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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.
Iran parliament speaker Ghalibaf launches presidential bid 03 Jun 2024 - 04:16 pm
Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf addresses the media after submitting his candidacy for the Islamic republic's upcoming presidential election in Tehran on June 3, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Alert level raised for Philippine volcano after 'explosive eruption': volcanology agency 03 Jun 2024 - 03:49 pm
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More than half of Gaza structures destroyed or damaged: UN 03 Jun 2024 - 01:59 pm
Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli strike in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Pilot dies after planes collide at Portugal air show 03 Jun 2024 - 12:54 pm
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UN forecasts La Nina could help lower temperatures this year 03 Jun 2024 - 12:44 pm
People take rest under the shade of a bridge to shelter from the scorching sun on a hot summer day along the banks of river Ganges in Prayagraj on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Anil Shakya / AFP)
New airports, aircraft: wealthy Gulf prepares for aviation boom 03 Jun 2024 - 11:57 am
Peninsula
LIVE UPDATES: Families mourn another night of deadly attack in Gaza 03 Jun 2024 - 11:41 am
Palestinian men walk past damaged buildings after an overnight Israeli strike in al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)