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One dead as flooding hits Italy's northeast flatlands 20 Oct 2024 - 04:57 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps of Firefighters, on October 20, 2024, shows an aerial view of the flooded area near the city of Bologna. Photo by Handout / Vigili del Fuoco / AFP
Carnage of Israeli air strikes spreads misery in north Gaza 20 Oct 2024 - 04:32 pm
Palestinians mourn over the covered bodies of relatives, killed in an Israeli airstrike, outside the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip on October 19, 2024. Photo by Islam AHMED / AFP.
Singapore reports oil spill from Shell pipeline 20 Oct 2024 - 04:25 pm
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Nepal protesters clash with police over politician's fraud charges 20 Oct 2024 - 04:12 pm
Police use water cannons to disperse supporters of Rabi Lamichhane, Nepal's former deputy premier, in Pokhara on October 20, 2024. (Photo by Yunish Gurung / AFP)
Bomb hoax threats to Indian airlines spark chaos 20 Oct 2024 - 04:02 pm
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Massive highway pileup in Poland kills 4, including children, and injures 15 20 Oct 2024 - 03:07 pm
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Hurricane set to hit Cuba amid national blackout 20 Oct 2024 - 02:54 pm
A sign lits a blacked out street during the second day of the nationwide blackout in Havana October 19, 2024. Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP
Ex-general Prabowo takes office as Indonesia president 20 Oct 2024 - 11:16 am
Indonesia's newly sworn-in Prabowo Subianto (L) and his predecessor Joko Widodo (2L) review the troops during the presidential inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on October 20, 2024. (Photo by Gyl Batara / AFP)
At least 7 killed in boat dock collapse in US state of Georgia 20 Oct 2024 - 10:29 am
Peninsula
North Korea sends about 20 trash balloons toward South Korea 20 Oct 2024 - 09:57 am
File photo of remains of a fallen trash balloon sent from North Korea to South Korea. File photo used for demonstration purposes.
Palestinians enduring 'unspeakable horrors' in north Gaza: UN 19 Oct 2024 - 11:19 pm
A displaced Palestinian, ordered by the Israeli occupation army to leave the school in Beit Lahia where they were sheltered, rests as she arrives in Gaza City on October 19, 2024. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
3 killed and 8 injured by gunfire following a Mississippi school's football game 19 Oct 2024 - 08:06 pm
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Boeing and workers reach tentative deal to end strike 19 Oct 2024 - 07:31 pm
Ryan Bergh, a machinist at Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington for 10 years, cheers during a strike rally for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) at the Seattle Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, on October 15, 2024. Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP.
Gaza rescuers confirm over 400 killed in two weeks of Israeli assault on territory's north 19 Oct 2024 - 05:11 pm
Displaced Palestinians check the damage inside UN school-turned-refuge in the Al-Shati refugee camp near Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, following a reported Israeli strike on October 19, 2024. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP.
Stanford psychologist behind the controversial "Stanford Prison Experiment" dies at 91 19 Oct 2024 - 04:23 pm
Photo of the late Philip G. Zimbardo, the famous psychologist behind the controversial
Train hits and kills 2 wild elephants in Sri Lanka as 2 of its fuel-carrying tankers derail 19 Oct 2024 - 03:59 pm
Peninsula
Netanyahu residence targeted as Hezbollah launches barrage at Israel 19 Oct 2024 - 03:35 pm
A displaced young Palestinian woman stares from a balcony inside UN school-turned-refuge in the Al-Shati refugee camp near Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, following a reported Israeli strike on October 19, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
China aquarium's 'fake' whale shark flops with angry visitors 19 Oct 2024 - 11:52 am
Screen grab of a video being shared on social media