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Japan had hottest June on record: weather agency 01 Jul 2025 - 03:40 pm
Pedestrians use an umbrella to shelter from the sun as they walk past a digital display (behind) showing a late morning temperature at 34 Centigrade (93.2 F) in the Ginza area of central Tokyo on July 1, 2025. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
End of the line for Britain's royal train 01 Jul 2025 - 02:36 pm
Britain's King Charles III talks with a Member of Royal Company of Archers during the traditional Ceremony of the Keys in the Gardens of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 1, 2025, on the first day of their Majesties The King and Queen's visit to Scotland. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP)
Indian capital bans fuel for old cars in anti-pollution bid 01 Jul 2025 - 01:49 pm
A traffic police personnel and a fuel attendant stand near a notice announcing the ban on refuelling petrol cars older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years, displayed at a gas station in New Delhi on July 1, 2025. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP
Greece starts charging tourist tax on cruises 01 Jul 2025 - 01:10 pm
This file photograph shows a cruise ship arriving at the Greek island of Santorini while tourists on mules head to the village of Fira on July 19, 2024. Photo by ARIS OIKONOMOU / AFP
Singapore anti-scam law allows police to seize bank accounts 01 Jul 2025 - 01:04 pm
This photo shows the Singapore Flyer observation wheel (C) backdropped with the city skyline in Singapore on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)
France-Italy train suspended after storms: operator 01 Jul 2025 - 12:03 pm
Passengers walk along a platform as train services between Modane and Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne resumed, at Modane train station in Modane, in the French Alps, on March 31, 2025. Photo by JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP
India chemical factory blast toll rises to 36 01 Jul 2025 - 11:47 am
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Trump dismantles Syria sanctions program; supports path to peace, stability 30 Jun 2025 - 11:50 pm
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance during a meeting in the Oval Office. Photo: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post
Four giant pandas born and raised in Japan arrive safely in China 30 Jun 2025 - 11:24 pm
Crowds gathered to say goodbye to the pandas. Photo: The Japan News
UN Security Council extends peacekeeping mission in Syrian Golan 30 Jun 2025 - 11:06 pm
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Turkish Foreign Minister stresses need to end tragedy in Gaza as soon as possible 30 Jun 2025 - 10:39 pm
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UK food delivery firms to crack down on irregular migrant workers 30 Jun 2025 - 10:23 pm
Migrants rush to try to board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel on the beach of Equihen, northern France, on June 30, 2025. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
Trump intensifies attacks on Fed’s "bad person" Powell over the weekend 30 Jun 2025 - 10:22 pm
Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on June 24. (Photo by Alexander Drago / Bloomberg
Spain makes Booking.com scrap 4,000 tourist rental ads 30 Jun 2025 - 10:03 pm
File: A group of schoolchildren on a excursion cool off walking along a fountain at the Plaza Espana square in Seville on April 26, 2023. (Photo by Cristina Quicler / AFP)
Slovenia records hottest, driest June in history 30 Jun 2025 - 09:51 pm
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Ivory Coast inaugurates first archaeological museum 30 Jun 2025 - 09:28 pm
Swiss Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider (second left) cuts an inaugural band flanked by Ivorian Minister of Culture and Francophonie Françoise Remarck (centre), Ivorian Minister of Health Pierre Demba (right) during the inauguration of an extension of Ivory Coast's first archaeological museum in the village of Singrobo-Ahouty near Tiassale on June 30, 2025. (Photo by Issouf Sanogo / AFP)
Portugal sets new temperature record for June 30 Jun 2025 - 08:10 pm
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Saudi Stock Exchange index closes lower 30 Jun 2025 - 07:08 pm
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