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Nepal PM departs for China visit, breaking with India tradition 02 Dec 2024 - 11:27 pm
Nepal's prime minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli waves alongside his wife Radhika Shakya before his departure, at the Tribhuvan International airport in Kathmandu on December 2, 2024. (Photo by Aryan Dhimal / AFP)
Shelling on famine-hit Sudan camp kills 6: activists 02 Dec 2024 - 10:30 pm
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)
18 convicted in biggest UK drugs trial 02 Dec 2024 - 09:46 pm
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Biden lands in Angola for first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president 02 Dec 2024 - 09:32 pm
US President Joe Biden (3rd R) walks on the red carpet next to Angola Foreign Affairs Minister Tete Antonio (2nd R) upon his arrival at the Quatro de Fevereiro Luanda International Airport in Luanda on December 2, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Paris stocks wobble, euro falls on France budget standoff 02 Dec 2024 - 08:55 pm
General view taken during the voting session on the draft of the Social Security bill 2025 at the National Assembly, the French Parliament's lower house, in Paris on December 2, 2024. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
Georgia PM vows 'no negotiations' amid mass pro-EU protests 02 Dec 2024 - 08:44 pm
Protesters wave Georgian flags during the fifth straight night of demonstrations against the government's postponement of EU accession talks until 2028, outside the parliament building in central Tbilisi on December 2, 2024. (Photo by Giorgi ARJEVANIDZE / AFP)
Russia's pipeline natural gas exports to Europe to rise in 2024 02 Dec 2024 - 08:30 pm
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US inflation still on 'bumpy' path to target: Fed official 02 Dec 2024 - 08:19 pm
Peninsula
Delivery firm Glovo riders in Spain to become employees 02 Dec 2024 - 07:25 pm
A food delivery firm Glovo's rider carries his bag in Madrid on December 2, 2024. Following a Spanish government pressure, Glovo company in Spain gives to their employees a labour contract. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)
Kuwait, NATO discuss enhancing bilateral cooperation 02 Dec 2024 - 07:07 pm
Peninsula
Senegal PM says will remain head of govt after speculation 02 Dec 2024 - 06:54 pm
(FILES) Ousmane Sonko(C), President of the opposition party Senegalese Patriots for Work, Ethics and Brotherhood (PASTEF), waves good bye to his supporters at the HLM basic school in Ziguinchor on July 3, 2022. (Photo by MUHAMADOU BITTAYE / AFP)
China says FM urged 'fair' competition in talks with German counterpart 02 Dec 2024 - 06:15 pm
China's FM Wang Yi
Greenland extends detention of anti-whaling activist Watson 02 Dec 2024 - 05:53 pm
(FILES) Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson arrives for a court hearing in Nuuk, Greenland, on October 2, 2024. (Photo by Leiff Josefsen / AFP)
'End in sight' to talks on pandemic treaty, says WHO chief 02 Dec 2024 - 03:40 pm
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
New research calls for 'radical rethink' on drought 02 Dec 2024 - 03:14 pm
(Files) A picture shows the low level of water at Pergusa lake due to drought, near Enna, Sicily on February 26, 2024. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli / AFP)
UN chief says situation in Gaza 'appalling and apocalyptic' 02 Dec 2024 - 02:38 pm
Delegates attend a humanitarian conference for Gaza in Cairo on December 2, 2024, amid the continuing war between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Khaled Desouki / AFP)
Biden pardons son Hunter in final weeks of US presidency 02 Dec 2024 - 02:03 pm
A November 29, 2024 photo shows US President Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden stepping out of a bookstore while shopping in Nantucket, Massachusetts on November 29, 2024. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
Delivery firm Glovo riders in Spain to become employees 02 Dec 2024 - 01:52 pm
(Files) A Glovo delivery worker rides in Barcelona on February 4, 2021. (Photo by Lluis Gene / AFP)