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Ghana plans three-day protest over illegal mining, arrests 01 Oct 2024 - 12:19 pm
Peninsula
Lufthansa extends suspension of Beirut flights 01 Oct 2024 - 12:00 pm
:Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburb early on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP)
Assange says 'pleaded guilty to journalism' to gain freedom 01 Oct 2024 - 11:49 am
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, next to his wife Stella Assange, speaks during a parliamentary hearing at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Frederick Florin / AFP)
Tokyo recovers some losses to lead markets higher 01 Oct 2024 - 11:10 am
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US East Coast dockworkers strike halts half ocean shipping 01 Oct 2024 - 10:54 am
Cranes used for shipping containers rise from the Port of Newark on September 30, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Multiple deaths in school bus fire in Thailand: PM 01 Oct 2024 - 10:48 am
Firefighters and rescue workers stand next to a burnt-out bus that was carrying students and teachers on the outskirts of Bangkok, on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)
India police detain top activist after month-long climate march 01 Oct 2024 - 09:56 am
Screen grab of a video shared by the climate activist on his social media.
Coldplay ticket scalping fiasco sparks backlash in India 01 Oct 2024 - 09:50 am
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. File photo for representation only.
Israeli forces begin ‘ground raids' in south Lebanon 01 Oct 2024 - 08:06 am
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburb early on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Fadel Itani / AFP)
Israel intensifies bombing of southern Lebanon 30 Sep 2024 - 10:44 pm
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Rabih Daher / AFP)
100 deaths put Hurricane Helene at US election center stage 30 Sep 2024 - 10:18 pm
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks to the press in the aftermath of powerful storm Helene at Chez What furniture store in Valdosta, Georgia, September 30, 2024. (Photo by Chandan Khanna / AFP)
Mexico president gives 1,438th - and last - edition of 'AMLO Show' 30 Sep 2024 - 09:23 pm
Outgoing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador offers breakfast to journalists in attendance after delivering his last daily conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on September 30, 2024.  (Photo by Alfredo Estrella / AFP)
Hunger in Haiti reaches famine levels as gangs squeeze life out of the capital and beyond 30 Sep 2024 - 08:44 pm
People walk with their hands over their faces to protect themselves from the stench of decomposing bodies as they pass the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 4, 2024. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy / AFP)
Seven killed in Ecuador's latest massacre 30 Sep 2024 - 08:02 pm
View of the site were seven people were killed the day before in Samborondon, Ecuador, on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Gerardo MENOSCAL / AFP)
Kyiv arrests two suspected of arson on 'enemy orders' 30 Sep 2024 - 07:53 pm
Drones explode as they are being destroyed by Ukrainian air defence during mass night strike to Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
NY Times endorses Harris as 'only patriotic choice' for president 30 Sep 2024 - 06:48 pm
Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris (L), poses for photos with supporters after speaking during a campaign rally at the Expo at World Market Center on September 29, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Trio plead not guilty in UK after Van Gogh soup attack 30 Sep 2024 - 06:37 pm
A handout picture from the Just Stop Oil climate campaign group shows three activists sitting on the floor under Vincent van Gogh's
US stocks mostly down ahead of Powell speech 30 Sep 2024 - 06:14 pm
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