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BRICS ministers meet in Brazil over Trump trade policies 28 Apr 2025 - 06:28 pm
(L to R) Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Gedion Timothewos, Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono and South Africa's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ronald Lamola pose for the family photo at the first meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 28, 2025. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP)
IBM to invest $150 bn in US over five years 28 Apr 2025 - 06:25 pm
File photo: The sign at the IBM facility near Boulder, Colorado September 8, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
Power cut interrupts play at Madrid Open 28 Apr 2025 - 06:10 pm
A saleswoman at a sports store works with a light on her head in Burgos on April 28, 2025, during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France. (Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP)
Seminar on RMB internationalisation held in Laos 28 Apr 2025 - 06:07 pm
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Lebanon "calmly" takes steps to ensure state's exclusive arms control president 28 Apr 2025 - 05:53 pm
Lebanon's President General Joseph Aoun. File photo.
8 bodies retrieved as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia's coast 28 Apr 2025 - 05:38 pm
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Egypt, Sudan discuss bilateral ties, regional developments 28 Apr 2025 - 05:36 pm
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Japan's rice prices rise for 16th week 28 Apr 2025 - 05:33 pm
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BMI sees Malaysia's consumer spending to remain robust 28 Apr 2025 - 05:25 pm
Skyline in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. File photo for representational purposes only.
Iran fends off large-scale cyberattack on infrastructure: official 28 Apr 2025 - 05:22 pm
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Spain brought to a halt by huge blackout 28 Apr 2025 - 05:19 pm
People wait outside the Atocha train station in Madrid after its closure as a massive power outage hits Spain on April 28, 2025. Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP
Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill at least 16 28 Apr 2025 - 05:19 pm
A Palestinian woman comforts another holding the body of her baby, killed in Israeli strikes on the the Abou Mahadi family home in Beit Lahia, outside the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip on APril 28, 2025. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
IBM to invest $150 bn in US over five years 28 Apr 2025 - 04:47 pm
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Canada votes for new government to take on Trump 28 Apr 2025 - 04:01 pm
(Combo) This combination of pictures created on April 28, 2025 shows Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre (L) speaking during a campaign stop on the eve of the Canadian federal election near Ottawa, Ontario, on April 27, 2025 and Canadian Prime Minister and Liberal leader Mark Carney, wearing a personalized Montreal Canadiens hockey team jersey, speaking during a campaign rally in Laval, Quebec, Canada, on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Geoff Robins and Andrej Ivanov / AFP)
Mayor Khan keen for London to make Olympics history 28 Apr 2025 - 03:46 pm
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Trump calls to investigate 'fake' low approval polls 28 Apr 2025 - 03:20 pm
US President Donald Trump walks toward the press after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 27, 2025. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon / AFP)
Massive blackout hits Spain, Portugal, France 28 Apr 2025 - 03:14 pm
A train of the Spanish state-owned rail company Renfe, is pictured at the Principe Pio train station in Madrid, on September 5, 2019. Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP
Conclave to elect new pope starts May 7: Vatican 28 Apr 2025 - 02:30 pm
This handout picture released by the Press office shows cardinals chanting the Latin hymn