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Trump team hails 'decisive win' after judge delays hush money sentencing 23 Nov 2024 - 12:01 am
File: Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 30, 2024. (Photo by Seth Wenig / POOL / AFP)
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Lebanon rises to 3,642 22 Nov 2024 - 11:26 pm
Fire and smoke erupt from a building just after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern Shayah neighbourhood on November 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
US reports first bird-flu case in a child 22 Nov 2024 - 11:02 pm
This undated handout image obtained on November 22, 2024, courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (blue), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells. (Photo by Handout / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / AFP) 
COP29 draft proposes rich nations give $250 bn a year in climate finance 22 Nov 2024 - 08:50 pm
Attendees walk past the COP29 logo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 21, 2024. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)
Fears for Gaza hospitals as fuel, other aid run low 22 Nov 2024 - 08:31 pm
A girl cries as the bodies of victims of an Israeli strike the previous night are brought to at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital, in Gaza City on November 22, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa/ AFP)
Turkiye, Somalia discuss enhancing military, security cooperation 22 Nov 2024 - 08:12 pm
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Bosch plans thousands more cuts amid weak EV demand 22 Nov 2024 - 05:50 pm
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Poland says will not back EU-Mercosur deal 22 Nov 2024 - 05:47 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. A farmer on his tractor leaves the harbour of Bordeaux and its dam after the blockade by the Coordination Rurale hard-line farmers' union (CR) was lifted, near Bassens, southwestern France on November 22, 2024, opn the fifth day of the nationwide protests against pay and conditions and a prospective EU-Latin America trade deal. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)
Austria signals openness to Schengen expansion 22 Nov 2024 - 05:43 pm
Romania's Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs Catalin Predoiu, European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, Hungary's Minister of Interior Sandor Pinter, Austria's Federal Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner and Bulgaria's Minister of Interior Atanas Ilkov attend a press conference on the expansion of the Schengen area, in Budapest on November 22, 2024. Photo by Peter Kohalmi / AFP.
Ukraine parliament cancels session over threat of Russian attack 22 Nov 2024 - 03:47 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on November 19, 2024, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses members of the Ukrainian parliament in Kyiv. Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP.
Second Australian dies after suspected Laos poisoning 22 Nov 2024 - 03:24 pm
This photo shows the logo of the Bangkok Hospital in Bangkok on November 21, 2024. Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP
Jewels classed 'national treasure' snatched in French heist 22 Nov 2024 - 03:14 pm
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India court tells smog-hit capital to step up vehicle restrictions 22 Nov 2024 - 03:04 pm
A DHL aircraft prepares to land during a foggy morning at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on November 22, 2024. (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED / AFP)
Spain fines 'abusive' budget airlines 179 million euros 22 Nov 2024 - 01:31 pm
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Japan government approves $140bn stimulus 22 Nov 2024 - 01:27 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
Iceland's Reykjanes volcano erupts for 7th time since Dec 2023 21 Nov 2024 - 11:02 pm
Handout picture released on November 21, 2024 by the Public Defense Department of the State Police Commissioner in Iceland shows Lava and smoke erupting from a volcano near Grindavik on the Icelandic peninsula of Reykjanes. (Photo by Public Defense Department of the State Police / AFP)
British oil giant announces $7 billion gas project investment in Indonesia 21 Nov 2024 - 10:49 pm
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Palestinians welcome ICC arrest warrants for Israeli PM, former defence minister 21 Nov 2024 - 09:50 pm
Ambassador Majed Bamya, Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN, speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at the UN headquarters in New York City on November 20, 2024 . (Photo by Michael M Santiago / Getty Images via AFP)