice companies after contamination claims 21 May 2024 - 12:11 pm
A man buys packets of MDH spices at a store in Amritsar on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
Airplane hits Indian flamingo flock 21 May 2024 - 11:25 am
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Business and Bollywood vote in India's election 20 May 2024 - 10:34 pm
Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh (left) and his wife Deepika Padukone arrive to cast their ballots at a polling station during the fifth phase of voting in India's general election, in Mumbai on May 20, 2024. (Photo by Sujit Jaiswal / AFP)
Two airport staff in Manila lauded for honesty, turned over large sums of cash and gold 20 May 2024 - 06:45 pm
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Record-breaking rainfall hits south China's Guangxi 20 May 2024 - 04:38 pm
This photo taken on May 19, 2024 shows a man pushing his scooter along a flooded street following heavy rains in Nanning, in China's southern Guangxi region. (Photo by AFP)
Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry 20 May 2024 - 03:56 pm
A journalist takes a photo of a presentation by the Philippine Coast Guard showing alleged Chinese activities in Scarborough Shoal, during a press conference in Manila on May 20, 2024. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)