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Washington DC (UPI) May 28, 2025 - China Wednesday launched its Tianwen-2 space mission to collect asteroid samples and conduct a main-belt comet study. A LongMarch 3B rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
May 28, 2025
Pemba, Mozambique (AFP) May 28, 2025 - An attack on a military base in northern Mozambique killed multiple soldiers, local military sources told AFP on Wednesday, underscoring spiralling insecurity in the southern African country.
May 28, 2025
Beijing (AFP) May 27, 2025 - A large explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China on Tuesday caused giant plumes of smoke to rise from the building, state media said, with no casualties immediately reported.
May 27, 2025
Eskisehir, Turkey (AFP) May 27, 2025 - In the early Bronze Age, a piece of bread was buried beneath the threshold of a newly built house in what is today central Turkey.
May 27, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) May 27, 2025 - The Japanese premier's office will symbolically accept soil from near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to show it is safe, officials said Tuesday, with reports saying it will be used in flower beds.
May 27, 2025
Keta, Ghana (AFP) May 27, 2025 - The salty wind blows across the ruins of Ghana's Fort Prinzenstein, where thick walls once held thousands of enslaved Africans before their journey across the Atlantic.
May 27, 2025
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) May 27, 2025 - Southeast Asian leaders are looking to insulate their trade-dependent economies from geopolitical uncertainty, in particular US tariffs, as they hold talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Gulf state dignitaries in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
May 27, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) May 27, 2025 - Japan has accused China of conducting unnotified maritime scientific research within its exclusive economic zone around its southernmost island in the Pacific Ocean, Tokyo said Tuesday.
May 27, 2025
Abidjan (AFP) May 27, 2025 - Several soldiers have been killed in an attack targeting a military post in western Niger, a local source told AFP Tuesday, in an offensive claimed by the Islamic State group.
May 27, 2025
Geneva (AFP) May 26, 2025 - Four UN special rapporteurs on Monday demanded the release of Azerbaijani rights defender and climate advocate Anar Mammadli, who has been in detention for more than a year.
May 26, 2025
Mumbai (AFP) May 26, 2025 - Lashing rains swamped India's financial capital Mumbai on Monday as the annual monsoon arrived some two weeks earlier than usual, according to weather forecasters.
May 26, 2025
Berlin (AFP) May 26, 2025 - Germany on Monday branded allegations against its ambassador to Kampala absurd, a day after the Ugandan army accused him of being engaged in subversive activities there.
May 26, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 26, 2025 - Researchers from Nagoya City University and Tohoku University have successfully simulated the formation of barred olivine, a rare mineral texture found in chondrules-small spherical particles within
May 26, 2025
Arlington, United States (AFP) May 26, 2025 - President Donald Trump marked the annual day for honoring the US war dead Monday by tearing into his scum opponents and judges who don't rule in his favor.
May 26, 2025
Caracas (AFP) May 26, 2025 - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's party swept the board in parliamentary and regional elections that were boycotted by the opposition in protest over his disputed re-election last year.
May 26, 2025
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) May 26, 2025 - One of the world's most active volcanoes spewed columns of lava exceeding 1,000 feet above Hawaii, according to US vulcanologists and spectacular footage released Sunday.
May 26, 2025
