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EU climate czar Frans Timmermans quits job to lead center-left coalition in Dutch elections 22 Aug 2023 - 06:50 pm
Source: Twitter/@TimmermansEU
Trump surrender to overshadow Republican debate 22 Aug 2023 - 06:27 pm
File photo: US President Donald Trump arrives to announce a new immigration proposal, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on May 16, 2019. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
African Union suspends Niger over coup as 12 troops die in new attack 22 Aug 2023 - 06:22 pm
The logo of the African Union (AU) is seen at the entrance of the AU headquarters on March 13, 2019, in Addis Ababa. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)
UK charges former OPEC president with bribery 22 Aug 2023 - 06:03 pm
File photo: Diezani Alison-Madueke, then Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum Resources and Alternate President of the OPEC Conference, speaks to journalists prior to the start of a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at their headquarters in Vienna on June 11, 2014. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)
First children rescued from cable car dangling over Pakistan ravine 22 Aug 2023 - 05:27 pm
People watch as an army soldier slings down from a helicopter during a rescue mission to recover students stuck in a chairlift in Pashto village of mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on August 22, 2023. (Photo by AFP) 
Balkan leaders sign declaration supporting Ukraine 22 Aug 2023 - 05:22 pm
(Front row L-R) President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, European Council President Charles Michel, President of Moldova Maia Sandu, President of Montenegro Jakov Milatovic, (Back row L-R) President of Romania Marcel Ciolacu, Prime Minister of North Macedonia Dimitar Kovacevski, Prime Minister of Croatia Andrej Plenkovic, Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti, Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Borjana Kristo and Prime Minister of Bulgaria Nikolai Denkov pose for a family photo outside the Maximos mansion in Athens, on August 21, 2023, during an informal meeting of Balkan leaders with top European Union officials. (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP)
North Korea restarts international flights after 3 years 22 Aug 2023 - 05:00 pm
An Air Koryo plane is seen at Beijing Capital Airport on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)
China ramps up fight with Yuan bears to stop selloff spiraling 22 Aug 2023 - 04:47 pm
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Hong Kong to curb some Japan food imports over Fukushima water release 22 Aug 2023 - 03:08 pm
Customers look at the takeaway menu in a Japanese Sushi restaurant in Hong Kong on August 22, 2023. Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP
Spanish firefighters gain upper hand against Tenerife fire 22 Aug 2023 - 03:02 pm
A hydroplane drops water in the area of Guilmar over a huge wildfire raging through forested areas that surround the Mount Teide volcano natural park, on the Canary island of Tenerife, on August 21, 2023. Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP
Elusive Japanese 'Ninja' bear killed 22 Aug 2023 - 01:08 pm
Greece fights wild fires as heat blankets southern Europe 22 Aug 2023 - 12:52 pm
A photo shows flames burning vegetation during a wildfire near Prodromos, 100km northeast from Athens, on August 21, 2023. Photo by Spyros BAKALIS / AFP
Russia says Ukrainian boat destroyed in new Black Sea clash 22 Aug 2023 - 11:51 am
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Philippines says resupply mission reaches remote South China Sea outpost 22 Aug 2023 - 11:47 am
Footage of a Chinese Coast Guard ship using a water cannon against a Filipino resupply vessel is shown during a press conference at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila on August 7, 2023. Photo by Ezra Acayan / POOL / AFP
Mountaineers urged to delay Mont Blanc climbs amid Alps heatwave 22 Aug 2023 - 11:42 am
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Japan to release water from stricken Fukushima nuclear plant 22 Aug 2023 - 11:16 am
This photo taken on November 7, 2022 shows treated water tanks lined up on the site of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Six children among 8 people trapped in Pakistan cable car 22 Aug 2023 - 11:08 am
photo source: social media
Arab League welcomes Libya's central bank reunification 21 Aug 2023 - 10:59 pm
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