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Trump ambushes South African president with 'genocide' accusation 21 May 2025 - 09:02 pm
US President Donald Trump shows pictures and articles as he meets with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025.
Springsteen releases surprise EP, including scathing Trump criticism 21 May 2025 - 09:00 pm
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Starvation grips Gaza: Pope calls for sufficient humanitarian aid, end to hostilities 21 May 2025 - 08:34 pm
Palestinians gather to receive a hot meal at a food distribution point in the Nuseirat camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Wanted: Homes for thousands of chicks that survived ‘misdirected USPS shipment’ 21 May 2025 - 08:01 pm
Some of thousands of chicks that survived more than three days after being abandoned in a US Postal Service truck without food or water as temperatures climbed into the mid-80s. (Photo by First State Animal Center and SPCA)
US deports Southeast Asians to South Sudan despite court order 21 May 2025 - 07:38 pm
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Economists foresee lower exports growth for Malaysia amid ongoing trade tensions 21 May 2025 - 07:24 pm
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Slower car sales for Malaysia amid easing orders: analysts 21 May 2025 - 06:34 pm
In this file photo, former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad gives a thumbs-up sign during the launch of the Proton Savvy, the national carmaker's new model in Kuala Lumpur on June 8, 2005. AFP / Tengku Bahar / File photo
Top UK retailer shuts Sri Lanka plant, triggers protest 21 May 2025 - 05:50 pm
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Key Bangladesh party protests against government 21 May 2025 - 05:18 pm
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supporters gather near the chief adviser's residence in Dhaka on May 21, 2025, demanding BNP's Ishraque Hossain as the capital's mayor. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
'Recovered' Assange promotes Cannes documentary wearing Gaza T-shirt 21 May 2025 - 04:56 pm
Australian publisher, activist Julian Assange poses during a photocall for the film
Hunger in Gaza merely one facet of horrors endured by Palestinians, says UNRWA 21 May 2025 - 04:21 pm
Palestinians gather for a hot meal at a food distribution point in the Nuseirat camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Tokyo to waive basic water bills to combat extreme heat 21 May 2025 - 04:18 pm
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Six killed in school bus bombing in SW Pakistan 21 May 2025 - 04:13 pm
Security personnel stand guard at the site of a school bus bombing in Khuzdar district of Balochistan province on May 21, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Flood victims stranded on roofs as downpours lash eastern Australia 21 May 2025 - 08:39 am
This handout photo taken and released on May 21, 2025 by the New South Wales State Emergency Service (NSWSES) shows SES officials on patrol in flood-affected areas in and around Taree. (Photo by Handout / New South Wales State Emergency Service / AFP)
'Red alert': Fires drive tropical forest loss to record high 21 May 2025 - 07:16 am
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Sri Lanka train kills elephant despite new safety moves 20 May 2025 - 11:34 pm
A signboard alerting elephant crossing is pictured near the site of a train accident in Habarana, on May 20, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Personal secretary, adviser to Mexico City's mayor murdered in attack 20 May 2025 - 11:27 pm
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Pentagon chief orders review of US withdrawal from Afghanistan 20 May 2025 - 11:17 pm
Taliban security personnel pose on a Soviet tank along a road in Surobi district, Kabul province on May 20, 2025. (Photo by MOHAMMAD FAISAL NAWEED / AFP)