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Trump says 'joke' Harvard should be stripped of funds, threatens to ban from enrolling foreign students 17 Apr 2025 - 09:07 pm
Demonstrators stand around the John Harvard Statue in Harvard Yard after a rally was held against President Donald Trump's attacks on Harvard University at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
Four dead in Italy cable car crash 17 Apr 2025 - 09:07 pm
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Philippines to establish embassy in Suva, Fiji 17 Apr 2025 - 08:51 pm
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Aid to Gaza 'facing total collapse': 12 NGOs 17 Apr 2025 - 08:32 pm
Palestinian women mourn and hug one another after an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 17, 2025. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
China's documentary heritage collections enter UNESCO's Memory of the World Register 17 Apr 2025 - 08:20 pm
This undated file photo shows steles in Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province. (Xinhua)
ECB lowers interest rates by 25 basis points 17 Apr 2025 - 08:18 pm
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Lebanese Cabinet approves extension of UNIFIL mandate 17 Apr 2025 - 08:05 pm
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Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves decrease by 127 mln USD 17 Apr 2025 - 07:34 pm
Stockbrokers monitor share prices on computers during a trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in Karachi on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum / AFP)
Zambia confirms second mpox death as cases rise to 49 17 Apr 2025 - 07:23 pm
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Taliban govt praise Russian 'terror' label removal as 'significant development' 17 Apr 2025 - 07:20 pm
A Taliban security personnel (R) inspects a vehicle at the entrance of the Embassy of Russia in Kabul on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Trump says Fed chief's 'termination cannot come fast enough' 17 Apr 2025 - 07:07 pm
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell departs after speaking with Dr. Raghuram Rajan, a Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School, during an Economic Club of Chicago event on April 16, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Vincent Alban / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Turkish central bank raises key rate to 46 pct over inflationary pressure 17 Apr 2025 - 06:59 pm
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Indonesia to cooperate with Jordan to grow wheat at home 17 Apr 2025 - 06:52 pm
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Vietnam ups wind, solar targets as energy demand soars 17 Apr 2025 - 06:35 pm
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UNRWA calls for international media access to Gaza to reveal facts, counter misinformation 17 Apr 2025 - 06:08 pm
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Rubio in Paris to meet Macron on Ukraine war 17 Apr 2025 - 01:08 pm
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens as President Donald Trump meets with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, April 14, 2025. Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP.
Amputee Palestinian boy image wins World Press Photo award 17 Apr 2025 - 12:46 pm
World Press Photo of 2025 award winner Samar Abu Elouf poses next to her winning photograph depicting a nine-year-old Palestinian boy who lost both arms during an Israeli attack on Gaza City at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Robin van Lonkhuijsen / ANP / AFP)
Philippine film legend Nora Aunor dies aged 71 17 Apr 2025 - 12:08 pm
Archival photo of Philippine actress Nora Aunor posing at the photocall for