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Two dead, 10 hospitalized in Pennsylvania steel plant explosions 12 Aug 2025 - 11:29 am
US Steel's Clairton Coke Works is seen following an explosion at the plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania, on August 11, 2025. Photo by Rebecca DROKE / AFP
Chinese man pleads guilty in US to smuggling protected turtles 11 Aug 2025 - 11:44 pm
This undated handout image released by District Court for the Western District of New York from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (NSFWS) shows eastern box turtles intercepted during a border inspection. (Photo by USFWS / AFP)
Colombia presidential hopeful dies after being shot in June: wife 11 Aug 2025 - 02:36 pm
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FBI moves to dispatch 120 agents to DC streets as Trump vows crackdown on crime 11 Aug 2025 - 01:45 pm
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in May. Photo credit: Annabelle Gordon/For The Washington Post
Nvidia to pay US 15% of AI chip sales to China: reports 11 Aug 2025 - 01:22 pm
(FILES) Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Corp., speaks during a news conference in Taipei on May 21, 2025. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)
Mexico airport suspends operations due to floods 11 Aug 2025 - 08:12 am
(Files) Army soldiers patrol the area affected by flash flooding due to heavy rains in Zapopan, Jalisco state, Mexico on July 16, 2025. (Photo by ULISES RUIZ / AFP)
Designer says regrets Adidas 'appropriated' Mexican footwear 10 Aug 2025 - 12:06 pm
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Chile copper mine to restart operations after deadly collapse 10 Aug 2025 - 10:33 am
Aerial view of the entrance to the El Teniente mine, a Codelco copper mine in the commune of Machali, near Rancagua, O'Higgins Region, Chile, on August 1, 2025. (Photo by Raul Bravo / AFP)
Teen gunman wounds three in Times Square shooting: NYPD 09 Aug 2025 - 02:13 pm
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Gunman kills police officer near Atlanta CDC headquarters 09 Aug 2025 - 10:12 am
Law enforcement arrive at a press conference regarding an active shooter incident on August 8, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images/AFP
New York declares total war on prolific rat population 09 Aug 2025 - 08:53 am
A rat is seen in a Harlem backstreet in the Manhattan borough of New York City on August 1, 2025. (Photo by Charly Triballeau / AFP)
Over one million migrants have left US on own since January: Noem 09 Aug 2025 - 06:00 am
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with a reporter on her plane while in the air en route from Quito, Ecuador to Joint Base Andrews on July 31, 2025. (Photo by Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP)
US to clarify gold tariff 'misinformation' as futures hit record 08 Aug 2025 - 11:14 pm
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
Trump moves to target drug cartels with US military: reports 08 Aug 2025 - 08:50 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks during an event to honor recipients of the Purple Heart in the East Room of the White House on August 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Mexico discounts risk of 'invasion' after Trump order to target cartels 08 Aug 2025 - 08:48 pm
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on July 31, 2025. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP)
Pfizer, BioNTech reach Covid jab settlement with GSK, CureVac 08 Aug 2025 - 08:43 pm
This combination of 4 pictures created on August 08, 2025 shows (top L-R) a handout image released by Pfizer on January 2021 showing the logo of the US pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation Pfizer, a logo of biopharmaceutical company BioNTech pictured at their headquarters on September 18, 2020 in Mainz, western Germany, (bottom L-R) the logo of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline pictured in west London on July 29, 2013 and the logo of the biopharmaceutical company CureVac at company's headquarters in Tuebingen, southern Germany, pictured on December 15, 2020. (Photo by various sources / AFP)
Brazil protests to US embassy over pressure on Bolsonaro judge 08 Aug 2025 - 06:17 pm
(FILES) Security forces stand guard during a demonstration called by the National Student Union (UNE) against the US government trade taxes and sanctions on Brazil, in front of the US embassy in Brasilia on August 1, 2025. (Photo by SERGIO LIMA / AFP)
Thousands evacuated as wildfire spreads north of Los Angeles 08 Aug 2025 - 11:57 am
A firefighter battles flames from the Canyon Fire on August 7, 2025 in Castaic, California. Photo by Eric Thayer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP

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Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs, H E Dr. Ahmed bin Mohamed Al-Sayed and Secretary of State for Economy of the Portuguese Republic, H E João Rui Ferreira with other officials.

Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs co-chairs second session of Qatari–Portuguese Joint Committee