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Belarussian twins missing on Turkish mountain 20 Nov 2024 - 02:38 pm
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Japan ramps up tech ambitions with $65 bn for AI, chips 20 Nov 2024 - 02:35 pm
This file photo taken on May 10, 2023 shows visitors walking past a sign (L) promoting ChatGPT, a hugely popular language app that has sparked a rush in artificial intelligence technology, during the three-day 7th AI Expo, part of NexTech Week Tokyo 2023, Japan's largest trade show for artificial intelligence technology companies, at Tokyo Big Sight. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP
China urges 'calm' after Putin decree on broader use of nuclear weapons 20 Nov 2024 - 12:47 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 18, 2024. Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP.
Bangladesh ex-police chief faces crimes against humanity charges 20 Nov 2024 - 12:16 pm
Police personnel escort detainees Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun (C), a former police inspector general and Ziaul Ahsan (back 2R), a former military general and former director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC), to Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) court in Dhaka on November 20, 2024. Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP.
India to bail long-term prisoners awaiting trial 20 Nov 2024 - 11:04 am
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SpaceX fails to repeat Starship booster catch, as Trump watches on 20 Nov 2024 - 10:24 am
The SpaceX Starship lifts off from Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on November 19, 2024, for the Starship Flight 6 test. (Photo by Chandan Khanna / AFP)
Techno Q secures tenders in Saudi Arabia 20 Nov 2024 - 10:23 am
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US will provide antipersonnel mines to Ukraine: US official 20 Nov 2024 - 10:16 am
A woman attends a protest to show solidarity with Ukraine shows marking of 1000 days of the start of the war in Ukraine, placed at city center in Vienna, Austria on November 19, 2024. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)
Russia vows response after Ukraine fires long-range US missiles 19 Nov 2024 - 11:36 pm
Ukrainian servicemen of the 24th Mechanized Brigade camouflage a 2s5 152 mm self-propelled howitzer at an undisclosed location near Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region on November 18, 2024. (Photo by Handout / 24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces / AFP) 
Take two: Biden makes it into G20 leaders' photo 19 Nov 2024 - 09:54 pm
World leaders gather for a group photo on the second day of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 19, 2024. (Photo by Leah Millis / POOL / AFP)
Thousands rally in Georgia as president challenges vote in court 19 Nov 2024 - 09:47 pm
Georgian opposition supporters protest against the results of the last month's parliamentary elections in Tbilisi on November 19, 2024. (Photo by Giorgi ARJEVANIDZE / AFP)
SpaceX set for Starship's next flight, Trump watching 19 Nov 2024 - 09:29 pm
The SpaceX Starship sits on the launch pad ahead of its sixth flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 17, 2024. The test is scheduled for November 19, 2024, (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)
Gaza death toll rises to 43,972; over 104,000 injured 19 Nov 2024 - 08:27 pm
People and rescures carry the covered body of a preson pulled from the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli strike on al-Jalaa street in central Gaza City on November 18, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
'Minecraft' to come to life in UK and US under theme park deal 19 Nov 2024 - 07:30 pm
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Ukraine approves budget with 60% earmarked for defence and security 19 Nov 2024 - 05:33 pm
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France's Macron meets China's Xi on G20 sidelines 19 Nov 2024 - 05:28 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 19, 2024. Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP.
China's Xi urges 'strategic' ties in talks with Germany's Scholz 19 Nov 2024 - 05:21 pm
China's President Xi Jinping attends the second session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
Drop in Paris population causes alarm in city hall 19 Nov 2024 - 05:12 pm
An aerial view shows the Arc de Triomphe during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2017.  Photo by JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD / AFP