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Fire that closed Heathrow Airport caused by unrepaired transformer 02 Jul 2025 - 11:28 am
An aerial photograph taken on March 21, 2025 shows smoke billowing from a substation supplying power to Heathrow Airport amid efforts to douse the remainder of the flames after a fire broke out in Hayes, west London. (Photo by AFP)
June 2025 was France's second-hottest on record 02 Jul 2025 - 10:51 am
Pedestrians walk along the Canal de l'Ourcq at La Villette park as a heatwave hits Europe, in Paris on June 29, 2025. Photo by Julie SEBADELHA / AFP.
EU to unveil long-delayed 2040 climate target 02 Jul 2025 - 10:24 am
Photo used for representational purposes. The sun rises by the Eiffel Tower and the Sacre Coeur Basilica ontop of the Montmartre hill in Paris on July 1, 2025, as the city is on red alert for high temperatures, with the top of the Eiffel Tower shut, polluting traffic banned and speed restrictions in place as a searing heatwave gripped Europe. Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP.
Trump threatens Japan with up to 35% tariff ahead of deadline 02 Jul 2025 - 10:18 am
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95% of Gaza's farmland no longer usable as Israeli aggression wipes out food production: FAO 01 Jul 2025 - 09:01 pm
A Palestinian boy checks the wreckage of a car at the rubble of a residential house in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on July 1, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Jordanian Foreign Minister stresses urgent need for immediate international action to deliver aid to Gaza 01 Jul 2025 - 07:49 pm
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US Fed must be 'completely non-political': Powell 01 Jul 2025 - 07:19 pm
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, holding up a sheet showing global interest rates and a message from US President Donald Trump to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 30, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Pakistan, India exchange lists of prisoners 01 Jul 2025 - 06:30 pm
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USAID officially shuts down 01 Jul 2025 - 06:17 pm
(FILES) A USAID and American flag fly before Congressional Democrats hold news conference outside of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters in Washington, DC, on February 3, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
Trump says will 'take a look' at deporting Musk 01 Jul 2025 - 05:14 pm
US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the Oval Office before departing the White House in Washington, DC, on the way to Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on March 14, 2025. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP)
Eritrea rearming risks regional destabilisation: US NGO 01 Jul 2025 - 04:55 pm
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World will have to learn to live with heatwaves: UN 01 Jul 2025 - 04:18 pm
A man walks through the water jets of a public fountain as outside temperatures reach 37 degrees celsius in Brussels on July 1, 2025. Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP
Funding shortages force drastic cuts to life saving food assistance: WFP 01 Jul 2025 - 04:00 pm
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Japan had hottest June on record: weather agency 01 Jul 2025 - 03:40 pm
Pedestrians use an umbrella to shelter from the sun as they walk past a digital display (behind) showing a late morning temperature at 34 Centigrade (93.2 F) in the Ginza area of central Tokyo on July 1, 2025. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
End of the line for Britain's royal train 01 Jul 2025 - 02:36 pm
Britain's King Charles III talks with a Member of Royal Company of Archers during the traditional Ceremony of the Keys in the Gardens of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 1, 2025, on the first day of their Majesties The King and Queen's visit to Scotland. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP)
Indian capital bans fuel for old cars in anti-pollution bid 01 Jul 2025 - 01:49 pm
A traffic police personnel and a fuel attendant stand near a notice announcing the ban on refuelling petrol cars older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years, displayed at a gas station in New Delhi on July 1, 2025. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP
Greece starts charging tourist tax on cruises 01 Jul 2025 - 01:10 pm
This file photograph shows a cruise ship arriving at the Greek island of Santorini while tourists on mules head to the village of Fira on July 19, 2024. Photo by ARIS OIKONOMOU / AFP
Singapore anti-scam law allows police to seize bank accounts 01 Jul 2025 - 01:04 pm
This photo shows the Singapore Flyer observation wheel (C) backdropped with the city skyline in Singapore on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)