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Singapore Airlines offers $10,000 to passengers hurt by turbulence 11 Jun 2024 - 11:42 am
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Chinese Premier Li to visit Australia as trade ties warm 11 Jun 2024 - 11:31 am
(Files) China's Premier Li Qiang delivers his speech during the China Development Forum in Beijing on March 24, 2024. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / Pool / AFP)
Animals killed as fire rips through Bangkok pet market 11 Jun 2024 - 10:07 am
Forensics officers survey the area after a fire at a pet market next to Chatuchak market in Bangkok on June 11, 2024. (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP)
North China bakes under searing heatwave 11 Jun 2024 - 08:13 am
People shelter under umbrellas during heatwave conditions in Beijing on July 19, 2023. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)
Spotted? Leopard-like animal seen at India's swearing-in ceremony 10 Jun 2024 - 06:15 pm
India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Narendra Modi (R) takes the oath of office for a third term as the country's Prime Minister during the oath-taking ceremony administered by President Droupadi Murmu (2L) at presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on June 9, 2024. Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP
India's heatwave longest ever, worse to come 10 Jun 2024 - 02:35 pm
A vendor with an umbrella over his head talks on mobile phone as he wipes his face with a cloth on a hot summer day in Varanasi on May 27, 2024. Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP
Flooding and landslides kill three in Vietnam's north 10 Jun 2024 - 02:03 pm
An aerial picture shows flood waters submerging buildings after heavy rain in Ha Giang city in northern Vietnam on June 10, 2024. Photo by Trong Hai / AFP
Seoul resumes loudspeaker propaganda against North 09 Jun 2024 - 07:00 pm
This handout photo taken on June 9, 2024 and provided by the South Korean Defence Ministry 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
Seoul to resume loudspeaker propaganda against North 09 Jun 2024 - 01:24 pm
Handout photo taken on June 9, 2024 shows unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the border, on a street in Seoul. (Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP)
North Korea sends trash-carrying balloons again: Seoul military 08 Jun 2024 - 05:37 pm
Photo taken by the South Korean Defence Ministry between the night of June 1 and 2, 2024 and released on June 2, 2024 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.
Python swallows woman whole in Indonesia 08 Jun 2024 - 04:03 pm
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Rahul Gandhi nominated as leader of India's opposition 08 Jun 2024 - 01:09 pm
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Indonesia's first Olympic gymnast encourages others to 'dream higher' 08 Jun 2024 - 10:52 am
Indonesian gymnast Rifda Irfanaluthfi answers AFP's questions during an interview at the gymnastics training center in Jakarta. (Photo by Bay Ismoyo / AFP)
Two-year-old girl in Australia tests positive for H5N1 bird flu: WHO 08 Jun 2024 - 08:52 am
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North Korea sent trash balloons. Activists in the South sent K-pop 07 Jun 2024 - 09:11 pm
This handout image provided by Fighters For Free North Korea, taken in Pocheon, Gyeonggi province, early on June 6, 2024, shows contents of balloons sent to the North by the group, including USB flash drives containing South Korean pop music and TV shows, as well as thousands of one-dollar bills. (Photo by Handout / Fighters For Free North Korea / AFP)
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.