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Russia launches test phase for digital ruble 15 Aug 2023 - 07:54 pm
This photograph taken on August 15, 2023, shows the logo of a new Russian digital ruble displaying on the laptop screen in Moscow. (Photo by Sergei Gapon / AFP)
Forex traders prepare for Rand swings ahead of South African 2024 Elections 15 Aug 2023 - 05:54 pm
File photo: South African rand coins are seen in this photo illustration taken September 9, 2015. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
Nigeria inflation quickens more than expected on transport costs, food prices 15 Aug 2023 - 05:43 pm
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Sri Lanka lifts import ban on buses, trucks 15 Aug 2023 - 05:39 pm
Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters file photo.
25 dead after Myanmar jade mine landslide 15 Aug 2023 - 05:28 pm
This photo taken on August 13, 2023 and received courtesy of Tarlin Mg via Facebook on August 14 shows people looking at the site of a deadly landslide at an unregulated jade mine near northern Kachin's Hpakant township. (Photo by Tarlin MG / UGC / AFP) 
Sri Lanka scraps $3.85 billion foreign-funded oil refinery 15 Aug 2023 - 05:15 pm
Sri Lanka's Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera speaks during a press conference in Colombo on August 15, 2023. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
Afghanistan's Taliban govt marks two years since return to power 15 Aug 2023 - 04:43 pm
Taliban security personnel ride on vehicles as they celebrate the second anniversary of their takeover in Herat on August 15, 2023. (Photo by Mohsen Karimi / AFP)
Clashes in Libya capital kill two and shut airport 15 Aug 2023 - 04:21 pm
Smoke billows amid clashes between armed groups affiliated with Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) in the Libyan capital on August 15, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP)
Over 180,000 residents urged to seek shelter as tropical storm soaks Japan 15 Aug 2023 - 03:23 pm
The Sendai River swollen due to heavy rains is pictured in the city of Tottori, Tottori prefecture on August 15, 2023. (Photo by Jiji Press / AFP)
Sweden to donate ammo, spare parts worth $300 million to Ukraine 15 Aug 2023 - 02:53 pm
A view taken through a shattered window pane shows the crater of a missile that fell between residential buildings and a kindergarten in the city of Lviv, western Ukraine, on August 15, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP
Japanese economic growth smashes expectations 15 Aug 2023 - 01:50 pm
Pedestrians commute outside Shinjuku station during the evening hour of Tokyo on August 14, 2023. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
American tourists found sleeping it off atop Eiffel Tower 15 Aug 2023 - 01:49 pm
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UK unemployment rises to 4.2 percent: official data 15 Aug 2023 - 11:46 am
A man, reflected in a building, walks on the Southbank of the River Thames, with London Bridge on the background , central London, on August 14, 2023. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
French fire near Spanish border contained but dangerous: officials 15 Aug 2023 - 11:36 am
A firefighter puts out fires after the blaze that ravaged the commune of Saint-André, Pyrénées-Orientales, France on August 15, 2023. Photo by RAYMOND ROIG / AFP
Tropical storm Lan soaks Japan's main island 15 Aug 2023 - 11:28 am
Pedestrians try to shield from wind and rain as they cross the street in front of Osaka Station on August 15, 2023, as Tropical Storm Lan hit the main island of Honshu overnight. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Search for survivors after Indian floods, landslides kill 65 15 Aug 2023 - 11:21 am
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel search for victims at the site of a landslide after a temple collapsed due to heavy rains in Shimla on August 14, 2023. Photo by AFP
Singapore home sales jump fivefold to highest level this year 15 Aug 2023 - 10:49 am
In this file photo taken on April 24, 2023 people walk across Jubilee Bridge at Marina Bay in Singapore. Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP
27 killed in petrol station fire in Russia's Dagestan 15 Aug 2023 - 10:01 am
This handout photograph taken and released by Russian Emergency Ministry on August 14, 2023, shows rescuers pushing out a fire at a gas station in the city of Makhachkala. Photo by Handout / RUSSIAN EMERGENCY MINISTRY / AFP