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Soyuz spacecraft launches for ISS with American, two Russians 08 Apr 2025 - 11:16 am
This handout photograph taken and released by NASA on April 8, 2025, shows the Soyuz MS-27 space craft blasting off the launch pad to head to the International Space Station (ISS) at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo by Joel KOWSKY / NASA / AFP.
Clean streets vs business woes: pollution charge divides Londoners 08 Apr 2025 - 11:10 am
A photograph taken on April 2, 2025 shows signs indicating the ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) in Hook, south west London. (Photo by Justin Tallis / AFP)
VIDEO: Volcano in Philippines sends ash miles into the air 08 Apr 2025 - 09:55 am
Collage of handout photos taken from the Facebook account of Channel Nicor of C.N. Photography on April 8, 2025 shows Mount Kanlaon erupting as seen from a village in La Castellana, Negros Occidental Province, central Philippines. (Photo by Handout / Channel Nicor of C.N. Photography Facebook account / AFP)
Egypt, Jordan, France's leaders discuss with Trump ways to guarantee urgent ceasefire in Gaza 07 Apr 2025 - 11:53 pm
(From left) Jordan's King Abdullah II, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and French President Emmanuel Macron pose for a picture during a trilateral summit to discuss the situation in Gaza at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on April 7, 2025. (Photo by Benoit Tessier / POOL / AFP)
Giraffe gives birth to unexpected calf at Maryland Zoo 07 Apr 2025 - 11:45 pm
Kipi, a mama giraffe, gave birth unexpectedly to a female calf, right, on March 27 at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. Pic: Maryland Zoo
Khartoum protests exclusion from London-Sudan war meet 07 Apr 2025 - 11:16 pm
File photo of Sudan's Foreign Minister Ali Youssef / Image: MOFA Sudan on X
7 miners die of gas poisoning at coal mine in northern Iran 07 Apr 2025 - 10:40 pm
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Gaza genocide: Number of Palestinian journalist martyrs rises to 210 07 Apr 2025 - 10:38 pm
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Heatwave hits Indian capital, other parts 07 Apr 2025 - 10:30 pm
A man wears a scarf as he walks past the India Gate on a hot summer day in New Delhi on June 18, 2024. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP.
Thousands of Afghans depart Pakistan under repatriation pressure 07 Apr 2025 - 09:49 pm
Afghan refugees arrive to undergo biometric verifications at Pakistan's National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) ahead of their departure for Afghanistan, at a holding centre in Landi Kotal on April 7, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Pope donates four ambulances to Ukraine front lines 07 Apr 2025 - 09:14 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on April 6, 2025, shows Ukrainian firefighters working on a fire following a Russian missile strike in Kyiv. (Photo by Handout / State Emergency Service of Ukraine / AFP)
At least 25 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza: civil defense 07 Apr 2025 - 08:05 pm
Children look at the destruction in a residential area in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 7, 2025, following overnight Israeli airstrikes targeting the area. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Trump threatens further 50% tariffs on China, stacking on earlier rate 07 Apr 2025 - 07:50 pm
A man looks at a screen showing Chinese stock market movements as he uses his mobile phone in Beijing on April 7, 2025. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 13 Palestinians, wound others 07 Apr 2025 - 06:07 pm
People inspect the destruction in a residential area in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 7, 2025, following overnight Israeli airstrikes. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
US tariff hikes destabilize global economy Kremlin 07 Apr 2025 - 05:40 pm
US President Donald Trump shows an executive order on
Indonesia's rice stock projected to hit 3 mln tons by end of April 07 Apr 2025 - 05:30 pm
A farmer uses fertiliser at a paddy field in Montasik, Aceh province on February 5, 2025. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
US President calls on Federal Reserve to cut interest rates 07 Apr 2025 - 05:18 pm
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Indian stock markets record 16.32 billion USD loss 07 Apr 2025 - 05:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas