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Burglary reported at Trump campaign office in Virginia 13 Aug 2024 - 05:50 pm
Donald Trump. File photo.
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)
South Africa's unemployment reaches new highs 13 Aug 2024 - 02:18 pm
People chat as they gather in the street to watch a building that caught fire in Johannesburg on August 11, 2024. Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP.
UK govt vows to 'prioritise' mental health after damning report on fatal stabbings 13 Aug 2024 - 01:53 pm
Police officers stand on duty outside the entrace to a building housing the headquarters of the Reform UK political party in London on August 10, 2024. Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP.
Death toll mounting from South Asia's devastating monsoon 13 Aug 2024 - 01:43 pm
This handout photograph taken on August 1, 2024 and released by Humane Society International, India, shows an aerial view of the tea plantations after landslides in Wayanad. Photo by Hemanth Byatroy / Humane Society International, India / AFP
Greece battles deadly wildfire for third day 13 Aug 2024 - 11:35 am
Volunteers attempt to extinguish a wildfire in Vrilissia, on the outskirts of Athens on August 12, 2024. Photo by Aris Oikonomou / AFP.
UK police charge man after girl stabbed at London landmark 13 Aug 2024 - 11:16 am
A photograph taken on August 12, 2024 shows a hat and other items in a cordoned off area in Leicester square, London. Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP
4.9 magnitude earthquake hits Eastern Indonesia 13 Aug 2024 - 10:23 am
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US budget deficit rises to $244 billion in July 13 Aug 2024 - 12:11 am
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Five injured in stabbing at mosque in Turkiye 12 Aug 2024 - 11:54 pm
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US to convene Sudan talks, even without Khartoum 12 Aug 2024 - 11:33 pm
A Sudanese man sits amid the destruction in his village near the northern Sudanese town of Dongola on August 11, 2024 as floodwaters devastated the region disrupting transport, destroying houses and rendering thousands of people homeless. (Photo by AFP)
UN slams surge in violence in Myanmar 12 Aug 2024 - 10:07 pm
This photo taken on August 10, 2024 shows destroyed and damaged buildings in Lashio in Myanmar's northern Shan State, following fighting between Myanmar's military and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in the region. (Photo by AFP)
Greece on high alert as 'exceptionally dangerous' Athens wildfire is out of control 12 Aug 2024 - 09:57 pm
A local resident walks towards fire with a branch to use it to dominate the flames during a wildfire near Penteli, 12 August 2024. (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP)
Trump files $100 mn claim against Justice Dept over raid on his Florida home 12 Aug 2024 - 09:52 pm
Former president Donald Trump repeated several falsehoods during a recent interview with Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business Network. (Photo by Johnnie Izquierdo for The Washington Post)
Rural Colombians holding hostage dozens of soldiers 12 Aug 2024 - 09:34 pm
File photo for representational purposes only. Handout picture released by the Government of Choco press office showing the area of a landslide in the road between Quibdo and Medellin, Choco Department, Colombia, on January 12, 2024. (Photo by Handout / GOBERNACION DE CHOCO / AFP)