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Tsunami alert lifted after 7.7-magnitude Pacific quake 19 May 2023 - 10:37 am
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US to unveil 'significant' new Russia sanctions at G7 18 May 2023 - 11:32 pm
US President Joe Biden disembarks Air Force One upon his arrival at the US Marine Corps base in Iwakuni on May 18, 2023, ahead of the G7 Leaders' Summit in Hiroshima. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
Egypt hits pause on interest-rate hikes as focus turns to pound 18 May 2023 - 09:09 pm
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UN says Sudan breaches of humanitarian pledge 'egregious' 18 May 2023 - 08:38 pm
A man walks down a road in Khartoum amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals, on May 18, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Montana enforces first statewide TikTok ban in US 18 May 2023 - 07:54 pm
This illustration picture taken in Moscow on March 24, 2023, shows the Chinese social networking service TikTok's logo on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
Myanmar raises death toll from Cyclone Mocha to 54, but full extent of damage still unknown 18 May 2023 - 07:23 pm
:Members of a rescue team clean up fallen trees in Sittwe on May 17, 2023, in the aftermath of Cyclone Mocha's landfall. (Photo by SAI Aung MAIN / AFP)
Supreme Court rules against Andy Warhol in Prince image copyright case 18 May 2023 - 07:15 pm
File photo: The US Supreme Court building stands in Washington, DC, on October 3, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP)
Queen Elizabeth funeral cost UK $200 million 18 May 2023 - 06:37 pm
Gentlemen at Arms, the Queen's bodyguard takes part in the State Funeral Service for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022. Ben Stansall/Pool via REUTERS
China military’s use of AI raises alarm for US Congress, ex-Google CEO 18 May 2023 - 06:03 pm
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Japan, Britain strike 'historic accord' on cooperation in defense, clean energy, semiconductors 18 May 2023 - 05:18 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) and Japan's State Minister of Defence Toshiro Ino inspect the guard of honour on board the Japanese aircraft carrier JS Izumo during a visit to the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSF) at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, ahead of the G7 Leaders' Summit, on May 18, 2023. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP)
S.Africa's blackouts force solar-powered town to life in the dark 18 May 2023 - 03:14 pm
An aerial view of the Frankfort photovoltaic solar plant in Frankfort on May 11, 2023. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed / AFP)
Crews work to reach Italian towns isolated by floods 18 May 2023 - 02:38 pm
An aerial view taken on May 18, 2023 shows residents clearing mud in a street of Cesena after heavy rains caused flooding across Italy's northern Emilia Romagna region, killing five people. Photo by Alessandro SERRANO / AFP
Unlucky 13th mountain for 84-yr-old Spanish climber 18 May 2023 - 02:38 pm
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Man arrested for arson over hostel fire in New Zealand 18 May 2023 - 01:09 pm
Firefighters inspect the Loafers Lodge hostel where a fire broke out a day earlier in the suburb of Newtown in Wellington on May 17, 2023. Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP
Two bodies found in Chinese fishing vessel crew search 18 May 2023 - 01:06 pm
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Train carrying grain derails in Crimea, no victims: official 18 May 2023 - 11:26 am
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Bodies recovered from hostel fire in New Zealand 18 May 2023 - 10:50 am
Firefighters inspect the Loafers Lodge hostel where a fire broke out a day earlier in the suburb of Newtown in Wellington on May 17, 2023. Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP
Australian police taser 95-year-old with dementia inside nursing home 18 May 2023 - 10:46 am
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