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Death toll from Lassa fever in Nigeria rises to 155 12 Aug 2025 - 04:46 pm
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After CDC shooting, its employees turn their anger to RFK Jr. and Trump 12 Aug 2025 - 04:06 pm
A bullet hole is seen in the door of a CVS store following a shooting that left two dead, on August 9, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo by Elijah Nouvelage / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
US toughens terrorism ban of Pakistan separatist fighters 12 Aug 2025 - 03:54 pm
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Death toll from mountain torrents in NW China's Gansu rises to 15 12 Aug 2025 - 03:13 pm
Rescuers clear rocks following flash floods in Yangwashan Village, Yuzhong County of northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
UN humanitarian organizations call for urgent action to meet food needs in Gaza 12 Aug 2025 - 02:52 pm
Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels as they raid trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on August 9, 2025. Photo by AFP
Families mourn 40 years since deadly Japan Airlines crash 12 Aug 2025 - 02:28 pm
People release balloons to pray for the victims of the Japan Airlines Flight 123 crash, the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident with 520 killed, at the crash site on Mount Osutaka in Ueno Village, Gunma Prefecture on August 12, 2025. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT
Singapore raises 2025 growth forecast but warns of global risks 12 Aug 2025 - 02:17 pm
Tourist buses are parked at an open carpark near the Chinatown district in Singapore on January 7, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN and ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP)
Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes on Gaza City intensifying 12 Aug 2025 - 01:23 pm
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China announces temporary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola 12 Aug 2025 - 01:17 pm
Containers are seen at the port in Shanghai on August 12, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Hundreds seek shelter as Typhoon Podul nears Taiwan 12 Aug 2025 - 01:13 pm
Fishermen secure their boats at Wushih Harbor in Yilan as Typhoon Podul approaches on August 12, 2025 (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)
Child dies in Italy as European heatwave sets records and sparks wildfires 12 Aug 2025 - 11:58 am
A pharmacy sign indicates a temperature of 45ーC in Toulouse, southwestern France on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Lionel Bonaventure / AFP)
UK unemployment holds at four-year high amid tax, tariffs 12 Aug 2025 - 11:58 am
A picture shows the view of London from the top of a skyscraper on July 15, 2025. Photo by Carlos Jasso / AFP
Two dead, 10 hospitalized in Pennsylvania steel plant explosions 12 Aug 2025 - 11:29 am
US Steel's Clairton Coke Works is seen following an explosion at the plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania, on August 11, 2025. Photo by Rebecca DROKE / AFP
Italian athlete dies at World Games in China 12 Aug 2025 - 11:12 am
Members of Italy's delegation wave their country's national flag as they take part in the athletes' parade during the opening ceremony of the 2025 World Games at the Tianfu International Convention Centre in Chengdu, in China's southwestern Sichuan province on August 7, 2025. Photo by JADE GAO / AFP
France adopts law upholding ban on controversial insecticide 12 Aug 2025 - 11:08 am
A woman walks past the Seine River and the French National Assembly, the lower House of Parliament, in Paris on August 11, 2025, amid a heatwave in Europe. (Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP)
Toll of India Himalayan flood likely to be at least 70 12 Aug 2025 - 10:15 am
Army and rescue personnel construct a bailey bridge near the Bhatwari village in the Uttarkashi district on August 8, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Trump to host South Korean president Aug 25: Seoul 12 Aug 2025 - 08:12 am
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Sudan's RSF accused of killing over 40 in attack on Darfur camp 12 Aug 2025 - 06:00 am
This handout satellite photo obtained on August 11 from Planet Labs PBC and dated August 10, 2025, shows a view of the airport in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state. (Photo by 2025 Planet Labs PBC / AFP)