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Lagos starts new railway to ease traffic snarls 04 Sep 2023 - 09:31 pm
The Lagos Blue Line rail arrives at the Marina station during the inauguration of commercial operation of the mass transit in Lagos on September 4, 2023. (Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP)
UK report exposes high number of anonymous property owners 04 Sep 2023 - 07:58 pm
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Sudan's army chief returns from Juba as UN raises aid appeal to $1 billion 04 Sep 2023 - 07:41 pm
President of Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (centre) arrives to board an airplane at Port Sudan airport, heading to South Sudan, on September 4, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Belgium struggles with spread of 'invasive' raccoons 04 Sep 2023 - 07:12 pm
A raccoon is trapped in a cage near the village of Chapois in the province of Namur on September 1, 2023. (Photo by John Thys / AFP)
No new grain deal until the West meets demands, says Russia’s Putin 04 Sep 2023 - 05:43 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by Turkish Presidential Press Office on September 4, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend a meeting in Sochi. (Photo by Murat Cetin Muhurdar / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
Israeli Occupation Forces arrest 9 Palestinians in Occupied Jerusalem, West Bank 04 Sep 2023 - 04:33 pm
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First Africa Climate Summit opens as continent demands more say, funding 04 Sep 2023 - 04:27 pm
Kenyan President William Ruto (1st row centre) and leaders and delegates pose for a family photo during the Africa Climate Summit 2023 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi on September 4, 2023. (Photo by Luis Tato / AFP)
Free electricity boon for Norway's two biggest cities 04 Sep 2023 - 03:11 pm
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Video: Spectacular meteor lights up night sky in Turkiye 04 Sep 2023 - 02:51 pm
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Two dead, one missing as torrential rains lash Spain 04 Sep 2023 - 02:45 pm
Officers of the Guardia Civil search through a river in the town of Aldea del Fresno, in the Madrid region on September 4, 2023, as a man was reported missing after his vehicle was swept away by an overflowing river during heavy rains, according to Madrid's emergency services. Photo by Oscar DEL POZO CAÑAS / AFP
Australian icebreaker rescues stricken Antarctic researcher 04 Sep 2023 - 02:08 pm
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Pirate politician: eyepatch-wearing Scholz sparks mirth 04 Sep 2023 - 01:57 pm
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Nigeria to attend G20, debates membership 04 Sep 2023 - 01:36 pm
A municipal worker cleans a road near a G20 India summit logo ahead of its commencement in New Delhi on September 3, 2023. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)
Africa seeking to tap investment on climate action 04 Sep 2023 - 12:31 pm
Kenyan President William Ruto (1st row C) and leaders and delegates pose for a family photo during the Africa Climate Summit 2023 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi on September 4, 2023. (Photo by Luis Tato / AFP)
Go with the flow -- or flee: Burners split over mud tactics 04 Sep 2023 - 12:19 pm
Camps are set on a muddy desert plain on September 2, 2023, after heavy rains turned the annual Burning Man festival site in Nevada Black Rock desert into a mud pit. Photo by Julie JAMMOT / AFP
September rains will limit risks to food supplies, India Says 04 Sep 2023 - 11:59 am
A worker ties rope around a loaded truck transporting food grains and other products to retail outlets across the city, at a wholesale market in Kolkata on August 31, 2023. Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP
NYC Airbnb registration backlog piles up ahead of new rules 04 Sep 2023 - 11:34 am
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Japan fishermen, locals seek halt to Fukushima water release 04 Sep 2023 - 11:05 am
This aerial picture shows storage tanks (bottom) used for storing treated water at TEPCO's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture on August 24, 2023. Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP