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India becomes first nation to land spacecraft near Moon's south pole 23 Aug 2023 - 04:06 pm
This handout screen grab taken and received from the live feed of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) website on August 23, 2023, shows the successful lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the south pole of the Moon. (Photo by ISRO / AFP)
Norway opens world's biggest floating wind park 23 Aug 2023 - 03:56 pm
A view out of an aircraft shows offshore wind engines during a flight of Norway's Crown Prince and Norway's Prime Minister to attend the inauguration of the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm, situated between energy company Equinor's oil and gas fields Snorre and Gullfaks in the Norwegian North Sea off the coast of Bergen on August 23, 2023. Photo by Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB / AFP
Attempt to embrace Geneva fountain lands man in hospital 23 Aug 2023 - 03:42 pm
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Greek firefighters battle major blazes on multiple fronts 23 Aug 2023 - 03:33 pm
A Greek firefighter battles a forest fire spreading in Dikella near Alexandroupoli, northern Greece, on August 23, 2023. Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP
BRICS leaders to debate expanding membership at summit 23 Aug 2023 - 02:32 pm
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his remarks at the plenary session during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on August 23, 2023. (Photo by Gianluigi Guercia / Pool / AFP)
Saudi storm brings lightning, fierce winds to Makkah 23 Aug 2023 - 02:10 pm
A picture taken on August 22, 2023 shows lightning over Makkah's clock tower in Saudi Arabia. Photos by Hammad Al-Huthali / AFP
Italy detains third migrant rescue ship within 48 hours 23 Aug 2023 - 02:01 pm
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German push to ease citizenship rules passes Scholz’s cabinet 23 Aug 2023 - 01:53 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) talks with German Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building Klara Geywitz as they resume the weekly cabinet meeting after a summer break, on August 23, 2023 at the Chancellery in Berlin. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP
China's sushi fans flounder over Fukushima water release 23 Aug 2023 - 01:36 pm
Fish from Japan is seen in a Japanese supermarket in Hong Kong on August 23, 2023. Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP
Teenager rescued from a broken cable car over Pakistan gorge says it was miracle 23 Aug 2023 - 01:05 pm
This handout photograph taken on August 22, 2023 and released by the Pakistan's Inter Service Public Relation (ISPR) shows an army soldier (top) rescuing a student survivor, who was trapped in a cable car following an incident, in Pashto village, northwestern Pakistan. (Photo by Handout / ISPR / AFP)
S. Korea conducts first civil defence drills in 6 years 23 Aug 2023 - 12:50 pm
A police officer controls traffic on an empty street during a civil defence drill against possible artillery attacks by North Korea in Seoul on August 23, 2023. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
French heatwave sets new late-summer record 23 Aug 2023 - 12:18 pm
Langeais' bridge is seen from the sand banks of the drought Loire river, central France, on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Guillaume Souvant / AFP)
Zimbabweans vote in tense poll as president seeks new term 23 Aug 2023 - 11:35 am
Voters wait to cast their votes next to a polling station during Zimbabwe's presidential and legislative elections in Bulawayo on August 23, 2023. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP)
India's historic cut-price Moon mission set for touchdown 23 Aug 2023 - 11:27 am
Students with painted faces surround a replica of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft in Chennai on August 22, 2023. (Photo by R.Satish Babu / AFP)
Around 100,000 people evacuated due to floods in Pakistan 23 Aug 2023 - 11:24 am
People with their belongings wade through the flood affected area of Chanda Singh Wala village in Kasur district on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)
At least 17 killed in Indian railway bridge collapse: official 23 Aug 2023 - 10:41 am
Photo credit: Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga on platform X
Trump to be booked at infamous Atlanta jail 23 Aug 2023 - 08:59 am
A Fulton County Sheriff officer stands at an entrance to the Fulton County Jail on August 22, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
Russian army officials in Libya after Haftar invite 22 Aug 2023 - 11:49 pm
This frame grab taken from a video on the Telegram account of razgruzka_vagnera on August 22, 2023, shows the leader of Russia's Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin as he addresses the camera at an undisclosed location. (Photo by HANDOUT / TELEGRAM / @ razgruzka_vagnera / AFP)