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Ugandan athlete Cheptegei dies after being set on fire  05 Sep 2024 - 11:05 am
(Files) Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei (C) applies an ice bag on her head as she competes in the women's marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on August 11, 2024. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP)
South Korea records highest average summer temperature on record 05 Sep 2024 - 09:04 am
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Gunman, 14, kills four in US school shooting 05 Sep 2024 - 08:09 am
Law enforcement and first responders respond to Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Christian Monterrosa / AFP)
Four killed in US school shooting in Georgia 04 Sep 2024 - 11:06 pm
Caution tape surrounds Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA / AFP)
Honduras hands drug suspect to US amid diplomatic row 04 Sep 2024 - 11:01 pm
Alleged Honduran drug trafficker Mario José Calix, alias
Niger ups flood toll to 273 as historic mosque destroyed 04 Sep 2024 - 10:58 pm
(FILES) Displaced residents of Niamey collect water at tanks on September 11, 2019 in the makeshift camp of Saguia near the capital after the Niger river floods forced inhabitants out of the area. AFP / Boureima Hama. Picture for representational purposes only.
Senegal president set to dissolve parliament: PM 04 Sep 2024 - 07:53 pm
Bassirou Diomaye Faye speaks after being sworn in as Senegal's President at an exhibition centre in the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar on April 2, 2024. (Photo by John WESSELS / AFP)
Trump and Harris zero in on economic policy plans ahead of first debate 04 Sep 2024 - 07:22 pm
(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on August 3, 2024 shows US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking on March 26, 2024, in Raleigh, North Carolina; and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaking in the first presidential debate with US President Joe Biden in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski and ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
About 20 migrants reported missing after boat capsizes off Italy 04 Sep 2024 - 07:16 pm
File photo: Crew members of NGO rescue ship 'Ocean Viking' give lifejackets to migrants on an overcrowded boat in the Mediterranean Sea, on October 25, 2022. Camille Martin Juan/Sos Mediterranee/Handout via REUTERS
First mpox vaccines due in DR Congo Thursday 04 Sep 2024 - 07:13 pm
A patient with a severe form of the mpox epidemic is treated at the Kavumu hospital, 30 km north of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 24, 2024. (Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP)
Fuel scarcities, price hike deepen Nigerian frustrations 04 Sep 2024 - 05:56 pm
People wait to refill their jerrycans and fuel tanks at a fuel station in Lagos on September 4, 2024. (Photo by FAWAZ OYEDEJI / AFP)
Greta Thunberg arrested at pro-Palestinian demonstration in Denmark 04 Sep 2024 - 03:44 pm
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Even after 12 deaths, other migrants risk their lives in treacherous seas between Britain and France 04 Sep 2024 - 03:30 pm
Firefighters and Civil Protection agents stand next to bags containing the bodies of migrants who died after the sinking of a migrant boat attempting to cross the English Channel to England, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, on September 3, 2024. Photo by Denis Charlet / AFP.
British hiker found dead, another missing in Spain's Mallorca after storm 04 Sep 2024 - 02:12 pm
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Crowds give Nepal's first Paralympic medallist hero's welcome 04 Sep 2024 - 01:59 pm
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games taekwondo bronze medallist Palesha Goverdhan greets the crowd upon her arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on September 4, 2024. Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP.
Dozens of colonists storm Al-Aqsa mosque 04 Sep 2024 - 11:44 am
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Japanese island eradicates rabbit-killing mongoose 04 Sep 2024 - 10:40 am
This undated handout photo released to AFP by Japan's Ministry of the Environment on September 4, 2024 shows a mongoose captured by authorities in Japan. Photo by Handout / Ministry of the Environment / AFP
Cathay's affected Airbus A350 planes need engine fuel lines replaced: airline 04 Sep 2024 - 10:14 am
Cathay Pacific aircraft are seen in the maintenance hanger at the international airport in Hong Kong on September 3, 2024. Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP