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Plastic art installations as Indonesia seeks to convert waste into energy 19 Mar 2025 - 09:13 pm
People install plastic garbage to an art installation in Gresik Regency, East Java, Indonesia, on March 19, 2025. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua)
Chinese-built irrigation project transforming Kenyan farmers' livelihoods 19 Mar 2025 - 08:27 pm
File photo for representational purposes only. Farmers take part in a training on organic farming techniques in macadamia production in Githure, in central Kenya. TRF/Caroline Wambui
Pakistan launches spring tree plantation drive to improve environment quality 19 Mar 2025 - 08:14 pm
This photo taken on March 19, 2025 shows the spring scenery in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
Trump says had 'very good' call with Zelensky, Ukraine truce bid on track 19 Mar 2025 - 08:08 pm
US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP)
'Bring him home': Philippines migrant workers grapple with Duterte fallout 19 Mar 2025 - 07:33 pm
Filipino migrant workers turn on their phone flashlights and place them in a circle around a clenched fist symbol to express support for former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, at Repulse Bay in Hong Kong on March 16, 2025. (Photo by Purple Romero / AFP)
'Miracle' as man survives seven hours under Norway avalanche 19 Mar 2025 - 07:31 pm
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Ukraine's Zelensky calls Trump after US-Russia ceasefire talks 19 Mar 2025 - 07:10 pm
This combination of files pictures created on March 18, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump on the phone in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2017 and a handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on February 12, 2025, showing Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking during a phone call with the US president while sitting at his office in Kyiv. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm and Handout / AFP)
EU skewers Google, Apple over tech rules -- despite Trump threats 19 Mar 2025 - 05:53 pm
An Apple logo is seen on the outside of an Apple store as new iPhones are released for sale in San Francisco, California on September, 22, 2017. Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP
UK teen who planned school massacre jailed for minimum 49 years 19 Mar 2025 - 04:54 pm
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Hundreds evacuated as flash floods hit Southern Spain 19 Mar 2025 - 03:51 pm
A picture taken on March 18, 2025 shows a swollen stream following storms near Constantina, north of Seville. Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP
Hong Kong passes cybersecurity law for 'critical infrastructure' 19 Mar 2025 - 02:55 pm
Pedestrians walk along a street in Hong Kong on March 19, 2025. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)
Russia sentences 5 Ukraine soldiers to years in prison for Kursk 19 Mar 2025 - 01:53 pm
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Israeli Tuesday offensive on Gaza Strip kills 170 children, 80 women: UN 19 Mar 2025 - 01:44 pm
A woman gestures as Palestinians leave Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip with their belongings, heading towards Gaza City following Israeli evacuation orders on March 19, 2025. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Italy finds six bodies, 40 missing after migrant shipwreck 19 Mar 2025 - 01:39 pm
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'Organized chaos': $19bn airport megaproject takes shape in cramped NY 19 Mar 2025 - 12:08 pm
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Ecuador declares 'force majeure' emergency, cuts exports over oil spill 19 Mar 2025 - 12:00 pm
Oil slicks are seen in the Esmeraldas River after an oil spill at the fishing port in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, on March 17, 2025. (Photo by Julio Galarza / AFP)
In US, a pastry chef attempts to crack an egg-free menu 19 Mar 2025 - 11:52 am
Annie Clemmons, owner of online bakery Chapman's DC, bakes an eggless pavlova in Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 17, 2025. (Photo by Agnes Bun  / AFP)
Smiles, thumbs ups and a safe return for 'stranded' NASA astronauts 19 Mar 2025 - 11:25 am
This photo provided by NASA shows NASA astronaut Suni Williams being helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on board the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN after she, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov landed in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Keegan Barber / NASA / AFP)