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Millions without electricity after power plant failure in Cuba causes nationwide blackout 19 Oct 2024 - 11:35 am
A general view of the city during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure in Havana, taken on October 18, 2024. (Photo by Yamil Lage / AFP)
'Heartbreaking': Dad, fans grieve Liam Payne's death 19 Oct 2024 - 10:48 am
Geoff Payne (C), the father of One Direction pop singer Liam Payne, walks in front of the place where fans paid tribute to his late son outside the CasaSur Hotel in Buenos Aires on October 18, 2024. (Photo by Juan Mabromata / AFP)
Gaza authorities accuse Israeli forces of attacking hospital 19 Oct 2024 - 09:43 am
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French foreign minister in Kyiv on solidarity tour 19 Oct 2024 - 09:35 am
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Mexican navy says seizes record 8.3 tonnes of drugs in Pacific 19 Oct 2024 - 09:16 am
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Harris targets Trump's age after report of exhaustion 19 Oct 2024 - 08:35 am
Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, campaigns in Michigan, a key battleground state, on October 18, 2024 in Waterford, Michigan. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
Animal rights activists sentenced for Buckingham Palace fountain protest 18 Oct 2024 - 11:44 pm
Red stains are seen on the Queen Victorial Memorial outside Buckingham Palace in central London on August 26, 2021 after climate activists from the Animal Rebellion conducted a protest action. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)
IMF board approves $1.1 billion disbursal for Ukraine 18 Oct 2024 - 11:30 pm
International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva departs after delivering a curtain raiser speech on the outlook for the global economy and policy priorities ahead of the 2024 Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group in Washington, DC, October 17, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
UNIFIL says it was targeted five times by Israeli forces 18 Oct 2024 - 10:37 pm
A United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) armoured vehicle drives on a road in the southern Lebanese area of Marjeyoun on October 17, 2024. UNIFIL, a mission of about 9,500 troops of various nationalities, was created following Israel's 1978 invasion of Lebanon. (Photo by AFP)
Uganda reports 49 new mpox cases 18 Oct 2024 - 10:19 pm
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Pakistan province shuts schools, universities amid student unrest 18 Oct 2024 - 09:25 pm
Students hurl stones towards security personnel during a demonstration to condemn the alleged rape of a female student in Rawalpindi on October 17, 2024. (Photo by Ghulam Rasool / AFP)
Gaza death toll rises to 42,500 as Israeli forces commit more massacres 18 Oct 2024 - 07:59 pm
Relatives pray over the shrouded body of ten-year-old Sama al-Debs, who was killed during an Israeli army operation in the Jabalia refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, during her funeral on October 18, 2024.(Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
US to probe Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' system after pedestrian killed in low visibility conditions 18 Oct 2024 - 07:32 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk participates in  Folsom, Pennsylvania on October 17, 2024. Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP.
Italian PM visits Lebanon after UNIFIL incidents 18 Oct 2024 - 06:27 pm
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni looks on during a meeting with Lebanon's caretaker prime minister at the government palace in central Beirut on October 18, 2024. Photo by Anwar Amro / AFP.
Gaza 'hell on Earth' for one million children: UN 18 Oct 2024 - 05:12 pm
Palestinian children stand next to tents at a make-shift camp for the internally displaced in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 17, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
US regulator probes Tesla's self-driving mode after crashes 18 Oct 2024 - 04:49 pm
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'The killings continue': Sinwar death brings no respite for Gazans 18 Oct 2024 - 04:44 pm
A Palestinian boy looks at destroyed shelters at the site of an Israeli airstrike which hit tents for displaced people two days earlier in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 16, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
King Charles arrives in Australia for landmark tour 18 Oct 2024 - 04:32 pm
Britain's King Charles III arrives at Sydney International Airport in Sydney on October 18, 2024, for a six-day royal visit with Queen Camilla to Sydney and Canberra. (Photo by Brook Mitchell / POOL / AFP)