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Saudi Arabia extends visit visa to eight new countries 07 Aug 2023 - 03:12 pm
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Spain on heat alert as wildfires burn 07 Aug 2023 - 01:22 pm
Tourists walk outside the Museo Del Prado in Madrid, on August 6, 2023 as the country is bracing for the third heatwave of the summer. (Photo by Oscar Del Pozo / AFP)
New York drives towards first US congestion charge 07 Aug 2023 - 01:01 pm
A yellow cab drives by the Metropolitan Museum of Art on January 7, 2021 in New York City. Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP
India’s rice export ban sparks concern that sugar may be next 07 Aug 2023 - 12:41 pm
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Japan public workers may get biggest salary gains in 26 years 07 Aug 2023 - 12:29 pm
People cross a street in Yurakucho district of Tokyo on April 28, 2023. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP)
Indonesia economy grows faster than expected despite lagging exports 07 Aug 2023 - 12:23 pm
People gather in the park of the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta on August 6, 2023. Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP
Brazil fugitive spends 24 hours atop electric pole 07 Aug 2023 - 11:44 am
This handout picture released by the Minas Gerais Fire Department show a fugitive climbed on an electric pole while escaping from the police in the town of Itabira, Brazil on August 5, 2023. (Photo by Handout / Minas Gerais Fire Department / AFP)
Iran building collapse death toll rises to four: media 07 Aug 2023 - 11:26 am
Rescue personnel gather at the site of a collapsed building in Tehran on August 6, 2023. Photo by TASNIM NEWS / AFP
Investigators scour wreckage after deadly Pakistan train crash 07 Aug 2023 - 10:43 am
Railway workers repaire the tracks next to damaged carriages a day after the derailment of a passenger train in Nawab Shah on August 7, 2023. (Photo by Asif Hassan / AFP)
Flash floods, landslides kill eight in northern Vietnam 07 Aug 2023 - 10:34 am
A man walks with an umbrella during rainfall in Hanoi on August 4, 2023. Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP
Philippines summons China ambassador over water cannoning of boats 07 Aug 2023 - 09:45 am
A Chinese diplomatic vehicle leaves the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila on August 7, 2023. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
South Korean jamboree to end early over typhoon warning 07 Aug 2023 - 09:31 am
British scouts arrive at a hotel in Seoul on August 5, 2023, after leaving the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, North Jeolla province. Photo by Yonhap / YONHAP / AFP
Japan to release Fukushima water as soon as August, reports say 07 Aug 2023 - 09:16 am
This photo taken on February 14, 2023 shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during a government-sponsored tour in Okuma, ahead of the 12th anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami which hit the area and crippled the plant. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP
Indian opposition leader Gandhi restored to parliament 07 Aug 2023 - 09:04 am
(Files) In this file photo taken on August 4, 2023, India's Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi arrives for a media briefing at the party headquarters in New Delhi (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
Philippines cautious about raising rates too much, Governor says 06 Aug 2023 - 07:59 pm
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Ten dead migrants wash ashore in Tunisia 06 Aug 2023 - 07:30 pm
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Bidenomics boosts US economy, fanning soft-landing hopes, inflation fears 06 Aug 2023 - 06:39 pm
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23 injured, buildings collapse as 5.4 quake hits east China 06 Aug 2023 - 05:14 pm
Damaged houses are seen in Pingyuan county, Dezhou city, in China's eastern Shandong province, on August 6, 2023, following a 5.4-magnitude earthquake that shook eastern China. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

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