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1 in 4 people lack access to safe drinking water: UN 26 Aug 2025 - 10:14 am
(Files) An Afghan Hazara boy drinks water from a tap in Qavariyak village in Shibar district of Bamiyan province on June 18, 2025. (Photo by Mohammad Faisal Naweed / AFP)
Ship crew on trial in Finland over Baltic Sea cable cuts 25 Aug 2025 - 05:38 pm
The captain of Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S, Georgian national Davit Vadatchkoria attends a trial over sabotage at the District Court in Helsinki, Finland on August 25, 2025. Photo by Roni Rekomaa / Lehtikuva / AFP
Visma have bikes stolen at Vuelta while Axel Zingle retires 25 Aug 2025 - 02:45 pm
Team Visma-Lease a bike's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard (R) crosses the finish line during the second stage of the Vuelta a Espana on August 24, 2025. (Photo by Marco Bertorello / AFP)
World's first commercial CO2 'graveyard' opens in Norway 25 Aug 2025 - 02:32 pm
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Portugal counts the cost of its biggest ever forest fire 25 Aug 2025 - 02:24 pm
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Canadian PM attends Ukrainian independence day; calls for ceasefire 24 Aug 2025 - 10:23 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shake hands during their press-conference following the talks outside Mariyinsky Palace in Kyiv on August 24, 2025. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky / AFP)
Teenage cyclist dies after junior Vuelta crash 24 Aug 2025 - 02:38 pm
Riders cycle in a breakaway in Zubiena during the first stage of the Vuelta a Espana, a 183 km race between Torino - Reggia di Venaria and Novara, in Italy's Piemonte region, on August 23, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)
Latest Spain heatwave was 'most intense on record' 24 Aug 2025 - 02:14 pm
Tourists cool off near a fountain during a heatwave in Ronda on August 17, 2025. Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP
UK's mass facial-recognition roll-out alarms rights groups 24 Aug 2025 - 10:09 am
(Files) A van being used by the metropolitan police as part of their Facial Recognition operation is pictured in central London, on May 6, 2023. (Photo by Will Edwards/ AFP)
Fire at nuclear plant after Russia downs Ukrainian drone 24 Aug 2025 - 08:08 am
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Spain's wildfires almost vanquished: official 23 Aug 2025 - 01:25 pm
A firefighter airplane battles a wildfire near the village of Vilaboa, northwestern Spain on August 22, 2025. (Photo by Miguel Riopa / AFP)
Berlin's 'Moors' Street' renamed after years of controversy 23 Aug 2025 - 12:54 pm
A worker installs a street sign bearing what is supposed to become the new name for the 'Mohrenstrasse' (Moor street), the 'Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-strasse' in Berlin on August 22, 2025. (Photo by John MacDougall / AFP)
Two Dutch teens found dead in Istanbul hotel 23 Aug 2025 - 12:36 pm
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Summer brings overtourism fears for 'Bavarian Caribbean' 23 Aug 2025 - 11:08 am
Tourists ride rental boats on the Eibsee lake, near Grainau, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany on August 22, 2025. (Photo by Philipp Guelland / AFP)
UK postpones decision on new Chinese embassy in London until October 22 Aug 2025 - 11:22 pm
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France confirms Iran, European powers talks next week 22 Aug 2025 - 09:27 pm
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UK Foreign Secretary describes Gaza famine as moral outrage, man-made catastrophe 22 Aug 2025 - 07:25 pm
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Danish students to be allowed to use AI for English exams 22 Aug 2025 - 06:14 pm
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