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Colombia quake rescue enters grim phase as hopes for survivors fade

CALI/PEREIRA: Hopes of finding more survivors from the powerful earthquake that rocked Colombia early this ​week were fading on Thursday ​as rescue workers narrowed their searches, while families in the worst-hit...

Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed building in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Cali, Colombia. - Reuters

Trump says his plane faced 'greater risk' in secret flight change

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One in Cleveland, Ohio. — Reuters

Colombia quake death toll passes 200 as rescue continues

Rescuers and volunteers search for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia. — AFP

Trump's secret plane swap triggers questions and confusion

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Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake toll rises

Emergency personnel work at the site of a damaged building following an earthquake, in Pereira, Colombia. — Reuters

Trump took secret flight out of Turkiye

Trump was filmed boarding the presidential Boeing 747 in Ankara but was later moved unnoticed into an airport catering vehicle, which took him to an Air Force C-32A

Flight cancelled after child refuses to wear seat belt

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Wildfire forces 20,000 evacuations in western Canada

Smoke rises from the Bald Range wildfire over a residential street in Summerland, Canada. — Reuters

Joe Biden's cancer has spread, is very painful: Son

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US Senate confirms Trump's ex-lawyer as attorney general

Todd Blanche takes questions in a press conference at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. — Reuters

Trump's attack on 'birth tourism' faces an uphill legal battle

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Trump dismisses reports of munitions shortages, says US has 'massive amounts'

US President Donald Trump speaks during an event promoting his administration's recent tax-relief initiative at Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 5, 2026.

Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts

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Trump seems trapped by the Iran War

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Six candidates to lead UN take stage for televised debate

Chile's former president Michelle Bachelet, Costa Rican economist Rebeca Grynspan, former Senegalese president Macky Sall, former Ecuadorian FM Maria Fernanda Espinosa, D-G, IAEA Rafael Mariano Grossi, and former Guyana FM Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, the 6 candidates for the position of UN Secretary-General. - AFP

Venezuela’s ousted leader Maduro back in US court

Demonstrators hold signs in support of ousted Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro outside the courthouse in New York City. — AFP
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