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White House official confirms there will be a press briefing on Thursday afternoon, the first since Karoline Leavitt's last one on July 23, but doesn't say who will be at the podium. Might Trump be tempted to give it a try, given that Leavitt said in her parting remarks last week that he was his own best spokesman?
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'Trump' buffalo spared Eid al-Adha sacrifice. Hours before it faced the knife, Bangladesh's government stepped in to save the buffalo nicknamed "Donald Trump" for its flowing blond hair, which has become an online sensation. Instead it will be cared for at the national zoo u.afp.com/SDTk
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#UPDATE 🇬🇧 A blaze at a kosher supermarket in Golders Green -- a north London neighbourhood previously targeted this year in arson attacks -- is "not believed to be suspicious", the capital's firefighting service said on Wednesday ➡️ u.afp.com/SD5c
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#UPDATE Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday reversed his controversial decision to close a liberal private university in Istanbul, according to a decree published in the official gazette. Hundreds of students and lecturers demonstrated earlier in the day outside the main campus of Istanbul Bilgi University, closed since Friday, to demand its reopening
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The market was packed, like it was every Saturday, when Nigerian air force jets screamed overhead. Swathes of trading stalls in Jilli were reduced to ash, with incinerated bodies lying in the rubble. @AFP interviews the survivors in Maiduguri hospital rfi.fr/en/international-news…
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New, and rather large, statue has just appeared in the White House Rose Garden
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Hello 👋  We’re journalists with the AFP News Agency. This account is used to connect with people who have recorded or photographed events of public interest. Did you witness something extraordinary or truly newsworthy? Tag us or send it to us privately ! (📸: AFP)
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Happy International Fact-Checking Day! Check out these highlights from our digital investigation impact report👇 #FactsMatter #FactCheckingDay
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The US Fed raised its inflation outlook for 2026 and held rates steady citing an "uncertain" economic outlook due to the US-Israel war in Iran, with chair Powell refusing to be drawn on specifics on how the conflict could affect the US economy long-term. uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/us…
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🇮🇱 Estas imágenes no guardan relación con la destrucción de una potabilizadora en Israel por un ataque iraní. 🔍 El vídeo es de los efectos de la tormenta Byron en Israel en diciembre de 2025. ➡️ u.afp.com/PotabilizadoraIsra…
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❄️ 🇮🇹 🇨🇭 ⛷️ 🥇 Loic Meillard won the Swiss men's team their fourth Olympic gold in the five alpine skiing events in Bormio when he streaked to victory in the slalom on Monday ➡️ u.afp.com/S6pD
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Mark Carney's name appears multiple times in the latest release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, but most appearances are references to news articles mentioning Carney and none contain correspondence between the prime minister and Epstein u.afp.com/S228
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Social media claims by clinics promoting testosterone treatment for men to improve their physique and mood are driving large numbers to pay for unnecessary medication that can have serious side effects, doctors say u.afp.com/TestosteroneMisinf…
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This is a fake photo, created by combining a photo of Barack Obama letting a young Black boy touch his hair with an unrelated picture of Iran's supreme leader. The two never met in person. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.co…
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🇻🇪 Ouster of Venezuela's Maduro unleashes waves of misinformation online Read more: u.afp.com/SXkE
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Trump unveils Trump Class battleships. @AFP photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds
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Student baselessly blamed for Brown University shooting online u.afp.com/NotTheBrownShooter
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US starts G20 presidency by wiping clean website of outgoing head South Africa. Site now features Trump picture with tagline, "The Best Is Yet To Come." (Cue Sinatra) thesouthafrican.com/news/don…
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Dubai AI chef sparks awe and ire with dishes like ‘dinosaur tartare’ An AI programme known as chef Aiman, trained on thousands of recipes and decades of culinary research, is the latest entrant in the Emirati city’s food scene where it is offering up some unconventional dishes. u.afp.com/ShBp
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🇬🇷 Divers haul abandoned 'ghost nets' from seabed off Greek island Off the Greek island of Spetses, divers lift abandoned fishing nets from reefs in the Aegean Sea. The nets, known as ghost nets, continue to trap marine animals on the seabed for years before breaking down into microplastics.
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