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Climate change made Cyclone Chido stronger: scientists 18 Dec 2024 - 04:11 pm
This photograph shows a sinked boat and in background damages and smoke on hills near the city of Mamoudzou, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on December 17, 2024, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)
Syria's first flight since Assad's fall takes off 18 Dec 2024 - 02:22 pm
A fighter walks past as ground personnel prepare a Syrian Air aircraft for departure to the city of Aleppo, at the Damascus international airport on December 18, 2024. (Photo by Louai Beshara / AFP)
South Korean president fails to appear before corruption watchdog 18 Dec 2024 - 12:48 pm
Police officers stand guard as protesters hold a demonstration calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol near the presidential residence in Seoul on December 17, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Warmer winter melts incomes of China's ice cutters 18 Dec 2024 - 12:45 pm
This aerial picture shows workers harvesting ice from the frozen Songhua river in preparation for the annual Harbin Ice and Snow World festival in Harbin, China's northeast Heilongjiang province on December 17, 2024. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
Denmark will not extradite anti-whaling activist Watson to Japan 17 Dec 2024 - 02:20 pm
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson arrives for a court hearing in Nuuk, Greenland, on October 2, 2024. Photo by Leiff Josefsen / AFP
UK consults over AI copyright law to help artists 17 Dec 2024 - 01:41 pm
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Multiple airlines suspend flights to quake-struck Vanuatu 17 Dec 2024 - 12:58 pm
This screengrab taken from handout video footage posted on the Facebook account of Michael Thompson on December 17, 2024 shows a member of security inspecting a collapsed building in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila after a powerful earthquake hit the Pacific island. Photo by MICHAEL THOMPSON / Facebook account of Michael Thompson / AFP
Bodies seen in street as major quake hits Vanuatu 17 Dec 2024 - 08:03 am
Image shared by resident Michael Thompson on social media
Macron to visit France's cyclone-battered Mayotte 16 Dec 2024 - 11:27 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) looks on with the logo of Air Corsica on an aircraft in the background as he attends the Pope's departure ceremony at the Ajaccio airport, on the French island of Corsica, on December 15, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)
SoftBank pledges to invest $100 bn into US, creating 100,000 jobs 16 Dec 2024 - 10:24 pm
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son delivers remarks alongside U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Italian population keeps ageing in 2023 16 Dec 2024 - 10:19 pm
AFP file photo for representational purposes only.
New genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur identified in China's Yunnan 16 Dec 2024 - 10:15 pm
This photo taken on Dec. 14, 2024 shows the fossils of Lishulong wangi displayed in Lufeng City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Photo by Liu Zenghui/Xinhua)
Lives of more than 8,500 infants in Gaza strip at risk: UNRWA 16 Dec 2024 - 10:11 pm
Peninsula
Germany's Scholz loses confidence vote, triggering early elections 16 Dec 2024 - 09:29 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is pictured next to an exist sign during a vote of confidence against himself in a plenary session at the Bundestag (Lower house of Parliament) in Berlin on December 16, 2024. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
UN warns 'gravity' of Sudan crisis not understood 16 Dec 2024 - 09:21 pm
File: Sudanese people who fled escalating violence in the al-Jazira state are pictured at a camp for the displaced in the eastern city of Gedaref on November 23, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
France in crisis mode as rescuers rush cyclone aid to Mayotte 16 Dec 2024 - 09:02 pm
This handout aerial photograph taken and released by the French Securite Civile on December 15, 2024 shows French Security Civile members removing debris in Combani, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago. (Photo by Handout / Securite Civile / AFP)
Cameroon leader urges 'urgent action' on central African economy 16 Dec 2024 - 07:36 pm
Peninsula
Indonesia's rice import rises 62 pct in 11 months 16 Dec 2024 - 06:23 pm
Rice fields in Indonesia. File photo for representation only.