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'Scary' drought empties one of Bosnia's largest lakes 05 Dec 2024 - 06:42 pm
This photograph shows the shore of the Jablanicko artificial lake, through which the Neretva River flows, near the Bosnian town of Konjic, on December 5, 2024. Photo by ELVIS BARUKCIC / AFP
US pledges $12.5mn to help Vietnam combat illegal fishing 05 Dec 2024 - 06:24 pm
A man stands on rocks as he fishes in West Lake in Hanoi on November 27, 2024. Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP
Thailand says Myanmar has released detained fishermen 05 Dec 2024 - 04:44 pm
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EU steps up monitoring of TikTok ahead of Romania vote 05 Dec 2024 - 03:32 pm
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EU chief to attend Notre Dame re-opening 05 Dec 2024 - 03:10 pm
This photograph shows the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral illuminated in Paris on December 4, 2024, before its reopening on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
Olympic dressage star Dujardin given one-year ban for whipping horse 05 Dec 2024 - 02:12 pm
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South Korean president clings to power after martial law U-turn 05 Dec 2024 - 01:45 pm
Protesters take part in a candlelight rally calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol on the steps of the National Assembly in Seoul on December 5, 2024. Photo by JUNG Yeon-je / AFP
France urges top UN court to 'clarify' international climate law 05 Dec 2024 - 01:22 pm
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Chinese shopping app Temu suspended in Vietnam: state media 05 Dec 2024 - 11:23 am
(FILES) This photograph shows the logo of Chinese e-commerce company Temu displayed on a mobile phone in front of a screen showing the company's website in Brussels on November 4, 2024. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)
700 Bangladeshi prisoners still on run after revolution jailbreaks 05 Dec 2024 - 12:02 am
File: Burnt building of Bangladesh bridge authority is pictured after students set it on fire amid the ongoing anti-quota protest in Dhaka on July 19, 2024.  (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 44,532 04 Dec 2024 - 11:14 pm
People run for cover as an explosion from an Israeli strike occurs near a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians, in Mawasi Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 4, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Trump names billionaire private astronaut as next NASA chief 04 Dec 2024 - 10:41 pm
Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments, stands for a portrait in front of the recovered first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on February 2, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
Brazil's Minas cheese gets added to UNESCO list 04 Dec 2024 - 10:01 pm
Handout picture released by Minas Gerais Culture Department (Secult-MG) shows a handmade Minas Cheese during an exhibition at the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil on October 19, 2024. (Photo by Renata Garbocci / Minas Gerais Culture Department (Secult-MG) / AFP) 
Paris zinc roofers earn UNESCO cultural heritage status 04 Dec 2024 - 08:56 pm
File: This photograph taken from the panoramic terrace of the Montparnasse tower, shows the zinc rooftops of Haussmannian buildings in Paris, on September 6, 2023. (Photo by Miguel Medina / AFP)
Cuba suffers third nationwide blackout in two months 04 Dec 2024 - 08:27 pm
A blacked out traffic light is pictured after a power outage in Havana on December 4, 2024. (Photo by Yamil Lage / AFP)
UK to nationalise train operators from May 04 Dec 2024 - 04:00 pm
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Tokyo to propose four-day workweek for government staff 04 Dec 2024 - 03:48 pm
Pedestrians walk down the high-street shopping area of the Ginza district in central Tokyo on November 22, 2024. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP
UNESCO grants heritage status to Aleppo soap as Syria war flares 04 Dec 2024 - 03:42 pm
(Files) A Syrian worker stacks laurel soap at the Jbaili soap factory, an 800 year old artisanal soap manufacturer, in the old city of Syria's northern city of Aleppo on January 24, 2022. (Photo by AFP)