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Outgoing Japanese PM promises warmer ties with South Korea 06 Sep 2024 - 06:30 pm
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida walk to their chairs during a meeting at the Presidential Office in Seoul on September 6, 2024. Photo by Lee Jin-man / POOL / AFP.
Teen charged in Georgia school shooting and his father to stay in custody after hearings 06 Sep 2024 - 06:19 pm
This booking photo obtained on September 6, 2024 from the Barrow County Sheriff's Office, shows Colt Gray, the suspect in the shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. Photo by Handout / Barrow County Sheriff's Office / AFP.
Malaysia Airlines finds 'potential issue' on A350-900 engine 06 Sep 2024 - 04:39 pm
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Body found in search for British hiker missing in Spain 06 Sep 2024 - 04:37 pm
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Mandatory inspections of Airbus A350-900 engines 'not warranted' for now: EU 06 Sep 2024 - 04:35 pm
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US hiring picks up in August while unemployment edges down 06 Sep 2024 - 03:58 pm
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on September 04, 2024 in New York City. Photo by Michael M. Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP.
UN says more than 700,000 affected by South Sudan floods 06 Sep 2024 - 02:17 pm
Sudanese army soldiers look on as people use a boat in an inundated area in Tokar in the Red Sea State, following recent heavy flooding in eastern Sudan, on September 5, 2024. Photo by AFP
World's largest indoor ski resort opens in Shanghai as China logs hottest month 06 Sep 2024 - 01:50 pm
An aerial view shows the exterior view of the Shanghai L*SNOW Indoor Skiing Theme Resort, the world's largest indoor skiing resort during its official opening day in Shanghai on September 6, 2024. Photo by STRINGER / AFP
Outgoing Japan PM promises warmer ties with Seoul 06 Sep 2024 - 01:28 pm
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol (R) and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands during a meeting at the Presidential Office in Seoul on September 6, 2024. (Photo by Lee Jin-man / POOL / AFP)
Paris to honour murdered Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei 06 Sep 2024 - 01:16 pm
Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei (C) applies an ice bag on her head as she competes in the women's marathon of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on August 11, 2024. Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
Telegram CEO defends himself against French charges in first public comments 06 Sep 2024 - 01:14 pm
This file photo illustration taken in Seoul on September 2, 2024 shows a logo of encrypted messaging platform Telegram seen enlarged on a computer monitor. Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP
Super Typhoon Yagi makes landfall on south China's Hainan: state media 06 Sep 2024 - 12:19 pm
A local resident carries food and his luggage to a temporary shelter in a primary school ahead of the expected landfall of Super Typhoon Yagi in Wenchang, in southern China's Hainan province on September 6, 2024. (Photo by CNS / AFP) / China OUT
At least 17 children killed in Kenya school fire: police 06 Sep 2024 - 08:47 am
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Fugitive former mayor detained upon return to Philippines from Indonesia 05 Sep 2024 - 11:59 pm
Alice Leal Guo (left), former mayor of Bamban in Philippine's Tarlac province accused of human trafficking and links to Chinese organised crime, is escorted to a press conference in Manila on September 6, 2024, after being deported following her arrest in Indonesia on September 3. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Macron names ex-Brexit negotiator Barnier as France's new PM 05 Sep 2024 - 11:43 pm
Newly appointed Prime minister Michel Barnier gestures before the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, on September 5, 2024. (Photo by Thomas Samson / AFP)
Rallies in Bangladesh mark one month since ex-premier Sheikh Hasina was ousted 05 Sep 2024 - 10:51 pm
Demonstrators carry Bangladesh's national flag (front) during 'Martyr March', a rally organised by Students Against Discrimination to mark one month to the ousting of the country's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on September 5, 2024.  (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Gaza death toll rises to 40,878; wounded 94,454 05 Sep 2024 - 08:25 pm
File: Palestinians inspect the damage at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp after an overnight Israeli strike on December 25, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Hams / AFP)
Gazans rush to vaccinate children as new polio drive launches 05 Sep 2024 - 07:26 pm
A child receives a vaccination for polio in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 5, 2024. Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP