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Stay and 'you are going to die': Florida braces for next hurricane 08 Oct 2024 - 05:02 pm
This handout satellite image courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch (RAMMB) shows hurricane Milton churning over the Gulf of Mexico on October 7, 2024. Photo by HANDOUT / NOAA / AFP.
US says Russia denying access to citizen jailed for fighting in Ukraine 07 Oct 2024 - 10:47 pm
In this handout picture taken and released by the Moscow City Court press service on October 7, 2024, US citizen Stephen Hubbard, 72, accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine, attends his verdict hearing in Moscow. (Photo by Handout / Moscow City Court press service / AFP)
Trump says immigrants bringing 'bad genes' into US 07 Oct 2024 - 09:18 pm
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Dodge County Airport on October 06, 2024 in Juneau, Wisconsin (Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump 07 Oct 2024 - 03:41 pm
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) shakes hands with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Weather may delay launch of mission to study deflected asteroid 07 Oct 2024 - 12:41 pm
Workers take a break inside the Vehicle Assembly Building next to the Artemis II core stage of NASA's Space Launch System at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 28, 2024. Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP.
Over 60% of S. Korea's automotive exports shipped to North America 06 Oct 2024 - 10:43 am
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A 'forgotten' valley in storm-hit North Carolina, desperate for help 05 Oct 2024 - 07:44 pm
An American flag hangs above floodwaters remaining from Hurricane Helene on October 4, 2024 in Swannanoa, North Carolina. Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP.
Biden calls to congratulate Mexico's first woman president 05 Oct 2024 - 05:32 pm
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum (C), flanked by Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla (L) and Secretary of the Navy Raymundo Pedro Morales (R), reviews troops during her inauguration ceremony as the new Supreme Commander of the Mexican Armed Forces at Campo Marte in Mexico City on October 3, 2024. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP)
Musk's X pays millions in Brazil fines... to wrong account 05 Oct 2024 - 10:01 am
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Biden says 'not confident' of peaceful US election 05 Oct 2024 - 12:15 am
US President Joe Biden speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
Drought has dried a major Amazon River tributary to its lowest level in over 122 years 04 Oct 2024 - 11:06 pm
Aerial view of riverbank dwellers carrying banana produce over the dry Solimoes riverbed in the Pesqueiro community in Manacapuru, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Michael Dantas / AFP)
Relief in Brazil, Asia over delay to EU deforestation rules 03 Oct 2024 - 07:58 pm
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Harris and Biden head to the Southeast for firsthand looks at damage from Helene 02 Oct 2024 - 11:38 pm
Marine One, carrying US President Joe Biden flies above a storm impacted area near Asheville, North Carolina, on October 2, 2024. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
Fires taking Amazon closer to 'point of no return': expert 02 Oct 2024 - 08:25 pm
Aerial view of a riverbank dweller carrying banana produce over the dry Solimoes riverbed in the Pesqueiro community in Manacapuru, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Michael Dantas / AFP)
Solar eclipse to create rare 'ring of fire' over South America 02 Oct 2024 - 03:56 pm
A bird is photographed flying at dawn with the sun in the background in Buenos Aires, on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Luis Robayo / AFP)
More than 700,000 displaced in Haiti, half of them children: UN 02 Oct 2024 - 03:00 pm
A child yawns while sitting next to food aid to be distributed in a displaced persons camp at the Lycée Marie Jeanne in Port-au-Prince on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy / AFP)
Sheinbaum takes office as Mexico's first woman president 01 Oct 2024 - 10:54 pm
Mexico's new President Claudia Sheinbaum (left) and outgoing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wave to the attendees during the inauguration ceremony at the Congress of the Union in Mexico City on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Alfredo Estrella/ AFP)
Assange says 'pleaded guilty to journalism' to gain freedom 01 Oct 2024 - 11:49 am
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, next to his wife Stella Assange, speaks during a parliamentary hearing at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Frederick Florin / AFP)