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Two dead in stabbing at central China primary school: state media 20 May 2024 - 02:24 pm
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Australia police arrest 554 in domestic violence crackdown 20 May 2024 - 01:46 pm
This picture taken on May 8, 2024 shows Shazya Singh, domestic and family violence case manager at Lou's Place that provides daytime shelter to women seeking support from domestic violence, pasting messages on a chart at the shelter in Sydney. Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP
South Korea, Britain host AI summit with safety top of agenda 20 May 2024 - 01:21 pm
A man walks along a pavement in Seoul on May 14, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
France says will quell New Caledonia riots 'whatever the cost' 19 May 2024 - 07:09 pm
The resident in charge of the independantist roadblock at La Tamoa, holds a Kanak flag in the commune of Paita, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on May 19, 2024. Photo by Delphine Mayeur / AFP.
Pakistan evacuates hundreds of students from Kyrgyz capital 19 May 2024 - 05:28 pm
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Fresh floods kill 66 in northern Afghanistan: provincial official 19 May 2024 - 03:16 pm
Afghan residents clean debris and salvage their belongings after flash floods following heavy rainfall at a damaged house in Firozkoh, Ghor province on May 18, 2024. Photo by AFP
Tycoon Musk launches Starlink in Indonesia 19 May 2024 - 02:16 pm
Tech billionaire Elon Musk (L) speaks during a ceremony held to inaugurate satellite unit Starlink at a community health center in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on May 19, 2024. (Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP)
Flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 68 people in Afghanistan 18 May 2024 - 07:54 pm
Afghan men stand beside their belongings kept near a damaged house after flash floods following heavy rainfall in Firozkoh, Ghor province on May 18, 2024. Flash flooding has killed at least 50 people in western Afghanistan, provincial police said on May 18, a week after hundreds were washed away in the north of the country. (Photo by AFP)
Bodies of US, Nepali climbers recovered from Tibet mountain 18 May 2024 - 05:27 pm
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Parts of northern India scorched by extreme heat with New Delhi on high alert 18 May 2024 - 01:51 pm
A fruit juice vendor displays a drink to customers during a hot summer day in the old quarters of New Delhi on May 17, 2024. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
Flash floods kill 50 in western Afghanistan: police 18 May 2024 - 10:29 am
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Marcos says Philippines will 'vigorously defend what is ours' 18 May 2024 - 09:25 am
In this photo taken on May 16, 2024, Philippine fishermen aboard their wooden boat catch fish in South China Sea. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
At Thailand dive expo, fears for coral's future 17 May 2024 - 02:31 pm
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Philippine civilian boat convoy turns back from sail to China-held reef 16 May 2024 - 04:43 pm
Philippine Coast Guard personnel aboard BRP Bagacay observe a China Coast Guard ship during the distribution of fuel and food to fishers by the civilian-led mission Atin Ito (This Is Ours) Coalition, in the disputed South China Sea on May 16, 2024. Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP
Seoul court dismisses doctors' bid to halt S Korea reforms 16 May 2024 - 03:50 pm
Medical workers walk across a pedestrian crossing outside a hospital in Seoul on March 11, 2024. Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP
Indonesia raises alert for Mount Ibu volcano to highest level 16 May 2024 - 02:24 pm
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Garuda Indonesia flight makes emergency landing after engine fire 15 May 2024 - 07:39 pm
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Indonesia seeds clouds to block rainfall after floods killed at least 59 people while 16 are missing 15 May 2024 - 04:54 pm
Rescue personnel search for the missing by a riverside amusement park following flash flooding along the Batang Anai River in Padang Pariaman, West Sumatra, on May 15, 2024. (Photo by REZAN SOLEH / AFP)