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Biden raised $72 million in second-quarter to open campaign 14 Jul 2023 - 06:59 pm
US President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn upon return to the White House in Washington, DC on July 13, 2023. Biden returned to Washington after a 5-day trip that took him to Britain, Lithuania, and Finland. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
Lisa Marie Presley death linked to weight loss surgery 14 Jul 2023 - 06:11 pm
US singer and actress Lisa Marie Presley attends the Cinamatheque event in Los Angeles on October 28, 2001. The death of Lisa Marie Presley, the singer-songwriter and only child of rock and roll legend Elvis, was caused by a bowel obstruction related to a prior weight loss surgery, medical examiners said. (Photo by Chris Delmas / AFP)
Iraqis beat summer heat by swimming in shrinking Tigris river 14 Jul 2023 - 06:05 pm
An Iraqi dives into the waters of the Tigris river in Baghdad on July 12, 2023, as temperatures soared past 45 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Ahmad AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
Crowds cheer as India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon’s south pole 14 Jul 2023 - 05:29 pm
An Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off the coast of southern Andhra Pradesh state on July 14, 2023. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP)
Italy demands Louvre return looted antiquities 14 Jul 2023 - 05:16 pm
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German leader confident that a surging far-right party will shrink again before the next election 14 Jul 2023 - 04:46 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses a summer press conference on domestic policy and diplomacy in Berlin on July 14, 2023. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Surprise growth helps Singapore avoid recession 14 Jul 2023 - 11:11 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
Japan rocket engine explodes during test: official 14 Jul 2023 - 10:54 am
This handout picture taken on July 14, 2023 by photographer Minoru Otsuka and received via Jiji Press shows a Japanese rocket engine exploding during a combustion test at the Noshiro Testing Center in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture. Photo by Minoru Otsuka / JIJI PRESS / AFP
165 million people fell into poverty in 3 years of crisis: UN 14 Jul 2023 - 10:52 am
The United Nations headquarters building is pictured in New York on July 13, 2023. Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP
Egypt, Ethiopia launch urgent negotiations concerning the Renaissance Dam 13 Jul 2023 - 09:26 pm
:This handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency shows (L to R) African Union Commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chad's President General Mahamat Idriss Deby, Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit, the Chairman of the Tripoli-based Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit posing for a family photo during a regional summit for neighbouring nations impacted by the three-month war between Sudan's rival generals in Cairo on July 13, 2023. (Photo by EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT
Biden suggest Prigozhin be careful of 'what he ate' 13 Jul 2023 - 06:58 pm
US President Joe Biden addresses a joint press conference with Finland's President after the US-Nordic leaders summit in Helsinki on July 13, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Hundreds arrested following Kenya protests 13 Jul 2023 - 06:46 pm
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Heat wave named Cerberus has southern Europe in its jaws 13 Jul 2023 - 06:28 pm
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Sudan's neighbors meet in Cairo for summit as Egypt unveils new initiative to end raging conflict 13 Jul 2023 - 05:26 pm
This handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attending a regional summit for neighbouring nations impacted by the three-month war between Sudan's rival generals in Cairo on July 13, 2023, with leaders from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Chad, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and Libya, and the heads of the African Union and the Arab League. (Photo by EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP)
Thai progressive Pita Limjaroenrat stymied by parliament 13 Jul 2023 - 05:24 pm
Move Forward Party Leader and prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat speaks to the media in Thai Parliament after the parliamentary vote for the premiership in Bangkok on July 13, 2023. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
Iran president Raisi arrives in Zimbabwe for last stop on Africa trip 13 Jul 2023 - 04:33 pm
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa (C-R) looks on as he welcomes Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (C-L) who arrived on a state visit at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare on July 13, 2023. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)
Hong Kong ban sends top restaurants scrambling to replace Japan seafood 13 Jul 2023 - 11:33 am
A fish monger fillets fish next to a fish tank at the Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market in Seoul on July 6, 2023. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
Doctors walk out in UK health service's biggest strike 13 Jul 2023 - 10:56 am
People hold British Medical Association (BMA) branded placards calling for better pay, as they stand on a picket line outside University College Hospital (UCH) in central London on April 12, 2023, during a strike by junior doctors -- physicians who are not senior specialists but who may still years of experience.