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As more floods batter Bangladesh and India, death toll rises to 30 23 Aug 2024 - 08:12 pm
A man carrying his belongings wades through flood waters in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 23, 2024. Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP.
Indian Prime Minister Modi offers to help 'as a friend' to bring peace to Ukraine 23 Aug 2024 - 08:10 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands after their talks in Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv, on August 23, 2024. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky / AFP)
Flood deluge worsens in Bangladesh with millions affected 23 Aug 2024 - 08:02 pm
Volunteers rescue flood-affected residents in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 23, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
A seventh body is recovered from sunken superyacht off Sicily, believed to be Mike Lynch's daughter 23 Aug 2024 - 06:58 pm
Italian firefighters and health workers carry a body bag with a victim after a sailboat sank off the coast of Porticello, nosthwestern of Sicily Island, on August 19, 2024. Photo by Igor Petyx / ANSA / AFP.
EU's Borrell says reduced German aid to Ukraine 'worrisome' 23 Aug 2024 - 03:26 pm
European Commission vice-president in charge for High-Representative of the Union for Foreign Policy and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks during a press conference at the end of an Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Development Ministers) in Brussels, on February 12, 2023. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
Modi meets Zelensky on historic Ukraine visit 23 Aug 2024 - 01:24 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) shows the way to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the entrance of the Mariinskyi Palace during their meeting, on August 23, 2024. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)
An Iceland volcano erupts again but spares the nearby town of Grindavik for now 23 Aug 2024 - 12:43 pm
Handout picture released on August 23, 2024 by the Public Defense Department of the State Police in Iceland and taken during the night from August 22 to 23, 2024 shows lava and smoke erupting from a volcano near Grindavik on the Icelandic peninsula of Reykjanes. (Photo by Public Defense Department of the State Police / AFP)
Bus with 40 on board plunges into Nepal river, most rescued 23 Aug 2024 - 12:39 pm
Rescue personnel gather at the site after a bus carrying Indian passengers plunged into the Marsyangdi river in Nepal's Tanahun district on August 23, 2024. (Photo by SHANKHAR ADHIKARI / AFP)
Baby among at least 10 people who drowned after migrant boat overturned on Serbia-Bosnia border 23 Aug 2024 - 11:47 am
This handout photograph made available by the Ministry of Interior of Serbia shows Serbian Police officers searching a bank of the Drina River after a boat carrying 30 illegal migrants sank on the border between Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina near the town of Ljubovija, on August 22, 2024. (Photo by Handout / SERBIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY / AFP)
Sicily divers seek tycoon's daughter after superyacht sinking 23 Aug 2024 - 11:29 am
Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters leave Porticello harbor near Palermo, to resume research for a last missing person on August 23, 2024, four days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Indian Prime Minister arrives in Ukraine 23 Aug 2024 - 11:26 am
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FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines, shots should be available in days 23 Aug 2024 - 12:25 am
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Biden govt to send $125 million in new military aid to Ukraine, say officials 23 Aug 2024 - 12:05 am
File photo: US Secretary Lloyd Austin (left) talks with President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, during a Meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels, on October 11, 2023. (Photo by Olivier Matthys / Pool / AFP)
China launches new communications satellite 22 Aug 2024 - 11:36 pm
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Gaza children brace for health risks as polio vaccines blocked, says Gaza doctor 22 Aug 2024 - 11:19 pm
Palestinian children carry pots of soup near a food distribution point in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Nepal lifts its ban on TikTok imposed for disrupting social harmony 22 Aug 2024 - 11:06 pm
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Gaza death toll rises to 40,265 ; wounded 93,144 22 Aug 2024 - 09:19 pm
Palestinians watch as smoke rises from a building hit by an Israeli strike after a warning from the army to its occupants to evacuate the premises, in the Rimal neighbourhood of central Gaza City on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Brazil will restrict entry to some Asian nationals, aiming to curb migration to the US and Canada 22 Aug 2024 - 08:58 pm
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, his Defense Minister Jose Mucio (left) and Brazilian Army Commander General Tomas Miguel Ribeiro attend a ceremony commemorating Soldier's Day at the Army Headquarters in Brasilia on August 22, 2024. (Photo by Sergio Lima / AFP)
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