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Indonesia warns of heavy rains in capital for next 8 days 29 Feb 2024 - 02:01 pm
People walk through floodwaters due to heavy rainfall in a residential area in Jakarta on February 29, 2024. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
One death reported as wildfires rage across Texas panhandle 29 Feb 2024 - 12:46 pm
This handout picture courtesy of the Flower Mound Fire Department taken on February 27, 2024, shows a fire truck driving towards the Smokehouse Creek Fire, near Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle. Photo by Flower Mound Fire Department / AFP
Pakistan swears in new parliament in after election marred by rigging claims 29 Feb 2024 - 11:55 am
Security personnel stand guard before the start of the inaugural session of the National Assembly after general election, outside the parliament house building in Islamabad on February 29, 2024. (Photo by Farooq Naeem / AFP)
Zuckerberg, S. Korea's President Yoon talk AI cooperation 29 Feb 2024 - 11:27 am
This handout photo taken on February 29, 2024 and released by South Korean Presidential Office via Yonhap shows South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (R) shaking hands with Mark Zuckerberg (L), head of US tech giant Meta, during their meeting at Yoon's office in Seoul. Photo by Handout / South Korean Presidential Office / AFP
Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani says he is 'now married' 29 Feb 2024 - 11:21 am
Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers looks on in the dugout during a game against the Chicago White Sox at Camelback Ranch on February 27, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. Christian Petersen/Getty Images/AFP
LIVE UPDATES: One quarter of Gaza population one step away from famine 29 Feb 2024 - 09:43 am
Displaced Palestinians gather for food in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on February 28, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
US stocks dip ahead of key inflation report 29 Feb 2024 - 12:34 am
Shoppers walk outside an Albertsons grocery store on February 26, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
US says backs Moldova sovereignty after rebels appeal to Moscow 28 Feb 2024 - 09:51 pm
Lawmakers take part in a congress of deputies of Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria in Tiraspol on February 28, 2024. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)
US to limit sale of personal data to foreign adversaries 28 Feb 2024 - 07:44 pm
US President Joe Biden gestures as he arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport, in Queens, New York on February 26, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
King Harald V of Norway remains hospitalized in Malaysia as officials say his condition is improving 28 Feb 2024 - 07:07 pm
The entrance area of Sultanah Maliha Hospital, where Norway's King Harald has been admitted with an infection, is pictured on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi on February 28, 2024. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)
Hunter Biden appears for deposition, tells Republicans he did not involve his father in his business 28 Feb 2024 - 06:41 pm
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives with his attorney Abbe Lowell for a closed-door deposition before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and House Judiciary Committee in the O’Neill House Office Building on February 28, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Biden, 81, undergoes annual medical exam 28 Feb 2024 - 05:44 pm
US President Joe Biden departs the White House in Washington, DC, for Walter Reed Medical Center for his routine annual physical, on February 28, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
Church bells, strikes mark year since Greece's worst train crash 28 Feb 2024 - 02:47 pm
Bunches of flowers are displayed at the crash site in the Valley of Tempi, north of the central city of Larissa on February 28, 2024, during a memorial ceremony as the country marks a year since the
S. Korea doctors' group accuses govt of 'intimidation' 28 Feb 2024 - 02:05 pm
Medical workers walk outside a hospital after snowfall in Seoul on February 22, 2024. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
New York medical school scraps fees after $1bn donation from wealthy benefactor 27 Feb 2024 - 11:57 pm
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Ex-Brazilian President Bolsonaro under probe for 'harassing a whale' off Sao Paulo 27 Feb 2024 - 11:17 pm
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters next to his wife Michelle Bolsonaro during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 25, 2024, to reject claims he plotted a coup with allies to remain in power after his failed 2022 reelection bid. (Photo by Nelson Almeida / AFP)
Qatar, France launch joint initiative in delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza 27 Feb 2024 - 09:45 pm
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Senegal president pursues talks for new election date 27 Feb 2024 - 07:40 pm
Senegal's President Macky Sall delivers a speech during the National Dialogue in Diamniadio on February 26, 2024. (Photo by Seyllou / AFP)