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Musk meets Chinese Foreign Minister in Beijing 30 May 2023 - 04:13 pm
(FILES) SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a meeting at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 15, 2023. (Photo by Michel Euler / AFP)
Chinese mission with first civilian reaches space station 30 May 2023 - 01:05 pm
Long March-2F rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-16 Manned Space Flight Mission, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China's northwestern Gansu province, on May 30, 2023, heading to the Tiangong space station. Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP
Asian Development Bank grants $350 million to cash-strapped Sri Lanka 29 May 2023 - 05:34 pm
File Photo: A vendor sells vegetables to a customer amid the rampant food inflation, amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 29 , 2022. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)
Nepal celebrates 70 years since first Everest summit 29 May 2023 - 05:00 pm
Nepali government officials place garlands on the statues of New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa to mark the 16th International Everest Day or a day to mark the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest in Kathmandu on May 29, 2023. (Photo by Nisha Bhandari / AFP)
Thai police charges Canadian man over murder of Indian gangster in Phuket 29 May 2023 - 04:51 pm
National Police Chief Damrongsak Kittiprapas (C) speaks during a press conference regarding the extradition of Matthew Dupre (on screen), a Canadian man wanted over the suspected murder of Indian gangster Jimi 'Slice' Sandhu in Phuket on February 4, 2022, at the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok on May 29, 2023. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
Space ambition: China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030, expand space station 29 May 2023 - 04:34 pm
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Japan PM's son dismissed as aide over official residence party 29 May 2023 - 02:52 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on May 29, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
Thailand authorities seize crystal methamphetamine likely bound for Australia 29 May 2023 - 12:58 pm
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Meet Nonagenarian Kanchha Sherpa, last surviving of first on Everest 29 May 2023 - 12:58 pm
In this picture taken on May 28, 2023, Kancha Sherpa looks on during an interview on the eve of International Everest Day, at Namche Bazar in Solukhumbu district, northeast of Kathmandu. (Photo by Robic Upadhayay / AFP)
Go Air pilots offered extra Rs100,000 a month as retention allowance 29 May 2023 - 12:09 pm
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Shanghai records hottest May day in 100 years: weather service 29 May 2023 - 12:03 pm
A woman wearing sun protective clothing commutes on a bicycle amid hot weather in Shanghai on May 29, 2023. Photo by AFP
China prepares to send first civilian into space 29 May 2023 - 11:56 am
A staff member from the China space program stands before the launch platform of the Shenzhou-16 Manned Space Flight Mission one day before launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China's northwestern Gansu province on May 29, 2023. Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP
India likely bracing for El Niño impact on monsoon 29 May 2023 - 11:48 am
Tourists gather along the banks of Anasagar Lake during a duststorm in Ajmer on May 28, 2023. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma / AFP)
North Korea informs Japan of upcoming 'satellite launch' 29 May 2023 - 10:00 am
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida answers questions from reporters after North Korea announced it would launch a satellite, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 29, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
As Typhoon Mawar approaches, Philippines warns of possible flooding, landslides 29 May 2023 - 09:48 am
Fishing boats are docked in the Nanfangao Fishing Harbour for shelters in Yilan county as typhoon Mawar approaches on east coast of Taiwan on May 29, 2023. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)
Indian police detain protesting wrestlers, clear site 28 May 2023 - 02:06 pm
Indian wrestlers Vinesh Phogat (C) with others are detained by the police while attempting to march to India's new parliament, just as it was being inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on May 28, 2023. (Photo by Arun Thakur / AFP)
South Korean arrested for opening plane emergency exit door, faces up to 10 years in prison 28 May 2023 - 01:41 pm
An opened door of an Asiana Airlines plane is seen at Daegu International Airport in Daegu on May 26, 2023, after it was manually opened by a passenger just 200 metres above the ground before landing causing some to have breathing difficulty but with no major injuries.
Modi inaugurates grand new Indian parliament 28 May 2023 - 12:13 pm
This handout photograph taken on May 28, 2023, and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the new parliament building in New Delhi. (Photo by PIB / AFP)

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Peninsula Arrivals resume at Sicily's Catania airport after Etna eruption
Peninsula Drone explodes near gas pipeline in Bulgaria: Bulgaria's PM
This photograph shows a fire in construction waste at a recycling company near the port of Rotterdam, in Rotterdam on August 7, 2026. (Photo by Jeffrey Groeneweg / ANP / AFP) Fire crews tame Rotterdam waste plant blaze
Peninsula Etna ash suspends arrivals at Italy's Catania airport

Africa

Traditional groups play traditional instruments next to Djidji Ayokwe, also known as the talking drum, that was taken by French Colonial troups from Ivory Coast in 1916, during an official presentation to the local population in Adjamé village in Abidjan on August 7, 2026 after the repatriation of the Talking Drun fron France in March 13, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) Ivorians set eyes on talking drum for first time
File photo strictly for representational purposes only. Freepik. Ethiopia posts record 5.7-bln-USD annual mining export revenue
Peninsula Suspected Ebola death on boat heading for DR Congo capital
File photo WHO calls for additional support to combat Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Americas

Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche swears-in before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) US Senate confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General
(FILES) Acting US Attorney General todd blanche testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) US senate confirms Todd Blanche for attorney general
Representational image US partially resumes avocado inspections in Mexico
This aerial view shows a backhoe loader removing accumulated sargassum seaweed from the shoreline as a municipal worker walks along a beach in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Mexico, on August 6, 2026. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP) Empty beaches and 'unbearable stench': Mexico wages war on sargassum weeds

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