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Brazilian authorities are investigating the cause of the fiery plane crash that killed 61 10 Aug 2024 - 11:04 am
Aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 61 people on board in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on August 9, 2024. Photo by Miguel SCHINCARIOL / AFP
'Flying over Berlin' on Europe's highest swing 10 Aug 2024 - 10:53 am
Pascal Vent sways 120m above the rooftops of Berlin, from Europe's highest swing at Alexanderplatz, on July 31, 2024. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
More than 100 martyred in Gaza school bombing 10 Aug 2024 - 09:50 am
A young man mourns over the corpse of a person killed in an Israeli strike on a school used by displaced Palestinians as a temporary shelter in Gaza City on August 10, 2024, that killed more than 90 people. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Fears of violence greet return of English football season 10 Aug 2024 - 09:03 am
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) speaks with Commander Ben Russell besides CCTV screens in the Engineering Suite in the Metropolitan Police Command and Control Special Operations Room at Lambeth Police Headquarters in London on August 9, 2024. Photo by Toby Melville / POOL / AFP
Japanese urged to avoid panic-buying as megaquake fears spead 10 Aug 2024 - 08:56 am
Customers walk by the entrance of a supermarket as signs written
No survivors as plane with 62 aboard crashes in Brazil 10 Aug 2024 - 12:10 am
Emergency personnel arrive at the entrance of Recanto Florido Condominium, where an airplane crashed in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on August 9, 2024. (Photo by Nelson Almeida / AFP)
Saudi Arabia welcomes joint statement by leaders of Qatar, Egypt, US on Gaza 09 Aug 2024 - 11:58 pm
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Plane with 62 people aboard crashes in fiery wreck in Brazil's Sao Paulo state 09 Aug 2024 - 09:25 pm
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Oman welcomes joint statement from Qatar, Egypt, US on Gaza ceasefire 09 Aug 2024 - 09:12 pm
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Global and regional support for joint Qatar, Egypt, US Gaza ceasefire efforts 09 Aug 2024 - 09:00 pm
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US stocks edge lower at end of rollercoaster week 09 Aug 2024 - 05:14 pm
People take pictures at the Wall Street Bull on August 08, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Flooding restricts aid to areas of Sudan facing famine, UN says 09 Aug 2024 - 04:46 pm
This picture shows the destruction following heavy rains in Abu Hamad, in Sudan's River Nile state, some 400 kilometres (nearly 250 miles) north of Khartoum, on August 7, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Two Sri Lankan ministers sacked over defection 09 Aug 2024 - 04:02 pm
Sri Lanka's tourism minister Harin Fernando and labour minister Manusha Nanayakkara (L) attend a press conference in Colombo on August 9, 2024, shortly after they were sacked over defection. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Former African football supremo Issa Hayatou dead at 78 09 Aug 2024 - 03:40 pm
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Lebanon announces support to joint Qatari, Egyptian, American statement on Gaza ceasefire 09 Aug 2024 - 03:00 pm
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Bus collision in Turkiye kills 9 people 09 Aug 2024 - 01:18 pm
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UN adopts first treaty targeting cybercrime after 3 years of negotiations 09 Aug 2024 - 12:57 pm
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Spanish judge demands explanations over Puigdemont's escape 09 Aug 2024 - 12:27 pm
Catalonia's exiled separatist leader Carles Puigdemont (C) arrives with his lawyer Gonzalo Boye (R) and Junts per Catalunya's General Secretary Jordi Turull (3rd-L) as his hardline separatist JxCAT party has scheduled a welcome ceremony, ahead of an investiture vote at the Parliament of Catalonia, in Barcelona on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Cesar Manso / AFP)