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Indonesia introduces golden visa to draw foreign investors 03 Sep 2023 - 12:34 pm
People gather in the park of the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta on August 6, 2023. Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP
North Korea test-fires missiles as part of mock 'nuclear attack' 03 Sep 2023 - 12:15 pm
This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 3, 2023 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting the Pukjung Machine Complex in North Pyongan Province. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) /
Youthful, gaming-obsessed Saudi seeks homegrown hit 03 Sep 2023 - 11:27 am
A Saudi trainee attends a training course at the Saudi Esport Academy in Riyadh on August 29, 2023. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)
Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Haikui heads for Taiwan 03 Sep 2023 - 09:24 am
Huge waves are seen in Yilan as Typhoon Haikui makes landfall in eastern Taiwan on September 3, 2023. Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP
Minnows blamed for algae-filled French, Spanish lakes 03 Sep 2023 - 08:57 am
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Australia sending icebreaker to rescue stricken Antarctic researcher 03 Sep 2023 - 08:34 am
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz falls while jogging and bruises his face 02 Sep 2023 - 10:27 pm
(FILES) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz looks on prior to the start of the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
2 people charged with looting as residents worry about burglaries following Hurricane Idalia 02 Sep 2023 - 10:00 pm
A car is seen downed on the side of a road in Crystal River, Florida on August 31, 2023, after Hurricane Idalia made landfall. Idalia barreled into the northwest Florida coast as a powerful Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday morning, the US National Hurricane Center said. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)
Niger court orders the expulsion of French ambassador 02 Sep 2023 - 06:23 pm
Nigerien soldiers stand guard as supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) protest outside the Niger and French airbase in Niamey on September 2, 2023 to demand the departure of the French army from Niger. (Photo by AFP)
Thai PM Srettha to hold Finance Minister post in rare move 02 Sep 2023 - 04:39 pm
File photo: Thai candidates for prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (C), Srettha Thavisin (R) and Chaikasem Nitisiri (L) wave to the crowd during an election rally for Thailand's main opposition Pheu Thai party at the Thunder Dome Stadium in Nonthaburi, north of the capital Bangkok, on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Jack Taylor / AFP)
Nobel Foundation cancels Russian ambassador invite to prize ceremony 02 Sep 2023 - 03:38 pm
(Files) Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov speaks during the auction of his 2021 Nobel Peace Prize medal in New York, on June 20, 2022. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)
Thousands rally in Niger seeking withdrawal of French troops 02 Sep 2023 - 03:35 pm
Supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) protest outside Niger and French airbase in Niamey on September 1, 2023 to demand the departure of the French army from Niger. Photo by AFP
'Margaritaville' singer Jimmy Buffett dies at 76 02 Sep 2023 - 02:58 pm
(Files) US musician Jimmy Buffett arrives for the Los Angeles premiere of
In Rio wasteland, health teams take medical care to homeless 02 Sep 2023 - 01:41 pm
Nurse Assistant Sandra Maria (L) gives a COVID-19 vaccine to a homeless man in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 12, 2023. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel /  AFP)
Iran pilgrims among 18 dead in Iraq crash 02 Sep 2023 - 01:10 pm
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Pakistan shopkeepers strike nationwide over inflation 02 Sep 2023 - 12:49 pm
A shopkeeper locks a shop along a roadside in Karachi on September 2, 2023 (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum / AFP)
Typhoon Saola weakens to a severe storm as it tracks along southern China 02 Sep 2023 - 12:06 pm
Police drive past bamboo scaffolding that has been brought down by Typhoon Saola at Kowloon Tong in Hong Kong on September 2, 2023. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence / AFP)
From the Moon to the Sun: India launches next space mission 02 Sep 2023 - 11:15 am
PSLV XL rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on September 02, 2023. (Photo by R. Satish Babu / AFP)