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Macron holds back on N. Caledonia voting reform after riots 23 May 2024 - 06:08 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at New Caledonia's High Commissioner residency in Noumea on May 22, 2024, during his trip to the Pacific archipelago in an attempt to resolve a political crisis. Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP.
Heatwave cancels lessons for half Pakistan's schoolchildren 23 May 2024 - 06:01 pm
Boys bathe in the waters of Rawal dam on a hot summer day in Islamabad on May 23, 2024. The Pakistan Meteorological Department said temperatures are expected to hit as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of rural Sindh. Photo by FAROOQ NAEEM / AFP.
Brain, skull and spine injuries on turbulent Singapore flight 23 May 2024 - 03:51 pm
Receptionists stand behind a counter at Samitivej hospital, where some people injured when the Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 suffered severe turbulence mid-flight are receiving medical treatment, in Bangkok on May 23, 2024. Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
S. Korea, Japan, China to hold first trilateral summit since 2019 23 May 2024 - 03:04 pm
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Tesla breaks ground on huge Shanghai battery plant 23 May 2024 - 12:17 pm
A Tesla charger frames the site of the Tonopah Historic Mining Park, in the mining town of Tonopah, Nevada on May 8, 2024. Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP
Govts, tech firms vow to cooperate against AI risks at Seoul summit 22 May 2024 - 06:13 pm
Britain's Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Michelle Donelan listens as South Korea's Minister of Science and ICT, Lee Jong-ho speaks during a press briefing following the ministers' session of the AI Seoul Summit at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in Seoul on May 22, 2024. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP.
Leading AI firms pledge 'responsible' tech development 22 May 2024 - 05:07 pm
Markus Anderljung, Head of Policy at the Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI), poses at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), during the AI Seoul Summit, in Seoul on May 22, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
France's Macron makes high-stakes visit to riot-struck New Caledonia 22 May 2024 - 04:53 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron waves as he boards his Presidential aeroplane to travel to the Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia in an attempt to resolve a political crisis, at the Orly airport, suburb of Paris on May 21, 2024. Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP.
20 people in intensive care after turbulent Singapore Airlines flight: Thai hospital 22 May 2024 - 02:02 pm
Hospital personnel work on a registration desk at Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, where some of the injured passengers on a turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines flight were being treated, in Bangkok on May 22, 2024. Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP
Malaysia footballer set to return after acid attack: club official 22 May 2024 - 01:57 pm
Selangor FC Board of Directors member Shahril Mokhtar speaks during a press conference on the progress of Malaysian national team and Selangor FC footballer Faisal Halim, who was injured in an acid attack, at a hospital in Shah Alam on May 22, 2024. Photo by Arif Kartono / AFP
Relieved travellers land in Singapore after deadly turbulence 22 May 2024 - 08:27 am
Officials gather around the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER airplane as it is parked on the tarmac at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on May 22, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
Over 1,000 relief camps set up as Pakistan braces for heatwave 21 May 2024 - 07:04 pm
Youths cool off as water bursts out from a damaged water pipe line amidst a heatwave in Karachi on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)
Boeing offers condolences after turbulence fatality on Singapore Airlines flight 21 May 2024 - 06:53 pm
This frame grab from a video by Phongsak Suksi taken and released on May 21, 2024 and made available via AFPTV shows ambulances leaving the fire station at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, after a Singapore Airlines London-Singapore flight hit severe turbulence and was forced to make an emergency landing. Photo by various sources / AFP
Singapore to send investigators to Bangkok after flight incident: transport ministry 21 May 2024 - 05:39 pm
A worker wipes a Singapore Airlines logo at the International Tourism Trade Fair (ITB, Internationale Tourismusboerse) in Berlin on March 6, 2023. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Sick of tourists, Japan town blocks view of Mt Fuji 21 May 2024 - 04:39 pm
A person takes pictures of Mount Fuji from across the street of a convenience store, hours before the installation of a barrier to block the sight of Japan's Mount Fuji to deter badly behaved tourists, in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi prefecture on May 21, 2024. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
16 top AI firms make new safety commitments at Seoul summit: UK govt 21 May 2024 - 02:21 pm
Commuters walk inside a train station in Seoul on March 18, 2024. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
US, Philippines to train Filipinos in nuclear power 21 May 2024 - 02:06 pm
US Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink delivers a speech during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to promote US-Philippines Civil Nuclear Cooperation at a hotel in Taguig, Metro Manila, on May 21, 2024. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
One death, injuries after 'severe turbulence' on Boeing plane: Singapore Airlines 21 May 2024 - 01:41 pm
A worker wipes a Singapore Airlines logo at the International Tourism Trade Fair (ITB, Internationale Tourismusboerse) in Berlin on March 6, 2023. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP