By Rafael Shikhani Published On 16 Aug 202616 Aug 2026 ListenListen (9 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo A drone view of an oil tanker ship anchored on Lagos Lagoon in Lagos, Nigeria on December 2, 2025 [Sodiq Adelakun/Reuters] As the disruption of traffic […]
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ListenListen (5 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo American Katie Ledecky congratulates Lani Pallister of Australia after winning the 800m freestyle final on day 4 of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, US, on August 15, 2026 [Maddie Meyer/Getty via AFP] By […]
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ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Emergency services were dispatched after a tourist bus from Poland went off the road and overturned in a ditch along the M3 motorway near Mezokeresztes, Hungary, on August 16, 2026 [Zoltan Mathe/EPA] By Reuters Published On […]
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A three-year-old girl and a 75-year-old man have been pulled alive from the rubble days after Colombia’s earthquake.
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