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A file photograph shows US President Donald Trump (right) listening as his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani speaks to the City of New York Police Benevolent Association at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, NJ, on August 14, 2020. — Reuters pic

D’oh! Rudy Giuliani texted wrong number for 2020 US election interference bid

A family member attends a funeral for children who had been studying in Wat Khao Phraya School and were killed in a bus which was engulfed in a fire while on a school field trip in Bangkok, in Uthai Thani province, Thailand, October 3, 2024. — Reuters pic

Anguish, flowers, toys amid 20 coffins of Thai kids killed in bus inferno

Smoke and flames rise over Beirut's southern suburbs after a strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, on October 3, 2024. — Reuters pic

Mid-East edges closer to war as Israel bombs outside Beirut airport, US mulls strikes on Iran

A file photograph shows Republican presidential nominee, former US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee, US Vice President Kamala Harris shaking hands in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on September 10, 2024. — Reuters pic

Explained: What is the Electoral College and why Americans don’t actually get to elect the US president

A screen shows Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump during a presidential debate between Trump and Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris at a watch party hosted by the New York Young Republican Club, in New York City on September 10. — Reuters pic

Trump takes dark path in bid for election victory, warns of US decline

A photo taken on September 25, 2024 in Oslo, Norway shows replicas of the obverse and reverse of the Nobel Peace Prize medal displayed at The Norwegian Nobel Institute. — AFP pic

Nobel Prize week offers rare optimism amid global crises, Peace Prize winner hard to predict

Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba leaves the prime minister’s office to attend a ceremony with the emperor in Tokyo on October 1, 2024. — AFP pic

Japan PM Ishiba to unveil new happiness index in first policy speech, hints at snap election'

A file photograph shows Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street in London on May 24, 2022. — AFP pic

‘Embarrassing’: BBC nixes Boris Johnson interview after host Laura Kuenssberg emails ex-PM her research notes

Firefighters respond to a fire at Donggang Antai Hospital in Pingtung County on October 3, 2024. — AFP pic

Nine dead after fire tears through Taiwan hospital amid Typhoon Krathon's landfall

File picture of a tiger. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that since 2022, there have been increasing reports of deadly outbreaks among mammals caused by influenza viruses, including H5N1. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Bird flu claims lives of 47 tigers, three lions, and a panther at Vietnam zoos

A photo taken on September 25, 2024 shows portraits of individual laureates and the logos of prize-winning institutions and organisations on a wall of the committee meeting room at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. — AFP pic

Five key facts about the Nobel Prize ahead of 2024 announcements

The British public service broadcaster, BBC journalists tracked Rasanen to an apartment on the outskirts of Helsinki, Finland, where he is believed to have coordinated his online activities. — AFP pic

BBC confronts 20-year-old neo-Nazi in Finland over UK riots arson guide

US Vice President Kamala Harris embraces community members as she surveys the damage from Hurricane Helene, in the Meadowbrook neighbourhood of Augusta, Georgia, October 2, 2024. — AFP pic

‘Heartbreaking’: Biden, Harris tour storm areas as deaths surpass 160

Members of the Taiwan Coast Guard walk along the coast at Sizihwan beach in Kaohsiung October 2, 2024. — AFP pic

Typhoon Krathon claims two lives, shuts down Taiwan for second day

Starmer and members of his top team have been criticised for accepting ten of thousands of pounds of freebies from wealthy donors, in particular an unelected lawmaker. — AFP pic

Swift U-turn: UK PM Starmer repays RM33,000 in gifts after backlash over donor freebies

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighbourhood in Beirut October 3, 2024. — AFP pic

Israel strikes Hezbollah rescue facility in Beirut amid rising tensions with Iran