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Chinese mission with first civilian reaches space station 30 May 2023 - 01:05 pm
Long March-2F rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-16 Manned Space Flight Mission, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China's northwestern Gansu province, on May 30, 2023, heading to the Tiangong space station. Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP
Night-time shopping booms as Zimbabwe inflation soars 30 May 2023 - 12:34 pm
Roadside vendors sell goods at Mbare Musika in Harare on May 25, 2023. Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP
Shooting near beach in Hollywood, Florida injures 9 30 May 2023 - 11:34 am
MAY 29: Law enforcement officers are seen on a crime scene as they respond to a shooting at Hollywood Beach on May 29, 2023 in Hollywood, Florida. Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP
Lebanon army frees kidnapped Saudi 30 May 2023 - 11:21 am
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France to open its first electric car battery factory 30 May 2023 - 11:15 am
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire (C) visits the gigafactory of Automotive Cells Company (ACC), a joint venture of Stellantis, TotalEnergies and Mercedes, during its inauguration in Billy-Berclau-Douvrin, northern France, May 30, 2023. (Photo by Pascal Rossignol / POOL / AFP)
Moscow targeted by drone attack, no casualties: Mayor 30 May 2023 - 08:19 am
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UAE reveals mission to asteroid belt, seeking clues to life's origins 29 May 2023 - 11:50 pm
File Photo: An H-2A rocket carrying the Hope Probe, developed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the Mars explore, lifts off from the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Center on the island of Tanegashima, Japan, in this handout photo taken and released on July 20, 2020 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries / Reuters
Venice's Grand Canal turns bright green due to fluorescein 29 May 2023 - 10:50 pm
A photo taken and made available on May 28, 2023 by Italian news agency Ansa, shows fluorescent green waters below the Rialto Bridge in Venice's Grand Canal. (Photo by Stringer / Ansa / AFP) 
Libyan court condemns 35 jihadists to death 29 May 2023 - 07:32 pm
Jihadists accused of being members of the Islamic State (IS) group sit in the defendant booth during their trial, in the northwestern Libyan city of Misrata on May 29, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP)
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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