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Canada wildfires have burned over 10 mn hectares this year: figures 15 Jul 2023 - 06:49 pm
This handout photo provided by the British Columbia Wildfire Service on July 12, 2023, shows the Tintagel wildfire in Tintagel, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Handout / BC Wildfire Service / AFP)
Extreme weather torments Europe as relentless heat marches on 15 Jul 2023 - 06:13 pm
Tourists protect themselves of the sun while they visit the Royal Palace in Madrid city centre under very high temperatures, on June 26, 2023 as Spain is facing its first heatwave of the summer, with temperatures expected to exceed 44 degrees locally in the south of the country. (Photo by Thomas Coex / AFP)
Anger as Paris bans protest against police violence 15 Jul 2023 - 05:50 pm
Pedestrians walk on Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, on July 2, 2023, a day after protesters took to the street and clashed with police on an iconic street popular with tourists during a protest against the police killing of a 17-year-old teenage boy. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
Kenya President says no more opposition rallies to be permitted 15 Jul 2023 - 05:15 pm
A Kenya Police Officer shoots a tear gas canister to disperse some protesters as they gather to demonstrate in Nairobi, Kenya on July 12, 2023. (Photo by Luis Tato / AFP)
Sudan army to resume truce talks: government source 15 Jul 2023 - 04:43 pm
People queue for bread in front of a bakery in Omdurman on July 15, 2023. Since April 15, 2023, the forces the Sudanese army chief have been at war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. (Photo by AFP)
South Korea's president makes surprise visit to Ukraine's Zelensky 15 Jul 2023 - 03:12 pm
This handout photo taken on July 15, 2023 and released by the South Korean Presidential Office via Yonhap shows South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) shaking hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting at the presidential palace in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. (Photo by Handout / South Korean Presidential Office / AFP)
China's top diplomat calls on India to meet "halfway" on border issue 15 Jul 2023 - 02:52 pm
An Indian soldier keep watch at Bumla Pass on the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh. (File photo / AFP)
Heavy rains, flooding leave 22 dead in South Korea 15 Jul 2023 - 02:34 pm
South Korean emergency workers search for survivors on a flooded road leading to an underground tunnel where some 19 cars were trapped by flood waters after heavy rains in Cheongju on July 15, 2023. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Senegal opposition leader named election champion despite jail sentence 14 Jul 2023 - 08:21 pm
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UK govt approves construction of road tunnel near Stonehenge 14 Jul 2023 - 07:46 pm
Stonehenge. Photo for representational purposes only.
Pakistan's military chief warns Afghan Taliban against harboring militants as attacks spike 14 Jul 2023 - 07:19 pm
File photo by (OMER ABRAR / AFP)
Biden raised $72 million in second-quarter to open campaign 14 Jul 2023 - 06:59 pm
US President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn upon return to the White House in Washington, DC on July 13, 2023. Biden returned to Washington after a 5-day trip that took him to Britain, Lithuania, and Finland. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
Lisa Marie Presley death linked to weight loss surgery 14 Jul 2023 - 06:11 pm
US singer and actress Lisa Marie Presley attends the Cinamatheque event in Los Angeles on October 28, 2001. The death of Lisa Marie Presley, the singer-songwriter and only child of rock and roll legend Elvis, was caused by a bowel obstruction related to a prior weight loss surgery, medical examiners said. (Photo by Chris Delmas / AFP)
Iraqis beat summer heat by swimming in shrinking Tigris river 14 Jul 2023 - 06:05 pm
An Iraqi dives into the waters of the Tigris river in Baghdad on July 12, 2023, as temperatures soared past 45 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Ahmad AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
Crowds cheer as India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon’s south pole 14 Jul 2023 - 05:29 pm
An Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off the coast of southern Andhra Pradesh state on July 14, 2023. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP)
Italy demands Louvre return looted antiquities 14 Jul 2023 - 05:16 pm
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German leader confident that a surging far-right party will shrink again before the next election 14 Jul 2023 - 04:46 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses a summer press conference on domestic policy and diplomacy in Berlin on July 14, 2023. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Surprise growth helps Singapore avoid recession 14 Jul 2023 - 11:11 am
In this file photo taken on April 24, 2023 people walk across Jubilee Bridge at Marina Bay in Singapore. Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP