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35 dead after blast at Russian fuel station 15 Aug 2023 - 08:02 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by Russian Emergency Ministry on August 14, 2023, shows rescuers pushing out a fire at a gas station in the city of Makhachkala. (Photo by Handout / Russian Emergency Ministry / AFP)
Russia launches test phase for digital ruble 15 Aug 2023 - 07:54 pm
This photograph taken on August 15, 2023, shows the logo of a new Russian digital ruble displaying on the laptop screen in Moscow. (Photo by Sergei Gapon / AFP)
Sweden to donate ammo, spare parts worth $300 million to Ukraine 15 Aug 2023 - 02:53 pm
A view taken through a shattered window pane shows the crater of a missile that fell between residential buildings and a kindergarten in the city of Lviv, western Ukraine, on August 15, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP
American tourists found sleeping it off atop Eiffel Tower 15 Aug 2023 - 01:49 pm
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UK unemployment rises to 4.2 percent: official data 15 Aug 2023 - 11:46 am
A man, reflected in a building, walks on the Southbank of the River Thames, with London Bridge on the background , central London, on August 14, 2023. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
French fire near Spanish border contained but dangerous: officials 15 Aug 2023 - 11:36 am
A firefighter puts out fires after the blaze that ravaged the commune of Saint-André, Pyrénées-Orientales, France on August 15, 2023. Photo by RAYMOND ROIG / AFP
27 killed in petrol station fire in Russia's Dagestan 15 Aug 2023 - 10:01 am
This handout photograph taken and released by Russian Emergency Ministry on August 14, 2023, shows rescuers pushing out a fire at a gas station in the city of Makhachkala. Photo by Handout / RUSSIAN EMERGENCY MINISTRY / AFP
Italy's clam farmers fear blue crab 'invasion' 15 Aug 2023 - 09:23 am
Picture of a dish of pasta with blue crab meat harvested in the Scardovari lagoon, taken at Chef Luca Faraon's holiday farm restaurant in Eraclea, near Venice, Italy on August 11, 2023. (Photo by Piero Cruciatti / AFP)
Latvian Prime Minister announces resignation 14 Aug 2023 - 07:25 pm
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Germany stands by Ukraine, says minister in surprise Kyiv visit 14 Aug 2023 - 05:22 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Emergency Service on August 14, 2023, shows rescuers pushing out a fire in a supermarket after a night strike in Odesa on August 14, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE / AFP)
Sweden calls for vigilance abroad after Quran desecrations and protests 14 Aug 2023 - 04:47 pm
File Photo: People take part in a demonstration in Karachi on July 2, 2023, as they protest against the burning of the Holy Quran outside a Stockholm Mosque that outraged Muslims around the world. (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum / AFP)
Railway bridge in Norway collapses after last week's torrential rain 14 Aug 2023 - 03:33 pm
A photo taken on August 14, 2023 shows the railway bridge over the Gudbrandsdalslagen river in Ringebu, Norway after the bridge collapsed. Photo by Lars SKJEGGESTAD KLEVEN / NTB / AFP
BBC sells historic Maida Vale Studios 14 Aug 2023 - 03:13 pm
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France probes false bomb threats at Eiffel Tower 14 Aug 2023 - 12:36 pm
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Heat builds in Germany this week as Iberia finally gets cooler 14 Aug 2023 - 12:02 pm
A man ride bicycle along the Main river embankment during a sunny day in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on August 10, 2023. Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
German finance minister in surprise visit to Kyiv 14 Aug 2023 - 11:09 am
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Etna eruption forces closure of Sicily's Catania airport 14 Aug 2023 - 10:25 am
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Three killed in building fire in French Riviera city 13 Aug 2023 - 11:21 am
This photograph shows the burnt facade of a five-storey building in the historic centre of Grasse, on August 13, 2023. (Photo by Vincent-Xavier Morvan / AFP)

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The General Authority of Civil Aviation signs the final concession agreements for the investment in the development and operations of Damascus International Airport with an international consortium led by Qatar’s UCC Holding