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Protests continue in Bangladesh amid outrage over crackdown 03 Aug 2024 - 04:01 pm
Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held a rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on August 3, 2024, to demand justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide violence during anti-quota protests.(Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Beachgoers in Italy struck by lightning: reports 03 Aug 2024 - 03:56 pm
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Uganda reports first two cases of mpox 03 Aug 2024 - 02:37 pm
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Extreme heat breaks records in eastern China 03 Aug 2024 - 12:41 pm
A woman walks by the Olympic park in Beijing on August 2, 2024. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)
Riots flare in another UK city as police brace for weekend turmoil 03 Aug 2024 - 12:34 pm
Smoke billows from a fire started by protesters as riot police stand guard after disturbances in Southport, northwest England, on July 30, 2024, a day after a deadly child knife attack. Photo by Roland LLOYD PARRY / AFP
Hawaii announces $4 bn settlement in wildfire lawsuits 03 Aug 2024 - 11:50 am
An aerial image shows Old Lahaina Center and Foodland Lahaina standing amongst destroyed homes and businesses along Front Street burned to the ground in the historic Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui in Lahaina, Hawaii on August 10, 2023. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
Trump says agrees with Fox News to debate Harris on Sept 4 03 Aug 2024 - 09:56 am
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign appearance on July 31, 2024 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
Philippines says Chinatown fire kills 11 03 Aug 2024 - 09:25 am
People, policemen, and media personnel are seen at the scene of a fire that ripped through a building in Manila's Chinatown on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
At least two dead after landslides in southwest China 03 Aug 2024 - 08:50 am
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6.8-magnitude earthquake hits off Philippines' Mindanao: USGS 03 Aug 2024 - 08:24 am
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‘We are hungry,’ chant Nigerian protesters as 13 people die 02 Aug 2024 - 08:54 pm
A protestor hold a placard during the End Bad Governance protest in Abuja on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)
Japan sees hottest July since records began 02 Aug 2024 - 08:43 pm
A man uses a folding fan at the Odaiba Seaside Park in Tokyo on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP)
US faces exceptional day of ‘climate change-driven heat’ Friday 02 Aug 2024 - 08:17 pm
People sit in the shade at Mosqueda Park in Fresno, California as temperatures soar into the triple digits. (Photo by Philip Cheung for The Washington Post)
Famine in Sudan is on pace to be the deadliest in decades as the world looks elsewhere: US 02 Aug 2024 - 08:02 pm
Damaged cars lie in a street in Port Sudan after torrential rains on August 1, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Harris narrows VP search to six finalists, plans to interview them this weekend 02 Aug 2024 - 07:57 pm
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Rain-related disasters have killed more than 250 in a deadly week across Asia 02 Aug 2024 - 07:52 pm
A woman carries her infant as she wades through a flooded street during heavy rainfall in Lahore on August 1, 2024. (Photo by Syed Murtaza / AFP)
Japan, Philippines hold first joint naval exercise 02 Aug 2024 - 07:45 pm
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Israeli entity continues bombing Southern Lebanon 02 Aug 2024 - 07:33 pm
Lebanese civil defence workers search the scene as vehicles burn following an Israeli air raid on the town of Shamaa (Chamaa) in southern Lebanon on August 1, 2024. Photo by KAWNAT HAJU / AFP.