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Italy's far-right Salvini acquitted in migrant blockade trial 20 Dec 2024 - 11:18 pm
Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini addresses media at the Bunker Courtroom of the Pagliarelli prison in Palermo on December 20, 2024.(Photo by Alberto Pizzoli / AFP)
Macron sees greater role for French military base in Djibouti; withdraws troops from Chad 20 Dec 2024 - 11:00 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron (second left) gives a speech to French soldiers at an airbase in Djibouti on December 20, 2024. (Photo by Nicolas Messyasz / POOL / AFP)
World Bank approves $250 million grant to Morocco 20 Dec 2024 - 09:43 pm
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Meeting between Syria's new leader, US diplomats 'positive' 20 Dec 2024 - 06:04 pm
Cars belonging to the US delegation exit a hotel in Damascus on December 20, 2024. Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP.
Swedish hip hop star shot dead in car park 20 Dec 2024 - 05:27 pm
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Anger in Germany after Musk backs far right 20 Dec 2024 - 05:13 pm
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Seven-year-old dies in stabbing attack at Croatia school: minister 20 Dec 2024 - 03:52 pm
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Brits kindle Christmas spirit with second-hand gifts 20 Dec 2024 - 03:46 pm
A customer browses Christmas crackers inside an Oxfam charity shop in London, on December 18, 2024. Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP
Serbia shuts schools amid new protests over station collapse 20 Dec 2024 - 03:39 pm
Emergency and rescue teams work at the site where a concrete outdoor roof of a train station collapsed in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad on November 1, 2024. Photo by NENAD MIHAJLOVIC / AFP
Several injured in stabbing attack at Croatia school: officials 20 Dec 2024 - 02:05 pm
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Rescuers extend search for Vanuatu quake survivors 20 Dec 2024 - 01:42 pm
This handout photo taken and released on December 20, 2024 by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) shows Australian rescue workers at the site of a collapsed building after an earthquake struck Port Vila, the capital city of Vanuatu. Photo by Handout / AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE / AFP
Suspect in health CEO killing charged with murder in New York 20 Dec 2024 - 01:30 pm
Luigi Mangione, suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, arrives at a heliport with members of the NYPD on December 19, 2024 in New York City. Photo by STEPHANIE KEITH / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
South Korea probe team issues Christmas Day summons for Yoon 20 Dec 2024 - 01:04 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
Sydney New Year's fireworks threatened with cancellation 20 Dec 2024 - 12:48 pm
Shoppers are seen in the central business district in the run up to Christmas and New Year's Eve in Sydney on December 20, 2024. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)
One killed as Russian missile strikes hit Ukraine capital 20 Dec 2024 - 12:47 pm
Ukrainian firefighters try to extinguish a fire on the site of a Russian missile attack in Kyiv on December 20, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)
China lifts rock lobster ban, bringing end to Australian trade barriers 20 Dec 2024 - 12:34 pm
A woman looks at a giant lobster in a Chinese seafood restaurant's aquarium in Hong Kong on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)
Japan inspects US air base over chemical spill 20 Dec 2024 - 11:15 am
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Malaysia to resume search for missing MH370 plane: transport minister 20 Dec 2024 - 11:07 am
This handout photo taken and released on April 9, 2014 by the Australian Defence shows a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion flying past Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield on a mission to drop sonar buoys to assist in the acoustic search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. Photo by LSIS BRADLEY DARVILL / AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE / AFP