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Zelensky lands at Netherlands air base: Dutch govt 20 Aug 2023 - 01:59 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte shake hands during a visit... on August 20, 2023. (Photo by Rob Engelaar / ANP / AFP)
Russia's Luna-25 probe crashes on the Moon: Roscosmos 20 Aug 2023 - 12:32 pm
(Files) In this grab from a handout footage taken by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos on August 11, 2023, a Soyuz 2.1b rocket with the Luna-25 lander blasts off. (Photo by Handout / Russian Space Agency Roscosmos / AFP)
Western Canada wildfires force tens of thousands to flee 20 Aug 2023 - 11:32 am
A “thank you all firefighters” sign is put in the front window of a house near Shannon Lake as the nearby McDougall Creek wildfires continue in West Kelowna, British Columbia on August 19, 2023. (Photo by Paige Taylor White / AFP)
18 burn to death in Pakistan bus crash 20 Aug 2023 - 11:11 am
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Japan PM says no decision on Fukushima water release date 20 Aug 2023 - 10:22 am
A general view shows a section of the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant from a hilltop in Tomioka town about 12km away from the facility in Fukushima Prefecture, on August 20, 2023. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
Indonesian president to attend BRICS summit in South Africa 20 Aug 2023 - 10:09 am
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo delivers his speech on the budget, as Vice President Ma'ruf Amin (back) looks on, ahead of the country's Independence Day at the parliament building in Jakarta on August 16, 2023. Photo by ADEK BERRY / POOL / AFP
US southwest on high alert as Hurricane Hilary climbs Mexico coast 20 Aug 2023 - 09:47 am
General view of the Medano beach in Los Cabos, Baja California State, Mexico, during the passage of Hurricane Hilary, on August 19, 2023. Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP
Three dead, others injured in Paris residential building blaze 19 Aug 2023 - 08:54 pm
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Hurricane Hilary threatens 'catastrophic and life-threatening' flooding in Mexico and California 19 Aug 2023 - 06:56 pm
A man walks along a street in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California State, Mexico, as rain and gusts of wind of Hurricane Hilary reach the area, on August 19, 2023. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP)
Bond traders bet next Ecuador president can stave off default 19 Aug 2023 - 05:53 pm
A man rides a bicycle outside the National Electoral Council in Quito, on August 18, 2023. Amid the commotion over the shooting death of a candidate and violence linked to drug trafficking, Ecuador will vote this Sunday in early elections to elect a new president and put an end to an institutional crisis. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP)
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy with Swedish Premier, Royal Family 19 Aug 2023 - 05:39 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson take a walk in the garden of the minister's countryside retreat in Harpsund, south-west of Stockholm, Sweden on August 19, 2023. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
'Bidenomics" suffers one major issue; the name 19 Aug 2023 - 05:25 pm
Employees listen to US President Joe Biden speak about Bidenomics in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 15, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Guatemalans vote for President in election slammed by US 19 Aug 2023 - 05:09 pm
A street vendor displays a sign of Guatemalan candidate for the National Union of Hope party and former First Lady (2008–2011), Sandra Torres, before the closing of her campaign at the Terminal Market in Guatemala City, on August 18, 2023. (Photo by LUIS ACOSTA / AFP)
West African delegation arrives in coup-hit Niger 19 Aug 2023 - 05:02 pm
Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff and chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commitee, Christopher Musa, welcomes the media at the end of their deliberations in Accra, on August 18, 2023. (Photo by GERARD NARTEY / AFP)
Egypt's Sisi pardons jailed activist Ahmed Douma 19 Aug 2023 - 04:37 pm
(FILES) Egyptian political activist Ahmed Douma reacts as he stands behind dock bars during his trial in Cairo on June 3, 2013, on charges of insulting president Mohamed Morsi. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
More evacuations as 'severe' weather fans vast Tenerife wildfire 19 Aug 2023 - 04:14 pm
A picture taken in the night of August 19, 2023 shows the fronts of the forest fire on hills above houses, in the Guimar valley on the Canary Island of Tenerife. Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP
Niger floods kill 27, affect thousands since July 19 Aug 2023 - 03:20 pm
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Russia shelled centre of north Ukrainian city Chernihiv: authorities 19 Aug 2023 - 12:36 pm
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