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At least 5 dead in Texas after severe weather sweeps across Texas and Oklahoma, authorities say 26 May 2024 - 04:29 pm
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Haiti still waiting for international force to tackle gangs 25 May 2024 - 05:41 pm
A police tank patrols the area where armed gangs have spread terror, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 24, 2024. Photo by Clarens SIFFROY / AFP.
NASA launches ground-breaking climate change satellite 25 May 2024 - 05:33 pm
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket sits at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on May 5, 2024. Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP / AFP.
Cicadas display Nature's artwork; discerning beholders find beauty in bugs 25 May 2024 - 04:00 pm
A cicada from brood XIX is seen on a tree in Angelville, Georgia on May 23, 2024. This year's event involves the 13-year Brood XIX, currently emerging in the Carolinas, followed by the 17-year Brood XIII in the Midwest. There could be a small area of overlap in central Illinois. Photo by Elijah Nouvelage / AFP.
Tornado leaves five dead in Iowa 23 May 2024 - 05:48 pm
An American flag is see as residents go through the damage after a tornado tore through town yesterday afternoon on May 22, 2024 in Greenfield, Iowa. Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP.
At least 9 dead as stage collapses at Mexico election rally 23 May 2024 - 02:27 pm
The debris is seen covered with a tarp after a stage collapsed during a campaign rally for Mexican presidential candidate Jorge Alvarez Maynez in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, on May 22, 2024. (Photo by Julio Cesar Aguilar / AFP)
One killed as explosion rocks Colombia fireworks factory 23 May 2024 - 02:26 pm
A member of the Red Cross works at the scene of an explosion at a gunpowder factory in Soacha, south of Bogota, on May 22, 2024. Photo by Andrea ARIZA / AFP
US reports second human case of bird flu tied to dairy cow outbreak 23 May 2024 - 12:04 am
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It's so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees 21 May 2024 - 09:29 pm
A wild howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) is seen in the branches of a tree in Comalcalco, Tabasco State, Mexico, on May 20, 2024. (Photo by Yuri Cortez / AFP)
Peru to become 2nd country to exit IMF credit program 21 May 2024 - 05:20 pm
An exterior view of the building of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with the IMG logo, is seen on March 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. AFP / Olivier DOULIERY
Haiti’s main international airport reopens nearly three months after gang violence forced it closed 20 May 2024 - 10:54 pm
People wait in line for a flight at Toussaint Louverture Airport in Port-au-Prince on May 20, 2024. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy / AFP)
Ship that caused deadly Baltimore bridge collapse refloated, returns to port 20 May 2024 - 04:36 pm
A section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge rests in the water next to the Dali container ship in Baltimore on May 13, 2024 after crews conducted a controlled demolition. Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP
Uncertain future for thousands after deadly Brazil floods 20 May 2024 - 02:58 pm
A man navigates a boat through a flooded street in front of the public market in downtown Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, on May 19, 2024. Photo by Nelson ALMEIDA / AFP
Ship that destroyed Baltimore bridge set to move Monday 19 May 2024 - 07:16 pm
A section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge rests in the water next to the Dali container ship in Baltimore on May 13, 2024 after crews conducted a controlled demolition. Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP
Death toll from Texas storm rises to 7 18 May 2024 - 11:18 am
Trees snapped by the storm are chopped up in Houston, Texas, on May 17, 2024, one day after the National Weather Service warned of
Harvard students end protest as university agrees to discuss Middle East conflict 14 May 2024 - 07:00 pm
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Alphabet’s Waymo probed by US after autonomous car incidents 14 May 2024 - 06:33 pm
A Waymo autonomous taxi in San Francisco on Aug 10, 2024. Photo by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg.
Melinda Gates says to leave Gates Foundation 13 May 2024 - 08:01 pm
Melinda Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, arrives for a meeting with French President at the Elysee Palace in Paris on July 1, 2021. Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP