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'I am fine': New York rattled by small earthquake 05 Apr 2024 - 11:30 pm
Residents and police gather outside of homes that were structurally damaged and had to be evacuated after New York City and parts of New Jersey experienced a 4.8 magnitude earthquake on April 05, 2024 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
US hiring blows past expectations in March 05 Apr 2024 - 11:24 pm
(FILES) Home Depot customers walk by a posted now hiring sign on March 8, 2024 in San Rafael, California. (Photo by JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Armani bags produced by exploited Chinese workers near Milan: Italian police 05 Apr 2024 - 08:48 pm
(FILES) Italian designer Giorgio Armani greets the audience at the end of his collection show at the Milan Fashion Week Womenswear Autumn/Winter 2024-2025 on February 25, 2024 in Milan. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP)
Iceland PM resigns to run for president 05 Apr 2024 - 08:14 pm
FILES) Iceland's Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir arrives to attend a European Council summit during the second and last day at the EU headquarters, in Brussels, on March 22, 2024. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
Anger grows in Greece after femicide outside police station 05 Apr 2024 - 07:54 pm
Students from a musical school hold their red painted hands in the air outside a police station during a demonstration against police inaction in feminicides in Athens on April 5, 2024. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)
Prosecutors interrogate Peru president over Rolex scandal 05 Apr 2024 - 07:47 pm
Police officers stand guard outside the Peruvian Prosecutor's building in Lima on April 5, 2024, before the arrival of President Dina Boluarte, summoned by prosecutors amid a scandal over her luxury Rolex and jewelry collection. (Photo by Ernesto BENAVIDES / AFP)
Israeli airstrike kills three in southern Lebanon 05 Apr 2024 - 07:39 pm
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India's Congress party promises minority protection and jobs 05 Apr 2024 - 06:36 pm
This photograph taken on March 19, 2024 shows people walking past the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Dehradun, in India's Uttarakhand state. (Photo by Amarjeet Kumar Singh / AFP)
Zimbabwe replaces local dollar with new gold-backed currency called ZiG 05 Apr 2024 - 05:36 pm
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Drier-than-usual El Nino made Jakarta pollution worst in 4 years 05 Apr 2024 - 05:27 pm
Motorists drive on the freeway leading into and out of downtown Jakarta on April 4, 2024. (Photo by Bay Ismoyo / AFP)
South Korean president casts early election vote 05 Apr 2024 - 04:29 pm
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol casts his ballot during early voting at a polling station in Busan on April 5, 2024, ahead of next week's parliamentary elections.  (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Vingegaard suffered lung damage in crash 05 Apr 2024 - 02:33 pm
Team Jumbo-Visma's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard rides after crossing the finish line in first place during the stage 16 of the 2023 La Vuelta cycling tour of Spain, a 120 km race between Liencres and Bejes on September 12, 2023. Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP
Thousands of schools in Philippines suspend in-person classes due to heat 05 Apr 2024 - 01:39 pm
A student uses a portable fan outside a school in Manila on April 2, 2024. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
French diver laughs off 'funny' fall in front of Macron 05 Apr 2024 - 01:34 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron, surrounded by Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris 2024 Olympics Organising Committee, Ile-de-France's Regional Council President Valerie Pecresse, Grand Paris' Metropole President Patrick Ollier and officials, visits the Olympic aquatics centre (CAO), a multifunctional venue for the Paris 2024 Olympics, on the day of its inauguration in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, on April 4, 2024. (Photo by Gonzalo Fuentes / POOL / AFP)
UK rail services hit as train drivers walk out 05 Apr 2024 - 01:00 pm
Pedestrians are silhouetted as they walk across Southwark Bridge, with The Shard skyscraper behind, in London on November 10, 2023. Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP
Martyrs, wounded in Israeli bombardment across Gaza Strip 05 Apr 2024 - 09:10 am
This picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment on January 16, 2024 (Photo by Mahmud Hams / AFP)
One of Disney’s longest-running attractions is ditching fossil fuels 05 Apr 2024 - 12:12 am
Autopia in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, on August 10, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen/Getty Images via Washington Post)
50,000 worshipers perform Isha, Tarawih prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque 04 Apr 2024 - 11:57 pm
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