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UN approves Haiti force after year of pleas 02 Oct 2023 - 11:51 pm
Police officers throw tear gas to demonstrators during a protest against insecurity in Carrefour-Feuilles, a district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on August 14, 2023. (Photo by Richard Pierrin / AFP)
Protesters bock Guatemala’s highways after President-Elect warns of ‘coup’ 02 Oct 2023 - 09:23 pm
Indigenous people block a road during a protest demanding the resignation of Attorney General Consuelo Porras and prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche in San Cristobal Totonicapan, Guatemala, on October 2, 2023. (Photo by Gustavo RODAS / AFP)
DR Congo Nobel Prize winner Denis Mukwege declares presidential bid 02 Oct 2023 - 07:06 pm
Denis Mukwege addresses supporters in Kinshasa, on October 2, 2023. (Photo by Arsene Mpiana / AFP)
Ousted Niger leader to file legal case against putschists 02 Oct 2023 - 06:16 pm
File photo: A woman holds the image of ousted Niger President Mohamed Bazoum, 63, who has been held by coup plotters with his family in his official Niamey residence since July 26, during a protest outside the Niger Embassy, in Paris on August 5, 2023. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini / AFP)
Algeria says coup-hit Niger accepts transition plan 02 Oct 2023 - 05:10 pm
File photo: Motorists drive past the National Assembly in Niamey on August 7, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
South Korean skater 'very sorry' after early celebration costs gold 02 Oct 2023 - 02:28 pm
Silver medallists South Korea's Jung Cheol-won, Choi In-ho and Choi Gwang-ho attend the awards ceremony of the men's 3000m relay speed skating event during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Octorber 2, 2023. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman win Nobel in medicine for mRNA vaccines 02 Oct 2023 - 12:58 pm
Member of Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute Thomas Perlmann speaks to the media during the announcement of the winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on October 2, 2023. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
France launches battle plan against bedbug invasion 02 Oct 2023 - 12:22 pm
An elevated metro (or subway), operated by the Paris transport network (RATP), passes over a bridge in Paris, France, December 3, 2019. Reuters/Charles Platiau/File Photo
Philippines’ Marcos rating plunges amid stubborn inflation 02 Oct 2023 - 11:05 am
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France to vaccinate millions of ducks against bird flu 02 Oct 2023 - 10:29 am
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Bangladesh dengue deaths top 1,000 in worst outbreak on record 02 Oct 2023 - 10:23 am
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Indonesia launches Southeast Asia's first high-speed rail 02 Oct 2023 - 10:21 am
The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train named 'Whoosh' is seen after the inauguration at Padalarang station in Padalarang, West Java on October 2, 2023. Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP
At least 10 killed in Mexico church roof collapse 02 Oct 2023 - 09:19 am
This handout picture released by the Tamaulipas Civil Protection shows a priest looking at the site where people were trapped after a church roof collapsed in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas State, Mexico, on October 1, 2023. Photo by Handout / Tamaulipas Civil Protection / AFP
Jailed Maldives' ex-president transferred to house arrest after his party candidate wins presidency 01 Oct 2023 - 05:14 pm
People's National Congress (PNC) candidate Mohamed Muizzu (2nd L) gestures during a press conference in Male, on September 30, 2023. (Photo by Mohamed Afrah / AFP)
Truckers in Germany end 'unprecedented' strike 01 Oct 2023 - 03:53 pm
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UK govt red-faced after Rwandan diplomat's migration criticism 01 Oct 2023 - 03:18 pm
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Whalers say 24 fin whales killed as season ends 01 Oct 2023 - 12:07 pm
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Indonesia to launch China-funded high-speed rail, first in S.E. Asia 01 Oct 2023 - 11:31 am
People cross a street on a polluted day in Jakarta on October 1, 2023. Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP