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South Korean skater 'very sorry' after early celebration costs gold 02 Oct 2023 - 02:28 pm
Silver medallists South Korea's Jung Cheol-won, Choi In-ho and Choi Gwang-ho attend the awards ceremony of the men's 3000m relay speed skating event during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Octorber 2, 2023. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman win Nobel in medicine for mRNA vaccines 02 Oct 2023 - 12:58 pm
Member of Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute Thomas Perlmann speaks to the media during the announcement of the winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on October 2, 2023. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
France launches battle plan against bedbug invasion 02 Oct 2023 - 12:22 pm
An elevated metro (or subway), operated by the Paris transport network (RATP), passes over a bridge in Paris, France, December 3, 2019. Reuters/Charles Platiau/File Photo
Philippines’ Marcos rating plunges amid stubborn inflation 02 Oct 2023 - 11:05 am
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France to vaccinate millions of ducks against bird flu 02 Oct 2023 - 10:29 am
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Bangladesh dengue deaths top 1,000 in worst outbreak on record 02 Oct 2023 - 10:23 am
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Indonesia launches Southeast Asia's first high-speed rail 02 Oct 2023 - 10:21 am
The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train named 'Whoosh' is seen after the inauguration at Padalarang station in Padalarang, West Java on October 2, 2023. Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP
At least 10 killed in Mexico church roof collapse 02 Oct 2023 - 09:19 am
This handout picture released by the Tamaulipas Civil Protection shows a priest looking at the site where people were trapped after a church roof collapsed in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas State, Mexico, on October 1, 2023. Photo by Handout / Tamaulipas Civil Protection / AFP
Jailed Maldives' ex-president transferred to house arrest after his party candidate wins presidency 01 Oct 2023 - 05:14 pm
People's National Congress (PNC) candidate Mohamed Muizzu (2nd L) gestures during a press conference in Male, on September 30, 2023. (Photo by Mohamed Afrah / AFP)
Truckers in Germany end 'unprecedented' strike 01 Oct 2023 - 03:53 pm
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UK govt red-faced after Rwandan diplomat's migration criticism 01 Oct 2023 - 03:18 pm
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Whalers say 24 fin whales killed as season ends 01 Oct 2023 - 12:07 pm
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Indonesia to launch China-funded high-speed rail, first in S.E. Asia 01 Oct 2023 - 11:31 am
People cross a street on a polluted day in Jakarta on October 1, 2023. Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP
Blast reported near Ankara parliament building; terrorrist attack says Turkish govt 01 Oct 2023 - 10:43 am
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Australia fires force evacuations as country swelters 01 Oct 2023 - 09:54 am
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Indian spacecraft heads towards centre of solar system 01 Oct 2023 - 09:31 am
The full moon rises above the dome of a shopping arcade on the outskirts of New Delhi on September 29, 2023. Photo by Vijay MATHUR / AFP
Asian Games official suffers leg fracture after being hit by hammer 01 Oct 2023 - 09:23 am
An official reacts in pain after his leg was injured by a stray hammer thrown by Ali Zankawi (L) who attempts to stem the bleeding. (Photo by William West / AFP)
'No more dreams': Ukraine war widows in their twenties 01 Oct 2023 - 09:06 am
Erika Martyniuk looks at the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in Kyiv on September 14, 2023. (Photo by Genya Savilov / AFP)