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Milan says no to all outdoor smoking in Italy's toughest ban 01 Jan 2025 - 07:55 pm
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New Year's fireworks accidents kill five in Germany 01 Jan 2025 - 07:15 pm
Burnt down fireworks are seen in front of a shop in Berlin's Weissensee district on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Saudi stock exchange closes higher 01 Jan 2025 - 05:56 pm
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Power restored to most of Puerto Rico: utility 01 Jan 2025 - 05:53 pm
Residential buildings and a hotel are seen in the dark in San Juan, Puerto Rico after a major power outage hit the island on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP)
Ten dead as man drives truck into New Year crowd in New Orleans 01 Jan 2025 - 04:36 pm
Police cordon off the intersection of Canal Street and Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Matthew HINTON / AFP)
China's frigid northeast thrives on 'little potato' tourism boom 01 Jan 2025 - 03:24 pm
This picture taken on December 17, 2024 shows people having picture with a snowman sculpture in Harbin, China’s Northeastern Heilongjiang province. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
10 dead, 30 injured as vehicle hits crowd in New Orleans: city authorities 01 Jan 2025 - 03:10 pm
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Kenya investigating fallen space debris 01 Jan 2025 - 02:32 pm
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Gaza babies die from winter cold say medics and families 01 Jan 2025 - 12:55 pm
A Muslim cleric wraps a blanket around the father of newborn Jumaa al-Batran, who reportedly died due to hypothermia, as the latter holds the baby's shrouded body ahead of the funeral at the Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on December 29, 2024. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Moscow, Kyiv end Russian gas transit to Europe via Ukraine 01 Jan 2025 - 12:45 pm
This picture taken on September 2, 2014 shows equipment from the border release and compressor station of the gas pipeline from Ukraine in Veke Kapusany, eastern Slovakia. (Photo by TOMAS BENEDIKOVIC / AFP)
Five dead in Germany from new years fireworks accidents 01 Jan 2025 - 12:43 pm
Fireworks illuminate the Quadriga atop the Brandenburg Gate during the New Year celebrations in Berlin on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Migrants crossing Channel to UK in 2024 soar to almost 37,000: data 01 Jan 2025 - 12:41 pm
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South Korea to send Jeju Air crash black box to US 01 Jan 2025 - 11:49 am
Mourners wait to pay their respects for the victims of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft on January 1, 2025. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Strangers in the night: Celebrating 2025 in New York city 01 Jan 2025 - 10:50 am
Revelers celebrate the New Year at Times Square in New York City, just after midnight on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz / AFP)
Lebanese army continues deployment in southern Lebanon 31 Dec 2024 - 11:16 pm
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Panama marks canal handover anniversary in shadow of Trump threat 31 Dec 2024 - 10:55 pm
Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino gives a speech during the ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the United States' handover of the interoceanic Panama Canal to Panama, in Panama City on December 31, 2024. (Photo by ARNULFO FRANCO / AFP)
Magnitude 4.5 earthquake hits eastern Iran 31 Dec 2024 - 10:39 pm
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Merlin Entertainments closes three sites in Turkiye including Madame Tussauds 31 Dec 2024 - 10:13 pm
Figures of Madame Tussauds London's Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, stand in their new position in London, Britain May 12, 2021. Picture taken May 12, 2021. Madame Tussauds London/Handout via REUTERS