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Namibia sees 45 pct drop in wildlife crime as gov't steps up anti-poaching efforts 09 May 2025 - 05:44 pm
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Ethiopia to plant 5 mln indigenous species for biodiversity conservation 09 May 2025 - 05:39 pm
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Cricket's India Premier League suspended for one week over India-Pakistan conflict 09 May 2025 - 05:13 pm
A cricket fan stands outside the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on May 9, 2025, after the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament was suspended for a week following the cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP.
Humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza nearly impossible without UNRWA: Spokesperson 09 May 2025 - 03:13 pm
A Palestinian boy salvages bread from a makeshift bakery hit in Israeli strikes at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on May 8, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Building collapse kills nine in Moroccan city of Fez 09 May 2025 - 02:43 pm
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Germany's Merz urges EU to scrap green business rules 09 May 2025 - 02:39 pm
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gives a joint press conference with the European Commission president at the EU headquarters in Brussels on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)
China cracks down on smuggling to enforce rare earth export controls 09 May 2025 - 01:56 pm
Shipping containers are stacked at a port in Shanghai on May 9, 2025. Photo by AFP
Pope Leo XIV says Church must illuminate 'dark nights of this world' 09 May 2025 - 01:41 pm
This photo taken and handout on May 9, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV during a mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel in The Vatican. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)
Two men found guilty of chopping down iconic UK tree 09 May 2025 - 01:34 pm
 Daniel Graham (L), and Adam Carruthers, wearing face-coverings, arrive at Newcastle Magistrates' Court in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, north east England on May 15, 2024, where they face two counts of criminal damage following the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, in September 2023. Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP
Denmark's Queen Margrethe expected to leave hospital this weekend 09 May 2025 - 12:32 pm
A TV camera is set near the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen on May 8, 2025. Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP
North Korea fires flurry of short-range ballistic missiles 09 May 2025 - 10:09 am
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul, yesterday. (AFP)
Trump calls for 'unconditional' 30-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire 09 May 2025 - 12:26 am
US President Donald Trump takes questions outside the West Wing of White House in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2025. (Photo by Jim Watson / AFP)
US stocks rise after Trump announces UK trade deal 08 May 2025 - 11:59 pm
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 07, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images via AFP)
UN slashes aid goals in DR Congo due to money woes 08 May 2025 - 11:32 pm
A man carries a window torn from a house during demolition in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 8, 2025. (Photo by Glody Murhabazi / AFP)
Pakistan PM talks India tensions with US State Secretary 08 May 2025 - 10:39 pm
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US wants to deport African migrants to Equatorial Guinea: VP 08 May 2025 - 09:48 pm
File photo: Silhouettes of migrants. (Photo by Jens Schlueter / AFP)
Trump says election of Pope Leo XIV 'great honor' for US 08 May 2025 - 09:31 pm
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana Fabi / AFP)
Conclave elects American Robert Prevost as new pope, will take the name Pope Leo XIV 08 May 2025 - 08:35 pm
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd from the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana Fabi / AFP)