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20 people in intensive care after turbulent Singapore Airlines flight: Thai hospital 22 May 2024 - 02:02 pm
Hospital personnel work on a registration desk at Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, where some of the injured passengers on a turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines flight were being treated, in Bangkok on May 22, 2024. Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP
'Massive' fire at Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk 22 May 2024 - 01:59 pm
Firemen work to extinguish a fire that broke out at the headquarters of Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in Bagsvaerd near Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 22, 2024. Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP
Malaysia footballer set to return after acid attack: club official 22 May 2024 - 01:57 pm
Selangor FC Board of Directors member Shahril Mokhtar speaks during a press conference on the progress of Malaysian national team and Selangor FC footballer Faisal Halim, who was injured in an acid attack, at a hospital in Shah Alam on May 22, 2024. Photo by Arif Kartono / AFP
Huge crowds in Iran capital for president's funeral 22 May 2024 - 12:56 pm
Mourners attend the funeral of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, in Tehran on May 22, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Relieved travellers land in Singapore after deadly turbulence 22 May 2024 - 08:27 am
Officials gather around the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER airplane as it is parked on the tarmac at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on May 22, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
EU slams Kosovo's closure of Serbian banks: spokesman 21 May 2024 - 11:53 pm
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Zelensky says Ukraine achieving 'results' in northeast 21 May 2024 - 10:56 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on May 21, 2024, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) shaking hands with Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock prior to their talks in Kyiv. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
It's so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees 21 May 2024 - 09:29 pm
A wild howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) is seen in the branches of a tree in Comalcalco, Tabasco State, Mexico, on May 20, 2024. (Photo by Yuri Cortez / AFP)
Apple appeals huge EU fine for music streaming restrictions 21 May 2024 - 07:14 pm
An Apple logo is seen on the outside of an Apple store as new iPhones are released for sale in San Francisco, California on September, 22, 2017. Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP
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