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Australia greenlights world's 'largest' solar hub 21 Aug 2024 - 11:25 am
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Senegal 'agri-influencers' seek to shake up key sector 21 Aug 2024 - 11:19 am
Agro-influencer Mame Abdou Diop, prepares social media content in his mango orchard in Gadiaga, Thies region, on 25 July 2024. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP)
Thailand reports suspected case of new mpox strain 21 Aug 2024 - 11:08 am
Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, head of Thailand's Department of Disease Control, speaks during a press conference following the suspected first case of the new more dangerous strain of mpox in Bangkok on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
20 Pakistanis killed in bus accident in Iran 21 Aug 2024 - 11:02 am
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Crocodile mauls woman to death in Indonesia 21 Aug 2024 - 10:52 am
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Record-breaking Nepali teen eyes final 8,000-metre peak 21 Aug 2024 - 09:50 am
This handout photograph taken on April 12, 2024, and released by 14 Peaks Expedition shows Nepali mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa at Mount Annapurna. (Photo by 14 Peaks Expedition / AFP)
Philippines says new mpox case 'not' deadly variant 21 Aug 2024 - 09:16 am
A woman wearing a face mask crosses a street with other people in Manila on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Blinken hopes Sudan humanitarian progress brings broader deal 21 Aug 2024 - 12:44 am
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to reporters on the tarmac in Doha on August 20, 2024. (Photo by Kevin MOHATT / POOL / AFP)
One person dies from mpox in Ivory Coast 21 Aug 2024 - 12:04 am
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Number of victims brought by Israeli airstrikes on Eastern Lebanon surges to 11 20 Aug 2024 - 10:50 pm
Buildings near the site of reported overnight Israeli bombardment on Sarein in the Bekaa valley in east-central Lebanon on August 20, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Somalia traders shut businesses to protest sales tax 20 Aug 2024 - 10:47 pm
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Ex-officer convicted in George Floyd's killing is moved to new prison months after stabbing 20 Aug 2024 - 10:21 pm
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin reacts as he listens to the judge announce his sentence of twenty two and a half years in prison for murder in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 25, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Turkiye Central Bank keeps interest rate at 50 percent 20 Aug 2024 - 09:52 pm
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Scotland drug deaths rise, among worst in Europe 20 Aug 2024 - 07:45 pm
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Cambodian girl dies of H5N1 bird flu health ministry 20 Aug 2024 - 07:29 pm
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Petronas, ADNOC, Storegga team up for offshore carbon capture, storage in Malaysia 20 Aug 2024 - 06:40 pm
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Uganda says destroys fugitive LRA leader's camps in Central Africa 20 Aug 2024 - 06:31 pm
(FILES) Soldiers of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) patrol in Zemio, in the northeastern part of the Central African Republic to secure the area from rebel groups' possible attacks, on June 25, 2014. (Photo by Michele SIBILONI / AFP)
US sanctions ex-Haiti president Martelly for drug trafficking 20 Aug 2024 - 05:57 pm
(FILES) Haitian President Michel Martelly awaits the ceremonial signing of an agreement to install a transitional government on February 6, 2016 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP)