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World

South Korea battles rotten 'lovebug' invasion due to climate change 09 Jul 2025 - 12:01 pm
In this photo taken on July 3, 2025, a lovebug rests on a hiker’s white clothing on the peak of Gyeyangsan Mountain in Incheon, west of Seoul. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP.
Five crew rescued from commercial ship attacked in Red Sea: monitor 09 Jul 2025 - 11:50 am
Peninsula
Beijing decries 'discriminatory' ban on Chinese purchases of US farmland 09 Jul 2025 - 11:18 am
Armour products by Smithfield Foods are offered for sale at a grocery store on July 08, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
France wildfire shuts down marseille airport, halts trains 09 Jul 2025 - 10:53 am
A police officer tries to put off the fire in a car during a wildfire, in L'Estaque district of Marseille, southern France on July 8, 2025. Photo by Clement MAHOUDEAU / AFP.
Casualty toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza reaches 57,575 Martyrs, 136,879 injured 08 Jul 2025 - 09:02 pm
People check the site on an Israeli strike next to a tent housing displaced Palestinians, in Gaza City, on July 8, 2025. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
Former UK PM Rishi Sunak joins Goldman Sachs as advisor 08 Jul 2025 - 08:04 pm
File photo of former UK PM Rishi Sunak.
Zimbabwe projects per capita income to exceed 3,000 USD in 2025 amid economic growth 08 Jul 2025 - 07:53 pm
File photo for representational purposes only.
Malaysia calls US 25 pct tariff disruptive to business, supply chains 08 Jul 2025 - 07:12 pm
File photo for representational purposes only.
Algeria, Zimbabwe sail through to Rugby Africa Cup 2025 semis 08 Jul 2025 - 05:50 pm
Mehdi Slamani (R) of Algeria vies with Boris Diomande of Cote d'Ivoire during a match at the Rugby Africa Cup Championship 2025 in Kampala, Uganda, July 8, 2025. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)
Four dead in fire at major Cairo telecomms hub, internet disrupted 08 Jul 2025 - 05:25 pm
A firefighter douses the flames after a fire broke out in the Telephones landline exchanging station and Ministry of Communications building in the heart of Cairo on July 7, 2025. Photo by AFP
AI needs to be smaller, reduce energy footprint: study 08 Jul 2025 - 05:17 pm
Peninsula
France's Marseille airport says closing due to nearby wildfire 08 Jul 2025 - 05:09 pm
This general view shows the Terminal 1 building at Marseille Provence airport in Marseille, southern France on June 14, 2024. Photo by Jérémy PAOLONI / AFP
Bulgaria becomes 21st member to adopt euro after EU green light 08 Jul 2025 - 03:40 pm
A woman holds an umbrella to protect herself from the rain, as she a walks in front of a currency exchange office in Sofia on May 30, 2025. (Photo by Nikolay Doychinov / AFP)
Acropolis shuts, outdoor work halted as heatwave scorches Greece 08 Jul 2025 - 01:57 pm
Tourists walk in front of the Parthenon Temple as they visit the Acropolis archaeological site in Athens on June 14, 2023. Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP
Red Cross warns Gaza health system overwhelmed by casualties at aid distributions 08 Jul 2025 - 01:14 pm
A Palestinian child holds a stuffed animal while standing at a school sheltering displaced Palestinians which was hit by an Israeli strike in the Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 8, 2025. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP
Bee swarm invades IndiGo airliner, delays flight 08 Jul 2025 - 12:28 pm
Screengrab from circulating social media posts
Vietnamese worker in South Korea dies on first day at work, presumably due to heat 08 Jul 2025 - 12:02 pm
Photo credit: The Korea Herald
Texas flood toll passes 100 as more bodies recovered 08 Jul 2025 - 11:30 am
People hold up candles as they take part in a vigil for the victims of the floods over Fourth of July weekend, at Travis Park, in San Antonio, Texas, on July 7, 2025. Photo by Ronaldo Schemidt/ AFP