Supporters protest as Assange misses court appearance
Julian Assange supporters gather outside the Westminster Magistrates Court in London on May 30, 2019.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange missed a court session on May 30, apparently due to health problems. He had been expected to appear from prison via video link at a brief extradition hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court.
Roughly two dozen supporters chanted “Free Assange” outside the courthouse. His case has attracted fresh support from free press advocates in the week since the U.S. filed serious espionage charges against him.
Syria hits last rebel stronghold
The latest strikes in an unprecedented wave of regime bombardment on a jihadist enclave in northwestern Syria has killed at least 13 civilians on May 29, a war monitor said. Air strikes, some using deadly barrel bombs, and shelling by both government and Russian warplanes have claimed a mounting civilian death toll over the past few weeks.
A rescuer tries to evacuate a youth stuck in the rubble of a destroyed building following a reported air strike by regime forces and their allies on Maaret al-Noman in Syria’s southwestern Idlib Orovince on May 30, 2019.
The violence, which has rattled a fragile truce deal brokered by Moscow and Ankara in September, is causing mass displacement and bringing Syria to the brink of the worst humanitarian catastrophe yet in its eight-year-old conflict.
BJP workers perform milk abhishekam on PM Modi's poster
BJP workers perform abhishek with milk on the poster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bhopal
BJP workers in Bhopal, Madhya Prasesh performed abhishekam with milk on the poster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They also distributed tea and other savouries in connection with his swearing in today.
South Africa bowl in World Cup opener against England
South Africa's Imran Tahir celebrates taking England's Jonny Bairstow wicket for a duck during the 2019 Cricket World Cup group stage match between England and South Africa at The Oval in London on May 30, 2019.
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has won the toss and sent England into bat in the opening game of the Cricket World Cup.
No. 1-ranked England is the favorite to win the title on home soil, and its vaunted top order will be in action immediately as the tournament opens at the Oval in south London. Pace bowler Jofra Archer was selected to make his World Cup debut for England.
In maiden speech, Jagan Mohan Reddy promises to cleanse administration in a year
Jagan Mohan Reddy swears in as Andhra Pradesh CM
"The administration will be cleansed from top to bottom," Jagan Mohan Reddy says in his maiden speech. He seeks six months to one year to cleanse the system.
The government wants to save 10 to 20% in tendering process. He says he plans to introduce "reverse tendering". Contracts will be cancelled if corruption was found, he adds.
Taiwan's military trains for a Chinese invasion
Taiwan's military M109 self-propelled Howitzers move during the annual Han Kuang exercises in Pingtung County, Southern Taiwan, Thursday, May 30, 2019
Taiwanese tanks and soldiers have fired at simulated Chinese forces in an anti-invasion drill on the island’s coast.
The live-fire drill on Thursday at a beach in southern Taiwan is part of an ongoing annual exercise designed to showcase the military’s capabilities and resolve to repel an attack from across the Taiwan Strait.
China claims the self-governing island as its territory. Taiwan split from China amid a civil war in 1949.
The simulated response to a Chinese landing included assault helicopters, fighter jets and missiles launched at targets in the sea.
The Defense Ministry said the joint army-navy-air force operation tested the island’s combat readiness in the face of the Chinese military threat.
Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan arrives in Indonesia
U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan stands during a ceremony before his meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Ryamizard Ryacudu in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 30, 2019.
U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan stands during a ceremony before his meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Ryamizard Ryacudu in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 30, 2019.
Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has arrived in Jakarta on a high-profile weeklong trip that is intended to reinforce that China is the administration’s main foreign policy priority.
The trip comes as the U.S. deploys thousands of more troops and military assets to counter Iran in the Middle East, and will test the Pentagon nominee ahead of his expected Senate confirmation hearing.
Shanahan told reporters traveling with him Wednesday that his “top priority” is implementing a national defense strategy that focuses on China’s rising military capability.
Trump is expected to formally submit Shanahan’s nomination to Capitol Hill in the coming days
Mexico bus accident
In this photo provided by the the newspaper Diario El Mundo de Orizaba, rescue personnel recover bodies at the scene of a deadly road accident between a bus and a semi-trailer, on a mountain road in Veracruz state, Mexico, Wednesday, May 29, 2019.
In this photo provided by the the newspaper Diario El Mundo de Orizaba, rescue personnel recover bodies at the scene of a deadly road accident between a bus and a semi-trailer, on a mountain road in Veracruz state, Mexico, Wednesday, May 29, 2019.
At least 23 Catholic pilgrims were killed when a bus carrying them hit a cargo truck and erupted in flames in Mexico, authorities said.
The collision took place on Wednesday in the state of Veracruz. The pilgrims were returning home to the Archdiocese of Tuxtla in Chiapas after visiting Mexico City’s Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, CNN quoted the Mexican federal police as saying.
Among the injured was the parish priest who organised the pilgrimage, reported to be in serious condition at a hospital in the area.
Hungary boat capsize
Rescuers search for victims on the river bank early Thursday, May 30, 2019 after a tourist boat crashed with a river cruise boat, overturned and sank in River Danube in Budapest, Hungary, late Wednesday, May 29, 2019.
Rescuers search for victims on the river bank early Thursday, May 30, 2019 after a tourist boat crashed with a river cruise boat, overturned and sank in River Danube in Budapest, Hungary, late Wednesday, May 29, 2019.
At least seven people were killed and nearly 20 were missing after a pleasure boat carrying South Korean tourists capsized on the flooding Danube in the Hungarian capital on Wednesday, police and ambulance officials said.
The boat reportedly collided with another tourist vessel near the Hungarian parliament building, before turning over on the river, which has been flooding, with very strong currents, while a rainstorm enveloped Budapest.
In Seoul, the foreign ministry said the vessel sank with 33 South Korean tourists and a crew of two Hungarians aboard, adding that seven of the tourists were rescued but seven died, and 19 were missing.
An emergency rescue team is among the 18 officials South Korea plans to send to Budapest, the ministry said in a statement, and it will offer counselling to victims' families.
World's smallest baby ever to survive
This April, 2019 photo provided by Sharp HealthCare in San Diego shows a baby named Saybie.
A California hospital on Wednesday disclosed the birth of the world's smallest baby ever to survive, weighing a mere 245 grams (8.6 ounces) -- the same as a large apple -- when she was born.
The girl, nicknamed Saybie by hospital staff, was born 23 weeks and three days into her mother's pregnancy at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns in San Diego.
(With inputs from Agencies)
