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Japanese scramble to buy beloved rice as shortages bite 27 Aug 2024 - 10:38 am
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Dolphin bites spark warning on Japanese beaches 27 Aug 2024 - 10:26 am
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Trump hits Harris on US Afghan withdrawal 'calamity' 27 Aug 2024 - 12:16 am
Republican presidential nominee, former US President Donald Trump speaks during the National Guard Association of the United States' 146th General Conference & Exhibition at Huntington Place Convention Center in Detroit, Michigan, on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Emily Elconin/Getty Images via AFP)
'Hard to imagine' no September rate cut: US Fed official 26 Aug 2024 - 11:38 pm
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At least 132 killed in Sudan flooding: health ministry 26 Aug 2024 - 10:13 pm
Sudanese queue to fill on water Port Sudan on August 26, 2024, after a dam collapsed as a result of heavy rain. (Photo by Ibrahim ISHAQ / AFP)
Russia carries out large-scale attack on energy facilities in Ukraine 26 Aug 2024 - 09:45 pm
Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire on a site following an air attack, in the Odesa region, on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Oleksandr GIMANOV / AFP)
Israeli war on Gaza: 40,435 Palestinians martyred, 93,534 injured 26 Aug 2024 - 09:41 pm
Displaced Palestinians prepare to leave the perimeter of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip following renewed Israeli evacuation orders for the area on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Apparent cyberattack leaves Seattle airport facing major internet outages 26 Aug 2024 - 09:24 pm
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China says took 'control measures' against Philippine ships near disputed reef 26 Aug 2024 - 08:57 pm
A China Coast Guard ship is seen from the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Cabra during a supply mission to Sabina Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Defendant in Titan submersible wrongful death lawsuit files to move case to federal court 26 Aug 2024 - 08:24 pm
This undated image courtesy of OceanGate Expeditions, shows their Titan submersible launching from a platform. (Photo by Handout / OceanGate Expeditions / AFP)
Israel continues bombing of villages, towns in Southern Lebanon 26 Aug 2024 - 08:23 pm
Lebanese security and emergency personnel gather around a burnt car that was reportedly targeted in an Israeli drone strike in the Abra area of the southern city of Sidon, on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
Pakistani accused over British riots released: lawyer 26 Aug 2024 - 08:10 pm
Farhan Asif (2R), who was arrested allegedly over cyber terrorism, is escorted by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) personnel after his acquittal from a court in Lahore on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)
Spain PM heads to West Africa as migrant arrivals surge 26 Aug 2024 - 08:06 pm
Members of police forces and emergency services help 175 migrant people on board a boat, upon its arrival at Restinga port on the Canary island of El Hierro on August 18, 2024. (Photo by Antonio Sempere / AFP)
Saudi stock market index closes lower 26 Aug 2024 - 07:24 pm
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Rwandan entrepreneur in court over alleged $10 mn fraud 26 Aug 2024 - 06:52 pm
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Greece hit by '50 percent more' wildfires than last year 26 Aug 2024 - 06:44 pm
A photo shows flames burning vegetation during a wildfire near Prodromos, 100km northeast from Athens, on August 21, 2023. Photo by Spyros BAKALIS / AFP
US election debate in the balance as Trump cries foul 26 Aug 2024 - 06:19 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)
Germany to donate 100,000 mpox vaccines to Africa 26 Aug 2024 - 06:15 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)