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China to tackle noise pollution at airports 20 Feb 2024 - 04:36 pm
Passengers are pictured at the waiting hall of Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 17, 2024. Xinhua/Li An
Rescue teams reach remote site of Afghanistan landslide 20 Feb 2024 - 04:27 pm
A general view shows snow laden terrain at Keraman village in the Dara district of Panjshir province on February 19, 2024. Photo by AFP
'Hacked the hackers': International operation smashes 'most harmful cyber crime group' 20 Feb 2024 - 03:37 pm
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Measles cases rose 79 percent globally last year: WHO 20 Feb 2024 - 03:22 pm
(Files) A boy accompanied by his father receives a dose of the measles and rubella vaccine from medical personnel at a community health center in the Lidice neighborhood of Caracas, on August 17, 2022. (Photo by Yuri Cortez / AFP)
Founder of Japanese dollar-store chain Daiso dies at 80 20 Feb 2024 - 01:34 pm
This photo taken on March 7, 2019 shows Hirotake Yano, the Japanese 100-yen shop pioneer and founder of the Daiso chain. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Israel pounds Gaza ahead of UNSC vote 20 Feb 2024 - 11:08 am
Smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment on February 20, 2024. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
Rise of acute malnutrition of children in Gaza: WHO 20 Feb 2024 - 10:51 am
Displaced Palestinian children gather to receive food at a government school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 19, 2024. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
Ecuador backtracks on plan to send weapons to Ukraine 20 Feb 2024 - 12:01 am
A local resident walks past a crater and a damaged residential building following a recent aerial bombardment in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, on February 18, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK / AFP)
Strike closes Eiffel Tower to visitors 19 Feb 2024 - 09:15 pm
This photograph taken on February 19, 2024, in central Paris, shows a board informing visitors that the Eiffel Tower, viewed in the background, is closed as staff go on strike, over the financial management of the monument by the city, closing the monument to the public during the second week of the French school holidays. (Photo by Kiran RIDLEY / AFP)
25 killed in Afghanistan landslide caused by snowfall 19 Feb 2024 - 08:22 pm
Afghan men shovel snow from the rooftop of a house following snowfall in Fayzabad, Badakhshan province on February 19, 2024. (Photo by Omer Abrar / AFP)
Protest against Rwanda, West in key DR Congo city 19 Feb 2024 - 08:18 pm
Demonstrators gather to denounce the international community's silence in the face of the perpetual crisis in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and to show their support for the Congolese army and the pro-government militia Wazalendo, in Goma, on February 19, 2024. (Photo by Guerchom Ndebo / AFP)
Passenger jet hits equipment on takeoff from Belgrade airport and is forced to make emergency return 19 Feb 2024 - 04:54 pm
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Eiffel Tower closes as staff go on strike 19 Feb 2024 - 04:01 pm
This photograph taken on February 19, 2024, in Paris, shows a board informing visitors that the Eiffel Tower, viewed in the background, is closed as staff go on strike, over the financial management of the monument by the city, closing the monument to the public during the second week of the French school holidays. Photo by Kiran Ridley / AFP
Philippines seizes hundreds of giant clam shell pieces 19 Feb 2024 - 03:50 pm
This handout photo taken on February 14, 2024 and released on February 19 by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows coast guard personnel gathering seized giant clam shells on a beach at a village in Bugsuk island, Palawan province. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
Mongolian arrested trying to smuggle komodo dragons, pythons out of Thailand 19 Feb 2024 - 03:37 pm
This handout photo taken on February 17, 2024, and released on February 19 by Thailand's Customs Department shows a rescued snake at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. (Photo by Handout / Thailand's Customs Department / AFP)
S. Korean government orders doctors back to hospitals 19 Feb 2024 - 01:30 pm
Medical staff are seen at a university hospital in Gwangju on February 19, 2024. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Waffle House shooting in Indianapolis leaves 1 dead, 5 injured, police say 19 Feb 2024 - 12:28 pm
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Singapore to require gradual use of low-carbon jet fuel from 2026 19 Feb 2024 - 12:13 pm
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