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Trump crime crackdown deploys troops in Washington's safest sites

Aug 25, 2025

New York [US], August 25: Hundreds of National Guard soldiers in military fatigues and combat boots mingled with tourists, posed for selfies, and treated themselves to ice cream from food trucks on Thursday along Washington's National Mall, one of the safest parts of America's capital.

Pakistan: Flash floods ravage Buner, Swat; 60% families lose livelihoods

Aug 25, 2025

Deadly infectious diseases on Australia's doorstep

Aug 25, 2025

Ukrainian drone hits Russian plant, sparks Ust-Luga fire

Aug 25, 2025

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Sri Lanka ex-President Wickremesinghe hospitalised after arrest

Aug 25, 2025

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 25: Sri Lanka's jailed former president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was hospitalised on Saturday, local media reported, a day after his arrest on allegations that he misused public...

China: Under-construction bridge collapses, 12 workers dead, 4 missing

Aug 25, 2025

Qinghai [China], August 25: At least 12 construction workers were killed after a steel cable snapped during bridge construction in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Four workers remain missing, Xinhua News...

How Florida is rebuilding for a stormy, costly future

Aug 25, 2025

Florida [US], August 25: "The road was a raging river. It was like the ocean," recalled Maria Blancett. "There were white caps going down the street. There were fish in...