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Driver who killed 35 in China car ramming sentenced to death 27 Dec 2024 - 07:09 pm
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Vietnam jails more officials over Covid-19 flight bribes 27 Dec 2024 - 06:03 pm
Vietnamese officials accused of corruption over repatriation flights at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic stand during their trial at the Hanoi People's Court in Hanoi on December 24, 2024. Photo by AFP
What's next for South Korea's political crisis? 27 Dec 2024 - 04:49 pm
South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (C) leaves the Government Complex in Seoul on December 27, 2024, after his impeachment motion was passed by the National Assembly. Photo by YONHAP / AFP.
Two killed in wild weather on Sydney-Hobart yacht race 27 Dec 2024 - 02:05 pm
This handout photo taken on December 29, 2017 and received from Rolex on December 27, 2024 shows the yacht Flying Fish Arctos competing in the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Photo by Carlo BORLENGHI / ROLEX / AFP
India announces state funeral for former PM Manmohan Singh 27 Dec 2024 - 01:07 pm
The Indian national flag flies half-mast at the Vidhana Soudha to mourn the death of former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in Bengaluru on December 27, 2024.
Kyrgyzstan starts building railway linking China, Uzbekistan 27 Dec 2024 - 01:00 pm
In this handout picture taken and released by the Kyrgyz presidential press office on December 27, 2024, fireworks explode behind state flags during the commencement ceremony of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project in the settlement of Tash-Kitchu. (Photo by Handout / KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE / AFP)
South Korean lawmakers impeach acting President Han Duck-soo 27 Dec 2024 - 12:51 pm
South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (C) leaves the Government Complex in Seoul on December 27, 2024, after his impeachment motion was passed by the National Assembly.
China unveils results of 5th national economic census 26 Dec 2024 - 10:41 pm
This photo taken on Dec. 26, 2024 shows a press conference on the results of the fifth national economic census held by the State Council Information Office in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
India's former PM Manmohan Singh dies aged 92 26 Dec 2024 - 08:30 pm
(FILES) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reviews the honour guards shortly after his arrival at Vnukovo II airport outside Moscow on December 6, 2009. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
EV giant BYD contractor denies 'slavery-like conditions' in Brazil 26 Dec 2024 - 07:50 pm
This handout picture released by Brazil’s Workers Public Ministry (MPT) shows an operation that rescued 163 workers from “slave-like conditions
The new season of ‘Squid Game’ undermines the triumphs of the first 26 Dec 2024 - 06:06 pm
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S. Korea's opposition moves to impeach acting president 26 Dec 2024 - 04:10 pm
South Korea Prime Minister and acting President Han Duck-soo speaks in his address to the nation at the Government Complex in Seoul on December 26, 2024. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Tears, prayers as Asia mourns tsunami dead 20 years on 26 Dec 2024 - 02:58 pm
People walk along the beach nearby the Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Memorial Park in southern Thai province of Phang Nga on December 26, 2024. Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
Second Fukushima nuclear sample removal eyed for spring 26 Dec 2024 - 01:44 pm
This aerial picture shows storage tanks (bottom) used for storing treated water at TEPCO's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture on August 24, 2023. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)
Azerbaijan mourns 38 killed in plane crash in Kazakhstan 26 Dec 2024 - 08:18 am
In this handout picture released by Kazakhstan's emergency situations ministry, emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Handout / Kazakhstan's emergency situations ministry / AFP)
Japan Airlines reports cyberattack 26 Dec 2024 - 08:10 am
People walk past a check-in counter for Japan Airlines at the departures hall of Haneda Airport in Tokyo on December 26, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
Nepal hosts hot air balloon festival 26 Dec 2024 - 07:57 am
Hot air balloons rise in the sky during the International Hot-Air Balloon festival in Pokhara on December 24, 2024. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)
Pakistani army kills 13 militants in country's northwest  25 Dec 2024 - 09:14 pm
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(Files) Co-Owner and Commercial Director of Cinebebe and Studio Junon Justine Ray Le Solliec poses with fake babies created by Cinebebe (Cinebaby) in Saint-Denis, suburbs of Paris, on January 24, 2025. (Photo by Julie Sebadelha / AFP) Paris workshop delivers ultra-realistic film prop babies
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Search operations are underway after a head-on collision of a freight train with a passenger train carrying over 350 people killed dozens of people on February 28, the country's worst-ever rail disaster, in the Tempi Valley near Larissa on March 2, 2023. (Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP) Thousands in nationwide Greece protests over rail tragedy

Africa

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation address at the Cape Town City Hall on February 6, 2025. (Photo by Rodger Bosch / AFP) We will not be bullied, says South Africa president after US barbs
File photo for representational purposes only At least 40 children killed in Sudan over three days: UNICEF
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Americas

This image obtained from the US Coast Guard (USCG) on February 7, 2025, shows the remains of a plane reported missing February 6. (Photo by Handout / US Coast Guard / AFP) No survivors after wreckage of missing Alaska plane found: coast guard
(Files) US President Joe Biden shakes hands with US President-elect Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 13, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) Trump revokes Biden's security clearance, escalates foreign aid crackdown
A “seized” sign is placed on a Venezuelan government airplane during a press conference where US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) announced its seizure at La Isabela International Airport in Santo Domingo, on February 6, 2025. Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP. Venezuela brands Rubio a 'thief' over US jet seizure
Photo used for representational purposes. A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 airplane taxis past American Airlines and Alaska Airlines airplanes at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California on January 31, 2025. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP. Flight carrying 10 reported missing in Alaska

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