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Football and falls as first humanoid robot games launch in China 16 Aug 2025 - 10:32 am
Robots compete in a 5x5 football match during the World Humanoid robots games in Beijing on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
Pakistan monsoon death toll rises to over 320 in past 48 hours: Authorities 16 Aug 2025 - 09:47 am
Onlookers gather near a destroyed bridge after flash floods on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad Qayyum / AFP)
Sabalenka and Gauff crash out in Cincinnati as Alcaraz survives to reach semis 16 Aug 2025 - 09:24 am
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain plays a backhand during the match against Andrey Rublev during Day 9 of the Cincinnati Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 15, 2025 in Mason, Ohio. Dylan Buell/Getty Images/AFP
Trump and Putin end summit without Ukraine deal 16 Aug 2025 - 08:33 am
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, US President Donald Trump (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) walk to hold a joint press conference following a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP)
Air Canada set to shut down over flight attendants strike 16 Aug 2025 - 08:19 am
An Air Canada labour dispute sign is seen at the Pierre-Elliot Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Andrej Ivanov / AFP)
31 Arab, Islamic countries, Arab League, OIC, GCC condemn so-called 'Greater Israel Vision' 16 Aug 2025 - 01:59 am
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Liverpool honour Jota in emotional Premier League curtain-raiser 16 Aug 2025 - 12:21 am
Liverpool's fans hold up cards to create a mosaic as they pay tribute to Liverpool's late Portuguese forward Diogo Jota who passed away in a car crash ahead of the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Bournemouth at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Paul Ellis / AFP)
Australia opens facility to protect 13 million biodiversity specimens 15 Aug 2025 - 11:59 pm
This file photo taken on August 28, 2015 shows bird specimens as part of the Australian National Wildlife Collection in Canberra, capital of Australia. (CSIRO/Handout via Xinhua)
Monsoon rains kill 200 in northern Pakistan 15 Aug 2025 - 11:40 pm
People gathered at the site of a flashflood in Salarzai Tehsil of Pakistan's Bajaur district on August 15, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
ALECSO issues English version of AI Ethics Code 15 Aug 2025 - 11:21 pm
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Ethiopia's famous fossils of Lucy, Selam to be displayed in Czech Republic 15 Aug 2025 - 11:18 pm
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Vietnamese rice grower helps tackle Cuba's food shortage 15 Aug 2025 - 11:15 pm
Vietnamese specialists check the quality of grains during the mechanized harvesting at a Vietnamese rice field, in Los Palacios, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, on May 29, 2025. (Photo by Adalberto Roque / AFP)
Putin lands in Alaska; shake hands with Trump ahead of high-stakes summit 15 Aug 2025 - 10:36 pm
US President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Andrew Harnik / Getty Images via AFP)
Trump lands in Alaska for summit with Putin 15 Aug 2025 - 10:20 pm
US President Donald Trump steps off of Air Force One upon arrival at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025.  (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
African leaders adopt Cape Town Declaration to boost water, sanitation investment 15 Aug 2025 - 10:01 pm
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Amir sends congratulations to President of Republic of Korea 15 Aug 2025 - 09:54 pm
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World plastic pollution treaty talks collapse with no deal 15 Aug 2025 - 09:45 pm
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US President announces tariffs on steel, chips soon 15 Aug 2025 - 09:22 pm
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Ghana holds state funeral for helicopter crash victims 15 Aug 2025 - 09:19 pm
A man lays flowers and pays tribute to the victims of a military helicopter crash in Accra, Ghana, on Aug. 9, 2025. (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)
IN PHOTOS: Portugal reports first death from heatwave fires 15 Aug 2025 - 09:08 pm
People use buckets of water to extinguish a wildfire that threatens their house in the Portuguese village of Antas, in Trancoso, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Patricia De Melo Moreira / AFP)