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IMF to unlock nearly $600 million for drought-hit Zambia 04 Jun 2024 - 05:07 pm
A man fetches water from a pond to water his calves in Matobo, Matabeleland, on May 10, 2024. Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP
Modi heads for victory in India vote, but no landslide 04 Jun 2024 - 03:16 pm
Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) watch live vote counting figures for India's general election, displayed on a large screen in Varanasi on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni / AFP)
Body of 5th victim recovered from submerged car after flooding in Germany 04 Jun 2024 - 03:10 pm
A boat with rescue helpers ships through a flooded street in the center of Passau in Bavaria, southern Germany, on June 4, 2024. Photo by Michaela STACHE / AFP
Philippines says Chinese boats seized supplies airdropped to Filipino outpost 04 Jun 2024 - 02:46 pm
This handout photo taken on May 19, 2024 and received on June 4, 2024 from the Armed Forces of the Philippines shows recovered supplies which were airdropped to a Filipino outpost, on a boat near Second Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES / AFP
Hundreds in emergency shelters after Philippine volcano erupts 04 Jun 2024 - 02:36 pm
An elderly evacuee gestures as she speaks about what she saw when Mount Kanlaon volcano erupted, at an evacuation center set up at a school in a village in Canlaon, Negros Occidental province, central Philippines on June 4, 2024. Photo by Ferdinand Edralin / AFP
Seoul fully suspends inter-Korean military pact over trash balloons 04 Jun 2024 - 02:23 pm
This handout photo taken by the South Korean Defence Ministry between the night of June 1 and 2, 2024 and released on June 2, 2024 shows South Korean military officers check unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul. Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP
Three newborns abandoned in London are all related, court reveals 04 Jun 2024 - 01:23 pm
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New Caledonia airport to resume some commercial flights 04 Jun 2024 - 01:04 pm
A tractor clears branches and a smashed car from a roadblock on the RT1 near the Ondemia district in Paita in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia, June 4, 2024. (Photo by Delphine Mayeur / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Pressure mounts for ceasefire, as 'heart-wrenching' situations continue in Gaza 04 Jun 2024 - 12:03 pm
A ball of fire and black smoke rises moments after an Israeli air strike targeted a residential building in the city of Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Modi eyes triumph as India counts epic vote 04 Jun 2024 - 08:12 am
Electoral officials work at an election vote counting station in Mumbai on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe / AFP)
Sri Lanka closes schools as the death toll from floods and mudslides rises to 16 04 Jun 2024 - 12:17 am
Residents wade through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Kaduwela on the outskirts of Colombo on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
Flood of sewage forces displaced Gazans out of tents 03 Jun 2024 - 10:48 pm
A bulldozer removes piles of garbage at a camp for internally displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Sweden wants to let police use facial recognition technology 03 Jun 2024 - 08:09 pm
Representative File Photo: Facial recognition coming to Europe - A facial recognition technology during a presser in Berlin in 2017. (Reuters)
Microsoft to invest $3.2 bn in AI in Sweden 03 Jun 2024 - 06:20 pm
The logo of Microsoft US multinational tecnology corporation is seen at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on March 2, 2023. Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP
Fauci testifies publicly before House panel on COVID origins, controversies 03 Jun 2024 - 05:53 pm
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is sworn-in before testifying before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 03, 2024 in Washington, DC. Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP.
4 people have died in floods in southern Germany. The situation remains tense 03 Jun 2024 - 05:46 pm
The historic part of Heidelberg is flooded during high water of the Neckar river in Heidelberg, southwestern Germany on June 3, 2024. Photo by Daniel ROLAND / AFP.
Chinese probe lands on ‘dark’ side of the moon to collect rare samples 03 Jun 2024 - 05:43 pm
BEIJING, June 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This image taken from video animation at Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) on June 2, 2024 shows the lander-ascender combination of Chang'e-6 Probe landing on the far side of the moon.
Mexicans celebrate election of first woman president 03 Jun 2024 - 04:24 pm
Mexico's presidential candidate for Morena party Claudia Sheinbaum celebrates following the results of the general election in Mexico City, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Gerardo Luna / AFP.

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