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Bee alert: US police warn after 250 million insects escape 31 May 2025 - 03:29 pm
Whatcom County Sheriff's Office
VIDEO: Sudden hailstorm lashes Egypt's Alexandria 31 May 2025 - 03:11 pm
Municipal emergency service staff clear hail blocking an underpass after a windstorm struck Egypt's northern city of Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast in the early hours on May 31, 2025. (Photo by Hazem Gouda / AFP)
India monsoon floods kill five in northeast 31 May 2025 - 02:31 pm
Women commute in cycle rickshaws through a flooded street after heavy rains in Guwahati, in India's Assam state on May 31, 2025. (Photo by Biju Boro / AFP)
Rescue operations underway after Nigeria flooding kills at least 150 31 May 2025 - 02:23 pm
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Man jumps into display of China's Terracotta Army: officials 31 May 2025 - 12:25 pm
View of the Terracotta Army. Source: Wikimedia
Contradicting RFK Jr, CDC keeps recommending covid vaccine for kids 31 May 2025 - 11:29 am
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addresses a Senate panel this month. Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post
Swiss glacier collapse offers global warning of wider impact 31 May 2025 - 09:49 am
A Super Puma of Swiss air forces flies next to the Bietschhorn mountain above Wiler, on May 30, 2025, after the huge Birch Glacier collapsed. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
EU member Bulgaria faces protests over adopting the euro 31 May 2025 - 09:15 am
A woman holds an umbrella to protect herself from the rain, as she a walks in front of a currency exchange office in Sofia on May 30, 2025. (Photo by Nikolay Doychinov / AFP)
Pentagon chief irks Singaporeans with Lee-Trump comparison 31 May 2025 - 09:08 am
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (L) is greeted by his Singaporean counterpart Chan Chun Sing (R) at a ministerial roundtable during the Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in Singapore on May 31, 2025. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP)
Vienna calling: Strauss's 'The Blue Danube' to waltz into outer space 31 May 2025 - 09:01 am
A sheet of music of the waltz
Moroccan women embroider 'art with purpose' 31 May 2025 - 08:40 am
French Morocco artist Margaux Derhy (C) talks to participants during an embroidery workshop in Sidi Rbat on May 14, 2025. (Photo by Abdel Majid Bziouat / AFP)
Trump says Chinese students in US will 'be ok' 31 May 2025 - 08:36 am
US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the US Steel-Irvin Works on May 30, 2025 in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP
UK reports sunniest spring since 1910 31 May 2025 - 12:00 am
A pedestrian passes newly bloomed daffodils in St James's Park in London on March 6, 2025. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP)
Archaeologists discover 2,800-year-old Mayan City in Guatemala 30 May 2025 - 11:27 pm
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Trump gives Elon Musk an Oval Office goodbye 30 May 2025 - 10:59 pm
US President Donald Trump gives to Elon Musk a
Death toll in central Nigeria flooding rises to 115 30 May 2025 - 10:52 pm
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Gaza ceasefire deal 'very close': US President Trump 30 May 2025 - 10:11 pm
US President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)
Storms in Pakistan kill 32, injure over 150 in a week 30 May 2025 - 08:17 pm
A man takes pictures of a damaged mosque, a day after flash floods in Balgran village near Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir on May 28, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad Qayyum / AFP)