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Trio wins economics Nobel for work on wealth inequality 14 Oct 2024 - 03:34 pm
A screen shows the laureates (L-R) Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu and British-Americans Simon Johnson and James Robinson of the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel during the announcement by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden on October 14, 2024. (Photo by Christine Olsson / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP)
Lebanon aid convoy driver wounded in Israeli strike 14 Oct 2024 - 03:10 pm
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In Photos: Israeli strike on hospital tent camp kills 4 and ignites a fire that burns dozens 14 Oct 2024 - 02:49 pm
Photo by United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) / AFP
India's capital bans fireworks to curb air pollution 14 Oct 2024 - 02:36 pm
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Pakistan police officers suspended over protest clashes 14 Oct 2024 - 02:05 pm
Police detain a Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party member during a protest in Karachi on October 13, 2024. (Photo by Qaisar Khan / AFP)
Nepali teenager hailed as hero after climbing world's 8,000m peaks 14 Oct 2024 - 01:24 pm
Nepali mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa poses upon his arrival at the airport in Kathmandu on October 14, 2024. Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP
Man with shotgun and loaded handgun arrested near Trump California rally 14 Oct 2024 - 09:31 am
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on during a campaign rally at Findlay Toyota Arena in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on October 13, 2024. (Photo by Caitlin O'Hara / AFP)
Is life possible on a Jupiter moon? NASA goes to investigate 14 Oct 2024 - 09:26 am
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Harris helps pack diapers for North Carolina hurricane victims 13 Oct 2024 - 11:45 pm
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris helps pack supplies for those affected by Hurricane Helene during a campaign stop at The Pit Authentic Barbecue restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina, on October 12, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
Tens of thousands flee Nigeria floods 13 Oct 2024 - 10:54 pm
This aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Adankolo in Kogi State on October 12, 2024. (Photo by Haruna Yahaya / AFP)
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza surges to 42,227 13 Oct 2024 - 10:10 pm
Palestinians pray over the bodies of relatives, killed in an Israeli strike on Al-Bureij refugee camp, during their funeral at the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 13, 2024. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Iceland govt collapses, new election set for November 13 Oct 2024 - 09:38 pm
A file photo of Icelandic Prime Minister Bjarni Benidiktsson / AFP
Seven die from gas poisoning in eastern China: state media 13 Oct 2024 - 08:20 pm
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Seeing double in Nigeria's 'twins capital of the world' 13 Oct 2024 - 07:37 pm
Twins pose for a photograph during the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora on October 12, 2024. Nigeria’s self-proclaimed ‘twins capital of the world’ Igbo-Ora holds its annual festival to celebrate the town’s unusually high incidence of multiple births. Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP.
‘Game of Thrones’ dragon-forged Iron Throne fetches nearly $1.5 million at auction 13 Oct 2024 - 07:23 pm
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Pentagon says will send THAAD missile defense system to Israel 13 Oct 2024 - 07:12 pm
File photo of the THAAD air defense system.
Peacekeepers say Israeli tanks 'forcibly entered' UN Lebanon position 13 Oct 2024 - 06:34 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. A United Nations flag flies in the back of one of the armoured vehicles of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) during a patrol around Marjayoun in south Lebanon on October 8, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Palestinians in Gaza's Jabalia grieve and try to survive 13 Oct 2024 - 05:21 pm
Ali Assaf (R), 20, reportedly the only survivor from his family killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, is comforted by a young man as mourns near the bodies of his relatives in front of the al-Maamadani on October 12, 2024. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP.