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Cyclone Chido death toll rises to 120 in Mozambique 23 Dec 2024 - 06:20 pm
This handout picture taken and distributed by UNICEF on December 15, 2024 shows a child standing next to damaged homes after Cyclone Chido made its landfall in Mecufi district, Cabo Delgado proving, in Mozambique. Photo by Eduardo Mendes / UNICEF / AFP
Cadbury loses royal warrant under King Charles III 23 Dec 2024 - 06:01 pm
A photograph taken on December 23, 2024 shows a Cadbury's chocolates tablet displayed on a table in Liverpool, in north west England. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
Only 12 trucks delivered food, water in North Gaza Governorate since October: Oxfam 23 Dec 2024 - 05:52 pm
Children sit together overlooking a view of tents sheltering Palestinians displaced by confict by the Hamad Residential City complex in the north of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 22, 2024. Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 45,317 23 Dec 2024 - 05:35 pm
People gather around a bus hit by an Israeli strike which led to casualties, in the Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip on December 23, 2024. Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP
Acid complicates search after deadly Brazil bridge collapse 23 Dec 2024 - 05:06 pm
This handout photo released by Tocantins Fire Department shows firefighters during a rescue operation after the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira bridge connecting Tocantins and Maranhao fell on December 22, 2024 over the Tocantins river at the city of Aguiarnopolis, Tocantins state, Brazil. (Photo by Cynthia LIUTKUS-PIERCE / AFP)
Snowstorm leaves tens of thousands of homes in Bosnia without power 23 Dec 2024 - 04:20 pm
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Russia says oil spill may have polluted 200,000 tonnes of soil 23 Dec 2024 - 04:07 pm
In this grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry on December 17, 2024, rescuers respond to an oil spill along the coastline of the Black Sea, caused by the wreck of two oil tankers, with the one which broke apart, in a storm in the Kerch Strait between Crimea and southern Russia's Krasnodar region on December 15. (Photo by Handout / Russian Emergencies Ministry / AFP)
France mourns Mayotte victims amid uncertainy over government 23 Dec 2024 - 04:01 pm
Members of the Mahoran community take part in a tribute ceremony as part of a national day of mourning for the victims of Cyclone Chido, which hit the archipelago on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte a week ago, in Bordeaux on December 23, 2024. Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP
French pawnshops give back for Christmas 23 Dec 2024 - 03:36 pm
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Driver in central China car ramming handed suspended death sentence 23 Dec 2024 - 03:27 pm
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Nine killed in Iran as bus, fuel truck collide: state media 23 Dec 2024 - 03:09 pm
This handout picture released by the Iranian Red Crescent shows rescue workers and police officers at the scene of a fatal bus accident in the Pa-alam area on December 21, 2024. Photo by Iranian Red Crescent / AFP
South Korean president snubs summons for second time 23 Dec 2024 - 02:59 pm
This handout photo taken on December 14, 2024 and released by the South Korean Presidential Office shows President Yoon Suk Yeol giving a public address from his official residence in Seoul. Photo by Handout / South Korean Presidential Office / AFP
Clock ticks down on France government nomination 23 Dec 2024 - 02:18 pm
France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou stands at attention as he observes a minute of silence as part of an official day of mourning for the victims of Cyclone Chido at The Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Stephane De Sakutin / AFP)
Mobile cinema brings Tunisians big screen experience 23 Dec 2024 - 02:12 pm
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Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's family 23 Dec 2024 - 02:00 pm
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Japan watchdog accuses Google of antitrust violation 23 Dec 2024 - 01:17 pm
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Police arrest suspect who set woman on fire in New York subway 23 Dec 2024 - 12:53 pm
A screengrab from the video, shared on social media, which captured the incident.
Honda and Nissan to launch merger talks 23 Dec 2024 - 12:26 pm
(L to R) Makoto Uchida, President and CEO of Nissan motor corporation, Toshihiro Mibe, President and Representative Executive Officer of Honda, and Takao Kato, President and CEO of Mitsubishi Motors attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on December 23, 2024. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP.