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Hope dwindles in South Africa two days after deadly building collapse 08 May 2024 - 10:45 pm
Rescue workers are seen at the scene of a collapsed building in George on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Willie van Tonder / AFP)
With inflation soaring, Argentina will start printing 10,000 peso notes 08 May 2024 - 10:03 pm
This handout picture released by the Central Bank of Argentina shows the new 10,000 pesos banknote in Buenos Aires on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Handout / Central Bank of Argentina / AFP)
No hate crime charges against man who yelled racist slurs at Utah women's basketball team 08 May 2024 - 09:58 pm
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Paris 2024 unveils official theme music 08 May 2024 - 05:33 pm
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UN official urges Cyprus leaders to restart peace talks 08 May 2024 - 04:54 pm
Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides meets with the Personal Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Cyprus problem Maria Angela Holguin at the presidential palace in Nicosia on May 8, 2024. (Photo by Etienne TORBEY / AFP)
33 arrested at George Washington University as DC mayor's congressional hearing is canceled 08 May 2024 - 04:33 pm
People from a Pro-Palestinian encampment sit on the sidewalk along I St NW after Law Enforcement cleared George Washington University's University Yard at on May 8, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Toll of Israeli aggression against Gaza rises to 34,844 martyrs, 78,404 injured 08 May 2024 - 04:26 pm
A boy sits amidst rubble at the site of a building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern gaza Strip on May 8, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Swiss earmark $11 million for UNRWA in Gaza 08 May 2024 - 04:00 pm
This picture taken on May 7, 2024 shows a view of the damaged building of a preparatory school for boys run by the UNRWA at the Shati camp for Palestinian refugees, west of Gaza City. (Photo by AFP)
April temperatures in Indonesia hottest for more than four decades 08 May 2024 - 01:40 pm
This photo shows a general view of a traffic jam on a main roads leading into the city center of Jakarta on May 8, 2024 as thin haze of pollution sits over the city's skyline. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
Tornadoes keep tearing through US, including a rural Oklahoma town struck twice in a span of weeks 07 May 2024 - 11:48 pm
Zack Crowder views his home after it was struck by a tornado on May 07, 2024 in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. Barnsdall, a small town with a population of approximately 1,000 people, was struck last night by an EF3 tornado. (Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Xi begins Serbia visit on the 25th anniversary of NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy 07 May 2024 - 11:32 pm
Photo taken on May 6, 2024, shows Chinese and Serbian flags along the high way trough Belgrade on the eve of the visit of Chinese President to Serbia. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)
TikTok challenges potential US ban in court 07 May 2024 - 10:03 pm
This file photo taken on March 16, 2023 shows the TikTok logo displayed outside the social media app's company offices in Culver City, California. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
Drought-hit Barcelona to ease water restrictions after rains 07 May 2024 - 09:04 pm
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Polish judge who fled had access to classified documents: Tusk 07 May 2024 - 08:30 pm
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk addresses participants during the opening session of XVI European Economic Congress (EEC) in Katowice, Poland, on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)
Belarus holds snap inspection of nuclear arms carriers 07 May 2024 - 08:20 pm
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Chinese leader Xi visits the French Pyrenees in a personal gesture by Macron 07 May 2024 - 07:45 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his wife Brigitte Macron (2ndL), Chinese President Xi Jinping (4thL) and his wife Peng Liyuan (3rdL) watch folklore dancers at the Tourmalet pass, in the Pyrenees moutains, as part of his two-day state visit to France, on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard / POOL / AFP)
GCC's 'Grand Tours visa' in effect by year-end, functions as free pass for Gulf residents 07 May 2024 - 07:11 pm
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Police break up pro-Palestinian student protest in Berlin as demonstrations spread across Europe 07 May 2024 - 06:23 pm
Students occupying Gent University gather during an action organized by