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First Boeing 737 MAX delivered to China since 2019 lands in Guangzhou 27 Jan 2024 - 08:40 am
This photo taken on June 5, 2019 shows grounded China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft parked in a line at Urumqi airport, in China's western Xinjiiang region. Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP
Apple tops China's smartphone market for the first time 26 Jan 2024 - 03:36 pm
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Death toll in southwest China landslide rises to 43 25 Jan 2024 - 02:08 pm
Rescue workers search for missing people at the site of a landslide in Zhaotong, in southwest China's Yunnan province on January 24, 2024. (Photo by CNS / AFP)
South Korean ruling party MP attacked in street : Yonhap 25 Jan 2024 - 01:31 pm
A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with a file footage of South Korean ruling People Power Party's lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin, at a railway station in Seoul on January 25, 2024. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
Japan craft made successful pin-point Moon landing, space agency says 25 Jan 2024 - 12:54 pm
This handout photo released on January 25, 2024 from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and credited to JAXA, Takara Tomy, Sony Group Corporation and Doshisha University shows an image of the lunar surface taken and transmitted by LEV-2
Japanese man sentenced to death in anime arson trial 25 Jan 2024 - 11:58 am
A woman (R) walks past as journalists (C) try to record the departure of a vehicle as it leaves the Kyoto District Court in Kyoto on January 25, 2024, following the verdict for a Japanese man who admitted to starting a fire that killed 36 people at an animation studio in 2019. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
More heavy snow expected in Japan after 800 vehicles trapped on expressway 25 Jan 2024 - 11:39 am
A woman walks on the street as it snows in Kyoto on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Sri Lanka passes tough social media law 24 Jan 2024 - 03:51 pm
A blindfolded activist with a rope tied around his wrists and covered with logos of different social media platforms takes part in a protest against the proposed 'Online Safety Bill' on January 24, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
China fire death toll rises to 39: state media 24 Jan 2024 - 03:37 pm
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Philippines bars entry of 3,359 foreigners in 2023 24 Jan 2024 - 01:22 pm
People are seen inside a shopping mall in Quezon City, the Philippines, Jan. 12, 2024. Xinhua/Rouelle Umali
Toll in southwest China landslide rises to 34 24 Jan 2024 - 01:01 pm
Rescue workers search for missing victims at a landslide site in southwestern China's Yunnan province on January 23, 2024. (Photo by CNS / AFP)
Thousands lose $16 mn in Singapore 'fake friend' scams 24 Jan 2024 - 11:07 am
In this file photo taken on April 24, 2023 people walk across Jubilee Bridge at Marina Bay in Singapore. Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP
'Very strong' 7.1 magnitude quake in western China kills 3, collapses 47 homes 23 Jan 2024 - 10:12 pm
Local residents rest at a temporary shelter after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Wushi County, Aksu prefecture, in China痴 northwestern Xinjiang region on January 23, 2024. (Photo by CNS / AFP) / China Out
This is Philippine territory—go away, says Filipino fisherman to China's coast guard 23 Jan 2024 - 08:21 pm
File: Handout photo taken and released on December 10, 2023 shows a China Coast Guard vessel using water cannon against the M/L Kalayaan chartered supply boat during a mission to deliver provisions at Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard / AFP)
Twenty dead in southwest China landslide 23 Jan 2024 - 12:02 pm
Rescue personnel search for missing victims following a landslide in Liangshui village at Zhaotong, in southwestern China's Yunnan province on January 22, 2024. Photo by AFP
Pakistani father kills son over political party flag 23 Jan 2024 - 11:33 am
Paramilitary personnel patrolling a street ride a vehicle in Islamabad on January 22, 2024. (Photo by Farooq Naeem / AFP)
Race to find dozens trapped in southwest China landslide 23 Jan 2024 - 09:08 am
This picture taken on January 22, 2024 shows Chinese military police and rescue workers searching for missing victims at a landslide site in Liangshui village in Zhaotong, in southwestern China's Yunnan province. Photo by AFP
As France woos India, its ex-colony recalls the past 23 Jan 2024 - 07:55 am
This aerial photograph taken on January 18, 2024 shows the old French quarter known as

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French volunteer baker Loic Nervi holds a basket of freshly baked bread in his mobile bakery in Borodyanka, Kyiv region on February 19, 2026. (Photo by Genya Savilov / AFP) French volunteer bakes for Ukraine amid frosts and power outages
Representational image Toddler with faulty transplant that shocked Italy dies
Representational file photo of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Ukrainian President announces recapture of hundreds of kilometers in south of country
Snow covers chairs and tables of a cafe as winter strikes Vienna, Austria with snow and freezing temperatures on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP) Austria snowstorm brings road and power chaos, two deaths

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General view of a flooded street in Toamasina on February 15, 2026 after the passage of tropical cyclone Gezani. Photo by RIJASOLO / AFP Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 59

Americas

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP) Trump imposes 10% global tariff after stinging court rebuke
This handout picture released by Ecuador's Environment Ministry shows park rangers releasing Floreana giant tortoises (Chelonoidis niger) on Floreana Island, in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Handout / Ecuador's Ministry of Environment / AFP) 158 giant tortoises reintroduced to a Galapagos island
First responders work at the entrance of the Superior Gendarmerie School in Buenos Aires on February 20, 2026, after a mail package exploded. Three people were injured on February 20 by the explosion of a mail package at the Superior Gendarmerie School in Buenos Aires. (Photo by Luis Robayo / AFP) Three injured in blast at Buenos Aires police school
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