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Global rice prices hit 15-year high after India curbs: FAO 08 Sep 2023 - 11:29 am
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Philippines condemns Chinese boats' 'illegal' actions in South China Sea 08 Sep 2023 - 11:26 am
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France-Italy road link to reopen Saturday after landslide 08 Sep 2023 - 11:21 am
A truck gets out of the tunnel of the Mont-Blanc from Italy as a car enters on January 12, 2017 in Chamonix Mont-Blanc during the presentation of the new computerized safety control system of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, southeastern France. Photo by JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT / AFP
UK marks first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's death 08 Sep 2023 - 10:36 am
Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attend the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (also known as the Royal Company of Archers) Reddendo Parade in the gardens of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on June 30, 2022. Britain on Friday, September 8, mark the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's death but commemorations will be low-key with no official public events planned. Photo by Jane Barlow / POOL / AFP
Chevron workers on strike at gas plants in Western Australia 08 Sep 2023 - 09:57 am
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Bongo critic named interim PM in post-coup Gabon 07 Sep 2023 - 11:38 pm
File Photo: Gabon's Prime Minister Raymond Ndong Sima speaks during the opening session of the New York Forum Africa in Libreville on June 8, 2012. (Photo by Wilfried Mbinah / AFP)
Russia criticises US Indo-Pacific policy, woos Bangladesh 07 Sep 2023 - 10:43 pm
This handout picture taken and released by the Russian Foreign Ministry shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen in Dhaka on Thursday. (Photo by Handout / Russian foreign ministry / AFP)
French court backs ban on wearing abaya in schools 07 Sep 2023 - 10:14 pm
Women wearing an abaya walk on a bridge in the southwestern city of Toulouse, France. (Photo by Charly Triballeau / AFP)
Hong Kong hit with heavy rain, flooding days after typhoon 07 Sep 2023 - 09:40 pm
A general view of a flooded street after heavy rainstorms triggered a 'Black Rainstorm Warning' from the city's weather observatory, in Hong Kong on September 7, 2023. (Photo by Matt Surrusco / AFP)
Two women to vie for Mexican presidency in 2024 07 Sep 2023 - 09:18 pm
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Biden heads for tense G20 as China, Russia stay away 07 Sep 2023 - 08:29 pm
In this picture taken on September 6, 2023, a sand sculpture created by Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik representing US President Joe Biden's visit to India for the two-day G20 summit is pictured at Puri beach in India's Odisha state. (Photo by AFP)
Europe warns of new, highly mutated Covid strain as cases rise 07 Sep 2023 - 07:13 pm
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Finnish ex-PM Marin quits parliament for advisory role 07 Sep 2023 - 06:31 pm
Former Prime Minister of Finland and member of the Finnish parliament Sanna Marin speaks to journalists at the Finnish parliament in Helsinki, Finland on September 7, 2023. (Photo by Vesa Moilanen / Lehtikuva / AFP)
Turkish flood death toll rises to eight 07 Sep 2023 - 05:58 pm
Turkish soldiers and rescue teams search the area for a missing person after homes were destroyed during rain storms in the Igneada district of Kirklarel, on September 7, 2023. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)
UK yoga class mistakenly reported as 'mass killing' 07 Sep 2023 - 04:48 pm
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Greece launches rescue effort in flooded villages 07 Sep 2023 - 04:41 pm
An aerial view taken on September 7, 2023 shows a destroyed bridge in a flooded area in the city of Karditsa, central Greece. Photo by Eurokinissi / AFP)
Macron plans changes to allow immigration referendum in France 07 Sep 2023 - 03:41 pm
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Vietnam, Philippines to sign rice trade agreement 07 Sep 2023 - 03:02 pm
Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends the 18th East Asia Summit as part of the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta on September 7, 2023. Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / POOL / AFP