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6.0-magnitude quake hits 166 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia -- USGS 03 Aug 2025 - 05:00 am
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Officials laud Ethiopia-Djibouti railway for fostering regional trade, economic cooperation 03 Aug 2025 - 04:00 am
File photo: A picture shows trains of the Addis Ababa / Djibouti train line in Addis Ababa on September 24, 2016. / AFP / Zacharias ABUBEKER
US authorities cancel funding for Baltimore-Maryland-Washington high-speed rail 03 Aug 2025 - 03:00 am
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Portugal declares wildfire alert amid severe heatwave 03 Aug 2025 - 02:00 am
Firefighters work on a wildfire in Arouca, northern Portugal on July 30, 2025. (Photo by CARLOS COSTA / AFP)
Sri Lankan customs revenue reaches 4 bln USD in first 7 months of 2025 03 Aug 2025 - 01:00 am
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ASEAN interim observer group inspects conflict-hit areas on Cambodia-Thailand border 03 Aug 2025 - 12:00 am
Smoke is pictured in the air from a multi-rocket launcher near the Cambodia-Thailand border in Oddar Meanchey province on July 25, 2025. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP)
5.8-magnitude quake hits Oaxaca, Mexico: GFZ 02 Aug 2025 - 11:05 pm
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Silent protest in Cape Town condemns starvation, genocide in Gaza 02 Aug 2025 - 10:52 pm
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Gaza famine sparked by Israeli bid to replace UN aid system, UNRWA warns 02 Aug 2025 - 09:14 pm
Nine-year-old malnourished Palestinian girl Mariam Dawwas sits on the floor with her mother in the Rimal neighbourhood in Gaza City on August 2, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
5.1 earthquake hits northern Pakistan 02 Aug 2025 - 08:02 pm
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Severe weather causes power outages in eastern Australia 02 Aug 2025 - 07:45 pm
File photo for representational purposes. Police cordons are displayed to stop traffic after power lines fell across a road in Coorparoo in Brisbane on March 8, 2025, as cyclone Alfred crossed the southeast Queensland coast. (Photo by Patrick Hamilton / AFP)
Kenyan president promises football team 4.6 mln USD champion bonus 02 Aug 2025 - 07:26 pm
File photo: Kenya's President William Ruto speaks during a press conference at State House in Nairobi on July 11, 2024. (Photo by Tony Karumba / AFP)
Gaza death toll rises to 60,430 02 Aug 2025 - 06:46 pm
A picture taken from a position at the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, shows an Israeli Tank moving in the besieged Palestinian territory on August 1, 2025. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reports fire contained after Ukrainian shelling 02 Aug 2025 - 06:02 pm
File photo: A Russian all-terrain armoured vehicle is parked outside the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, September 1, 2022. Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko
UNICEF warns of unprecedented child deaths amid famine in Gaza 02 Aug 2025 - 04:03 pm
Palestinians receive lentil soup at a food distribution point in Gaza City on August 2, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Mt. Lewotobi Laki-laki erupts again in Indonesia, spewing ash up to 18 km 02 Aug 2025 - 01:30 pm
 EAST FLORES, Aug. 2, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo provided by the Vulcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) of the Indonesia's Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry shows volcanic materials spewing from Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki at East Flores regency in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Aug. 1, 2025.
U.S. appeals court deals blow to Trump immigration crackdown 02 Aug 2025 - 01:27 pm
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Iraq allocates funds to improve electricity generation 02 Aug 2025 - 01:24 pm
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