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Biden is announcing $150 million in research grants as part of his 'moonshot' push to fight cancer 14 Aug 2024 - 12:14 am
US President Joe Biden speaks at a Biden Cancer Moonshot Event at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
There's an apostrophe battle brewing among grammar nerds. Is it Harris' or Harris's? 13 Aug 2024 - 11:34 pm
A rally for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) in Philadelphia on June 6. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
Pakistan rewards javelin champion Nadeem with $897,000 for record-breaking throw at Paris Olympics 13 Aug 2024 - 10:43 pm
Arshad Nadeem (R), Pakistan's javelin gold medallist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, hugs his mother Raziah Parveen upon his arrival at his hometown in Mian Channu on August 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Ex-Twitter executive wins compensation for unfair dismissal 13 Aug 2024 - 10:24 pm
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NHRC discusses partnerships with the Netherlands in human rights fields 13 Aug 2024 - 10:07 pm
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New York court bars RFK Jr. from state's presidential ballot 13 Aug 2024 - 09:59 pm
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Gaza death toll rises to 39,929; wounded 92,240 13 Aug 2024 - 08:43 pm
People walk past posters of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza since October 7, on a street in Tel Aviv on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Oren Ziv / AFP)
France reports over 140 cyberattacks linked to Olympics 13 Aug 2024 - 08:27 pm
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US calls far-right Israeli minister's prayer at Al-Aqsa 'unacceptable' 13 Aug 2024 - 07:42 pm
Palestinians transport people injured in Israeli bombardment to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on August 13, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Bangladesh ex-Premier Hasina calls for probe into killings during unrest that led to her ouster 13 Aug 2024 - 07:37 pm
Sheikh Hasina speaks as she is sworn in for her fourth spell as Bangladesh's prime minister at the Presidential Palace in Dhaka on January 7, 2019. / AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN
X suffered cyberattack to hinder conversation with Trump: Musk 13 Aug 2024 - 07:06 pm
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 12, 2024 shows, L-R, South African businessman Elon Musk arriving at the Tenth Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, on April 13, 2024 and former US President and 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaking at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention in Chicago, Illinois, on July 31, 2024. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT and KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)
Turkiye says Ethiopia and Somalia made 'notable progress' in dispute settlement talks 13 Aug 2024 - 06:49 pm
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North Korea reports 'fierce' heat as peninsula bakes 13 Aug 2024 - 06:19 pm
A woman uses an umbrella as she walks along the Mirae Scientists Street in Pyongyang during high temperatures on August 13, 2024. (Photo by KIM Won Jin / AFP)
Burglary reported at Trump campaign office in Virginia 13 Aug 2024 - 05:50 pm
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Filipino gymnast with 2 Olympic golds in Paris gets hero's welcome, free buffets for life 13 Aug 2024 - 05:34 pm
Philippines' Carlos Yulo (L), Paris 2024 Olympic Games double gold medalist in gymnastics shakes hands with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. upon his arrival at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Basilio H SEPE / POOL / AFP)
Pilot crashed helicopter into Australian hotel after farewell party 13 Aug 2024 - 03:05 pm
This frame grab taken from video footage provided by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on August 12, 2024, via AFPTV shows a piece of the helicopter lying on a roadside after a helicopter crashed into the roof of a Hilton hotel in Cairns on August 12, 2024, killing the pilot and igniting a blaze on the building's roof. (Photo by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) / AFP)
South Korean sniffer dog searches for post-Olympic bedbugs 13 Aug 2024 - 02:27 pm
This photo taken on August 8, 2024 shows a sniffer dog from hygiene services company CESCO taking part in a demonstration of bed bug detection in passengers' luggage at Incheon International Airport's Terminal 2 in Incheon. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Thousands cancel trips in Japan after megaquake alert 13 Aug 2024 - 02:19 pm
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shinjuku area of central Tokyo on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)