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UK annual inflation drops to 15-month low 16 Aug 2023 - 01:11 pm
A customer looks at some vegetables at the Asda supermarket, in Amesbury, England, on August 15, 2023. Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
Push to free chained elephants at Hanoi zoo 16 Aug 2023 - 12:43 pm
An elephant with a shackled leg is pictured at the Hanoi Zoo in Hanoi on August 16, 2023. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen / AFP)
European heat wave expands as French citizens told to stay home 16 Aug 2023 - 12:29 pm
A woman sits in the shade of a tree to protect herself from the sun during a heatwave in Lyon on August 15, 2023. Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP
Hawaii wildfire toll tops 100 16 Aug 2023 - 11:49 am
The charred frame of a house is seen among the ashes of a burnt neighborhood in the aftermath of a wildfire, in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 14, 2023. Photos by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP
Tourist arrivals to Japan recover to 78% of pre-pandemic levels 16 Aug 2023 - 11:26 am
Pedestrians commute outside Shinjuku station during the evening hour of Tokyo on August 14, 2023. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
Indian wrestler Phogat out of Asian Games with injury 16 Aug 2023 - 11:12 am
Peninsula
Biden pledges to go to fire-hit Hawaii as soon as possible 15 Aug 2023 - 11:07 pm
US President Joe Biden arrives at Milwaukee International Airport Air National Guard Base in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 15, 2023. President Biden is in Milwaukee to tour and speak about Bidenomics at Ingeteam Inc., which specializes electric power conversion. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Georgia landslide death toll climbs to at least 26 15 Aug 2023 - 09:54 pm
Peninsula
Paraguay's new president sworn in 15 Aug 2023 - 09:33 pm
Paraguay's new President Santiago Pena and his wife First Lady Leticia Ocampos wave at supporters after being sworn in, in Asuncion on August 15, 2023. (Photo by Daniel Duarte / AFP)
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)
Forex traders prepare for Rand swings ahead of South African 2024 Elections 15 Aug 2023 - 05:54 pm
File photo: South African rand coins are seen in this photo illustration taken September 9, 2015. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
Nigeria inflation quickens more than expected on transport costs, food prices 15 Aug 2023 - 05:43 pm
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Sri Lanka lifts import ban on buses, trucks 15 Aug 2023 - 05:39 pm
Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters file photo.
25 dead after Myanmar jade mine landslide 15 Aug 2023 - 05:28 pm
This photo taken on August 13, 2023 and received courtesy of Tarlin Mg via Facebook on August 14 shows people looking at the site of a deadly landslide at an unregulated jade mine near northern Kachin's Hpakant township. (Photo by Tarlin MG / UGC / AFP) 
Sri Lanka scraps $3.85 billion foreign-funded oil refinery 15 Aug 2023 - 05:15 pm
Sri Lanka's Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera speaks during a press conference in Colombo on August 15, 2023. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
Afghanistan's Taliban govt marks two years since return to power 15 Aug 2023 - 04:43 pm
Taliban security personnel ride on vehicles as they celebrate the second anniversary of their takeover in Herat on August 15, 2023. (Photo by Mohsen Karimi / AFP)
Clashes in Libya capital kill two and shut airport 15 Aug 2023 - 04:21 pm
Smoke billows amid clashes between armed groups affiliated with Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) in the Libyan capital on August 15, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP)