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French court backs ban on wearing abaya in schools 07 Sep 2023 - 10:14 pm
Women wearing an abaya walk on a bridge in the southwestern city of Toulouse, France. (Photo by Charly Triballeau / AFP)
Hong Kong hit with heavy rain, flooding days after typhoon 07 Sep 2023 - 09:40 pm
A general view of a flooded street after heavy rainstorms triggered a 'Black Rainstorm Warning' from the city's weather observatory, in Hong Kong on September 7, 2023. (Photo by Matt Surrusco / AFP)
Two women to vie for Mexican presidency in 2024 07 Sep 2023 - 09:18 pm
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Biden heads for tense G20 as China, Russia stay away 07 Sep 2023 - 08:29 pm
In this picture taken on September 6, 2023, a sand sculpture created by Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik representing US President Joe Biden's visit to India for the two-day G20 summit is pictured at Puri beach in India's Odisha state. (Photo by AFP)
Europe warns of new, highly mutated Covid strain as cases rise 07 Sep 2023 - 07:13 pm
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Finnish ex-PM Marin quits parliament for advisory role 07 Sep 2023 - 06:31 pm
Former Prime Minister of Finland and member of the Finnish parliament Sanna Marin speaks to journalists at the Finnish parliament in Helsinki, Finland on September 7, 2023. (Photo by Vesa Moilanen / Lehtikuva / AFP)
Turkish flood death toll rises to eight 07 Sep 2023 - 05:58 pm
Turkish soldiers and rescue teams search the area for a missing person after homes were destroyed during rain storms in the Igneada district of Kirklarel, on September 7, 2023. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)
UK yoga class mistakenly reported as 'mass killing' 07 Sep 2023 - 04:48 pm
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Greece launches rescue effort in flooded villages 07 Sep 2023 - 04:41 pm
An aerial view taken on September 7, 2023 shows a destroyed bridge in a flooded area in the city of Karditsa, central Greece. Photo by Eurokinissi / AFP)
Macron plans changes to allow immigration referendum in France 07 Sep 2023 - 03:41 pm
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Vietnam, Philippines to sign rice trade agreement 07 Sep 2023 - 03:02 pm
Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends the 18th East Asia Summit as part of the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta on September 7, 2023. Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / POOL / AFP
Teen dies after traffic collision with French police 07 Sep 2023 - 12:18 pm
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China exports, imports fall again in August but pace slows 07 Sep 2023 - 12:01 pm
In this photo taken on August 6, 2023 a truck drives between containers at Nanjing port in Nanjing, in China痴 eastern Jiangsu Province. Photo by STRINGER / AFP
Japan launches 'Moon Sniper' mission 07 Sep 2023 - 10:58 am
A H-IIA rocket carrying a small lunar surface probe and other objects lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Centre on Tanegashima island, Kagoshima prefecture on September 7, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
New York City cracks down on Airbnb, other short-term rentals 07 Sep 2023 - 10:50 am
The Airbnb logo is displayed on the Nasdaq digital billboard in Times Square in New York on December 10, 2020. Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP
UK to rejoin Europe's Horizon science programme 07 Sep 2023 - 10:42 am
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Fake experts drive disinformation before Bangladesh polls 07 Sep 2023 - 09:58 am
In this photograph taken on September 1, 2023, pedestrians read Bangladesh's local newspapers displayed along a street in Dhaka. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP) /
Biden bars drilling over vast swath of Alaska 07 Sep 2023 - 09:09 am
US President Joe Biden speaks about strengthening US ports and supply chains after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association finalized a new contract covering west coast ports, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 6, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)