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In first, private US spaceship lands upright on Moon 02 Mar 2025 - 06:25 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by Firefly Aerospace on March 2, 2025, the Firefly's Blue Ghost lander manoeuvres its lunar landing as part of the Ghost Mission 1. Photo by Handout / Firefly Aerospace / AFP
At least 37 dead in Bolivia after two buses collide 02 Mar 2025 - 04:43 pm
Handout picture released by Bolivian Police shows a man checking the wreckage of a bus that collided with another one on a highway near Uyuni, Bolivia on March 1, 2025. Photo by Handout / Bolivian Police / AFP
Tanker suspected of damaging Baltic cables allowed to leave Finland 02 Mar 2025 - 03:14 pm
This handout picture taken and released by The Finnish Border Guard on March 2, 2025 shows the Border Guard ship Turva (front) escorting Cook Islands registered oil tanker Eagle S out to sea near Porvoo (Borga), Finland. Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP
Seven dead in India avalanche as survivors recall rescue 02 Mar 2025 - 02:44 pm
In this handout photograph taken on March 1, 2025 and released by the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Uttarakhand, security personnel carry a victim onto a helicopter during a rescue operation, a day after an avalanche hit a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) construction camp, as workers remain trapped under snow and debris near Mana village in the Chamoli district of India's Uttarakhand state. Photo by Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Uttarakhand / AFP
Private US spaceship lands on Moon 02 Mar 2025 - 12:32 pm
This image grab from a March 2, 2025 video and released by Firefly Aerospace shows Firefly's Blue Ghost lander during its lunar landing as part of the Ghost Mission 1. (Photo by Handout / Firefly Aerospace / AFP)
Trump designates English as official language of US 02 Mar 2025 - 11:09 am
US President Donald Trump gestures after landing at the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on February 28, 2025. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP)
Thousands rally against leader of flood-hit Spain region 02 Mar 2025 - 12:04 am
People gather during a demonstration to protest the regional government's response and call for the resignation of Valencia regional president Carlos Mazon, four months after devastating floods in Valencia, eastern Spain, on March 01, 2025. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)
Zelensky 'very, very welcome': UK PM Starmer 01 Mar 2025 - 11:28 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a bilateral meeting in central London on March 1, 2025 ahead of a European leader's summit the following day. (Photo by Peter Nicholls / POOL / AFP)
Pakistani astronaut to enter Chinese space station, first for a foreign astronaut 01 Mar 2025 - 08:51 pm
Muhammad Yousuf Khan (L), chairman of the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), and Lin Xiqiang (R), deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO), pose for a photo with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during the exchange of cooperation agreement on the spaceflight of Pakistani astronaut to the Chinese space station in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 28, 2025. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
Philippines tallies more hand, foot and mouth disease cases 01 Mar 2025 - 08:41 pm
File photo for representational purposes showing a child's hand after being diagnosed with hand, mouth, and foot disease.
China's landmark trade corridor sees surge in goods transport 01 Mar 2025 - 08:37 pm
File photo for representational purposes only.
33 injured in bus accident in eastern Sri Lanka 01 Mar 2025 - 08:28 pm
Peninsula
US federal workers receive second email on justifying jobs 01 Mar 2025 - 07:29 pm
People hold signs during a protest against Elon Musk outside of a Tesla dealership in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on February 27, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Kowalsky / AFP)
In Photos: Four dead from India avalanche, five still missing: army 01 Mar 2025 - 07:13 pm
In this handout photograph taken on March 1, 2025 and released by the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Uttarakhand, security personnel conduct a rescue operation. (Photo by DIPR Uttarakhand / AFP)
Uganda reports second death from Ebola outbreak 01 Mar 2025 - 07:05 pm
Peninsula
Thousands join anti-corruption protest in Serbian town 01 Mar 2025 - 05:43 pm
Protestors attend a demonstration in Nis on March 1, 2025, during a national rally organised by students over corruption after collapse of the Novi Sad train station. (Photo by Andrej Isakovic / AFP)
Russians revel in Trump's 'rebuke' of Zelensky 01 Mar 2025 - 05:34 pm
US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP)
Hong Kong opens sports park with 50,000-seat stadium 01 Mar 2025 - 04:43 pm
The crowd watches the opening ceremony of the Kai Tak Sports stadium on March 1, 2025. (Photo by Peter Parks / AFP)