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At least eight dead after Sierra Leone building collapse 16 Sep 2024 - 11:41 pm
Rescue workers search through rubbles for survivors after a seven story building collapsed in Freetown on September 16, 2024. (Photo by Saidu Bah / AFP)
US backs Philippines over China despite reef pullout 16 Sep 2024 - 10:47 pm
This handout photo from the Philippine Coast Guard taken and received on September 15, 2024 shows the Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Teresa Magbanua as it arrives at a port in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP)
Mozambique to reduce dependence on imported medicines, says president 16 Sep 2024 - 09:26 pm
File: Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi
Brazil's farmers fret over fires and drought 16 Sep 2024 - 08:59 pm
Smoke and flames arise from a forest fire affecting the Brasilia National Park in Brasilia on September 16, 2024. Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP
281 inmates escape after floods brought down prison's walls in Nigeria 16 Sep 2024 - 08:51 pm
This aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024. (Photo by Audu Marte / AFP)
Taliban suspends polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan: UN 16 Sep 2024 - 08:20 pm
An Afghan burqa-clad woman walks along a street in Fayzabad district of Badakhshan Province on September 16, 2024. (Photo by Omer Abrar / AFP)
Toll hits 17 as Storm Boris lashes central Europe 16 Sep 2024 - 08:15 pm
This aerial photograph taken on September 15, 2024 shows a view of the flooded streets in Glucholazy, southern Poland. Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP
Suspect in Trump assassination attempt charged with gun crimes 16 Sep 2024 - 08:10 pm
A van carrying Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, is driven from the federal courthouse after he attended an initial appearance on September 16, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images via AFP)
Egypt to continue efforts with Qatar to reach Gaza cease-fire, says Foreign Minister 16 Sep 2024 - 06:30 pm
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World's first fully robotic heart transplant successfully performed in Saudi Arabia 16 Sep 2024 - 04:45 pm
Photo by Saudi Press Agency
China sees travel surge on first day of Mid-Autumn Festival holiday 16 Sep 2024 - 04:36 pm
People visit the Garden Expo Park during a lantern show as part of celebrations marking the Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing on September 14, 2024. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)
Thousands protest in Brussels as EV troubles threaten Audi plant 16 Sep 2024 - 04:02 pm
Protestors march during a demonstration in support of the employees of the Audi factory threatened with closure in Belgium and to call on the European Union to invest in the industrial sector, in Brussels on September 16, 2024. Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP
French YouTuber hits peak with Everest documentary 16 Sep 2024 - 03:53 pm
French Youtuber Inoxtag, who directed the documentary
Child trapped between boulders for 9 hours rescued by firefighters in New Hampshire 16 Sep 2024 - 02:52 pm
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Philippines says 'we have not lost' South China Sea reef after pullout 16 Sep 2024 - 01:35 pm
Handout photo from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows the Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Teresa Magbanua as it arrives at a port in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP)
Pakistan court grants bail to 10 MPs linked to jailed ex-PM Imran Khan 16 Sep 2024 - 01:30 pm
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Sho-what? Japan celebrates little heard-of Emmys winner 16 Sep 2024 - 01:19 pm
Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada winner of the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series award for
Four injured in school hammer attack in Russia 16 Sep 2024 - 01:00 pm
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