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India's central bank holds rates as food prices soar 10 Aug 2023 - 09:25 am
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is seen at the RBI headquarters in Mumbai on August 10, 2023. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
Pakistan's parliament dissolved to pave way for elections as Imran Khan seeks release from prison 09 Aug 2023 - 10:42 pm
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (3L in front row) poses for a photograph with parliamentarians after current last session of National Assembly outside the parliament house building in Islamabad on August 9, 2023. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
Covid-19 hospitalizations are rising, fueled by heat and waning protection 09 Aug 2023 - 07:22 pm
Pat Hill, who has long-covid symptoms, receives acupuncture treatment from Gayla Marie Stiles at University Hospitals Connor Whole Health in Rocky River, Ohio. The Washington Post/Da'Shaunae Marisa.
US sanctions 3 Mexicans allegedly tied to the fentanyl trade 09 Aug 2023 - 07:11 pm
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Tropical forest nations seek climate plan in Brazil 09 Aug 2023 - 06:46 pm
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the Amazon Summit at the Hangar Convention Centre in Belem, Para State, Brazil, on August 9, 2023. (Photo by Evaristo SA / AFP)
American nurse and her young daughter freed, nearly two weeks after abduction in Haiti 09 Aug 2023 - 06:18 pm
(FILES) This undated handout photograph provided by El Roi Haiti on July 31, 2023 shows Alix Dorsainvil with her husband Sandro Dorsainvil, founder and director of El Roi Academy & Institution Mixte. (Photo by Handout / El Roi / AFP)
YouTuber MrBeast sued by partner after criticizing MrBeast burgers 09 Aug 2023 - 03:31 pm
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Record heat warning as forest fires rage in Spain and Portugal 09 Aug 2023 - 03:16 pm
Personnel of the Protection and Relief Intervention Group (GIPS) specialised in combating forest fires, arrive to battle a wildfire in Reguengo, Portalegre district, south of Portugal, on August 8, 2023. Photo by Patricia DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP
She invited four people over for lunch; a week later, three were dead 09 Aug 2023 - 03:05 pm
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Finnish man places 12kg dynamite in a friend's vehicles as a joke 09 Aug 2023 - 02:55 pm
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UK young adults ‘give up on property’ to live with parents later in life 09 Aug 2023 - 02:45 pm
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Rail workers suspended after deadly Pakistan train crash 09 Aug 2023 - 01:55 pm
Workers repair a damaged track, a day after the derailment of a passenger train in Nawabshah on August 7, 2023. Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP
Philippines says unaware of deal with China over disputed reef 09 Aug 2023 - 01:49 pm
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
French authorities say 11 missing after fire in holiday home for people with disabilities 09 Aug 2023 - 11:36 am
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire which erupted at a home for disabled people in Wintzenheim near Colmar, eastern France, on August 9, 2023. Photo by Sebastien BOZON / AFP
33 dead, 18 still missing after record Beijing rains 09 Aug 2023 - 11:31 am
A tricycle covered with mud is seen by a villager house in the aftermath of flooding from heavy rains in Zhuozhou city, in northern China Hebei province on August 9, 2023. Photo by Jade Gao / AFP
Europe cuts back on firefighters even as blazes ravage continent 09 Aug 2023 - 11:23 am
Personnel of the Protection and Relief Intervention Group (GIPS) specialised in combating forest fires, arrive to battle a wildfire in Reguengo, Portalegre district, south of Portugal, on August 8, 2023. (Photo by Patricia De Melo Moreira / AFP)
El Nino could imperil Australia's Great Barrier Reef 09 Aug 2023 - 11:14 am
This picture taken on March 7, 2022 shows the current condition of the coral on the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland. Photo by Glenn NICHOLLS / AFP
Uvalde shooter's cousin is arrested over making a school shooting threat, court records say 08 Aug 2023 - 09:57 pm
File photo: Families arrive at Uvalde Elementary School for a Meet the Teacher event before the start of the new school year following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. August 30, 2022. REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona