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Death toll rises to 85 in South Korea Jeju Air plane crash: fire agency 29 Dec 2024 - 07:56 am
Fire and smoke rise from the tail section of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft after the plane crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 29, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Plane with 181 on board crashes in South Korea, killing 62 29 Dec 2024 - 06:48 am
Smoke rises from the tail section of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft after the plane crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 29, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Magnitude 5.6 quake hits off Philippine's Surigao del Norte 28 Dec 2024 - 04:31 pm
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Several airlines cancel flights to Russia after Azerbaijan Airlines crash 28 Dec 2024 - 03:58 pm
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Political turmoil shakes South Korea's economy 28 Dec 2024 - 09:10 am
South Korea's Finance Minister and new acting president Choi Sang-mok speaks as he presides over a meeting of the National Security Council at the Government Complex in Seoul on December 27, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Indian state funeral for former PM Manmohan Singh 28 Dec 2024 - 08:27 am
The Indian national flag flies half-mast at the Parliament to mourn the death of former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as it rains in New Delhi on December 27, 2024. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
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