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World

Japanese climber, 102, sets Mount Fuji record 26 Aug 2025 - 11:34 am
Photo credit: Guinness World Records
Plea written in blood saves Chinese woman trapped in locked room 26 Aug 2025 - 10:44 am
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India to probe giant zoo run by son of Asia's richest person 26 Aug 2025 - 10:27 am
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1 in 4 people lack access to safe drinking water: UN 26 Aug 2025 - 10:14 am
(Files) An Afghan Hazara boy drinks water from a tap in Qavariyak village in Shibar district of Bamiyan province on June 18, 2025. (Photo by Mohammad Faisal Naweed / AFP)
Al Jazeera slams assassination of its cameraman, three other journalists 26 Aug 2025 - 09:15 am
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US Treasury Department announces end of sanctions on Syria 25 Aug 2025 - 11:21 pm
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China's Huajiang Grand Canyon: World's tallest bridge passes crucial test, promises connectivity 25 Aug 2025 - 10:36 pm
This aerial drone photo taken on August 25, 2025 shows a load test on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, set to become the world's tallest bridge, in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
Trump says likely to visit China this year or soon after 25 Aug 2025 - 09:50 pm
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2025. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
Syria calls on UN to act immediately following Israeli incursion into Damascus countryside 25 Aug 2025 - 08:54 pm
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Ship crew on trial in Finland over Baltic Sea cable cuts 25 Aug 2025 - 05:38 pm
The captain of Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S, Georgian national Davit Vadatchkoria attends a trial over sabotage at the District Court in Helsinki, Finland on August 25, 2025. Photo by Roni Rekomaa / Lehtikuva / AFP
UNRWA chief slams 'shocking' global inaction after Israeli strike on Gaza hospital 25 Aug 2025 - 05:35 pm
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Trump slams 'purge' in S. Korea ahead of visit by President Lee 25 Aug 2025 - 05:15 pm
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PNC says Israel's killing of journalists represents war crime, desperate attempt to obscure facts 25 Aug 2025 - 05:04 pm
A journalist holds the blood-covered camera belonging to Palestinian photojournalist Mariam Dagga, a journalist who freelanced for AP since the start of the war and who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, during her funeral on August 25, 2025. Photo by AFP
S. Korea passes law amendment to boost shareholder rights 25 Aug 2025 - 03:28 pm
A general view shows the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) and surrounding buildings in Seoul on August 25, 2025. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
New Zealand Post suspends deliveries to US over tariffs 25 Aug 2025 - 03:21 pm
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'Restoring dignity': Kenya slum exchange offers water for plastic 25 Aug 2025 - 03:02 pm
A resident uses digital credit earned from delivering plastic waste to a Human Needs Project (HNP) collection point to pay for laundromat services in the Kibera informal settlement of Nairobi. (Photo by Tony Karumba / AFP)
Japan police apologise for death of innocent man after long detention 25 Aug 2025 - 02:53 pm
A portrait of the late Shizuo Aishima (C) is seen as his sons hold a press conference in Yokohama on August 25, 2025. (Photo by Japan Pool / JIJI PRESS / AFP)
Visma have bikes stolen at Vuelta while Axel Zingle retires 25 Aug 2025 - 02:45 pm
Team Visma-Lease a bike's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard (R) crosses the finish line during the second stage of the Vuelta a Espana on August 24, 2025. (Photo by Marco Bertorello / AFP)