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Cambodia pardons jailed surrogate Philippine mothers 29 Dec 2024 - 09:20 pm
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Turkiye targets more Chinese tourists by 2025, promoting new horizons 29 Dec 2024 - 05:29 pm
Tourists visit the Aizanoi ancient city in Kutahya Province, Tィケrkiye, on Dec. 27, 2024. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua)
Longest cross-sea bridge in China's Guangxi opens to traffic 29 Dec 2024 - 05:11 pm
An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 24, 2024 shows Longmen Bridge in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
Both Jeju Air black boxes found: officials 29 Dec 2024 - 04:03 pm
Firefighters and rescue personnel work near the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, some 288 kilometers southwest of Seoul on December 29, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Shock, grief at South Korea Jeju Air crash site 29 Dec 2024 - 02:31 pm
People and relatives of passengers of the crashed Jeju Air Boeing react at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province on December 29, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-Je / AFP)
Celestial V70 wins overall honours in Sydney to Hobart yacht race 29 Dec 2024 - 12:27 pm
This handout image taken on December 26, 2024 and received from Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on December 29, shows the yacht Celestial competing at the start of the annual 2024 Sydney to Hobart yacht race. (Photo by Carlo Borlenghi / ROLEX / AFP)
What we know about Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea 29 Dec 2024 - 11:51 am
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South Korea Jeju Air plane crash death toll jumps to 120, with only 2 survivors so far: fire department 29 Dec 2024 - 10:02 am
South Korean soldiers search for missing passengers near the wreckage of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft after the plane crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province on December 29, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-Je / AFP)
Shark kills man fishing in Australia's Great Barrier Reef 29 Dec 2024 - 08:11 am
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Death toll rises to 85 in South Korea Jeju Air plane crash: fire agency 29 Dec 2024 - 07:56 am
Fire and smoke rise from the tail section of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft after the plane crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 29, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Plane with 181 on board crashes in South Korea, killing 62 29 Dec 2024 - 06:48 am
Smoke rises from the tail section of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft after the plane crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 29, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Magnitude 5.6 quake hits off Philippine's Surigao del Norte 28 Dec 2024 - 04:31 pm
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Several airlines cancel flights to Russia after Azerbaijan Airlines crash 28 Dec 2024 - 03:58 pm
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Political turmoil shakes South Korea's economy 28 Dec 2024 - 09:10 am
South Korea's Finance Minister and new acting president Choi Sang-mok speaks as he presides over a meeting of the National Security Council at the Government Complex in Seoul on December 27, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Indian state funeral for former PM Manmohan Singh 28 Dec 2024 - 08:27 am
The Indian national flag flies half-mast at the Parliament to mourn the death of former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as it rains in New Delhi on December 27, 2024. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
Driver who killed 35 in China car ramming sentenced to death 27 Dec 2024 - 07:09 pm
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Vietnam jails more officials over Covid-19 flight bribes 27 Dec 2024 - 06:03 pm
Vietnamese officials accused of corruption over repatriation flights at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic stand during their trial at the Hanoi People's Court in Hanoi on December 24, 2024. Photo by AFP
What's next for South Korea's political crisis? 27 Dec 2024 - 04:49 pm
South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (C) leaves the Government Complex in Seoul on December 27, 2024, after his impeachment motion was passed by the National Assembly. Photo by YONHAP / AFP.