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Gisele Pelicot's daughter Caroline leaves the courthouse after a hearing in the trial of her father and Gisele's former partner Dominique Pelicot, accused of drugging Gisele Pelicot for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, at a courthouse in Avignon, on November 19, 2024. — AFP pic

‘You will die in lies!’: Daughter clashes with father at French rape trial

Jimmy Lai, the 76-year-old founder of the now-shuttered tabloid Apple Daily is accused of colluding with foreign forces, a charge that could carry a sentence of up to life in prison. — AFP

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai takes witness stand in collusion trial

US President-elect Donald Trump, singer Kid Rock and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pose for a photo as they attend UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York, on November 16, 2024. –– AFP pic

Will the Trump-Musk ‘bromance’ survive the long haul?

This frame grab taken from video footage circulating on Chinese social media on November 19, 2024 shows the scene where a car crashed outside the Yong’an primary school in Changde, central China’s Hunan province, in which ‘multiple students were injured’ according to state-run media. –– Chinese social media handout pic via AFP

Cops arrest man for crashing car near school in China’s Changde, injuring multiple kids (VIDEO)

The 27-year-old son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit had been arrested on suspicion of rape. — Picture via Instagram

Norwegian crown princess’s son arrested on suspicion of rape and domestic abuse

Women walk on a road near India Gate as the sky is enveloped with smog after Delhi's air quality worsened due to air pollution.— Reuters

Punjab farm fires hit new high, blanketing New Delhi in hazardous smog

This aerial photo shows buildings submerged in floodwaters due to a swollen river caused by heavy rains from Super Typhoon Man-yi in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan province. — AFP

Massive floods engulf northern Philippines after typhoon and dam release, displacing thousands

Former US President Donald Trump gives brief remarks alongside his attorney Todd Blanche after the conclusion of his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. — Michael M. Santiago/Pool pic via Reuters

Fate of Trump’s hush money conviction in judge’s hands as presidential immunity sparks debate

New York City stabbing spree suspect Ramon Rivera is escorted out of the 10th precinct in New York City November 18, 2024. — Reuters pic

Two dead, one critical after New York triple stabbing spree, suspect arrested near UN

Multiple students were injured in a vehicle collision outside a primary school in Changde in Central China’s Hunan province this morning. — Video screencap via X/@jenniferzeng97

Several students injured in vehicle collision outside primary school in China’s Changde, casualties unclear (VIDEO)

Police keep watch outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court in Hong Kong November 19, 2024. — AFP pic

‘Mastermind’ Benny Tai gets 10 years as Hong Kong jails all 45 democracy activists in city’s largest national security case

A stampede at a middle school in China’s north-western Xinjiang region has left 14 people injured, according to local authorities. — AFP pic

Student stampede in China’s Xinjiang injures 14, three in serious condition, probe underway

Poland's Iga Swiatek serves next to Poland's Katarzyna Kawa to Italy's Jasmine Paolini and Italy's Sara Errani during their semi-finals doubles tennis match between Poland and Italy at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena arena in Malaga, southern Spain November 18, 2024. — AFP pic

Italy defeat Swiatek’s Poland in dramatic semi-final to secure back-to-back Billie Jean King Cup finals

This picture taken on November 18, 2024 and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on November 19, 2024 shows North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un (right) posing with Russia’s Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexander Kozlov at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Pyongyang. — KCNA pic via KNS/AFP

Russia and North Korea deepen alliance with high-level talks on trade, defence and technology in Pyongyang

A supporter holds a poster showing some of the 47 pro-democracy activists on trial at the West Kowloon Court in Hong Kong on July 8, 2021, on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the national security law for taking part in unauthorised pro-democracy primaries in July 2020.  Hong Kong's largest national security trial will draw to a close today, with dozens of the city's most prominent democracy campaigners set to be sentenced for subversion, a charge which can carry up to life imprisonment. — AFP pic

Hong Kong braces for sentencing of 47 democracy activists in largest national security trial

China's President Xi Jinping attends the second session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro November 18, 2024. — AFP pic

China’s Xi warns G20 of war spillovers, calls for cooling Ukraine conflict and Gaza ceasefire