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Sweden to donate ammo, spare parts worth $300 million to Ukraine 15 Aug 2023 - 02:53 pm
A view taken through a shattered window pane shows the crater of a missile that fell between residential buildings and a kindergarten in the city of Lviv, western Ukraine, on August 15, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP
Japanese economic growth smashes expectations 15 Aug 2023 - 01:50 pm
Pedestrians commute outside Shinjuku station during the evening hour of Tokyo on August 14, 2023. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
American tourists found sleeping it off atop Eiffel Tower 15 Aug 2023 - 01:49 pm
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UK unemployment rises to 4.2 percent: official data 15 Aug 2023 - 11:46 am
A man, reflected in a building, walks on the Southbank of the River Thames, with London Bridge on the background , central London, on August 14, 2023. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
French fire near Spanish border contained but dangerous: officials 15 Aug 2023 - 11:36 am
A firefighter puts out fires after the blaze that ravaged the commune of Saint-André, Pyrénées-Orientales, France on August 15, 2023. Photo by RAYMOND ROIG / AFP
Tropical storm Lan soaks Japan's main island 15 Aug 2023 - 11:28 am
Pedestrians try to shield from wind and rain as they cross the street in front of Osaka Station on August 15, 2023, as Tropical Storm Lan hit the main island of Honshu overnight. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Search for survivors after Indian floods, landslides kill 65 15 Aug 2023 - 11:21 am
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel search for victims at the site of a landslide after a temple collapsed due to heavy rains in Shimla on August 14, 2023. Photo by AFP
Singapore home sales jump fivefold to highest level this year 15 Aug 2023 - 10:49 am
In this file photo taken on April 24, 2023 people walk across Jubilee Bridge at Marina Bay in Singapore. Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP
27 killed in petrol station fire in Russia's Dagestan 15 Aug 2023 - 10:01 am
This handout photograph taken and released by Russian Emergency Ministry on August 14, 2023, shows rescuers pushing out a fire at a gas station in the city of Makhachkala. Photo by Handout / RUSSIAN EMERGENCY MINISTRY / AFP
Four Australians, two Indonesians rescued off coast of Sumatra 15 Aug 2023 - 09:34 am
This handout photo released by the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) on August 14, 2023 shows personnel searching for seven people off Indonesia's Sumatra island. (Photo by Handout / National Search and Rescue Agency / AFP)
Italy's clam farmers fear blue crab 'invasion' 15 Aug 2023 - 09:23 am
Picture of a dish of pasta with blue crab meat harvested in the Scardovari lagoon, taken at Chef Luca Faraon's holiday farm restaurant in Eraclea, near Venice, Italy on August 11, 2023. (Photo by Piero Cruciatti / AFP)
Trump indicted for racketeering over 2020 election interference 15 Aug 2023 - 08:06 am
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during a news conference at the Fulton County Government building on August 14, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
Palestinian PM calls on Japan to recognise State of Palestine 14 Aug 2023 - 11:02 pm
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Lebanon's interim central bank governor freezes assets of former chief and close associates 14 Aug 2023 - 10:07 pm
File photo: A view shows Lebanon's Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon, January 12, 2023. (Reuters/Mohamed Azakir)
Latvian Prime Minister announces resignation 14 Aug 2023 - 07:25 pm
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Five dead, seven missing as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia 14 Aug 2023 - 07:03 pm
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Hawaii star chefs mount massive operation to feed fire survivors 14 Aug 2023 - 05:37 pm
Volunteers prepare free meals to donate to West Maui families affected by wildfires, at the University of Hawaii Maui College in Kahului, central Maui, Hawaii on August 13, 2023. (Photo by Yuki Iwamura / AFP)
Germany stands by Ukraine, says minister in surprise Kyiv visit 14 Aug 2023 - 05:22 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Emergency Service on August 14, 2023, shows rescuers pushing out a fire in a supermarket after a night strike in Odesa on August 14, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE / AFP)