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Moon Phase Today, August 18, 2026: Waxing Crescent at 34% Illumination

The moon phase today, August 18, 2026, is a Waxing Crescent about 34 percent illuminated and six days past the August 12 new moon and total solar eclipse. Moonrise and moonset times

August 18, 2026

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Moon phase today on August 17 2026, a waxing crescent with about a quarter of the lunar disc illuminated

Moon Phase Today, August 17, 2026: Waxing Crescent at 25% Illumination

The moon phase today, August 17, 2026, is a Waxing Crescent at about 25 percent illumination, roughly five days past the August 12 new moon and total solar eclipse. Moonrise and moonset times for 12 cities, plus the deep partial

August 17, 2026

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Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella speaks about earthquake reconstruction and US tariff suspension request

Colombia Asks Trump to Suspend Tariffs as Earthquake Death Toll Reaches 294

Colombia's President de la Espriella asked Trump to suspend tariffs as a 7.4-magnitude earthquake killed 294,

Rescue workers and boats on Lake Kariba during the Zimbabwe ferry disaster recovery operation

Zimbabwe Ferry Disaster Death Toll Rises to 72 as Recovery Continues on Lake Kariba

Seventy-two people are confirmed dead after the MV Nyaminyami capsized on Lake Kariba carrying 153 passengers

Michael Bloomberg during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary campaign

Bloomberg-Clinton 2020?

A rumor circulating in US political circles suggested Michael Bloomberg was considering Hillary Clinton as his vice-presidential running mate for the 2020 presidential race, a report traced to conservative commentator Matt Drudge.

February 16, 2020

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Several rockets fall near the American Embassy in Baghdad

Multiple rockets struck near the US Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone on the night of Saturday to Sunday, triggering sirens and an aerial survey of the area, an American military source told

February 16, 2020

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Unexpected protest overwhelms Algeria a year ago

Algeria's Hirak protest movement marked its first anniversary on February 22, one year after unexpected mass demonstrations forced President Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power after 20 years in office. A year later, however,

February 16, 2020

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Two men shot and injured in Montreal

Two men were shot and injured in separate overnight incidents in Montreal, with a 29-year-old wounded near a bar on rue Saint-Hubert in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough and a 25-year-old injured in

February 16, 2020

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Costa Rica: record seizure of five tonnes of cocaine

Costa Rican police made the country's largest drug seizure in its history on Saturday, discovering more than five tonnes of cocaine hidden in 202 suitcases inside a container of ornamental flowers destined

February 16, 2020

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Coronavirus: a first municipality placed in quarantine in Vietnam

Vietnam quarantined a commune of around 10,000 people near Hanoi for 20 days after five cases of Covid-19 were detected in Vinh Phuc province, the country's first municipal quarantine since the outbreak

February 16, 2020

Health·News

Indonesia: Merapi volcano spits a large plume of smoke

Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the country's most active volcanoes, erupted on Thursday, sending incandescent lava and a plume of smoke more than 2,000 meters into the sky near the cultural capital

February 16, 2020

Climate·News

Coronavirus: more than 1,500 dead in China, 1st case in Africa

China's coronavirus death toll exceeded 1,500 and more than 66,000 cases were confirmed in the country as Egypt reported Africa's first Covid-19 infection, with the carrier placed in hospital quarantine. The WHO

February 16, 2020

Health·News

India: students stripped naked to see if they have their period

Sixty-eight female students at Sahjanand Girls Institute in Bhuj, Gujarat, were ordered to undress by university officials during a check to identify menstruating students, who are required under the institution's rules to

February 16, 2020

Education·News

China-Vatican: historic meeting between foreign ministers

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vatican Secretary of State Archbishop Paul Gallagher held the first-ever meeting between the two countries' foreign ministers on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, a

February 16, 2020

Government and Politics·News

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Moon Phase Today, August 18, 2026: Waxing Crescent at 34% Illumination

Moon Phase Today, August 17, 2026: Waxing Crescent at 25% Illumination

Colombia Asks Trump to Suspend Tariffs as Earthquake Death Toll Reaches 294

Zimbabwe Ferry Disaster Death Toll Rises to 72 as Recovery Continues on Lake Kariba

Bloomberg-Clinton 2020?

Several rockets fall near the American Embassy in Baghdad

Unexpected protest overwhelms Algeria a year ago

Two men shot and injured in Montreal

Costa Rica: record seizure of five tonnes of cocaine

Coronavirus: a first municipality placed in quarantine in Vietnam

Indonesia: Merapi volcano spits a large plume of smoke

Coronavirus: more than 1,500 dead in China, 1st case in Africa

India: students stripped naked to see if they have their period

China-Vatican: historic meeting between foreign ministers

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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