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Vietnam seeks US tariff delay as economic growth slows in first quarter 06 Apr 2025 - 04:12 pm
Vietnamese garment factory workers stitch apparel at a factory in Ho Chi Minh City on April 3, 2025, after US President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new tariffs on trading partners. Photo by Huu Kha / AFP
South Korean pilot killed in firefighting helicopter crash: Yonhap 06 Apr 2025 - 03:43 pm
A firefighting KA-32A helicopter operated by Korea's Forest Aviation takes off in Yeongdeok on March 28, 2025, during operations to control wildfires. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
Two dead in Mexico music festival accident 06 Apr 2025 - 03:37 pm
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Britain says Israel's detention of two UK MPs 'unacceptable' 06 Apr 2025 - 03:00 pm
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy speaks with other attendees before the start of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers’ session with Indo-Pacific partners Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea, at NATO's headquarters in Brussels on April 3, 2025. (Photo by Nicolas Tucat / AFP)
21 malnutrition treatment centers closed in Gaza as Israeli aggression resumed: UNICEF 06 Apr 2025 - 02:39 pm
This aerial view shows Palestinians gathered at a makeshift market set up in the midst of a war devastated neighbourhood in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on April 2, 2025. Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP
UK readies to protect industry as US tariffs upend global order: Starmer 06 Apr 2025 - 02:23 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer chairs a roundtable with UK business leaders in Downing Street in London on April 3, 2025. Photo by Ben STANSALL / POOL / AFP
Recovering Pope makes surprise appearance with crowd at Vatican square 06 Apr 2025 - 01:43 pm
Pope Francis is pushed in his wheelchair after leading the Angelus prayer on St. Peter's square in The Vatican, on April 6, 2025. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Rain complicates recovery in quake-hit Myanmar as death toll rises 06 Apr 2025 - 12:11 pm
People sort through the rubble of a collapsed building in Mandalay on April 5, 2025, following the March 28 earthquake. Photo by Zaw Htun / AFP.
Foreign runners in Pyongyang for marathon: N.Korea 06 Apr 2025 - 11:19 am
Participants attend the 31st Pyongyang International Marathon at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang on April 6, 2025. (Photo by Kim Won Jin / AFP)
Tens of thousands march in US against Trump 'devastation' 06 Apr 2025 - 10:10 am
A protester holds a sign during a
Explosions as Ukraine capital under missile attack 06 Apr 2025 - 08:20 am
This handout photograph taken and released on April 5, 2025 shows the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with French Chief of the Defence Staff General Thierry Burkhard and Britain Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Tony Radakin in Kyiv. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
Zelensky slams 'weak' US reply to Russian strike on his hometown 05 Apr 2025 - 11:07 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leaves after a press conference in Kyiv on April 4, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)
Anti-Trump rallies draw thousands across the US 05 Apr 2025 - 09:24 pm
Demonstrators gather on the National Mall for the nationwide
Russian Defense Ministry announces elimination of 1,265 Ukrainian soldiers in past 24 hours 05 Apr 2025 - 09:00 pm
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Ethiopia generates 70 mln USD in carbon trading revenue 05 Apr 2025 - 07:30 pm
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Sri Lankan navy seizes record 700 kg of heroin, meth 05 Apr 2025 - 07:19 pm
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Lula admits 'still a lot to do' for Indigenous Brazilians 05 Apr 2025 - 06:54 pm
This handout picture released by the Brazilian Presidency shows Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) and Indigenous leader of the Kayapo people Raoni Metuktire holding hands as they pose for a photograph during a meeting at the Piaracu village in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, on April 4, 2025. (Photo by Ricardo STUCKERT / BRAZILIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP)
South Korea's agricultural exports rise 7.9% in Q1 05 Apr 2025 - 06:16 pm
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