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Prosecutors in Guyana mull charges for teen suspect in deadly blaze at girl's dorm 24 May 2023 - 09:00 pm
Relatives and friends of the victims of a fire on the eve that killed at least 19 youths and injured about 20 others in a schoolgirls' dormitory, cry during a meeting with Guyana's President Irfaan Ali, in Mahdia, Guyana. (Photo by Keno GEORGE / AFP)
US rapper Fetty Wap handed six year prison term for drug trafficking 24 May 2023 - 08:43 pm
US rapper Fetty Wap poses in the press room during the 2015 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California, on April 12, 2015. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)
GOP, Biden negotiators resume talks amid debt default impasse 24 May 2023 - 08:33 pm
US President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting on the debt ceiling with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
10-year-old girl spends $3,000 on Roblox 24 May 2023 - 08:27 pm
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Do Kwon bail revoked in Montenegro 24 May 2023 - 06:26 pm
File photo: South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur co-founder of Terraform Labs (Terra Luna), Do Kwon (C) is taken to court after being arrested at the airport on March 24, 2023 in Podgorica.
Lebanon slaps travel ban on central bank chief wanted by France 24 May 2023 - 06:04 pm
This file picture dated November 21, 2008 shows Lebanon's Central Bank governor Riad Salameh listening to a question during an interview with AFP at his office in Beirut. (Photo by Ramzi Haidar / AFP)
US pledges $524 million in new aid for Horn of Africa drought, climate crisis 24 May 2023 - 04:44 pm
This aerial view shows makeshift structures of people displaced by drought at the Ladan internally displaced people (IDP) camp in Dolow on May 1, 2023. (Photo by Hassan Ali Elmi / AFP)
Japan to provide 100 military vehicles to Ukraine 24 May 2023 - 03:13 pm
Japan's State Minister of Defence Toshiro Ino (C) and Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky (L) pose with a list of Japanese Self-Defense Force vehicles that were handed over to Ukraine, during a ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo on May 24, 2023. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Australian 95-year-old woman tasered by police dies 24 May 2023 - 03:11 pm
The Sydney Opera House and city centre skyline are seen as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Sydney, Australia, April 20, 2020. Reuters/Loren Elliott/File Photo
Over one million people displaced in four months in Somalia: UN 24 May 2023 - 02:43 pm
This aerial view shows makeshift structures of people displaced by drought at the Ladan internally displaced people (IDP) camp in Dolow on May 1, 2023. (Photo by Hassan Ali Elmi / AFP)
South Korea postpones third launch of homegrown rocket 24 May 2023 - 02:35 pm
This handout photo taken on May 23, 2023 and provided by Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) shows South Korea's homegrown space rocket Nuri moving to its launch pad at the Naro Space Centre in the southern coastal village of Goheung, a day before its third attempt to put satellites into orbit. Photo by Handout / Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) / AFP
Indian opposition to boycott inauguration of new parliament 24 May 2023 - 12:59 pm
In this file photo taken on July 12, 2022, workers stand next to the newly inaugurated 'National Emblem' installed on the roof of the new Indian parliament building in New Delhi. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
Miami zoo's meet-a-kiwi scheme causes uproar from New Zealanders 24 May 2023 - 11:55 am
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Cholera-hit S.African town blames govt for deadly outbreak 24 May 2023 - 11:37 am
A man sits on top of a municipal tank truck while filling it with water in Hammanskraal on May 23, 2023. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Sri Lanka navy finds 14 bodies in capsized Chinese boat 24 May 2023 - 11:27 am
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China scammer uses AI to pose as man's friend, steal millions 24 May 2023 - 11:07 am
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Guyana girls dorm fire that killed 19 was deliberately set by student, says official 23 May 2023 - 11:31 pm
Investigators and government employees inspect the school dormitory where a fire killed at least 19 people in Mahdia, Guyana on May 22, 2023. (Photo by Keno George / AFP)
Qatar Interested in Developing Iraqi Energy Projects: Iraq Minister of Oil 23 May 2023 - 09:21 pm
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