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US takes in $87 bn from tariffs in first half of 2025 31 Jul 2025 - 06:12 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks before signing the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 30, 2025. The bill aims to help veterans receive improved federal assistance for home mortgages. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
American man to be executed for killing wife, children after learning of divorce plans 31 Jul 2025 - 04:33 pm
This undated photo released by the Florida Department of Corrections and obtained on July 30, 2025 shows death row inmate Edward Zakrzewski. A former US Air Force sergeant who killed his wife and two young children is to be executed by lethal injection in the southern state of Florida on July 31.
(Photo by HANDOUT / Florida Department of Corrections / AFP)
Beijing officials admit 'gaps' in readiness after rain kill dozens 31 Jul 2025 - 12:59 pm
A man walks past a rain damaged area from the past few days in Huairou district, on the outskirts of Beijing on July 30, 2025. Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP
Japan lifts tsunami advisory after Russia quake 31 Jul 2025 - 12:02 pm
This general view shows Heisaura Beach in the city of Tateyama of Chiba Prefecture after the tsunami advisory was lifted on July 31, 2025. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Google joins EU code for powerful AI models rebuffed by Meta 31 Jul 2025 - 10:34 am
A sign is posted in front of an office at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US.
Israel starves more Palestinians to death in Gaza as attacks continue 31 Jul 2025 - 09:51 am
Palestinians carry humanitarian aid they received at the Rafah corridor as they walk in the Mawasi area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday. (AFP)
Sri Lanka arrests over 120,000 for drug-related offenses so far in 2025 31 Jul 2025 - 06:00 am
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Bank of Canada holds policy rate at 2.75 percent 31 Jul 2025 - 05:00 am
Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem walks outside the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, Ontario, on June 22, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
World Bank projects slower economic growth in Tajikistan for 2025-2027 31 Jul 2025 - 04:00 am
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Kenya court orders 'shallow graves' exhumed in starvation cult county 31 Jul 2025 - 03:00 am
Court finds some of the corpses had their organs removed, with police alleging the suspects were engaged in forced harvesting of body parts. (AFP file photo)
Malaysia's digital economy sets for growth with Chinese investments ministry 31 Jul 2025 - 02:00 am
View of Kuala Lumpur skyline. File photo for representational purposes only.
Chinese sub discovers deepest-ever creatures 10 km undersea 31 Jul 2025 - 01:00 am
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US Fed keeps interest rates unchanged 30 Jul 2025 - 11:50 pm
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Sheinbaum says US holding 30 Mexicans in 'Alligator Alcatraz' 30 Jul 2025 - 10:05 pm
A Florida Highway Patrol officer looks on as protesters gather to demand the closure of the immigrant detention center known as
UAE begins pipeline project to ease Gaza water shortage 30 Jul 2025 - 06:30 pm
Palestinians gather on a coastal path west of Beit Lahia to attempt to get food aid on July 29, 2025, after aid trucks entered the Israel-besieged Gaza Strip from the northern Zikim border crossing. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Moose meat and antlers caused Alaska plane crash: report 30 Jul 2025 - 06:12 pm
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Israeli airstrikes on Gaza kill 20 Palestinians 30 Jul 2025 - 06:10 pm
Palestinians mourn a relative, killed the night before in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Gaza City on July 29, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Trump says imposing 25% tariff on Indian imports 30 Jul 2025 - 05:34 pm
An employee arranges shirts at the apparel manufacturing unit at Bhiwandi in the Thane district of India's Maharashtra state on July 30, 2025. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)