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A schoolgirl drinks water after her classes, on a hot summer day in Lahore on May 26, 2025, as state government announced early summer vacations for schools owing to rising temperatures. — AFP

Extreme weather wipes out school days in Pakistan, deepening education crisis for millions

File pic of Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025. — Reuters pic

Trump and Musk alliance melts down in blazing public row

Arne Bye, 55, was found guilty of committing 70 counts of rape and sexual assault during gynecological examinations of his patients between 2004 and 2022 at his practice in Frosta, Norway. — Pexels pic

Norwegian gynaecologist who filmed rapes of patients gets 21-year jail sentence, barred from practising medicine ever

Demonstrators in Marseille, France install a banner  on June 5, 2025 that reads “On the chain of genocide there is no small link” to protest shipment of military equipment parts to Israel. — AFP pic

French-Israelis, accused of blocking Gaza aid, face genocide inquiry in France

A person walks to a police officer at a cordoned off street, where a fire broke out at Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s home in the early hours of Monday, in north London, Britain, May 12, 2025. — Reuters pic

Arson attacks on UK PM Starmer’s properties: Trial for three men with Ukraine links set for April 2026

This handout photo taken and released on February 14, 2025 from Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) shows the removal of the top lid from J9 area tank at TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture. — Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) handout pic via AFP

Japan scraps 60-year nuclear limit after Fukushima, eyes 2040 energy reboot with more reactors

Joshua Wong is currently serving a 56-month jail sentence and set to be released in January 2027 before he was slapped with the new charge on June 6, 2025. — Picture from X/Joshua Wong 黃之鋒

Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy figure Joshua Wong hit with fresh charge over alleged foreign collusion

The Death Cap mushroom, scientific name Amanita phalloides, which contains toxins not inactivated by cooking, was said to have been served by the accused Erin Patterson, as part of a Beef Wellington that killed three people in Australia. — Picture Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria website

‘It’s possible it was me’: Australian accused in fatal mushroom lunch trial says after internet logs search for deadly fungi

Israel has carried out repeated strikes on south Lebanon since the truce, but strikes targeting Beirut’s southern suburbs have been rare. — AFP pic

Israel strikes south Beirut, vows to keep hitting Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed

An Indian security personnel stands guard near a Vande Bharat passenger train at the Srinagar railway station in Srinagar today ahead of the inauguration of the Kashmir rail link by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. — AFP pic

Modi opens world’s highest railway bridge in Kashmir after deadly India-Pakistan clash

Muslims arrive to participate in a special morning prayer to mark the start of the Eid al-Adha festival at the shrine of 12th-century Sunni cleric Abdul Qadir al-Jilani in Baghdad on June 6, 2025. — AFP pic

Haj pilgrims complete ‘stoning of the devil’ as Aidiladha begins

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with Jordan's King Abdullah II on the steps of 10 Downing Street in London on June 5, 2025, ahead of their meeting. — AFP pic

UK threatens Israel with ‘further concrete actions’ over Gaza offensive, aid restrictions

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with the Fraternal Order of Police in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. — AFP pic

Maduro says Trump ‘poisoned by lies’ about Venezuela after US travel ban

People enter and exit the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. — AFP pic

Harvard expands lawsuit after Trump bars new foreign students

Smoke rises from the crater of the Fuego Volcano pictured from Escuintla, Guatemala yesterday. At least 330 people were evacuated. — AFP pic

Over 500 evacuated as Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupts, spews ash and gas

File pic of Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025. — Reuters pic

Trump threatens to cut contracts with Musk’s companies; Tesla shares crash as feud escalates online