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Sri Lanka targets 250,000 tourists per month with new global marketing push 09 Apr 2025 - 05:37 pm
A man rides a motor bike under blossoming Tabebuia rosea trees in Kandy, Sri Lanka, April 2, 2025. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)
Never take peace for granted, King Charles tells Italy parliament 09 Apr 2025 - 05:35 pm
Britain's King Charles III delivers a speech at the Italian Parliament as part of a State visit in Italy on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Nepal sees growth in remittances, forex reserves 09 Apr 2025 - 05:32 pm
A general view shows the urban area of the Kathmandu Valley with Swayambhunath stupa from Ichangu Narayan village, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on November 9, 2020. AFP / Prakash Mathema
UK to host Europe's first Universal theme park 09 Apr 2025 - 05:28 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) shakes hands with Comcast Corporation President Michael Cavanagh, on the day of an announcement that US media giant Comcast Corp will build its first Universal theme park and resort in Europe, set to open in 2031, during a visit to Bedford, north of London, on April 9, 2025. Photo by John Sibley / POOL / AFP
Indonesia to build 1,000 houses for journalists 09 Apr 2025 - 05:24 pm
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Lego opens $1-bn factory in Vietnam as it looks to Asia market 09 Apr 2025 - 04:10 pm
Attendees take photos past a full-scale model made with Lego bricks during the inauguration of the Lego factory in Binh Duong Province on April 9, 2025. Photo by Huu Khoa / AFP
Tata Steel to cut 1,600 jobs in the Netherlands 09 Apr 2025 - 04:02 pm
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Video: Gaza rescuer risks life to save victim of Israel strike 09 Apr 2025 - 03:39 pm
Palestinian rescuers work at the site of an Israeli strike on a residential area in Gaza City's Shujaiyya neighbourhood, on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Greece train safety official quits 2023 crash probe 09 Apr 2025 - 02:55 pm
Search operations are underway after a head-on collision of a freight train with a passenger train carrying over 350 people killed dozens of people on February 28, the country's worst-ever rail disaster, in the Tempi Valley near Larissa on March 2, 2023. (Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP)
Occupation's escalation of home demolitions is extension of genocide, displacement, annexation: Palestinian Foreign Ministry 09 Apr 2025 - 02:45 pm
A Palestinian flag flutters as children play amid the rubble of a destroyed building at the Jabalia camp for displaced Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip on April 8, 2025. Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP
EU greenlights new microplastic rules after tensions 09 Apr 2025 - 02:39 pm
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India readies for US extradition of Mumbai attacks suspect 09 Apr 2025 - 02:02 pm
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Prince Harry's security case enters second day in UK court 09 Apr 2025 - 01:48 pm
Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex arrives at the the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in central London, on April 8, 2025 for the second day of his appeal hearing over the downgrading of his personal security during visits in Britain. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
Russian army casualties rise to over 927,000 Since start of Ukraine war 09 Apr 2025 - 01:05 pm
A woman walks past a poster promoting contract army service in western Moscow on April 9, 2025. Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP.
Algerian transport Minister lauds Qatar's remarkable progress in transportation, aspires to leverage its pioneering expertise 09 Apr 2025 - 12:07 pm
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17 countries participate in 14th International Cultural Festival of Symphonic Music in Algeria 09 Apr 2025 - 11:58 am
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Musk brands Trump aide 'dumber than a sack of bricks' in tariff spat 09 Apr 2025 - 11:38 am
(Files) (L-R) Senior Counselor to the President for Trade and Manufacturing, Peter Navarro, White House deputy chief of staff for policy and US homeland security advisor Stephen Miller, and Elon Musk speak inside the Oval Office of the White House on March 14, 2025. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP)
Fire in northern China nursing home kills 20: state media 09 Apr 2025 - 09:52 am
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