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What's driving American "TikTok refugees" to China's RedNote? 16 Jan 2025 - 09:08 pm
A photo illustration shows a woman holding her smartphone displaying the Chinese social networking and e-commerce app Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, in Beijing on January 15, 2025. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)
Woman poisoned baby to grow online following and solicit donations, police say 16 Jan 2025 - 07:52 pm
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India's Reliance posts end of year profit bump 16 Jan 2025 - 06:30 pm
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Sri Lanka signs landmark $3.7 bn deal with Chinese state oil giant 16 Jan 2025 - 04:05 pm
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (5th R) speaks during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 15, 2025. (Photo by Aaron Favila / POOL / AFP)
Nepal's top court bars infrastructure in protected areas 16 Jan 2025 - 04:03 pm
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Australian woman charged with poisoning baby to get online donations 16 Jan 2025 - 02:36 pm
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India achieves 'historic' space docking mission 16 Jan 2025 - 09:17 am
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Indonesian rescuers evacuating thousands after volcano erupts 16 Jan 2025 - 08:26 am
A woman and child look on at volcanic ash rising into the air during the eruption of Mount Ibu, as seen from Duono Village in West Halmahera, North Maluku province, on January 15, 2025. (Photo by Azzam / AFP)
121 people rescued off Philippines after six days adrift 15 Jan 2025 - 03:39 pm
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Thousands to be evacuated after Mount Ibu eruption 15 Jan 2025 - 01:17 pm
A woman and child look on at volcanic ash rising into the air during the eruption of Mount Ibu, as seen from Duono Village in West Halmahera, North Maluku province, on January 15, 2025. (Photo by AZZAM / AFP)
Beijing says 'firmly opposes' US ban on smart cars containing Chinese tech 15 Jan 2025 - 12:48 pm
(Files) This photo taken on April 18, 2024 shows BYD electric cars for export waiting to be loaded onto a ship at a port in Yantai, in eastern China's Shandong province. (Photo by AFP)
Record 36.8 million tourists visited Japan in 2024 15 Jan 2025 - 12:40 pm
A rickshaw carrying a tourist drives down the street in front of Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo on January 14, 2025. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
South Korean President Yoon arrested over failed martial law bid 15 Jan 2025 - 09:59 am
A motorcade carrying impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the complex building housing the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in Gwacheon on January 15, 2025, after Yoon was arrested over his failed martial law bid. (Photo by Korea Pool / AFP)
Impeachment trial of South Korean President Yoon begins 14 Jan 2025 - 01:24 pm
(L to R) Constitutional Court Judges Chung Kye-sun, Kim Bok-hyeong, Jung Jung-mi, Lee Mi-son, acting head of the Constitutional Court Moon Hyung-bae, Kim Hyung-du, Cheong Hyung-sik and Cho Han-chang attend the first formal hearing of the impeachment trial of suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on January 14, 2025. Photo by KIM Min-Hee / POOL / AFP
Japanese tourist magnet Kyoto to hike hotel taxes 14 Jan 2025 - 12:02 pm
Tourists visit Fushimi Inari Shrine in the city of Kyoto on January 13, 2025. Photo by PAUL MILLER / AFP
Philippines alarmed by Chinese ships moving closer to shore 14 Jan 2025 - 11:40 am
This handout aerial photo taken on January 13, 2025 and released by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on January 14 shows Chinese Coast Guard ship 5901 sailing in the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
Sydney closes nine beaches due to mystery balls 14 Jan 2025 - 08:12 am
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UK's Starmer urged to fire minister hit by Bangladesh graft probe 13 Jan 2025 - 07:04 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer reacts while delivering a speech during a visit of the Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL (Unnivesrity College London), in London, on January 13, 2025. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / POOL / AFP)

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File photo- A NATO flag flies at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt/ AFP) NATO says 'planning underway' for new Arctic mission
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File photo WHO appeals for $1bn for world's worst health crises in 2026
Austin tried to reach land on his kayak before it took on water in rough seas, then swam the rest of the way. (ABC News: Briana Shepherd) Teen swims four hours to save family lost at sea off Australia

Africa

Seif al-Islam Kadhafi appears in front of supporters and journalists at his father's residential complex in the Libyan capital Tripoli in the early hours of August 23, 2011. BREAKING: Son of Libya's late ruler Kadhafi killed, adviser tells media
File photo of the Sudanese transitional sovereignty council head and army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Sudan army breaks siege on Kadugli, RSF drone kills eight
General view. Ethiopia. File photo for representational purposes only. Ethiopia's economy projected to grow by 10.2 pct: PM
Sudan Airways members of staff celebrate as they stand at the door of the first domestic flight arriving from Port Sudan, after it landed at Khartoum International Airport following a three-year hiatus, on February 1, 2026. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP) Sudan's Khartoum International Airport receives 1st commercial flight in nearly 3 years

Americas

A full moon rises as the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft, integrated for the Artemis II mission, are seen at the Kennedy Space Center, on February 1, 2026. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP) NASA Moon mission launch delayed to March after test
Tourists ride bicycles along a street in Havana on February 2, 2026. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) Cuban tourism in crisis; visitors repelled by fuel, power shortages
Costa Rica presidential candidate from the Sovereign People Party, laura Fernandez, gestures to supporters during her victory speech after the presidential election results at the Aurola Hotel, in San Jose on February 1, 2026. (Photo by Marvin Recinos/ AFP) Laura Fernandez wins Costa Rica presidential election
Human rights activist Javier Tarazona (L) greets his brother Jose Rafael Tarazona (R) and his mother Teresa de Jesus Sanchez after his release from prison at La Candelaria church in Caracas on February 1, 2026. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) Prominent Venezuelan activist released after over four years in jail

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