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World

'Mistreated' elephant returns to Thailand after diplomatic spat 02 Jul 2023 - 12:21 pm
Elephant Muthu Raja is seen inside a cage before departure from the Dehiwala Zoo in Colombo on July 2, 2023. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Israeli air strikes hit targets in Syria 02 Jul 2023 - 10:01 am
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French mayor says rioters rammed car into his house 02 Jul 2023 - 09:23 am
A Police officer stands in front of the house of the Mayor of l'Hay-les-Roses Vincent Jeanbrun, Paris suburb on July 2, 2023. Photo by Nassim GOMRI / AFP
Kenya in shock as road crash toll hits 52 01 Jul 2023 - 11:29 pm
This video grab taken from an AFPTV video on June 30, 2023 shows the wreckage from vehicles on the scene after an accident on the highway between the towns of Kericho and Nakuru. (Photo by AFPTV / AFP)
France braces for new violence as teen killed by police laid to rest 01 Jul 2023 - 11:10 pm
Police officers walk as they try to disperse protesters with tear gas during a demonstration against police in Marseille, southern France on July 1, 2023. (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP)
Top international envoy to Bosnia annuls controversial laws 01 Jul 2023 - 08:46 pm
Christian Schmidt, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, speaks during a news conference held by the Office of the High Representative (OHR) as he announces his decision to intervene into criminal laws and Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to maintain full capacity of county's Constitutional Court, in Sarajevo, on July 1, 2023. (Photo by ELVIS BARUKCIC / AFP)
Iraq calls on Sweden to extradite man responsible for burning Holy Quran 01 Jul 2023 - 07:52 pm
A supporter of Iraq's Sadrist movement holds up the Holy Quran outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on June 30, 2023. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)
Dutch king makes historic apology for slavery 01 Jul 2023 - 05:56 pm
Netherlands' King Willem-Alexander (right) lays a wreath during the National Remembrance Day of Slavery in The Oosterpark, Amsterdam on July 1, 2023. (Photo by Remko de Waal / ANP / AFP)
France riots crisis: Over 1,300 arrested; Macron cancels Germany visit 01 Jul 2023 - 05:25 pm
An employee is seen behind the broken windows of a supermarket following a fourth consecutive night of rioting in France sparked by the death of teenage driver Nahel by a police bullet, in Talence, south-western France on July 1, 2023. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)
25 dead, several injured after bus crashes and catches fire in India 01 Jul 2023 - 04:36 pm
A policeman inspects the wreckage of a bus that caught fire along the Samruddhi Expressway near Sindkhed Raja in Buldhana district of Maharashtra state on July 1, 2023.  (Photo by Gajanan Mehetre / AFP)
East Timor's independence hero Xanana Gusmao returns to power as prime minister 01 Jul 2023 - 04:22 pm
East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta (right) witnesses the inauguration of the country's new Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (left) at the presidential palace in Dili on July 1, 2023. (Photo by VALENTINO DARIELL DE SOUSA / AFP)
Why social media is being blamed for fueling riots in France 01 Jul 2023 - 01:39 pm
A police officer stands by a car which is upside down on a street following a fourth consecutive night of rioting in France sparked by the death of teenage driver Nahel by a police bullet, in Lyon, south-eastern France on July 1, 2023. Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)
Over 900 people were arrested as young rioters clashed with police across France overnight 01 Jul 2023 - 10:01 am
A French anti-riot police officer walk past a burning truck in Nantes, western France on early July 1, 2023. Photo by Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP
Brazil court majority votes for barring Bolsonaro from politics 30 Jun 2023 - 07:01 pm
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures as he speaks to members of the media upon arrival at the Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 29, 2023. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)
US consumers lose steam, setting economy up for sharp slowdown 30 Jun 2023 - 06:32 pm
:(FILES) A woman shops for groceries at a supermarket in Monterey Park, California on October 19, 2022. The US inflation measure most closely watched by the Federal Reserve declined sharply in May, official figures showed June 30, 2029, returning to a downward trend after a jump a month earlier. Much of the slowdown was due to a sharp drop in energy prices, and food prices to a lesser extent. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)
UN Security Council ends Mali peacekeeping mission 30 Jun 2023 - 06:01 pm
(FILES) Senegalese soldiers the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali) dismount an armoured personnel carrier, patrolling in the streets of Gao, on July 24, 2019. (Photo by Souleymane Ag Anara / AFP)
Pope Francis meets Julian Assange's wife 30 Jun 2023 - 04:32 pm
This handout photo taken and released on 30 June 2023, by The Vatican Media shows Pope Francis (L) shaking hands with Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, during a private audience in the Vatican. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)
Ramaphosa cleared in $580,000 stolen cash scandal 30 Jun 2023 - 03:51 pm
File photo: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks to members of the media after attending the African National Congress (ANC) National Working Committee meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham