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South Koreans react with joy and amazement at writer Han Kang's Nobel win 10 Oct 2024 - 07:32 pm
A person watches a news broadcast with file footage of South Korean author Han Kang, at a train station in Seoul on October 10, 2024. Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP
Rwanda's Marburg outbreak is under control, Africa's health chief says 10 Oct 2024 - 07:23 pm
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South Korea's Han Kang wins literature Nobel 10 Oct 2024 - 03:53 pm
This undated photo released by Yonhap news agency on October 10, 2024 shows South Korean author Han Kang delivering a speech at a lecture in Gwangju. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970: WWF 10 Oct 2024 - 03:42 pm
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UN force says two peacekeepers wounded in Lebanon 10 Oct 2024 - 02:53 pm
This picture shows a view of building hit by Israeli air strikes in Baalbek, in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, on October 9, 2024,. (Photo by Fabio Bucciarelli / AFP)
South Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant 10 Oct 2024 - 02:11 pm
A general view outside Eskom's Komati power station in Komati on September 9, 2024. (Photo by Paul Botes / AFP)
Germany closes Meta case after data measures agreed 10 Oct 2024 - 01:49 pm
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Attack damages ship off Yemen coast: UK maritime agency 10 Oct 2024 - 09:19 am
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Monster Hurricane Milton makes landfall, walloping coast of Florida 10 Oct 2024 - 07:55 am
A vehicle stranded on a water-flooded street after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Brandon, Florida on October 9, 2024. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP)
Yokohama lighthouse has guided ships for 130 years 09 Oct 2024 - 11:51 pm
The Yokohama Kita Suitei Lighthouse, a century old and still a working lighthouse, is seen against the city skyline. (Photo by The Japan News)
Tata Group Chairman Emeritus Ratan Naval Tata dies at age 86 09 Oct 2024 - 10:09 pm
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Tearful Turkish-Lebanese evacuate Lebanon by sea 09 Oct 2024 - 09:42 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. Turkish passport holders await resgistration at a hotel in the BIEL area of Beirut's waterfront, ahead of their evacuation from Israeli bombing of Lebanon on Turkish Navy ships at the Beirut port on October 9, 2024. Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP.
Qatar, Algeria hold bilateral civil aviation talks 09 Oct 2024 - 09:32 pm
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5 dead after a small plane crashes on Santa Catalina Island off the Southern California coast 09 Oct 2024 - 09:23 pm
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At least four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid on West Bank 09 Oct 2024 - 09:06 pm
A Palestinian woman walks through the Jenin refugee camp on October 9, 2024 , in the Israeli occupied West Bank. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)
Dozens killed as Israeli troops pound central and northern Gaza 09 Oct 2024 - 08:57 pm
A man carries a child while evacuating in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip on October 9, 2024. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP.
Saudi Royal Court: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques undergoes medical tests 09 Oct 2024 - 08:40 pm
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Greece creates 'FBI-style' organised crime unit amid mob murder spree 09 Oct 2024 - 07:33 pm
A man fishes at the harbour on the small island of Antikythera, on September 16, 2024. Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP