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'Dereliction of duty' by officers responsible for Maine shooter 23 Jul 2024 - 05:34 pm
Law enforcement officers gather outside Lewiston High School, Maine on October 26, 2023. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
Bangladesh student leader extends protest suspension for 48 more hours 23 Jul 2024 - 04:20 pm
A police van transports protesters to the court, after their arrest in Dhaka on July 23, 2024. The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on July 23, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest. (Photo by Abu SUFIAN JEWEL / AFP)
George Clooney backs Harris, lauds Biden for 'saving democracy:' statement 23 Jul 2024 - 04:05 pm
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Etna eruption forces closure of Sicily's Catania airport 23 Jul 2024 - 03:35 pm
(Files) A picture shows the eruption of the Mount Etna volcano on July 4, 2024 in Sicily. (Photo by Giuseppe Distefano / various sources / AFP)
France intercepting 6 drones daily near Olympic sites: PM 23 Jul 2024 - 03:27 pm
Police officers stand guard near Eiffel Tower in Paris on July 21, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP)
New 'vaccine-like' HIV drug could cost just $40: researchers 23 Jul 2024 - 02:39 pm
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WHO 'extremely worried' at prospect of polio, other outbreaks in Gaza 23 Jul 2024 - 02:14 pm
Palestinians walk past sewage water and a garbage dump on a street in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on July 23, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP
Philippine police say man inhaling white powder in video is not Marcos 23 Jul 2024 - 02:12 pm
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos leaves after delivering the annual State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives in Manila on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Virgin Atlantic orders more Airbus A330s at airshow 23 Jul 2024 - 01:55 pm
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Ethiopia landslide kills at least 146 23 Jul 2024 - 12:40 pm
In this grab made from a handout footage released by the Gofa Zone Government Communication Affairs Department on July 22, 2024, shows people standing at the bottom of a landslide that occurred in the Geze-Gofa district. Photo by Gofa Zone Government Communication Affairs Department/ESN / AFP
Bosses resign at Japan health supplement firm probing deaths 23 Jul 2024 - 12:24 pm
A woman points her finger at the signage of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical as she walks past the company's office in Tokyo on March 28, 2024. Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
Key announcements: India on $24 bn jobs drive in Modi's first post-election budget 23 Jul 2024 - 12:05 pm
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (C) poses for photos before presenting the union budget in the Parliament in New Delhi on July 23, 2024. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
Italy balcony collapse kills two, hurts 13 23 Jul 2024 - 11:20 am
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Founder of tech giant Kakao arrested for stock manipulation 23 Jul 2024 - 10:59 am
Kim Beom-su, founder of South Korean internet company Kakao, arrives at a court in Seoul on July 22, 2024. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Tunisia's sandy beaches eaten away by coastal erosion 23 Jul 2024 - 10:51 am
A general view of a beach as sand is spread to protect against rising sea levels and erosion, in the tourist town of Hammamet, about 65 kilometres southeast of Tunisia's capital on June 28, 2024. (Photo by Fethi Belaid / AFP)
Hamas announces 'national unity' deal, signs declaration with Fatah 23 Jul 2024 - 10:33 am
Mussa Abu Marzuk, senior member of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, speaks during an event hosted by China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
Bangladesh arrest total approaches 1,200: AFP tally 23 Jul 2024 - 08:01 am
Students from Bangladesh hold placards as they demonstrate to ask the government to end the crackdown on protesters on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte / AFP)
3,500-year-old archaeological tablet discovered in Turkiye 22 Jul 2024 - 11:51 pm
Image: Mehmet Nuri Ersoy on X