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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
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
'Incognito Market' founder arrested in New York 21 May 2024 - 12:23 pm
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India inspects spice companies after contamination claims 21 May 2024 - 12:11 pm
A man buys packets of MDH spices at a store in Amritsar on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
Airplane hits Indian flamingo flock 21 May 2024 - 11:25 am
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Business and Bollywood vote in India's election 20 May 2024 - 10:34 pm
Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh (left) and his wife Deepika Padukone arrive to cast their ballots at a polling station during the fifth phase of voting in India's general election, in Mumbai on May 20, 2024. (Photo by Sujit Jaiswal / AFP)
Two airport staff in Manila lauded for honesty, turned over large sums of cash and gold 20 May 2024 - 06:45 pm
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Record-breaking rainfall hits south China's Guangxi 20 May 2024 - 04:38 pm
This photo taken on May 19, 2024 shows a man pushing his scooter along a flooded street following heavy rains in Nanning, in China's southern Guangxi region. (Photo by AFP)
Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry 20 May 2024 - 03:56 pm
A journalist takes a photo of a presentation by the Philippine Coast Guard showing alleged Chinese activities in Scarborough Shoal, during a press conference in Manila on May 20, 2024. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
Two dead in stabbing at central China primary school: state media 20 May 2024 - 02:24 pm
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Australia police arrest 554 in domestic violence crackdown 20 May 2024 - 01:46 pm
This picture taken on May 8, 2024 shows Shazya Singh, domestic and family violence case manager at Lou's Place that provides daytime shelter to women seeking support from domestic violence, pasting messages on a chart at the shelter in Sydney. Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP
South Korea, Britain host AI summit with safety top of agenda 20 May 2024 - 01:21 pm
A man walks along a pavement in Seoul on May 14, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
France says will quell New Caledonia riots 'whatever the cost' 19 May 2024 - 07:09 pm
The resident in charge of the independantist roadblock at La Tamoa, holds a Kanak flag in the commune of Paita, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on May 19, 2024. Photo by Delphine Mayeur / AFP.
Pakistan evacuates hundreds of students from Kyrgyz capital 19 May 2024 - 05:28 pm
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