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Over 1,000 relief camps set up as Pakistan braces for heatwave 21 May 2024 - 07:04 pm
Youths cool off as water bursts out from a damaged water pipe line amidst a heatwave in Karachi on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)
Boeing offers condolences after turbulence fatality on Singapore Airlines flight 21 May 2024 - 06:53 pm
This frame grab from a video by Phongsak Suksi taken and released on May 21, 2024 and made available via AFPTV shows ambulances leaving the fire station at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, after a Singapore Airlines London-Singapore flight hit severe turbulence and was forced to make an emergency landing. Photo by various sources / AFP
Singapore to send investigators to Bangkok after flight incident: transport ministry 21 May 2024 - 05:39 pm
A worker wipes a Singapore Airlines logo at the International Tourism Trade Fair (ITB, Internationale Tourismusboerse) in Berlin on March 6, 2023. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Peru to become 2nd country to exit IMF credit program 21 May 2024 - 05:20 pm
An exterior view of the building of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with the IMG logo, is seen on March 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. AFP / Olivier DOULIERY
Schools, prison checked after quake 'swarm' near Naples 21 May 2024 - 04:59 pm
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Sick of tourists, Japan town blocks view of Mt Fuji 21 May 2024 - 04:39 pm
A person takes pictures of Mount Fuji from across the street of a convenience store, hours before the installation of a barrier to block the sight of Japan's Mount Fuji to deter badly behaved tourists, in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi prefecture on May 21, 2024. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
16 top AI firms make new safety commitments at Seoul summit: UK govt 21 May 2024 - 02:21 pm
Commuters walk inside a train station in Seoul on March 18, 2024. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
US, Philippines to train Filipinos in nuclear power 21 May 2024 - 02:06 pm
US Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink delivers a speech during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to promote US-Philippines Civil Nuclear Cooperation at a hotel in Taguig, Metro Manila, on May 21, 2024. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
One death, injuries after 'severe turbulence' on Boeing plane: Singapore Airlines 21 May 2024 - 01:41 pm
A worker wipes a Singapore Airlines logo at the International Tourism Trade Fair (ITB, Internationale Tourismusboerse) in Berlin on March 6, 2023. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Strike over Olympics bonuses disrupts Paris trains 21 May 2024 - 01:11 pm
Commuters stand in a crowded train at Chateletes Halles RER station in Paris on May 21, 2024, during a strike called by SNCF employees, in which 1 in 5 trains is scheduled by the French railway company. Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP
EU denounces Occupation's attacks on medical, civilian infrastructure in Gaza 21 May 2024 - 12:43 pm
Injured Palestinians are transported to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah following Israeli bombardment of al-Bureij in the eastern Gaza Strip on May 21, 2024. Photo by AFP
Russia eyes deeper trade, political ties with Islamic world 21 May 2024 - 12:40 pm
The forum took place at Kazan Expo centre in Russia's Tatarstan region.
'Incognito Market' founder arrested in New York 21 May 2024 - 12:23 pm
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Iranians pay last respects to president killed in helicopter crash 21 May 2024 - 12:21 pm
This grab taken from handout video footage released by Iran Press on May 21, 2024 shows people gathering to mourn during a funeral procession in the northwestern city of Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan province. (Photo by Iran Press / AFP)
India inspects spice companies after contamination claims 21 May 2024 - 12:11 pm
A man buys packets of MDH spices at a store in Amritsar on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
Airplane hits Indian flamingo flock 21 May 2024 - 11:25 am
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Haiti’s main international airport reopens nearly three months after gang violence forced it closed 20 May 2024 - 10:54 pm
People wait in line for a flight at Toussaint Louverture Airport in Port-au-Prince on May 20, 2024. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy / AFP)
Business and Bollywood vote in India's election 20 May 2024 - 10:34 pm
Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh (left) and his wife Deepika Padukone arrive to cast their ballots at a polling station during the fifth phase of voting in India's general election, in Mumbai on May 20, 2024. (Photo by Sujit Jaiswal / AFP)