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Record number of aid workers killed in 2024, UN says 19 Aug 2025 - 07:31 pm
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More than 1,100 deaths linked to Spain's heatwave 19 Aug 2025 - 05:11 pm
This photograph shows sun rays shining through a handheld house thermometer reading 35 degrees Celsius, in Montreuil on the afternoon of August 14, 2025, amid a heatwave in Europe. Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP.
Finnish MP, 30, dies inside parliament building 19 Aug 2025 - 04:19 pm
(Files) This file photo taken on July 9, 2024 shows member of Finnish parliament Eemeli Peltonen of Finland's Social Democratic Party attending a plenary session in Helsinki, Finland. (Photo by Mikko Stig / Lehtikuva / AFP) /
UK drops demand for access to Apple user data 19 Aug 2025 - 04:17 pm
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'Skibidi' and 'tradwife': social media words added to Cambridge dictionary 19 Aug 2025 - 02:10 pm
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Google agrees to US$36m fine over Android search deals 19 Aug 2025 - 01:59 pm
(Files) A woman walks past a Google logo at the Google Campus in Warsaw on February 13, 2025. (Photo by Sergei Gapon / AFP)
UN Spokesperson urges scaled-up humanitarian access in Gaza Strip 19 Aug 2025 - 01:46 pm
Palestinians gather to receive cooked meals from a food distribution center in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on August 18, 2025. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP
Global footballers' union urges India to revive top league 19 Aug 2025 - 01:32 pm
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HK scientist puts hope in nest boxes to save endangered cockatoos 19 Aug 2025 - 10:33 am
This picture taken on July 30, 2025 shows several yellow-crested cockatoos resting atop a light pole in the Sai Ying Pun neighbourhood in Hong Kong. (Photo by Yan Zhao / AFP)
Survivors claw through rubble after deadly Pakistan cloudburst 19 Aug 2025 - 09:32 am
Rescue workers and residents search for victims in the debris of collapsed houses after a cloudburst in Dolari village, Swabi district, in northern Pakistan's mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
Historic Swedish church to relocate on trailers in logistical feat 19 Aug 2025 - 09:01 am
The wooden Kiruna Church is transferred to its new location, in Kiruna, Sweden on August 19, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
Zelensky says ready for bilateral meeting with Putin to end war 19 Aug 2025 - 07:59 am
(L/R) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks as French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump listen during a meeting with European leaders in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/ AFP)
Suits you: 'Fabulous' Zelensky outfit wows Trump 19 Aug 2025 - 12:42 am
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is greeted by US President Donald Trump (left) upon arrival at the White House West Wing in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
Russian President, Indian PM discuss prospects for long-term settlement in Ukraine 19 Aug 2025 - 12:19 am
File: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on October 5, 2018. (Photo by AFP)
Nepal eliminates rubella, says WHO 18 Aug 2025 - 10:35 pm
A group of students wait in line to get vaccinated against Measles-Rubella during the Outbreak Response Immunization campaign in Mahottari district of Madhesh Province in Nepal. (Photo: World Health Organization)
Somali announces killing of 100 militants in military operation 18 Aug 2025 - 10:28 pm
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Sudanese Book House partially reopens after two-year closure due to war 18 Aug 2025 - 10:09 pm
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China seeks to reopen Australia canola trade as Canada ties sour 18 Aug 2025 - 10:00 pm
Canola plants in a field near Balliang, Victoria, Australia. (Photo by Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg)