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A visitor attends the opening of an exhibition titled ‘RE:URGENT’ by Young Soy Gallery with five Hong Kong artists including Go Hung, Louie Jaubere, OBSRVR, Plastered 8 and Riya Chandiramani, at a vacant office in Hong Kong on March 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP At first glance, the office desk could belong to any … Read more
Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh’s interim government, is set to visit China on March 26 and meet Mr. Xi on March 28. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is set to visit China later this month during which he will meet President Xi Jinping, the interim government said on Sunday (March … Read more
NASA video shows Suni Williams and other astronauts greeting each other after the SpaceX capsule docked with the International Space Station, on March 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A pair of U.S. astronauts stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station (ISS) will be returned to Earth on Tuesday (March 18, … Read more
K.P. Sharma Oli. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Taking a dig at the pro-monarchist groups in Nepal, Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Sunday (March 16, 2025) said democracy, like a “highway”, has no “reverse gear”, only the occasional sharp turn demands a momentary shift back, as he emphasised the importance of moving forward. Last … Read more
Beneath the broken earth of the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher in the western region of Darfur, Nafisa Malik clutches her five children close. As shells rain down, the 45-year-old mother tries to shield her children in a cramped hole barely big enough to crouch in. “Time slows down here,” Ms. Malik said, from her … Read more
With a few taps on his phone, Dandam Nangor, 34, knows exactly what temperature his greenhouse is at, when to water his crops, and even the acidic levels of the soil. Backed by artificial intelligence, it is all designed to make growing his peppers easier — and perhaps usher in a sort of agriculture 2.0 … Read more
After being gang-raped by armed men while collecting firewood, the 28-year-old tried in vain to get help. Some clinics were closed, others told her to return later and she had no money to access a hospital. Five months after the assault, she lay on a mat in a displacement camp in South Sudan’s capital, rubbing … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on March 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) as he pushes to end the war in Ukraine. The U.S. leader disclosed the upcoming conversation to reporters while … Read more
In this photo taken from video released by Ansar Allah Media Office via Al Masirah TV channel shows a being taken for treatment at a hospital in Saada, Yemen on March 15, 2025 following airstrikes over multiple targets in the country. | Photo Credit: Al Masirah TV via AP The United States and Iran-backed Houthi … Read more
Unusually vicious and damaging weather across multiple U.S. states spawned violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires this weekend, leaving at least 37 people dead. Hailey Hart and her fiancé Steve Romero hunkered down with their three huskies inside their 1994 Toyota Celica as a tornado ripped apart their home Saturday in Tylertown, Mississippi. … Read more