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China announces temporary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola 12 Aug 2025 - 01:17 pm
Containers are seen at the port in Shanghai on August 12, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Hundreds seek shelter as Typhoon Podul nears Taiwan 12 Aug 2025 - 01:13 pm
Fishermen secure their boats at Wushih Harbor in Yilan as Typhoon Podul approaches on August 12, 2025 (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)
Child dies in Italy as European heatwave sets records and sparks wildfires 12 Aug 2025 - 11:58 am
A pharmacy sign indicates a temperature of 45ーC in Toulouse, southwestern France on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Lionel Bonaventure / AFP)
UK unemployment holds at four-year high amid tax, tariffs 12 Aug 2025 - 11:58 am
A picture shows the view of London from the top of a skyscraper on July 15, 2025. Photo by Carlos Jasso / AFP
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
Italian athlete dies at World Games in China 12 Aug 2025 - 11:12 am
Members of Italy's delegation wave their country's national flag as they take part in the athletes' parade during the opening ceremony of the 2025 World Games at the Tianfu International Convention Centre in Chengdu, in China's southwestern Sichuan province on August 7, 2025. Photo by JADE GAO / AFP
France adopts law upholding ban on controversial insecticide 12 Aug 2025 - 11:08 am
A woman walks past the Seine River and the French National Assembly, the lower House of Parliament, in Paris on August 11, 2025, amid a heatwave in Europe. (Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP)
Toll of India Himalayan flood likely to be at least 70 12 Aug 2025 - 10:15 am
Army and rescue personnel construct a bailey bridge near the Bhatwari village in the Uttarkashi district on August 8, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Trump to host South Korean president Aug 25: Seoul 12 Aug 2025 - 08:12 am
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Sudan's RSF accused of killing over 40 in attack on Darfur camp 12 Aug 2025 - 06:00 am
This handout satellite photo obtained on August 11 from Planet Labs PBC and dated August 10, 2025, shows a view of the airport in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state. (Photo by 2025 Planet Labs PBC / AFP)
2 feared dead, several missing as heavy rain pounds southwestern Japan 12 Aug 2025 - 05:00 am
Peninsula
Laos continues fight against dengue with Wolbachia mosquitoes 12 Aug 2025 - 02:00 am
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Pakistan prioritizes well-being, equal rights of minorities: PM 12 Aug 2025 - 01:00 am
Peninsula
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)
India's Modi calls Zelensky, presses for end to Ukraine war 11 Aug 2025 - 11:27 pm
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves upon his arrival to inaugurate the new Vande Bharat passenger train and Yellow Line of the Namma Metro in Bengaluru on August 10, 2025. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed / AFP)
Iraq, Iran sign MoU to develop joint security agreement 11 Aug 2025 - 11:18 pm
Peninsula
13 Palestinians, including 8 aid-seekers, killed in latest Gaza attack 11 Aug 2025 - 11:01 pm
Mourners sit around the grave of Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who was killed alongside other journalists in an overnight Israeli strike on their tent in Gaza City, following his burial at the Sheikh Radwan cemetery in Gaza City on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Nationwide blackout hits Iraq as heatwave strains power grid 11 Aug 2025 - 09:32 pm
An Iraqi man stands under an electricity transmission tower south of Hilla city on August 10, 2025, amidst rising temperatures, chronic water shortages and power cuts. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)