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UK train drivers back govt pay deal to end strikes 18 Sep 2024 - 05:54 pm
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Portugal declares a state of calamity as wildfires rage out of control 18 Sep 2024 - 03:47 pm
People stand watching the progression of a wildfire at Veiga village in Agueda, Aveiro on September 17, 2024. (Photo by Patricia De Melo Moreira / AFP)
Gaza rescuers say Israeli strike on school building kills 5 18 Sep 2024 - 03:40 pm
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Egypt, US, discuss reinforcing joint efforts together with Qatar for Gaza ceasefire deal 18 Sep 2024 - 03:38 pm
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Storm Boris toll rises to 23 dead in Europe 18 Sep 2024 - 03:09 pm
A signpost standing in the floods of the Elbe river indicates the way to the ferry in Krippen, eastern Germany on Septemer 17, 2024. (Photo by Jens Schlueter / AFP)
Saudi Cabinet affirms continuation of work to build first nuclear power plant 18 Sep 2024 - 02:19 pm
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Biden administration to host international AI safety meeting in San Francisco after election 18 Sep 2024 - 01:36 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. David Evan Harris, senior policy advisor at the California Initiative for Technology and Democracy, testifies on Artificial Intelligence technology during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 17, 2024.
Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP.
Vaccine alliance secures deal for 500,000 mpox jabs for Africa 18 Sep 2024 - 01:29 pm
A patient suffering from mpox sits on a bench at the Kavumu hospital, 30 km north of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 24, 2024. Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP.
Chinese navy sails between Japanese islands near Taiwan 18 Sep 2024 - 01:13 pm
This combination of recent handout photos released on September 18, 2024 by Japan's Ministry of Defence Joint Staff Office Public Relations shows the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning (top), and two Luyang III-class missile destroyers (number 120 at centre and number 123 at bottom) at sea in waters near Japan's southern Okinawa region. Photo by Handout / Japan's Ministry of Defense Joint Staff Office Public Relations / AFP.
EU court scraps 1.5-bn euro fine against Google 18 Sep 2024 - 11:45 am
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Six million children in SE Asia affected by Yagi disaster: UNICEF 18 Sep 2024 - 10:43 am
Flood-affected residents line up for food at a temporary camp set up at a monastery in Taungoo, Myanmar's Bago region on September 14, 2024. Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP.
Japan to formally elect new prime minister on October 1 18 Sep 2024 - 10:37 am
Photo used for demonstration purposes. People walk in the pedestrian zone of Tokyo's Ginza district during the
Sri Lanka's plantation workers live on the margins. But politicians still want their votes 18 Sep 2024 - 10:26 am
In this photograph taken on September 2, 2024, tea pickers listen to Palani Shakthivel, national organiser of the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC), at a village in Hatton. Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP.
Pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria were made by a company in Budapest, Gold Apollo says 18 Sep 2024 - 10:10 am
Hsu Ching-kuang (L), head of Taiwanese company Gold Apollo, speaks to the media outside the company's office in New Taipei City on September 18, 2024. Photo by Yan ZHAO / AFP.
Tupperware Brands files for bankruptcy 18 Sep 2024 - 09:09 am
(Files) Tupperware products are offered for sale at a retail store on April 10, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson / Getty Images North America / AFP)
This country is now the world’s first to have more EVs than gas-powered cars 18 Sep 2024 - 12:09 am
File: Electric cars are being charged on a street in the Norwegian capital Oslo on April 30, 2019. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
Lebanon caretaker govt holds Israeli occupation responsible for pager explosions; suspends universities, schools 17 Sep 2024 - 11:56 pm
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Zimbabwe defends elephant cull as easing drought pressure 17 Sep 2024 - 11:30 pm
File photo: A group of elephants are seen near a watering hole inside Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe, October 23, 2019. (Reuters)