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How China is replacing America as Asia's military titan 30 Apr 2019 - 11:01 pm
A military honor guard prepares to welcome U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert at the PLA Navy headquarters outside of Beijing, China July 15, 2014. Stephen Shaver/Pool via Reuters
New missile gap leaves US scrambling to counter China 30 Apr 2019 - 10:13 pm
Guided missiles are launched during a drill of the North Sea Fleet in Qingdao, Shandong province, China October 17, 2013. Reuters/handout
Indian slavery survivor wins top payout after two-year court battle 30 Apr 2019 - 10:13 pm
A woman walks through an alley in a residential area in New Delhi, India, April 30, 2019. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
UN chief raised Uighurs plight with Chinese authorities 30 Apr 2019 - 09:22 pm
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Marine Corps are seen in training at a military training base in Bayingol, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, January 20, 2016. Reuters
Xinjiang crackdown at the heart of China's Belt and Road 30 Apr 2019 - 08:20 pm
In this photograph taken on September 29, 2015, Chinese nationals arrive at the Pakistan-China Khunjerab Pass, the world's highest paved border crossing at 4,600 metres above sea level. AFP / Aamir Qureshi
China frees 'lost' Uighur wives but at a price, families say 30 Apr 2019 - 06:25 pm
In this photograph taken on September 29, 2015, Pakistani tourists leave the Pakistan-China Khunjerab Pass, the world's highest paved border crossing at 4,600 metres above sea level. AFP / Aamir Qureshi
China's vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific 30 Apr 2019 - 06:25 pm
A Chinese Navy submarine takes part in an international fleet review to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in Qingdao, Shandong province, China April 23, 2009. Guang Niu/Pool via Reuters
Departing Japanese Emperor Akihito thanks the people, prays for peace 30 Apr 2019 - 11:33 am
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a ritual called Taiirei-Seiden-no-gi, a ceremony for the Emperor's abdication, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan April 30, 2019. Japan Pool/Pool via Reuters
Japan's emperor performs main abdication ceremony 30 Apr 2019 - 11:10 am
Japanese policemen stand guard as they look at a screen displaying live news of Japanese Emperor Akihito's abdication ceremony in Tokyo on April 30, 2019. AFP / Toshifumi KITAMURA
Sri Lanka to resume Mass on Sunday: cardinal 30 Apr 2019 - 11:10 am
Sri Lankan navy soldiers clean St. Anthony's Shrine while a security personnel stands guard in Colombo on April 27, 2019, following a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. / AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
Key questions and answers about Japan emperor's abdication 30 Apr 2019 - 11:06 am
People hold umbrellas to shelter themselves from the rain as they gather outside the Imperial Palace, where the abdication ceremony for Japan's Emperor Akihito will take place, in Tokyo on April 30, 2019. AFP / Charly TRIBALLEAU
Indonesia election rivals toil in "war rooms" to check ballots 30 Apr 2019 - 10:35 am
Volunteers use computer as they input data of vote tally forms, of this month's election, in a room at Joko Widodo's national campaign team office in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 29, 2019. Picture taken April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Suspected explosive device found, man arrested in New Zealand's Christchurch 30 Apr 2019 - 10:01 am
Police officers and vehicles are seen behind police cordon, in Christchurch, New Zealand in this still image taken from video April 30, 2019. TVNZ via Reuters TV
As rain grows patchier, Andaman and Nicobar island farmers adapt 29 Apr 2019 - 10:46 pm
Cracked soil waits for rain at Tapan Mondal’s fields, in Chouldari, India, March 6, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Colin Daileda
Taiwan reports voyage of 2 US warships through Taiwan Strait 29 Apr 2019 - 02:42 pm
The guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) practices ship maneuvers as it transits the Pacific Ocean June 23, 2018. Picture taken June 23, 2018. U.S.
Thousands of Indian factories under scrutiny over 'miserable' conditions 29 Apr 2019 - 02:39 pm
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Fire hits 21-story Manila building; 1 dead and 5 injured 29 Apr 2019 - 12:51 pm
Flames and debris fly out from a burning 23-storey residential building in Paranaque City in suburban Manila on April 29, 2019. According to local media reports, six people were injured in the incident, with no deaths reported so far. / AFP / Ted Aljibe
Fire hits 21-story Manila building, no reports of injuries 29 Apr 2019 - 12:14 pm
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A couple protect themselves from the sun under an umbrella in front of the Louvre Pyramid, designed by Chinese-US architect Ieoh Ming Pei in Paris on June 23, 2026, as France experiences a heatwave. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) Heatwave sparks health warnings across Europe
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks during a press conference to present the recommendations of a 13-member pension reform commission at the Chancellery in Berlin on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz / AFP) Germany eyes longer working lives in pension reform plan
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United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during the Climate Innovation Forum, at the Guildhall in central London, on June 23, 2026. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) UN chief urges AI firms to 'come clean' over environmental footprint

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Members of specialized response teams enter the morgue of the Evangelical Medical Center of Nyankunde (CME) with the body of a person who died from Ebola virus disease to allow relatives to pay their last respects after washing, disinfection and safe body-wrapping procedures in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 13, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 1,000 cases, kills 254
Grooms and brides dance during their wedding ceremony at the Bishop Akinyele Memorial Anglican Church in Ibadan, on June 20, 2026. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) Nigerian twins Taiwo and Kehinde marry Taiwo and Kehinde
Health Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Roger Kamba (2nd L) congratulates a recovered Ebola patient in Mongbwalu, Ituri province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 20, 2026. (Xinhua) Ebola cases rise to 956, with 247 deaths: DR Congo
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