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Two French pilots missing as Rafale jets collide mid-air 14 Aug 2024 - 06:01 pm
(FILES) Two French Rafales jet fighters fly during an international military exercise with Indian navy on May 11, 2017 off the coasts of Brest, western France. (Photo by FRED TANNEAU / AFP)
Unpopular Japan PM Kishida to step down 14 Aug 2024 - 05:50 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prepares to leave at the end of a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on August 14, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / POOL / AFP)
IOF murders 39,965 civilians, injures 92,294 others since beginning of genocide on Gaza 14 Aug 2024 - 04:08 pm
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Greece counts cost as firefighters master fires around Athens 14 Aug 2024 - 02:51 pm
This photograph shows a view of a burnt houses following a wildfire that hit the north-eastern suburbs of athens, near Penteli, suburb of athens, on August 13, 2024. On August 13, 2024, Greece continued for the third consecutive day to fight a fire in the north-eastern suburbs of athens, which has killed one person, forced thousands from their homes and polluted the air in the capital. (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP)
Typhoon Ampil to hit Japan on Friday 14 Aug 2024 - 02:25 pm
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Tropical Storm Ernesto pummels northeast Caribbean and leaves hundreds of thousands in the dark 14 Aug 2024 - 02:05 pm
This photograph shows waves crashing against the shoreline in the aftermath of tropical storm Ernesto, in the town of Basse-Terre, on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Brian NOCANDY / AFP)
Chinese tech giant Tencent says net profits soar in second quarter 14 Aug 2024 - 12:49 pm
This photo taken on July 10, 2022 shows the Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen, China's southern Guangdong province. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP)
UK, Pakistan discuss measures for curbing illegal immigration 14 Aug 2024 - 12:17 am
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Biden is announcing $150 million in research grants as part of his 'moonshot' push to fight cancer 14 Aug 2024 - 12:14 am
US President Joe Biden speaks at a Biden Cancer Moonshot Event at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
There's an apostrophe battle brewing among grammar nerds. Is it Harris' or Harris's? 13 Aug 2024 - 11:34 pm
A rally for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) in Philadelphia on June 6. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
Pakistan rewards javelin champion Nadeem with $897,000 for record-breaking throw at Paris Olympics 13 Aug 2024 - 10:43 pm
Arshad Nadeem (R), Pakistan's javelin gold medallist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, hugs his mother Raziah Parveen upon his arrival at his hometown in Mian Channu on August 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Ex-Twitter executive wins compensation for unfair dismissal 13 Aug 2024 - 10:24 pm
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NHRC discusses partnerships with the Netherlands in human rights fields 13 Aug 2024 - 10:07 pm
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New York court bars RFK Jr. from state's presidential ballot 13 Aug 2024 - 09:59 pm
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Gaza death toll rises to 39,929; wounded 92,240 13 Aug 2024 - 08:43 pm
People walk past posters of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza since October 7, on a street in Tel Aviv on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Oren Ziv / AFP)
France reports over 140 cyberattacks linked to Olympics 13 Aug 2024 - 08:27 pm
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US calls far-right Israeli minister's prayer at Al-Aqsa 'unacceptable' 13 Aug 2024 - 07:42 pm
Palestinians transport people injured in Israeli bombardment to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on August 13, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Bangladesh ex-Premier Hasina calls for probe into killings during unrest that led to her ouster 13 Aug 2024 - 07:37 pm
Sheikh Hasina speaks as she is sworn in for her fourth spell as Bangladesh's prime minister at the Presidential Palace in Dhaka on January 7, 2019. / AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN