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As Typhoon Mawar approaches, Philippines warns of possible flooding, landslides 29 May 2023 - 09:48 am
Fishing boats are docked in the Nanfangao Fishing Harbour for shelters in Yilan county as typhoon Mawar approaches on east coast of Taiwan on May 29, 2023. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)
Ramaphosa allocates powers for minister to address country's energy crisis 28 May 2023 - 09:28 pm
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. File photo / AFP
Erdogan stresses his elections' victory consolidates democracy in Turkiye 28 May 2023 - 09:21 pm
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Jeff Bezos resumes building $175mn Beverly Hills mansion for future wife 28 May 2023 - 08:53 pm
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Incumbent Erdogan seals victory in Turkiye’s presidential runoff 28 May 2023 - 08:40 pm
Turkey's President and presidential candidate of AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures at the polling station on the day of the Presidential runoff vote in Istanbul on May 28, 2023. (Photo by MURAD SEZER / POOL / AFP)
Medical row in France over unauthorised Covid trial 28 May 2023 - 06:13 pm
File Photo: French virologist Didier Raoult addresses a press conference on Covid-19 at the IHU medical institute in Marseille on April 20, 2022. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP)
Nigeria's departing President Buhari defends legacy 28 May 2023 - 06:00 pm
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari said he will leave office with Nigeria better in 2023 than in 2015.  (AFP / Haidar Mohammed Ali)
Russia launched 'largest drone attack' on Ukrainian capital before Kyiv Day; 1 killed 28 May 2023 - 05:45 pm
This photograph taken on May 28, 2023, in Kyiv, shows the explosion of a drone after it was shot down during a massive Russian drones strike mainly targetting the Ukrainian capital. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky / AFP)
Spain votes in local polls that up pressure on PM Sanchez 28 May 2023 - 05:28 pm
Nuns prepare to cast their ballots at a polling station in Madrid on May 28, 2023 during local and regional polls. (Photo by Oscar Del Pozo / AFP)
Three killed, five wounded in US motorcycle rally shootout 28 May 2023 - 02:50 pm
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Sabalenka shrugs off 'hate' and jeers to make French Open second round 28 May 2023 - 02:40 pm
Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka plays a forehand return to Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk during their women's singles match on day one of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament at the Court Philippe-Chatrier in Paris on May 28, 2023. Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP
Indian police detain protesting wrestlers, clear site 28 May 2023 - 02:06 pm
Indian wrestlers Vinesh Phogat (C) with others are detained by the police while attempting to march to India's new parliament, just as it was being inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on May 28, 2023. (Photo by Arun Thakur / AFP)
South Korean arrested for opening plane emergency exit door, faces up to 10 years in prison 28 May 2023 - 01:41 pm
An opened door of an Asiana Airlines plane is seen at Daegu International Airport in Daegu on May 26, 2023, after it was manually opened by a passenger just 200 metres above the ground before landing causing some to have breathing difficulty but with no major injuries.
Incumbent Turkish President Erdogan casts his vote in presidential runoff 28 May 2023 - 12:56 pm
Turkey's President and presidential candidate of AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R), flanked by his wife Emine Erdogan (L), casts his ballot on the day of the Presidential runoff vote in a school in Istanbul on May 28, 2023. Photo by MURAD SEZER / POOL / AFP
Ukraine reports 'most important' drone attack on Kyiv since invasion 28 May 2023 - 12:49 pm
A local resident examines a partially destroyed residential building after a massive Russian drones strike mainly targetting the Ukrainian capital, in Kyiv, on May 28, 2023. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky / AFP)
Modi inaugurates grand new Indian parliament 28 May 2023 - 12:13 pm
This handout photograph taken on May 28, 2023, and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the new parliament building in New Delhi. (Photo by PIB / AFP)
Voters in fashion turn up at Turkish polling booths with unexpected companions 28 May 2023 - 12:05 pm
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EgyptAir flight from Cairo blows tire during landing in Saudi Arabia 28 May 2023 - 11:31 am
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