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German industry sounds alarm as government cuts growth forecast 30 Jan 2025 - 12:17 pm
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US Fed pauses rate cuts in first decision after Trump inauguration 30 Jan 2025 - 12:12 pm
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Plane carrying more than 60 collides with helicopter, crashes in Washington 30 Jan 2025 - 08:45 am
Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP
Greek PM denies 'cover-up' over country's worst train crash 29 Jan 2025 - 10:45 pm
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)
US tariffs on China should be higher than other countries: Lutnick 29 Jan 2025 - 09:20 pm
Howard Lutnick, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for Commerce Secretary, speaks during his Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing in the Russell Senate Office Building on January 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Sudan rescuers say 7 killed at famine-hit camp in North Darfur 29 Jan 2025 - 09:16 pm
(FILES) This image grab taken from AFPTV video footage on April 20, 2023, shows an aerial view of black smoke rising above the Khartoum International Airport amid ongoing battles between the forces of two rival generals. (Photo by AFP)
Hundreds of millions in Asia celebrate Year of the Snake 29 Jan 2025 - 09:15 pm
Performers create sparks with molten steel at a Lunar New Year lantern festival in Nantong, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on January 27, 2025. The Year of the Snake begins on January 29. (Photo by AFP)
Norwegian mass murderer Breivik loses prison condition case 29 Jan 2025 - 08:14 pm
Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is seen surrounded by prison guards on the fourth and last day in court in Skien prison Norway March 18 2016 REUTERS Lise Asreud
Philippines and New Zealand in talks for defence pact 29 Jan 2025 - 08:12 pm
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German industry sounds alarm as government cuts growth forecast 29 Jan 2025 - 07:20 pm
Demonstrators take part in a rally during a nationwide so-called Economic Warning Day (Wirtschaftswarntag) on January 29, 2025 in Berlin, as more than 140 associations and over 200 companies from all over Germany are jointly calling on politicians to take measures in order to ensure the country's economic stability. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Five people injured in Israeli drone attack on Southern Lebanon 29 Jan 2025 - 07:11 pm
Israeli armoured vehicles take position behind a barrier at the entrance of the southern Lebanese village of Aitaroun on January 29, 2025. (Photo by KAWNAT HAJU / AFP)
Canada central bank cuts key interest rate to 3.0% 29 Jan 2025 - 07:03 pm
Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem walks outside the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, Ontario, on June 22, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
Turkiye reports over 81,000 voluntary Syrian returns since December 29 Jan 2025 - 06:51 pm
Passengers arrive at Damascus International Airport in Damascus, Syria, on Jan. 23, 2025. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)
Trump official revokes protected status for Venezuelans in US 29 Jan 2025 - 06:12 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 2025 Republican Issues Conference at the Trump National Doral Miami on January 27, 2025 in Doral, Florida. (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
US Fed expected to hold rate steady despite Trump pressure to cut 29 Jan 2025 - 06:08 pm
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Plane crash in South Sudan kills 20 29 Jan 2025 - 04:42 pm
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'Urgent action' needed to protect UK fish species, court hears 29 Jan 2025 - 04:13 pm
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Rohingya refugees blocked from landing on Indonesia beach 29 Jan 2025 - 04:08 pm
People gather around a boat carrying newly-arrived Rohingya refugees at Leuge Beach in Indonesia's Aceh province on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Cek MAD / AFP)