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Russian attacks kill three as Ukraine calls for more air defences 27 Mar 2024 - 06:30 pm
A wounded Ukrainian serviceman climbs stairs from an underground pedestrian way in the center of Kyiv on March 27, 2024, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP.
Grim search for six bodies in Baltimore bridge-ship collision continues 27 Mar 2024 - 06:27 pm
Workers continue to investigate and search for victims at the scene after the cargo ship Dali collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge yesterday causing it to collapse, on March 27, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
El Salvador replacing gang violence with state violence: Amnesty 27 Mar 2024 - 06:17 pm
A military battalion patrols a community in Apopa, El Salvador, on October 11, 2023. Photo by Marvin RECINOS / AFP.
Xi tells Dutch PM Rutte 'no force can stop' China tech progress 27 Mar 2024 - 06:07 pm
Taken on March 27, 2024 in Veldhoven shows containers of Dutch tech giant ASML, which supplies chipmaking machines to the semiconductor industry. Photo by ROB ENGELAAR / ANP / AFP.
UK minister threatened with jail over Afghanistan probe 27 Mar 2024 - 05:39 pm
Britain's Minister of State for Veterans’ Affairs Johnny Mercer arrives to attend the weekly Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, in London, on February 21, 2023. Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP.
Sri Lanka PM says China to develop strategic infrastructure 27 Mar 2024 - 05:30 pm
photograph released by Sri Lanka Prime Minister's Office on March 27, 2024 shows Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena (L) shaking hands with China's President Xi Jinping before a meeting in Beijing. Photo by Sri Lanka Prime Minister's Office / AFP.
Poland says closer to resolving grain conflict with Ukraine 27 Mar 2024 - 05:15 pm
Aerial view shows tractors and vehicles standing along the highway as Polish farmers take part in a blockade in a suburb of Warsaw, Poland, on March 20, 2024. Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP
Japan announces possible resumption of funding for UNRWA next April 27 Mar 2024 - 05:08 pm
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Who are the people presumed dead in the Baltimore bridge collapse? 27 Mar 2024 - 04:19 pm
A view of the Singapore-flagged container vessel Dali and the collapse of Francis Scott Key Bridge. Photo by Carolyn Van Houten / The Washington Post.
Clowns try to put smiles back on faces of Gaza children 27 Mar 2024 - 03:47 pm
Children take part in organised activities at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 26, 2024. Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP.
Baltimore bridge response shifts to recovery of six missing 27 Mar 2024 - 03:30 pm
Part of the steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of the container ship Dali after the bridge collapsed in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024. Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP
Vietnam jails luxury property tycoon over $355 mn bond scam 27 Mar 2024 - 03:20 pm
Chairman of Tan Hoang Minh group Do Anh Dung (C) is escorted by police officers to a court for his trial on fraud charges in Hanoi on March 19, 2024. Photo by Anh TUC / AFP
Japan unveils next-generation passenger plane project 27 Mar 2024 - 03:03 pm
People walk with their umbrellas during a rainy day at Sensoji Temple, a popular tourist location, in Tokyo's Asakusa district on March 26, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
In a first, Saudi Arabia to contest in Miss Universe pageant 27 Mar 2024 - 02:51 pm
Pic: Instagram / Rumy Al Qahtani
Several dead in German motorway bus accident: police 27 Mar 2024 - 02:33 pm
Emergency vehicles and rescue helicopters stand on the A9 highway at the scene of an accident where several persons were killed on March 27, 2024 in Schkeuditz, near Leipzig, eastern Germany. (Photo by Jan Woitas / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT
Almost one child in six is cyberbullied: WHO Europe 27 Mar 2024 - 10:58 am
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'Everyone is hungry': Desperate Gazans fight for food after airdrop deaths 27 Mar 2024 - 08:54 am
A handout picture taken and released by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) on March 25, 2024 shows humanitarian aid being airdropped over Gaza from a RAF A400M aircraft. (Photo by Leah Jones / MOD / AFP)
Nicaragua boosts Russia ties with new cancer treatment center 27 Mar 2024 - 01:44 am
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