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'Bees starving' in disastrous year for French honey 24 Aug 2024 - 05:22 pm
This photograph shows honey bees in their beehive at honey producer La Ruche des Puys in Saint Ours, Auvergne, on August 20, 2024. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)
Israeli evacuation orders cram Palestinians into shrinking 'humanitarian zone' where food is scarce 24 Aug 2024 - 03:12 pm
Palestinians find their way amid the dust and smoke after Israeli troops targeted a building in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on August 22, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
Gaza death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza climbs to 40,334 martyrs 24 Aug 2024 - 02:56 pm
Smoke rises as Israeli troops target a building in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on August 22, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
Sudan peace brokers affirm receiving promises on improving humanitarian access 24 Aug 2024 - 02:09 pm
Photo of the press conference at the end of Sudan ceasefire talks, in Geneva on August 23, 2024. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP.
Philippines says China fired flares at its South China Sea plane 24 Aug 2024 - 01:25 pm
This screengrab from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) handout video taken on August 19, 2024, and received on August 24, 2024, shows a Chinese air force fighter jet deploying flares near a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) plane that was conducting a maritime domain awareness flight near China-controlled Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP.
Justin Bieber announces birth of baby boy 24 Aug 2024 - 01:19 pm
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Sicily prosecutors open manslaughter probe after yacht sinking 24 Aug 2024 - 12:52 pm
A Coast Guard boat and an Italian fireboat search for six others missing after recovering a victim due to a sailboat sank off the coast of Porticello, nosthwestern of Sicily Island, on August 19, 2024. Photo by Igor Petyx / ANSA / AFP.
Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis in emergency shelters after floods 24 Aug 2024 - 12:28 pm
People carrying relief materials wade through flood waters in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 24, 2024. Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP.
Death toll in Thai holiday island landslide jumps to 10 24 Aug 2024 - 12:00 pm
A vendor pushes his cart as he crosses a street in Bangkok on August 23, 2024. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)
Police search for man who killed 3 in knife attack in German city of Solingen 24 Aug 2024 - 10:08 am
Forensic police inspect on early August 24, 2024 the area where at least three people were killed and several injured when a man attacked them with a knife on late August 23, 2024 in Solingen, western Germany, according to German media, as the city celebrated its 650th anniversary. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP) / ALTERNATE CROP
Car crash in S. Korea kills 5, at least 1 Chinese national included 24 Aug 2024 - 08:43 am
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Robert F Kennedy Jr suspends presidential bid, says backing Donald Trump 23 Aug 2024 - 11:03 pm
Former Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives remarks at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel on August 23, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images via AFP)
US households to get more COVID-19 test kits through mail for no cost 23 Aug 2024 - 10:12 pm
Newly formulated coronavirus vaccines. (Photo by Valerie Plesch for The Washington Post)
'Avoid Read Sea', Philippine govt tells mariners a day after rescue of 23 Filipinos 23 Aug 2024 - 09:38 pm
File photo: Philippine President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr
NASA will decide Saturday if Boeing's new capsule is safe enough to fly 2 astronauts back from space 23 Aug 2024 - 08:15 pm
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As more floods batter Bangladesh and India, death toll rises to 30 23 Aug 2024 - 08:12 pm
A man carrying his belongings wades through flood waters in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 23, 2024. Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP.
Indian Prime Minister Modi offers to help 'as a friend' to bring peace to Ukraine 23 Aug 2024 - 08:10 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands after their talks in Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv, on August 23, 2024. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky / AFP)
Flood deluge worsens in Bangladesh with millions affected 23 Aug 2024 - 08:02 pm
Volunteers rescue flood-affected residents in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 23, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)