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Filipino peace advocate among winners of Asian humanitarian prize 31 Aug 2023 - 12:59 pm
An undated handout photo of Ramon Magsaysay Awardee Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, Women in Peace-Building Pioneer from Philippines (L). (Photo by Handout / Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation / AFP)
Microsoft bows to EU competition concerns over Teams 31 Aug 2023 - 12:12 pm
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Sweden rocked by four blasts in one night 31 Aug 2023 - 12:10 pm
Police is seen at the site of an explosion in Olskroken in Gothenburg, Sweden, August 31, 2023. (Photo by Adam IHSE / TT News Agency / AFP)
Grant Shapps named new UK defence secretary: PM's office 31 Aug 2023 - 12:05 pm
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Hong Kong braces for Super Typhoon Saola to hit Friday 31 Aug 2023 - 12:05 pm
People sit along a promenade next to Victoria harbour in Hong Kong on August 31, 2023, a day before the arrival of Typhoon Saola. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)
UK defence secretary Ben Wallace resigns 31 Aug 2023 - 11:27 am
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Rain and wrong address delayed firefighters reaching Philippine factory blaze, leaving 15 dead  31 Aug 2023 - 11:08 am
Firemen direct a vehicle after a fire at a house in Quezon City, suburban Manila on August 31, 2023. Photo by AFP
Building fire in S.Africa kills 63 31 Aug 2023 - 10:54 am
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire in Johannesburg on August 31, 2023. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Japan requests record $53 bn defence budget 31 Aug 2023 - 10:50 am
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters about North Korea's ballistic missile launches at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on August 31, 2023. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Five maintenance workers killed in Italy train accident 31 Aug 2023 - 10:29 am
Rescue vehicles are seen along the railway outside the train station of Brandizzo where five railway workers died after being hit by a train during overnight maintenance on August 31, 2023. Photo by Tino ROMANO / AFP
S.Africa's Johannesburg fire death toll rises to 63: official 31 Aug 2023 - 09:56 am
Graphic content / A firefighter extinguishes the fire at a building in Johannesburg on August 31, 2023. Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP
Climate change, pests threaten Mexico City's iconic palms 30 Aug 2023 - 11:37 pm
Workers from the Secretary of Environment prune palm trees that were attacked by a plague in Mexico City on August 10, 2023. (Photo by Rodrigo Arangua / AFP)
Judge's illness delays sentencing for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case 30 Aug 2023 - 06:06 pm
The E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, DC, before the sentencing of Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio. Tarrio was convicted on May 4, 2023, of seditious conspiracy for his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former US President Donald Trump. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
Rapper Eminem tells Ramaswamy to drop the mic, quit playing songs 30 Aug 2023 - 05:48 pm
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 28, 2023 shows entrepreneur and political activist Vivek Ramaswamy (L) speaking during the Vision 2024 National Conservative Forum at the Charleston Area Convention Center in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 18, 2023 and inductee US rapper Eminem performing on stage during the 37th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Microsoft Theatre on November 5, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Logan Cyrus and VALERIE MACON / AFP)
Thousands protest over 'abductions, disappearances' in Bangladesh 30 Aug 2023 - 05:27 pm
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Malaysia joins India in protest against China's land claim in a newly published map 30 Aug 2023 - 05:07 pm
A man rides past an illuminated hoarding with the G20 logo displayed along a street in New Delhi on August 29, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
India allows rice exports to Singapore, sidestepping sales curbs 30 Aug 2023 - 04:54 pm
File Photo: Labourers unload rice bags from a supply truck at India's main rice port at Kakinada Anchorage in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India, on September 2, 2021. (Rajendra Jadhav/Reuters)
Supermoon could team up with Hurricane Idalia to raise tides higher just as the storm makes landfall 30 Aug 2023 - 04:46 pm
People work to free a vehicle stuck on the shoulder amid storm debris as Hurricane Idalia crosses the state on August 30, 2023 near Mayo, Florida. (Photo by Sean Rayford / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)