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Death toll from Haiti quake hits 724 as tropical storm looms 15 Aug 2021 - 07:27 pm
FILE PHOTO: A view shows houses destroyed following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti August 14, 2021. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES/File Photo
Hungary bus crash kills eight, injures dozens 15 Aug 2021 - 03:11 pm
First responders work at the crash site, after a bus rolled over on the M7 motorway, killing at least eight people, in the early hours of Sunday near Szabadbattyan, Hungary August 15, 2021. Zoltan Mihadak/Pool via REUTERS
Death toll from northern Turkey floods rises to 58 15 Aug 2021 - 02:16 pm
An aerial view of Bozkurt after the area was hit by flash floods that swept through towns in the Turkish Black Sea region, in Kastamonu province, Turkey, August 14, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Mehmet Emin Caliskan
2 dozen Rohingya refugees feared drowned in Bangladesh 15 Aug 2021 - 01:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: View of the island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh February 14, 2018. Picture taken February 14, 2018. REUTERS
At least 28 killed in Lebanon fuel tank explosion 15 Aug 2021 - 12:56 pm
Lebanese army soldiers stand guard at the site of a fuel tank explosion in Akkar, in northern Lebanon, August 15, 2021. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim
Taliban reaches Kabul, says in talks for peaceful transition 15 Aug 2021 - 12:42 pm
An Afghan soldier stands in a military vehicle on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2021. Reuters/Stringer
Malaysia relaxes curbs further for fully vaccinated individuals 15 Aug 2021 - 11:48 am
File photo: Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin wearing a protective mask arrives at a mosque for prayers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Putrajaya, Malaysia August 28, 2020. Reuters/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo
Mumbai to resume train services that ferry 8 million a day 15 Aug 2021 - 11:44 am
Traffic moves in front of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) building as it is illuminated in the colours of India's national flag on the eve of the 75th Independence Day in Mumbai, India, August 14, 2021. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas
Torrential rains lash wide areas of Japan, three feared dead after landslide 15 Aug 2021 - 11:33 am
A Saga prefectural rescue worker lifting up a resident to a helicopter from submerged house caused by heavy rain during a rescue operation in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in this handout image taken on August 14, 2021, and released by Saga
Philippines detects first case of COVID-19 Lambda variant 15 Aug 2021 - 11:00 am
Motorists queue at a checkpoint on the first day of a two-week lockdown to prevent the spread of the highly infectious coronavirus Delta variant, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Haitians scramble to rescue survivors from ruins of major quake 15 Aug 2021 - 09:17 am
People look for survivors at a house destroyed following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti August 14, 2021. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol
At least 20 killed in Lebanon fuel tank explosion - Red Cross 15 Aug 2021 - 09:05 am
A Lebanese army soldier stands guard near the site of a fuel tank explosion in Akkar, in northern Lebanon, August 15, 2021. Reuters/Omar Ibrahim
Biden administration plans for vaccine boosters, perhaps by fall: NYT 14 Aug 2021 - 09:17 pm
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Zambia's official opposition calls for unity amid election uncertainty 14 Aug 2021 - 08:20 pm
FILE PHOTO: Opposition UPND party's presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema casts his ballot in Lusaka, Zambia, August 12, 2021. REUTERS/Jean Ndaisenga
7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Haiti; at least 29 killed 14 Aug 2021 - 08:15 pm
FILE PHOTO: Haitians made homeless in the 2010 earthquake stand outside their tents on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince January 13, 2011. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Lebanon's president calls on parliament to discuss next steps on fuel subsidy end 14 Aug 2021 - 07:51 pm
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Protesters in France denounce COVID health pass rules for fifth weekend 14 Aug 2021 - 05:54 pm
Protesters attend a demonstration called by the French nationalist party
Spain flirts with record heat; 16 Italy cities on red alert 14 Aug 2021 - 05:06 pm
Three french tourist families cool off in a fountain at the Las Tendillas square, as a heatwave hits Spain, in Cordoba, southern Spain, August 14, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca