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Trump's administration moves to scrap artificial food dyes 23 Apr 2025 - 07:36 pm
In this photo illustration, a Takis Blue Heat bag is seen on a table on April 23, 2025 in New York City. Photo illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
South Africa sees first drop in inflation in 5 months 23 Apr 2025 - 06:46 pm
Aerial view of Johannesburg. File photo for representational purposes only.
Africa food security programme to lose $40m in USAID funding 23 Apr 2025 - 06:36 pm
View of the logo of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at its office in Tegucigalpa taken on February 6, 2025. Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP
Trump Jr. to visit S. Korea next week as trade war rumbles on 23 Apr 2025 - 06:08 pm
An elderly woman walks in the Dongmyo Flea Market in Seoul on April 15, 2025. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Suspected Kenya ant smugglers to be sentenced in May 23 Apr 2025 - 05:52 pm
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Gaza rescuers recover charred bodies as Israeli strikes kill 17 23 Apr 2025 - 05:16 pm
A Palestinian man stand over covered bodies, killed in an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter, at the morgue of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on April 23, 2025. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Dutch court lifts protection for foreigners who fled Ukraine 23 Apr 2025 - 05:08 pm
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Philippines declares four days of national mourning for pope 23 Apr 2025 - 04:39 pm
This photo shows the Philippine national flag flying at half-mast at the city hall in Tacloban City, province of Leyte on April 22, 2025, a day after the death of Pope Francis. Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP
Peruvian John Kennedy stages dramatic jailbreak 23 Apr 2025 - 03:49 pm
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What we know ahead of Pope Francis's funeral 23 Apr 2025 - 02:49 pm
Pilgrims and visitors queue at St Peter's Square to enter the St Peter's Basilica and pay respects to the late Pope in the Vatican on April 23, 2025. Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP
Powerful 6.2-magnitude quake hits off Istanbul coast 23 Apr 2025 - 02:30 pm
Local residents wait in a street in Istanbul on April 23, 2025, following an initial quake at 12:49 pm (0949 GMT) followed by three others of with magnitudes of 4.4 to 4.9. Photo by KEMAL ASLAN / AFP
Thailand to test disaster alerts after quake criticism 23 Apr 2025 - 02:22 pm
Heavy construction equipment is used by rescue teams trying to find people trapped in the rubble at the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok on March 29, 2025. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana / AFP)
EU slaps fines on Apple and Meta, risking Trump fury 23 Apr 2025 - 02:02 pm
This picture taken on April 27, 2023 in Toulouse, southwestern France, shows a screen displaying the Meta logo and the European flag. Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP
Veteran Chinese astronaut to lead fresh crew to space station 23 Apr 2025 - 01:00 pm
The Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-20 spaceship, is seen encased in blue scaffolding on the launch pad a day before the launch of the Shenzhou-20 mission, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in northwest China on April 23, 2025. Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP
India hunts gunmen who massacred 26 in Kashmir tourist hotspot 23 Apr 2025 - 09:34 am
An Indian paramilitary serviceman keeps watch in Pahalgam, south of Srinagar on April 23, 2025, following an attack. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)
Trump says won't fire Fed chief, signals China tariffs will come down 23 Apr 2025 - 08:23 am
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he participates in the swearing-in ceremony for Paul Atkins, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in the Oval Office of the White House on Washington, DC, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP)
Thousands evacuate as fire spreads in US state of New Jersey 23 Apr 2025 - 08:07 am
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The world leaders set to attend Pope Francis's funeral 22 Apr 2025 - 11:57 pm
A man walks near a picture of the late Pope Francis on a street in Havana on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Yamil Lage / AFP)