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Sign in favor of proposition 139, the right to abortion initiative, are displayed at the entrance room of the Tucson HQ of Arizona List, an association made to empower and elect progressive pro-choice Democratic women leaders, in Tucson, Arizona, October 16, 2024. — AFP pic

What a Trump return would mean for abortion rights and access across America

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference at the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Yumbo, Colombia October 30, 2024. Humanity faces an ‘existential crisis’ caused by its rapacious destruction of life-sustaining nature, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned delegates at a biodiversity summit in Colombia. — Reuters pic

Amid global wars, UN chief calls for ‘peace among ourselves’ to halt Earth’s ‘existential crisis’ at COP16

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 19, 2023 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter watching the test launch of a Hwasongpho-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at an undisclosed location in North Korea. — AFP pic

Solid-fuel ICBM? What we know about Kim Jong-un’s latest missile test as tensions with US mount

Indian and Chinese army greet each other along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) near Karakoram pass in Ladakh October 31, 2024, on the occasion of Deepavali. — AFP pic

India and China troops exchange Deepavali sweets, signalling thaw in border relations

Displaced Palestinian man Khalil Al-Shannar gives water to a child in a tent where he shelters, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, October 24, 2024. — Reuters pic

Hunger deaths ‘likely’ in Gaza, Sudan, Mali, Haiti amid conflict and economic strain, say UN food agencies

A car is crushed under an uprooted tree at New Taipei City October 31, 2024, as Super Typhoon Kong-rey nears the coast in Taitung. — AFP pic

Taiwan shuts down as strong Typhoon Kong-rey hits, one dead

The woman’s body was found at the base of the waterfall on Monday morning. — Reuters pic

UK businessman charged with murder after domestic helper found dead at Hong Kong waterfall

Japan’s Mount Fuji remained snow-less on October 31 — the latest date that its majestic slopes have been bare since records began 130 years ago. — AFP pic

Snow forecast next week on Mt Fuji, at last

The bodies of Rohingya refugees are seen past surviving members of the persecuted minority, who were left stranded on the coast at Meunasah Asan village, in East Aceh, Aceh Province, October 31, 2024. — AFP pic

Six dead as boat carrying nearly 100 Rohingya arrives in Indonesia

Kohei Takahashi was the manaher at Uniqlo’s Atre Vie Otsuka store in Tokyo’s Toshima Ward. — Reuters pic

Manager of Uniqlo store in Tokyo nabbed for secretly filming women in changing rooms

Trami hit central Vietnam on Sunday after tearing through the Philippines, where it killed more than 100 people. — AFP pic

Tropical storm Trami ravages central Vietnam: Five dead, homes and crops devastated

What’s in a name? For Kamala Harris, it’s a way to assert her own authority, implicitly celebrate her identity — and blunt attacks by her White House rival, Donald Trump. — AFP pic

Now is it Kamala or should we go with Harris? Trump’s name game aims for cheap shots at the VP

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks as Republican presidential nominee and former US president Donald Trump looks on during a rally at the site of the July assassination attempt against Trump, in Butler, Pennsylvania, October 5, 2024. — Reuters pic

Judge orders Elon Musk to court over RM4.38m ‘illegal lottery’ in US election giveaway

This 1992 file photo shows double murder defendants Erik (right) and Lyle Menendez (left) during a court appearance in Los Angeles, California. — AFP pic

Three routes to freedom for Menendez brothers in legal showdown

Chidimma Adetshina, the winner of Miss Universe Nigeria 2024. — AFP pic

South Africa to revoke ID of controversial beauty queen amid nationality row

Hezbollah’s new leader on Wednesday said the beleaguered Lebanese movement could agree to a ceasefire under certain terms, as Israeli forces expand their bombardment of the group’s bastions. — AFP pic

New Hezbollah chief signals truce willingness amid escalating Israeli attacks