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India records strong 7.2% annual growth 31 May 2023 - 05:11 pm
The city skyline is seen beside a construction site of a coastal road project near Haji Ali mosque in Mumbai on May 31, 2023. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe / AFP)
Philippine lawmakers approve $8.9 bn sovereign wealth fund 31 May 2023 - 04:36 pm
A protester holds a placard during a rally in front of the House of Representatives in Quezon City on December 12, 2022, as legislators deliberate on the sovereign wealth fund proposed law. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Typhoon Mawar losing strength as it heads toward Japan's Okinawa Islands 31 May 2023 - 03:18 pm
People use umbrellas to shield themselves from the rain in New Taipei City as typhoon Mawar approaches on the east coast of Taiwan on May 31, 2023. Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP
North Korea spy satellite launch fails as rocket falls into the sea 31 May 2023 - 10:12 am
This handout photo taken on May 31, 2023 and provided by South Korean Defence Ministry in Seoul shows an object presumed to be part of North Korea's claimed 'Space Launch Vehicle' being salvaged by South Korea's military in waters 200km (124 miles) west of Eocheong Island in the Yellow Sea. (Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP)
New Zealand airline is asking passengers to weigh in before their flights 31 May 2023 - 09:20 am
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18 dead, 81 injured in two separate incidents in India 30 May 2023 - 06:45 pm
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Musk meets Chinese Foreign Minister in Beijing 30 May 2023 - 04:13 pm
(FILES) SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a meeting at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 15, 2023. (Photo by Michel Euler / AFP)
Chinese mission with first civilian reaches space station 30 May 2023 - 01:05 pm
Long March-2F rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-16 Manned Space Flight Mission, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China's northwestern Gansu province, on May 30, 2023, heading to the Tiangong space station. Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP
Asian Development Bank grants $350 million to cash-strapped Sri Lanka 29 May 2023 - 05:34 pm
File Photo: A vendor sells vegetables to a customer amid the rampant food inflation, amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 29 , 2022. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)
Nepal celebrates 70 years since first Everest summit 29 May 2023 - 05:00 pm
Nepali government officials place garlands on the statues of New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa to mark the 16th International Everest Day or a day to mark the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest in Kathmandu on May 29, 2023. (Photo by Nisha Bhandari / AFP)
Thai police charges Canadian man over murder of Indian gangster in Phuket 29 May 2023 - 04:51 pm
National Police Chief Damrongsak Kittiprapas (C) speaks during a press conference regarding the extradition of Matthew Dupre (on screen), a Canadian man wanted over the suspected murder of Indian gangster Jimi 'Slice' Sandhu in Phuket on February 4, 2022, at the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok on May 29, 2023. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
Space ambition: China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030, expand space station 29 May 2023 - 04:34 pm
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Japan PM's son dismissed as aide over official residence party 29 May 2023 - 02:52 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on May 29, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
Thailand authorities seize crystal methamphetamine likely bound for Australia 29 May 2023 - 12:58 pm
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Meet Nonagenarian Kanchha Sherpa, last surviving of first on Everest 29 May 2023 - 12:58 pm
In this picture taken on May 28, 2023, Kancha Sherpa looks on during an interview on the eve of International Everest Day, at Namche Bazar in Solukhumbu district, northeast of Kathmandu.  (Photo by Robic Upadhayay / AFP)
Go Air pilots offered extra Rs100,000 a month as retention allowance 29 May 2023 - 12:09 pm
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Shanghai records hottest May day in 100 years: weather service 29 May 2023 - 12:03 pm
A woman wearing sun protective clothing commutes on a bicycle amid hot weather in Shanghai on May 29, 2023. Photo by AFP
China prepares to send first civilian into space 29 May 2023 - 11:56 am
A staff member from the China space program stands before the launch platform of the Shenzhou-16 Manned Space Flight Mission one day before launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China's northwestern Gansu province on May 29, 2023. Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP