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'Without us, you don’t eat': Greek farmers ride some 200 tractors to Athens to demand financial help 20 Feb 2024 - 07:02 pm
Greek farmers take part in a protest to demand financial aid in front of the Parliament in Athens on February 20, 2024. (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP)
WikiLeaks founder Assange faces last UK legal challenge to avoid US extradition 20 Feb 2024 - 06:09 pm
Demonstrators hold placards as they protest outside The Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in central London on February 20, 2024, as the high court hears the final UK appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange against his extradition to the US. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
32 Gaza patients transferred WHO says 32 patients out of besieged Gaza hospital 20 Feb 2024 - 05:37 pm
A photograph taken on February 20, 2024 in south east London shows a graffiti artist working to create a street art image of Dr Ahmed Moghrabi, a surgeon at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, as part of a project by the art platform Creative Debuts called
'Trump Sneakers,' first presidential sneaker line, already sold out 20 Feb 2024 - 05:30 pm
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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
Peninsula
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