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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. — Reuters pic

China urges US to cancel Trump’s unilateral tariffs after Supreme Court ruling

The suspect, a man in his early 20s, was spotted by the north gate of the Mar-a-Lago property, carrying a shotgun and a fuel can, the Secret Service said. — Reuters pic

Armed man shot dead after breaching security at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

A lift malfunction trapped 20 visitors to the Tokyo Skytree for around five hours. — ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters

Lifts malfunction in Japan’s tallest building, Tokyo Skytree, trapping 20 visitors for five hours (VIDEO)

People show signs during a vigil to demand the freedom of political prisoners outside the El Helicoide building, headquarters of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN), in Caracas. — AFP pic

More than 200 Venezuelan political prisoners launch hunger strike over amnesty law exclusions

Mexican Army personnel stand guard at the access roads to the Guadalajara International Airport in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco State, Mexico, yesterday. — AFP

Mexican army says drug lord ‘El Mencho’ killed in raid that sparks wave of violence

This picture released by KCNA shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reporting on the review of the work of the eighth-term Party Central Committee during the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. — AFP pic

Kim Jong Un re-elected as Workers’ Party chief at rare North Korea congress

Nina, mother of fallen Ukrainian soldier Yuriy Glodan, pays tribute at her son’s grave at the cemetery in Odesa on February 20, 2026. — AFP pic

Four years ago on Feb 24: Invasion of Ukraine leaves four lives forever changed

Israel became the only country in the world to recognise Somaliland’s independence in December 2025 – something the territory has been seeking since declaring its autonomy from Somalia in 1991. — AFP pic

Looking for friends: Somaliland dangles minerals and military access to US

Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said Greenland, like Denmark, has free healthcare and doesn’t need US President Donald Trump’s hospital ship. — Picture by Denmark Out via AFP pic

Greenland has free healthcare, Danish minister says after Trump offers hospital ship

Three bodies of unknown gender were found at this wooden house that was completely destroyed by fire in Mutsuzawa Town, Chiba Prefecture on February 22, 2026. Six people had lived at the house, and two elementary school girls and a woman in her 60s who is believed to be the grandmother have not been contacted. — Picture by The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP

Three found dead in Chiba home fire as search continues for missing girls and grandma

Travellers wait for their trains at the Shanghai Hongqiao railway station as China logs over 250 million passengers in the 2026 Spring Festival, and it’s only halfway through the travel season. — China Daily via Reuters pic

China logs 258 million rail trips halfway through Spring Festival travel season

This picture shows the F359 HDMS Vaedderen, the third unit of the navy's inspection ships of the THETIS class in Nuuk, Greenland, on February 17, 2026. — AFP pic

Danish forces evacuate US submarine crew member off Greenland

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said: ‘The world doesn’t need more turbulence, it needs peace.’

Brazil’s president says world needs jobs and peace, not Trump’s 15pc tariffs or another ‘Cold War’

This file picture shows a set of remote islands called Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese. — Reuters pic

South Korea protests Japan’s Takeshima Day ceremony, demands end to ‘groundless’ claims over island

Afghan men search for victims after an overnight Pakistani airstrike hit a residential area in the Girdi Kas village of Bihsud district, Nangarhar province on February 22, 2026. — AFP pic

Pakistan launches air strikes in Afghanistan, Kabul says children among dozens killed

US President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner with state governors in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2026. — AFP pic

Trump says ‘great hospital boat’ headed to Greenland to treat the sick