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Jordanian FM warns of disastrous consequences of expanding Israeli war on Lebanon 02 Oct 2024 - 08:49 pm
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Fires taking Amazon closer to 'point of no return': expert 02 Oct 2024 - 08:25 pm
Aerial view of a riverbank dweller carrying banana produce over the dry Solimoes riverbed in the Pesqueiro community in Manacapuru, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Michael Dantas / AFP)
Putin signs law giving criminal defendants immunity if they join the army 02 Oct 2024 - 08:16 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with Russia's Energy Minister in Moscow on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel / POOL / AFP)
EU queries Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube over 'harmful' content risks 02 Oct 2024 - 05:06 pm
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Boys out of critical condition after Zurich stabbings 02 Oct 2024 - 04:57 pm
Police officers are seen outside of a daycare centre where a man attacked several children injuring three, before being arrested, in Zurich, Switzerland, on October 1, 2024. Photo by ARND WIEGMANN / AFP
Greenland extends detention of anti-whaling activist Watson 02 Oct 2024 - 04:47 pm
NGO Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder, Paul Watson of Canada, poses on board of the
Philippine carrier signs deal to acquire up to 152 Airbus planes 02 Oct 2024 - 04:21 pm
From L-R: Benoit de Saint-Exupery, Airbus executive vice president for commercial aircraft sales, Cebu Pacific chief executive Michael Szucs, and Pratt & Whitney president for commercial engines Rick Deurloo pose during a signing ceremony in Manila on October 2, 2024. Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP
Spain logs record summer tourism as inflow draws protests 02 Oct 2024 - 04:13 pm
A group of tourists take a snack in a street of Valencia on July 5, 2024. Photo by Jose Jordan / AFP
Solar eclipse to create rare 'ring of fire' over South America 02 Oct 2024 - 03:56 pm
A bird is photographed flying at dawn with the sun in the background in Buenos Aires, on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Luis Robayo / AFP)
Philippines volcano erupts but alert level stays low 02 Oct 2024 - 03:51 pm
A screengrab from a video shared by PHIVOLCS shows the moment the Taal volcano erupted. Photo credit: PHIVOLCS on X
Philippines to tax foreign-based digital service providers 02 Oct 2024 - 03:49 pm
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New Japan PM says environment not right for rate hike 02 Oct 2024 - 03:42 pm
Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / POOL / AFP)
Shrinking lake on Albanian-Greek border struggles to survive 02 Oct 2024 - 03:40 pm
An aerial photo taken on September 12, 2024, shows the Little Prespa Lake, near the village of Buzeliqen. (Photo by Adnan Beci / AFP)
Weeping families mourn Thai school bus crash victims 02 Oct 2024 - 03:30 pm
Police officers and nurses stand near media representatives as an ambulance carrying victims' remains leaves the forensic institute at the police hospital in Bangkok, on October 2, 2024. Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP
Parkrun marks 20 years of a free weekly jog, run... or walk 02 Oct 2024 - 03:20 pm
Competitors wait to take part in a weekly parkrun running event at Hampstead Heath in north London on September 28, 2024. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)
More than 700,000 displaced in Haiti, half of them children: UN 02 Oct 2024 - 03:00 pm
A child yawns while sitting next to food aid to be distributed in a displaced persons camp at the Lycée Marie Jeanne in Port-au-Prince on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy / AFP)
Samsung says planning job cuts in some Asian operations 02 Oct 2024 - 02:08 pm
A man walks past the Samsung logo displayed on a glass door at the company's Seocho building in Seoul on April 5, 2024. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
France says coming tax hikes on the wealthy to be 'temporary' 02 Oct 2024 - 12:34 pm
A deliveryman walks down a street in Manosque, southern France, on September 29, 2024. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)