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French passengers sue Costa Cruises over virus ship ordeal 09 Aug 2020 - 10:40 pm
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Leaking carrier risks breakup in Mauritius as weather worsens 09 Aug 2020 - 10:22 pm
TOPSHOT - This aerial view taken on August 6, 2020 shows a large patch of leaked oil and the vessel MV Wakashio (R), belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park off the coast of south-east Mauritius./
US visit to Taiwan begins, adding to rising China tensions 09 Aug 2020 - 10:13 pm
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar arrives at Taipei Songshan Airport, Taiwan August 9, 2020. Central News Agency/Pool via REUTERS
At least 30 dead in South Korea as rain triggers landslides, floods 09 Aug 2020 - 10:02 pm
Pedestrians stand on a bridge as they look at a park inundated by flood water beside the Han river in Seoul on August 3, 2020. Heavy rain hit South Korea's central regions causing flooded houses and roads, Yonhap news agency reported, prompting authoritie
Donors pledge 253 mln euros in emergency aid for Lebanon after blast 09 Aug 2020 - 09:29 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a donor teleconference with other world leaders concerning the situation in Lebanon following the Beirut blast, in Fort de Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, France August 9, 2020. Christophe Simon/Pool via REUTERS
Beirut police fire tear gas as protesters, furious over explosion, regather 09 Aug 2020 - 08:37 pm
BEIRUT, LEBANON - AUGUST 08: Thousands of demonstrators clash with Lebanese riot police as riot police intervene them while they gather for a protest against government at the Martyrs' Square after the deadly explosion at the Port of Beirut led to massive
Rajapaksa sworn in as PM in Sri Lanka, cementing family rule 09 Aug 2020 - 08:26 pm
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa signs documents during his swearing-in ceremony at the sacred Kelaniya Raja Maha Buddhist temple, outside the capital Colombo on August 9, 2020.  / AFP / Ishara S. KODIKARA
BBC says sorry for using racist term in news report 09 Aug 2020 - 07:59 pm
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Rare quake shakes North Carolina 09 Aug 2020 - 07:50 pm
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Commander of Lebanese armed forces visits Qatar's field hospital in Beirut 09 Aug 2020 - 07:44 pm
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Trump calls for Lebanon to hold 'transparent investigation' into blast 09 Aug 2020 - 07:17 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in Bedminster, New Jersey, on August 8, 2020. / AFP / JIM WATSON
Britain's COVID-19 daily infections rise to highest level since June 09 Aug 2020 - 06:48 pm
In a promotion funded by Calderdale Council, Phil Mearns rides his ad bike displaying advice on how to slow the spread of the coronavirus through the streets of Halifax in northern England on August 9, 2020, as local lockdown restrictions are reimposed du
New Zealand reaches 100-day milestone without virus transmission 09 Aug 2020 - 06:42 pm
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354 Overseas Filipinos in Qatar repatriated on fifth chartered flight 09 Aug 2020 - 05:23 pm
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At least 43 killed in monsoon-triggered India landslide 09 Aug 2020 - 04:21 pm
Rescue workers look for survivors at the site of a landslide during heavy rains in Idukki.
Italy resort lifts alert on melting glacier threat 09 Aug 2020 - 03:21 pm
A security officer looks through binoculars at the Planpincieux glacier in Courmayeur village, Val Ferret, northwestern Italy on August 8, 2020. Several dozen people have been evacuated in northwestern Italy as a huge chunk of a glacier in the Mont Blanc
3 days of heavy monsoon rains kill 50 people across Pakistan 09 Aug 2020 - 01:59 pm
Commuters make their way along a flooded road after a monsoon rain in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on August 8, 2020. / AFP / Rizwan TABASSUM
Security tight as Belarus votes in tense poll 09 Aug 2020 - 01:52 pm
People queue outside the Belarusian embassy to cast their votes during the presidential election in Moscow, Russia August 9, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov