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Finland hosts major air exercise with NATO allies 29 May 2023 - 06:42 pm
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South American leaders gather in Brazil for first UNASUR meeting in 9 years 29 May 2023 - 06:06 pm
Handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency showing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (2-R), his wife First Lady Cilia Flores, and Vice-President Delcy Rodiguez (3-L) being welcomed upon landing in Brasilia on May 28, 2023. (Photo by Zurimar CAMPOS / Venezuelan Presidency / AFP)
Brazil's Lula meets Venezuela's Maduro 29 May 2023 - 05:56 pm
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (L) walks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcome ceremony at Planalto Palace in Brasilia on May 29, 2023. (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP)
Russian 'spy' whale surfaces in Sweden 29 May 2023 - 05:47 pm
This file handout photo taken on April 26, 2019 released by Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries (Sea Surveillance Service) shows a white whale wearing a harness, which was discovered by fishermen off the coast of northern Norway. (Photo by Jorgen Ree Wiig / various sources / 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)
Sudan army, RSF under pressure to extend truce after mediators impatient with violations 29 May 2023 - 05:12 pm
People ride a donkey-pulled cart along a street in Omdurman, Khartoum's twin city, on May 28, 2023, amid ongoing violence between the forces of two rival Sudanese generals. (Photo by AFP)
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)
Spanish PM calls snap elections after local poll loss 29 May 2023 - 01:53 pm
In this handout image made available by La Moncloa on May 29, 2023 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid as he called a snap election in July. (Photo by Borja Puig de la Bellacasa / LA MONCLOA / 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)
France's Macron urges end to plastic pollution at global talks 29 May 2023 - 12:22 pm
A photo taken on December 8, 2022, in Vaasa, shows plastic pieces in frozen water. Photo by Olivier MORIN / 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
India likely bracing for El Niño impact on monsoon 29 May 2023 - 11:48 am
Tourists gather along the banks of Anasagar Lake during a duststorm in Ajmer on May 28, 2023. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma / AFP)