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Giant rubber duck no match for Hong Kong's baking heat 10 Jun 2023 - 12:31 pm
People visit the installation
Six civilians killed, 10 wounded in Somalia hotel siege: police 10 Jun 2023 - 10:57 am
An ambulance enters the site of an attack at the Palm Beach Hotel in Mogadishu on June 10, 2023. (Photo by Hassan Ali Elmi / AFP)
Children lost for 40 days in Colombian Amazon found alive 10 Jun 2023 - 10:50 am
One of the four Indigenous children is stretchered out of a plane upon landing at the CATAM military base in Bogota on June 10, 2023. (Photo by Juan Barreto / AFP)
Runway reopens at Tokyo's Haneda airport after 2 planes bump into each other 10 Jun 2023 - 09:54 am
A general view shows the terminal building of Haneda Airport with Mount Fuji (back-R) from the airport's observation deck in Tokyo on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Trump set for first public appearances since federal indictment, speaking in Georgia, North Carolina 10 Jun 2023 - 07:39 am
Former US President Donald Trump looks on while playing in the pro-am prior to the LIV Golf Invitational - DC at Trump National Golf Club on May 25, 2023 in Sterling, Virginia. Rob Carr/Getty Images/AFP
Giant inflatable ducks make a splash in Hong Kong as pop-art project returns after 10 years 10 Jun 2023 - 12:26 am
People take photos of two large inflatable yellow ducks called
Mexico sets new work-from-home rules; employers to pay internet 09 Jun 2023 - 11:01 pm
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador / Reuters File photo
UK shock: Boris Johnson resigns as lawmaker 09 Jun 2023 - 10:45 pm
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Donald Trump indicted on 37 counts in secret documents case 09 Jun 2023 - 10:30 pm
Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a recently unsealed indictment against former President Donald Trump on June 9, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images via AFP)
Colombia govt, largest remaining rebel group agree to 6-month truce 09 Jun 2023 - 09:56 pm
Colombian President Gustavo Petro (left) and ELN Guerrilla First Commander Antonio Garcia (right) shake hands next to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel at the end of the closing of the Third Round of Peace Negotiation between the Colombian Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) at El Laguito in Havana, on June 9, 2023. (Photo by Yamil Lage / AFP)
US and Saudi mediators announce 24-hour Sudan truce with warning to rival generals 09 Jun 2023 - 08:59 pm
Black smoke billows behind buildings amid ongoing fighting in Khartoum on June 9, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Philippines' Mayon volcano forces people to evacuate as fear of eruption magnifies 09 Jun 2023 - 08:28 pm
This handout photo made available by Kristin Moral shows the Mount Mayon spewing white smoke as seen from Camalig, Albay, in the Philippines, on June 8, 2023. (Photo by Handout / AFP) 
Canada unemployment rises for first time in nine months 09 Jun 2023 - 07:46 pm
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Japan agrees to refugee law change allowing forced repatriation of asylum seekers 09 Jun 2023 - 07:41 pm
Members of the chamber vote to pass the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, which reviews the detention and deportation rules of foreigners, during a plenary session of the House of Councillors at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 9, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) 
Assange loses latest bid to stop extradition to the US on spying charges 09 Jun 2023 - 06:07 pm
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Russia working to produce Iranian drones: White House 09 Jun 2023 - 05:39 pm
This April 4, 2023, satellite image courtesy of MAXAR Technologies shows the Alabuga special economic zone in Russia. (Photo by Handout / Satellite image ゥ2023 Maxar Technologies / AFP) 
Erdogan names former Wall Street executive as head of Turkiye central bank 09 Jun 2023 - 05:23 pm
This photograph taken on June 9, 2023, shows the Central Bank of Turkiye, in Ankara. (Photo by Adem Altan / AFP)
Sudan warring parties agree 24-hour ceasefire: mediators 09 Jun 2023 - 03:03 pm
Men walk down a street in Khartoum on June 8, 2023, as smoke rises from behind buildings amid continuing fighting between the army and paramilitary forces. Photo by AFP