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AI and iPhones likely stars of Apple event 09 Sep 2025 - 03:33 pm
File photo of iPhone 16
WHO backs weight-loss drugs, urges cheap generics 09 Sep 2025 - 02:42 pm
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Ethiopia inaugurates Africa's biggest dam 09 Sep 2025 - 02:08 pm
A general view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) ahead of its official inauguration ceremony in Guba, on September 9, 2025. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)
Nepal PM resigns after deadly protests sparked by social media ban 09 Sep 2025 - 01:04 pm
A fire burns as demonstrators gather on a road during a protest to condemn the police's deadly crackdown on demonstrators in Kathmandu on September 9, 2025. (Photo by Prabin Ranabhat / AFP)
Major social media sites back online in Nepal after deadly protests 09 Sep 2025 - 07:55 am
An aerial view shows demonstrators gathered outside Nepal's Parliament (top) during a protest in Kathmandu on September 8, 2025. (Photo by Prabin Ranabhat / AFP)
Kenya pins hope on astronomy to boost tourist numbers 09 Sep 2025 - 12:10 am
This double-exposure photo shows a view of lunar eclipse in the sky over Nairobi, Kenya, on September 7, 2025 . (Xinhua/Yang Guang)
Macron scrambles to find new French PM after Bayrou ousted 08 Sep 2025 - 11:57 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron / Photo: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
Russia says eliminated 1,065 Ukrainian soldiers, downed 198 drones 08 Sep 2025 - 10:19 pm
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Ballistic missile used in Russia attack on Kyiv govt building 08 Sep 2025 - 10:15 pm
Ukrainian rescuers work on the premises of the Ukrainian government building damaged the previous day during a massive Russian air strike, in Kyiv on September 8, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Genya Savilov / AFP)
Maduro deploys 25,000 troops to Venezuela borders 08 Sep 2025 - 09:50 pm
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addresses a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sept. 1, 2025. (Photo by Marcos Salgado/Xinhua)
UN nuclear watchdog says hopes for inspections deal with Iran soon 08 Sep 2025 - 09:48 pm
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi addresses journalists after the Board of Governors meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria on September 8, 2025. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)
Italy's MPS bank takes over rival Mediobanca: local media 08 Sep 2025 - 09:33 pm
The main entrance of the Monte dei Paschi bank headquarters is seen in Siena, Italy, March 13, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo
Prince Harry pays respects at grandmother's grave 08 Sep 2025 - 09:30 pm
Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, poses with previous WellChild award recipients (back L-R) Em Subinger, Evie Toombes and Dylan Bleach, and Ruky Anighoro (2L) with his mother Ufuoma, and Rhea Talwar (R) with her mother Purabi at the annual WellChild Awards in London on September 8, 2025. (Photo by Aaron Chown / POOL / AFP)
Trump hails cancelation of award ceremony for Tom Hanks 08 Sep 2025 - 08:43 pm
File photo: US President Joe Biden, with actor Tom Hanks and his wife, the actress and musician Rita Wilson, at the White House in 2023. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
Sri Lanka rejects call for foreign war crimes probe 08 Sep 2025 - 08:23 pm
File: Sri Lanka's president and National People's Power (NPP) party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake addresses his supporters during a rally for parliamentary elections in Colombo on November 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Spain, Israel spar after Madrid moves 'to stop Gaza genocide' 08 Sep 2025 - 08:14 pm
This handout photo taken on September 8, 2025 and provided by the Moncloa Palace shows Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announcing several measures including an arms embargo on Israel and a ban on ships carrying fuel for Israeli military personnel from docking in Spanish ports, to
At least 17 killed in Nepal protest over social media ban, corruption 08 Sep 2025 - 07:58 pm
Demonstrators carry an injured victim (C) during a protest outside the Parliament in Kathmandu on September 8, 2025, held to condemn the government over social media prohibitions and corruption. (Photo by Prabin RANABHAT / AFP)
London subway strikes ongoing, severely hit traffic 08 Sep 2025 - 07:02 pm
This photo taken on Sept. 8, 2025 shows the locked entrance gate of Baker Street Station on the London Underground with a notices of strike posted inside the station in London, Britain. (Xinhua/Wu Lu)