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Millions travel across China as national holiday kicks off 29 Sep 2023 - 01:45 pm
Passengers arrive at Beijing railway station on the first day of peak travel ahead of the National Day holidays in China's capital city on September 29, 2023. Photo by Jade GAO / AFP
Teen bailed in UK after 'Robin Hood tree' cut down 29 Sep 2023 - 01:39 pm
An aerial view shows the felled Sycamore Gap tree, along Hadrian's Wall, near Hexham, northern England on September 28, 2023. Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP
Philippines vows to remove future barriers at disputed reef 29 Sep 2023 - 01:34 pm
This photo taken on September 28, 2023 shows an aerial view of the mouth of the Chinese-controlled Scarborough Shoal, seen without any barriers obstructing the passageway, as Chinese coast guard ships (top L) are seen anchored inside the lagoon of the Chinese-controlled Scarborough Shoal during a maritime surveillance flight by the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) over disputed waters of the South China Sea. Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP
UK economy stronger than thought in first quarter: data 29 Sep 2023 - 12:21 pm
Pedestrians shelter from the rain beneath umbrellas while walking past the London landmark, the London Eye, from Embankment by the River Thames, in central London, on August 18, 2023 on a gloomy summer's day. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
Indonesia plans Bali light rail to ease congestion: minister 29 Sep 2023 - 11:42 am
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Teen in court after schoolgirl becomes latest UK knife victim 29 Sep 2023 - 10:39 am
A Police forensic officer works inside a police cordon outside the Whitgift Centre on Wellesley Road in Croydon, south London, on September 28, 2023, following the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old girl on her way to school on Wednesday. Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
Soldier back in US after release by North Korea 28 Sep 2023 - 11:25 pm
In this photo taken in Seoul on August 16, 2023, a man walks past a television showing a news broadcast featuring a photo of US soldier Travis King (centre), who ran across the border into North Korea while part of a tour group visiting the Demilitarized Zone on South Korea's border on July 18. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
Republicans make their case for Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing 28 Sep 2023 - 10:38 pm
Chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer (R-KY) presides over a Committee hearing titled
Tanzania faces power shortages, rationing due to drought 28 Sep 2023 - 08:46 pm
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EU extends right for Ukrainians to stay to 2025 28 Sep 2023 - 07:27 pm
Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska answers the journalists during a Justice and Home affairs Council at the EU headquarters in Brussels on September 28, 2023. (Photo by John Thys / AFP)
Dutch police say fatalities in Rotterdam shooting 28 Sep 2023 - 07:09 pm
Police officers from the special intervention service take part in an operation at the Erasmus MC hospital that has been cordonned off following reports of a shooting, in Rotterdam, on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Sem van der Wal / ANP / AFP)
Croatia registers sharp increase in illegal migrants 28 Sep 2023 - 05:22 pm
Tourists walk in a street before sunset in Split, Croatia, on September 27, 2023. (Photo by Denis Lovrovic / AFP)
One of Britain's most famous trees 'deliberately felled' 28 Sep 2023 - 02:37 pm
A man views a section of Hadrian's Wall near the wall's milecastle 39 known as Sycamore Gap near Hexham, northern England, on January 19, 2022. Photo by OLI SCARFF / AFP
Distress call to BBC reporter leads to rescue of 6 women from a refrigerated food truck in France 28 Sep 2023 - 02:34 pm
Peninsula
Grief, anger at Iraq mass for victims of wedding fire 28 Sep 2023 - 11:57 am
Mourners attend a mass for the victims of the wedding hall fire at a church in Qaraqosh, also known as Hamdaniyah, on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Zaid Al-Obeidi / AFP)
Hundreds rescued as new storm pummels Greece 28 Sep 2023 - 10:26 am
Peninsula
Two 'catastrophic' years melt away 10% of Swiss glacier volume: study 28 Sep 2023 - 10:20 am
(Files) A photograph taken on August 24, 2023 above Gletsch, in the Swiss Alps shows tourists taking a picture of the Rhone Glacier and its glacial lake due to the melting of the glacier. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
Large blast near Tashkent airport causes multiple injuries 28 Sep 2023 - 09:47 am
Rescuers work as smoke stills rising on September 28, 2023 at the site of an explosion at a warehouse near the airport in Tashkent that caused multiple injuries (Photo by Temur Ismailov / AFP)