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Japanese urged to avoid panic-buying as megaquake fears spead 10 Aug 2024 - 08:56 am
Customers walk by the entrance of a supermarket as signs written
No survivors as plane with 62 aboard crashes in Brazil 10 Aug 2024 - 12:10 am
Emergency personnel arrive at the entrance of Recanto Florido Condominium, where an airplane crashed in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on August 9, 2024. (Photo by Nelson Almeida / AFP)
Saudi Arabia welcomes joint statement by leaders of Qatar, Egypt, US on Gaza 09 Aug 2024 - 11:58 pm
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Plane with 62 people aboard crashes in fiery wreck in Brazil's Sao Paulo state 09 Aug 2024 - 09:25 pm
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Oman welcomes joint statement from Qatar, Egypt, US on Gaza ceasefire 09 Aug 2024 - 09:12 pm
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Global and regional support for joint Qatar, Egypt, US Gaza ceasefire efforts 09 Aug 2024 - 09:00 pm
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US stocks edge lower at end of rollercoaster week 09 Aug 2024 - 05:14 pm
People take pictures at the Wall Street Bull on August 08, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Flooding restricts aid to areas of Sudan facing famine, UN says 09 Aug 2024 - 04:46 pm
This picture shows the destruction following heavy rains in Abu Hamad, in Sudan's River Nile state, some 400 kilometres (nearly 250 miles) north of Khartoum, on August 7, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Two Sri Lankan ministers sacked over defection 09 Aug 2024 - 04:02 pm
Sri Lanka's tourism minister Harin Fernando and labour minister Manusha Nanayakkara (L) attend a press conference in Colombo on August 9, 2024, shortly after they were sacked over defection. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Former African football supremo Issa Hayatou dead at 78 09 Aug 2024 - 03:40 pm
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Lebanon announces support to joint Qatari, Egyptian, American statement on Gaza ceasefire 09 Aug 2024 - 03:00 pm
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Bus collision in Turkiye kills 9 people 09 Aug 2024 - 01:18 pm
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UN adopts first treaty targeting cybercrime after 3 years of negotiations 09 Aug 2024 - 12:57 pm
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Spanish judge demands explanations over Puigdemont's escape 09 Aug 2024 - 12:27 pm
Catalonia's exiled separatist leader Carles Puigdemont (C) arrives with his lawyer Gonzalo Boye (R) and Junts per Catalunya's General Secretary Jordi Turull (3rd-L) as his hardline separatist JxCAT party has scheduled a welcome ceremony, ahead of an investiture vote at the Parliament of Catalonia, in Barcelona on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Cesar Manso / AFP)
France to fete Olympians on Champs Elysees next month: Macron 09 Aug 2024 - 12:19 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he delivers a speech during a reception for international journalists accredited for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Elysee Presidential Palace, in Paris on July 22, 2024, ahead of Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
Japan PM scraps overseas trip after 'megaquake' advisory 09 Aug 2024 - 12:13 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference as part of the 29th EU-Japan Summit at The European Union Building in Brussels on July 13, 2023. (Photo by John Thys / AFP)
Nobel winner Yunus sworn in as head of Bangladesh interim government 08 Aug 2024 - 11:27 pm
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus (centre) takes the oath of office to lead Bangladesh's interim government as its chief adviser, days after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Air France extends Beirut flight suspension until Sunday 08 Aug 2024 - 04:16 pm
Residential and office buildings stand in Beirut's southern suburbs on August 7, 2024.  (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)