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19/09/2025

Surrounded by incubators, a tube snaking into her tiny nose, four-day-old Grace-Ella is being fed donated breast milk at the only facility in Kenya that offers the service.

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19/09/2025

A cloud of dust escapes from an excavation site in the sand of Chad's arid north, where scientists are looking for signs of human habitation in an area once humid and called the "Green Sahara."

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19/09/2025

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reopened the two great medieval towers of the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris for public visits, one of the final steps in its immense reconstruction following a devastating fire.

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19/09/2025

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on his return from a visit to Britain, Trump suggested TV networks who are critical of him should have their licences revoked, sparking fierce criticism from free speech advocates.

The suspension by Disney-owned ABC of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is the latest surrender by a US media giant to pressure from the Trump administration, putting the bottom line over free speech.

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19/09/2025

Papua New Guinea marks its 50th anniversary of independence from Australia, as the island nation seeks closer ties with its former colonial ruler through a mutual defence treaty.

19/09/2025

Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favourite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another language: these were some of the winners at the Ig Nobel prizes, which celebrate the sillier side of science.
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19/09/2025

Vetoes of UN Security Council resolutions on Palestinian territories.

AFP Infographic showing a timeline of the 46 vetoes of UN Security Council resolutions on the Palestinian territories, with the country that cast each veto since 1970, as of September 18, 2025.

19/09/2025

Eying bottom line, US media giants bow to Trump.

The suspension by Disney-owned ABC of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is the latest surrender by a US media giant to pressure from the Trump administration, putting the bottom line over free speech.

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19/09/2025

AFP’s R. Satish Babu photographs artists preparing to perform Kathakali, a traditional form of classical Indian dance, during a show at a cultural festival in Chennai.

19/09/2025

How did an Indian zoo get the world's most endangered great ape?

Tapanuli orangutans are the world's most endangered great ape. Fewer than 800 remain, all previously thought to be in their native Indonesia. But now an Indian zoo says it has one.

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18/09/2025

Pomp and politics, warm words, tech deals and a sumptuous state banquet. Britain pulled out all the stops to welcome Donald Trump. Key takeaways from the US president's historic 2nd state visit 🇺🇸🇬🇧👇

Pomp and politics, warm words, tech deals and a sumptuous state banquet. - Pomp, not controversy - Despite his reputation for unpredictability when dealing with foreign leaders, Trump was reportedly keen for this visit to be more about pomp than controversy.

18/09/2025

A previously unknown portrait by Pablo Picasso of one of his lovers is set for auction in Paris with a reserve price of €8 million ($9.5 million). 🎨🖌️

A previously unknown portrait by Pablo Picasso of one of his lovers was revealed on Thursday after being put up for sale at auction in Paris with a reserve price of eight million euros ($9.5 million).