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Chen Tianming’s 10-storey tower of faded plyboards and contorted beams in China’s Guizhou province. — AFP Surrounded by the rubble of demolished homes, Chen Tianming’s ramshackle tower of faded plyboards and contorted beams juts into the sky in southwestern China, a teetering monument to one man’s stubbornness. Authorities razed most of Chen’s village in Guizhou province in 2018 to build …

A drone view of flooding around Settlement Point Road, in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, May 22, 2025. — Reuters Body of man found in flooded home, another from flood waters. Major flooding occurring in rural towns in New South Wales. More than 100 schools closed, thousands left without power. Flash flooding on Australia’s southeast coast has killed two …