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China evacuates 127,000 people as heavy rains lash Guangdong - Xinhua 01 Sep 2018 - 01:30 pm
Vegetable greenhouses that were damaged after a flood caused by typhoon Rumbia hit the area are pictured in Shouguang in China's eastern Shandong province on August 31, 2018. typhoon Rumbia left at least 24 dead and 3 missing in Shandong, according to loc
Blast strikes north Syria town 01 Sep 2018 - 01:17 pm
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Mauritanians vote in last election before key presidential ballot 01 Sep 2018 - 01:13 pm
In this file photo taken on July 2, 2018 Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (L) meet as they arrive for the African Union (AU) summit in Nouakchott.  / AFP / POOL / Ludovic MARIN
Indonesia to bid for 2032 Olympics: President 01 Sep 2018 - 12:16 pm
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Bogor, West Java on August 31, 2018. / AFP / SONNY TUMBELAKA
Lawmaker critical of President Museveni flies out of Uganda - lawyers 01 Sep 2018 - 11:48 am
Ugandan singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi (C), better known as Bobi Wine, reacts as he gets into an ambulance after being released on bail at The High Court in Gulu, northern Uganda, on August 27, 2018.  / AFP / Stringer
One dead, 18 injured as plane catches fire in Russia 01 Sep 2018 - 11:23 am
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US ends funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency 01 Sep 2018 - 10:57 am
Children return to school at an establishment run by United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on August 29, 2018, on the first day of classes after the summer holidays. AFP / J
California approves measure to pass on wildfire costs 01 Sep 2018 - 09:53 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 3, 2018 flames estimated by firefighters to be 60-80 metres in height (200-260 feet), engulf a ridge as the River fire again threatens the town of Lakeport, California.  AFP / Mark Ralston
Explosion and fire in German refinery, eight injured: police 01 Sep 2018 - 09:49 am
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Bush, Obama to eulogize McCain at US senator's final farewell 01 Sep 2018 - 09:41 am
Members of the public leave the U.S. Capitol after paying their respects to the late-Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as his casket lies in state during a memorial service in his honor at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, August 31, 2018 in Washington, DC. Justin S
At Gaza protests, medical workers face great danger 01 Sep 2018 - 08:56 am
Paramedics help a female health officer who was injured as Israeli forces intervene to disperse Palestinian protestors on the 23rd Friday near Gaza-Israel border in Rafah, Gaza on August 31, 2018. ( Abed Rahim Khatib - Anadolu Agency )
Attack on Idlib would be ‘disaster', says Turkish FM 01 Sep 2018 - 02:33 am
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John McCain's mother, 106, stoic at son's memorial service 31 Aug 2018 - 10:02 pm
Roberta McCain, mother of the late US Senator John McCain, waits for the arrival of her son's casket during a ceremony inside the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, August 31, 2018 in Washington, DC.  Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP
60% of Americans disapprove of Trump job performance 31 Aug 2018 - 09:09 pm
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US accuses China of `super aggressive` spy campaign on LinkedIn 31 Aug 2018 - 06:53 pm
Small toy figures are seen in the backdrop of Linkedin logo in this illustration picture, August 30, 2018. Reuters/Dado Ruvic
Merkel's Africa tour arrives in Ghana as migration a concern 31 Aug 2018 - 02:50 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is welcomed by Ghana's Vice President Bawumia at the Jubilee Airport in Accra, Ghana August 30, 2018. Reuters/Francis Kokoroko
British PM wraps up Africa tour with post-Brexit trade promises 31 Aug 2018 - 02:15 am
British Prime Minister Theresa May addresses a joint press conference with the Kenyan President at the State House in Nairobi on August 30, 2018.  AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba
Canada, US push toward NAFTA deal by Friday 31 Aug 2018 - 02:15 am
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