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Ireland data centres consume more power than houses 23 Jul 2024 - 09:02 pm
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Sicily's Catania airport reopens after Etna eruption 23 Jul 2024 - 07:55 pm
(FILES) This general view shows an eruption of the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily on July 5, 2024. The airport at Catania in Sicily, a top Italian tourist destination has on July 23, 2024, suspended all flights as ash from an eruption at nearby Mount Etna entered the airspace. (Photo by Giuseppe Distefano / Etna Walk / AFP)
Malaysia evacuates 123 citizens from violence-hit Bangladesh 23 Jul 2024 - 07:24 pm
Bangladeshi soldiers stand guard along a street during a curfew amid the anti-quota protests, in Dhaka on July 23, 2024. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Kenya's turmoil widens as anti-government protesters clash with emerging pro-government group 23 Jul 2024 - 06:06 pm
A senior police officer stops to appeal for calm among protestors during anti-government protests to demand accountability from the president Willam Ruto-led government in Nairobi on July 23, 2024. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)
US Secret Service director resigns after Trump assassination bid 23 Jul 2024 - 05:52 pm
United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee during a hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Harris heads to first Democratic rally as favourite for presidential nomination 23 Jul 2024 - 05:39 pm
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at her campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Erin SCHAFF / POOL / AFP)
German court migration case ruling says 'no longer general danger' to Syrian civilians 23 Jul 2024 - 05:39 pm
Refugees from Syria arrive at the Friedland shelter near Goettingen, central Germany, on April 4, 2016, after arriving from Turkey at the airport in Hanover. The first Syrians arrived in Germany from Istanbul under a controversial EU-Turkey migrant pact.  AFP / Swen Pfoertner
Sierra Leone court finds 11 involved in alleged coup guilty 23 Jul 2024 - 05:34 pm
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'Dereliction of duty' by officers responsible for Maine shooter 23 Jul 2024 - 05:34 pm
Law enforcement officers gather outside Lewiston High School, Maine on October 26, 2023. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
Bangladesh student leader extends protest suspension for 48 more hours 23 Jul 2024 - 04:20 pm
A police van transports protesters to the court, after their arrest in Dhaka on July 23, 2024. The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on July 23, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest. (Photo by Abu SUFIAN JEWEL / AFP)
George Clooney backs Harris, lauds Biden for 'saving democracy:' statement 23 Jul 2024 - 04:05 pm
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Etna eruption forces closure of Sicily's Catania airport 23 Jul 2024 - 03:35 pm
(Files) A picture shows the eruption of the Mount Etna volcano on July 4, 2024 in Sicily. (Photo by Giuseppe Distefano / various sources / AFP)
France intercepting 6 drones daily near Olympic sites: PM 23 Jul 2024 - 03:27 pm
Police officers stand guard near Eiffel Tower in Paris on July 21, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP)
New 'vaccine-like' HIV drug could cost just $40: researchers 23 Jul 2024 - 02:39 pm
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WHO 'extremely worried' at prospect of polio, other outbreaks in Gaza 23 Jul 2024 - 02:14 pm
Palestinians walk past sewage water and a garbage dump on a street in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on July 23, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP
Philippine police say man inhaling white powder in video is not Marcos 23 Jul 2024 - 02:12 pm
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos leaves after delivering the annual State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives in Manila on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Virgin Atlantic orders more Airbus A330s at airshow 23 Jul 2024 - 01:55 pm
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Ethiopia landslide kills at least 146 23 Jul 2024 - 12:40 pm
In this grab made from a handout footage released by the Gofa Zone Government Communication Affairs Department on July 22, 2024, shows people standing at the bottom of a landslide that occurred in the Geze-Gofa district. Photo by Gofa Zone Government Communication Affairs Department/ESN / AFP