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Chinese lion dance troupe shrugs off patriarchal past 27 Jan 2025 - 03:36 pm
Lin Xinmeng (C) holding a female lion dancer during a practice session at an ancestral temple in Shantou, in southern China's Guangdong province. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
Shock in France after teenager fatally stabbed for phone 27 Jan 2025 - 02:33 pm
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19 arrested after Turkiye hotel inferno disaster 27 Jan 2025 - 02:24 pm
Firefighters and emergency teams work on the aftermath of a fire that broke out in a hotel in the Kartalkaya Ski Resort in Bolu, on January 22, 2025. Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP
Western France put on high flood alert after storm 'Herminia' 27 Jan 2025 - 02:13 pm
This photograph shows cars in a street following exceptional floodin of the Ille river in Rennes, western France on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Damien Meyer / AFP)
Fire ravages Paris district town hall 27 Jan 2025 - 02:09 pm
Firefighters vehicles are parked next to the townhall of the 12th district of Paris, on January 27, 2025, after it was hit by a spectacular fire. (Photo by Bertrand Guay / AFP)
Singapore to trial self-driving public buses from mid-2026 27 Jan 2025 - 01:38 pm
People walk as a cruise boat moves along the water at Marina Bay in Singapore on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN and ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP)
Student protesters block major traffic intersection in Serbia capital 27 Jan 2025 - 12:41 pm
An aerial photograph shows demonstrators gathering during a protest over the fatal roof collapse of the Novi Sad train station on January 26, 2025. (Photo by Sasa Djordjevic / AFP)
Palestinians return to North Gaza after forced displacement by Israeli aggression 27 Jan 2025 - 12:04 pm
Displaced Gazans cross the Netzarim corridor from the southern Gaza Strip into Gaza City on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Japan police arrest man over train station stabbing 27 Jan 2025 - 12:13 am
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Bus crash in southern Bolivia leaves 19 dead 26 Jan 2025 - 11:44 pm
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Trump slaps sanctions after Colombia defies deportation push 26 Jan 2025 - 11:23 pm
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on January 26, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 25, 2025 and Colombian President Gustavo Petro in Bogota on May 31, 2024. (Photo by Mandel NGAN and Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)
Israeli forces kill 15 in south Lebanon on pullout deadline 26 Jan 2025 - 10:09 pm
Rescuers in Chaqra carry an injured person shot by Israeli soldiers on January 26, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
Undersea cable between Sweden and Latvia damaged, both countries say 26 Jan 2025 - 08:54 pm
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Egypt sends 310 more aid trucks to Gaza as truce holds 26 Jan 2025 - 07:51 pm
Rafah: Aid trucks wait to enter Gaza at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing on Jan. 19, 2025.(Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Japanese man ends 6,000km Africa rickshaw trek in Cape Town 26 Jan 2025 - 07:39 pm
Gump Suzuki (C), the Japanese runner and social media sensation who started in July 2024 an overland journey of 6400km from Kenya to South Africa, reacts with members of his support team as he takes a rest on the side of a highway from pushing his rickshaw as he nears his end-goal at the Waterfront in Cape Town on January 26, 2025. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)
CIA says Covid 'more likely' to have leaked from lab 26 Jan 2025 - 07:38 pm
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) seal is displayed in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on August 14, 2008. Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP
Sudan army chief visits HQ after recapture from paramilitaries 26 Jan 2025 - 07:21 pm
(FILES) People cheer as Sudan's de facto leader, armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrives at the market in Port Sudan on December 29, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Elephant kills visitor at South Africa's Kruger park 26 Jan 2025 - 07:03 pm
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