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Maldives shuts government offices as record rainfall triggers severe flooding 02 Mar 2025 - 10:29 pm
Maldives' President Mohamed Muizzu looks on after reading the oath during his inauguration ceremony in Male on November 17, 2023. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodokara / AFP)
China's top political advisory body concludes standing committee session 02 Mar 2025 - 10:24 pm
Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), presides over the closing meeting of the 10th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th CPPCC National Committee and delivers a speech at the meeting in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2025. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
Brunei starts Ramadan amid food price stabilization efforts 02 Mar 2025 - 10:19 pm
People buy food for Iftar during the holy month of Ramadan at a market in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, March 2, 2025. (Photo by Haji Norazlan Othman/Xinhua)
US Republicans suggest Zelensky may have to step down 02 Mar 2025 - 08:17 pm
US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Sri Lanka issues severe lightning warning 02 Mar 2025 - 08:13 pm
Citizens take a walk inside the Jaffna Fort in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, on February 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Dongshu)
Over 500 colonists storm Al Aqsa Mosque 02 Mar 2025 - 08:02 pm
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Japan PM touts "cute" Japan at fashion show 02 Mar 2025 - 06:34 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stands with Myaku-Myaku, the mascot for the 2025 Osaka World Expo, during a visit to the Tokyo Girls Collection fashion event in the Shibuya district of Tokyo on March 1, 2025. (Photo by Jiji Press / AFP)
In first, private US spaceship lands upright on Moon 02 Mar 2025 - 06:25 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by Firefly Aerospace on March 2, 2025, the Firefly's Blue Ghost lander manoeuvres its lunar landing as part of the Ghost Mission 1. Photo by Handout / Firefly Aerospace / AFP
At least 37 dead in Bolivia after two buses collide 02 Mar 2025 - 04:43 pm
Handout picture released by Bolivian Police shows a man checking the wreckage of a bus that collided with another one on a highway near Uyuni, Bolivia on March 1, 2025. Photo by Handout / Bolivian Police / AFP
Tanker suspected of damaging Baltic cables allowed to leave Finland 02 Mar 2025 - 03:14 pm
This handout picture taken and released by The Finnish Border Guard on March 2, 2025 shows the Border Guard ship Turva (front) escorting Cook Islands registered oil tanker Eagle S out to sea near Porvoo (Borga), Finland. Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP
Seven dead in India avalanche as survivors recall rescue 02 Mar 2025 - 02:44 pm
In this handout photograph taken on March 1, 2025 and released by the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Uttarakhand, security personnel carry a victim onto a helicopter during a rescue operation, a day after an avalanche hit a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) construction camp, as workers remain trapped under snow and debris near Mana village in the Chamoli district of India's Uttarakhand state. Photo by Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Uttarakhand / AFP
Private US spaceship lands on Moon 02 Mar 2025 - 12:32 pm
This image grab from a March 2, 2025 video and released by Firefly Aerospace shows Firefly's Blue Ghost lander during its lunar landing as part of the Ghost Mission 1. (Photo by Handout / Firefly Aerospace / AFP)
Trump designates English as official language of US 02 Mar 2025 - 11:09 am
US President Donald Trump gestures after landing at the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on February 28, 2025. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP)
Thousands rally against leader of flood-hit Spain region 02 Mar 2025 - 12:04 am
People gather during a demonstration to protest the regional government's response and call for the resignation of Valencia regional president Carlos Mazon, four months after devastating floods in Valencia, eastern Spain, on March 01, 2025. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)
Zelensky 'very, very welcome': UK PM Starmer 01 Mar 2025 - 11:28 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a bilateral meeting in central London on March 1, 2025 ahead of a European leader's summit the following day. (Photo by Peter Nicholls / POOL / AFP)
Pakistani astronaut to enter Chinese space station, first for a foreign astronaut 01 Mar 2025 - 08:51 pm
Muhammad Yousuf Khan (L), chairman of the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), and Lin Xiqiang (R), deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO), pose for a photo with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during the exchange of cooperation agreement on the spaceflight of Pakistani astronaut to the Chinese space station in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 28, 2025. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
Philippines tallies more hand, foot and mouth disease cases 01 Mar 2025 - 08:41 pm
File photo for representational purposes showing a child's hand after being diagnosed with hand, mouth, and foot disease.
China's landmark trade corridor sees surge in goods transport 01 Mar 2025 - 08:37 pm
File photo for representational purposes only.