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Newly sworn-in Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Australian Governor-General David Hurley during a ceremony at Government House in Canberra, Australia, May 23, 2022.

Anthony Albanese sworn in as PM of Australia ahead of Tokyo summit

The first ‘non-Anglo Celtic’ Labour Party leader was sworn in along with Richard Marles (Deputy PM) and Malaysian-born Penny Wong, Australia’s first Foreign Minister to be born overseas.

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File photo of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

China’s Wang Yi slams U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy ahead of Quad meet

A cargo ship carrying humanitarian aid by Indian government for Sri Lankan people arrives at a port in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 22, 2022. The consignment, which consists of 9,000 MT of rice, 50 MT of milk powder and more than 25 MT of drugs and other medical supplies.

Ship carrying relief materials from India for Sri Lankan people reaches Colombo

A female presenter for Tolo News, while covering her face, works in a newsroom at Tolo TV station in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 22, 2022.

The Taliban and women International

Afghan women TV presenters vow to fight after order to cover faces

A file photo of U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech during the state dinner hosted by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Museum of Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)

Biden says monkeypox cases something to be concerned about

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3 US Air Force cadets who refused vaccine won’t be commissioned

Google Maps image locates Gujrat district in Pakistan’s Punjab Province.

Pakistan police arrest 6 men over 'honour killing' of sisters

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Image taken during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1996 to 1997, shows the arms and torso of a patient with skin lesions due to the infection.

Monkeypox spread in Europe baffles African scientists

Overall, two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Mr Biden’s handling of the economy.

Biden’s approval rating dips to lowest of presidency: AP-NORC poll

Attack in eastern Burkina Faso kills 11 soldiers

For six years the West African country has been ravaged by violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group that has killed thousands and displ

Turkey’s Erdogan to speak to Finland on May 21 as NATO application row simmers

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused both Finland and Sweden of harbouring terrorists of the Kurdistan’s Workers Party

U. S. Embassy welcomes plan to name Moscow square 'Defenders of Donbas'

The Moscow city assembly said its members were considering naming the intersection after soldiers fighting against alleged "Nazism" in the largely Rus

Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work amid fuel shortage

Schools are closed and public officials are staying home from work Friday in Sri Lanka

France, Germany report first monkeypox cases

The World Health Organization has said it was looking closely at the issue and in particular that some of the cases in the U.K. appeared to have been

Russia says 'nearing' full control of Ukraine's Lugansk

Russia recognised the independence of the separatist republics shortly before launching the military action.

G7 countries to provide $19.8 billion for Ukraine aid package

The Finance Ministers and central bank governors of the G7 democracies are also discussing next steps on sanctions to pressure Russia to end the war

Joe Biden begins Asia trip in South Korea, under North nuclear shadow

Joe Biden wants the trip to build on recent moves accelerating a years-long U.S. pivot to Asia, where rising Chinese commercial and military power is

India slams Pakistan for ‘unwarranted remarks’ after FM Bilawal rakes up Kashmir at UNSC

India has also told Pakistan that it desires normal neighbourly relations with Islamabad in an environment free of terror, hostility and violence

Pakistan condemns conviction of Yasin Malik

Yasin Malik, a Hurriyat leader and chief of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, was convicted on May 19 by Delhi High Court, in a terror fu

In a first, White House officials meet documented 'dreamers'

Documented ‘dreamers’, who are estimated to be about 250,000, grew up legally in the U.S. but risk deportation when they turn 21

Nine new Ministers sworn in amid Sri Lanka crisis

The Cabinet will be limited to 25 members, including the President and the Prime Minister, according to media reports

4K | Centre slashes fuel taxes, sets ₹200 subsidy on LPG cylinders

4K | One killed, eight wounded in shooting at Southern California party

3K | Places of Worship Act won’t apply in Krishna Janmabhoomi case: Mathura court

2K | Not fair or reasonable to expect States to reduce taxes on fuel, says T.N. Finance Minister

2K | Petrol price down by ₹8.69, diesel by ₹7.05

2K | Dealers say oil firms want them to curtail diesel, petrol sales

2K | A timely reminder: On Supreme Court’s GST verdict

2K | Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto holds talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on maiden visit to China

2K | Justice L. Nageswara Rao — a star in real and reel

2K | Faced with judicial orders against opaque Look Out Circulars, govt moves SC to preserve its secrecy

2K | Act early, decisively: On the bid to change nature of places of worship

1K | Australia's next Prime Minister Anthony Albanese came from humble beginnings

1K | PM-elect Anthony Albanese vows to repair Australia’s image overseas

1K | Indian Foreign Service is not arrogant by confident: Jaishankar

1K | Volunteer from Chennai creates awareness on ‘Save Soil’ movement

1K | Hacker steals ₹7.3 crore from payment gateway company Razorpay in Bengaluru

1K | India registers success with BP treatment, control

1K | Govt. waives import duty on some raw materials for steel industry, export duty on iron ore raised by up to 50%

1K | Australian Labor topples Conservatives, PM-elect Anthony Albanese faces early tests

999 | Infra projects of ₹500 crore and more to route through PM GatiShakti's NPG