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Sudan threatens to retaliate against Kenya for hosting paramilitary forces' activities 25 Feb 2025 - 12:47 am
Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo (C), Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deputy commander and brother to Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (also known as Hemedti), flanked by representatives of other political parties affiliated to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces react as they arrive at the venue ahead of their planned signing of the Government of Peace and Unity Charter, at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi on February 18, 2025. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)
Trump says tariffs on Mexico, Canada to "go forward" 25 Feb 2025 - 12:35 am
US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room to the White House in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
Macron, Trump vow to work together on Ukraine, despite differences 24 Feb 2025 - 11:58 pm
US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands at the end of a joint press conference in the East Room to the White House in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP)
South Carolina to carry out first US firing squad execution since 2010 24 Feb 2025 - 11:14 pm
This undated handout image provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Brad Sigmon. (Photo by Handout / South Carolina Department of Corrections / AFP) 
£2.8m gold toilet stolen from UK show never found: court 24 Feb 2025 - 10:34 pm
(FILES) A fully functioning solid gold toilet, made by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, is going into public use at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on September 15, 2016. (Photo by William EDWARDS / AFP)
Indonesia accelerates garlic imports to stabilize prices before Ramadan 24 Feb 2025 - 05:53 pm
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South Africa's national tourism agency urges African countries to forge continental partnerships 24 Feb 2025 - 05:50 pm
This photo taken on Aug. 10, 2023 shows the view of Johannesburg, South Africa. (Xinhua)
17 rare mountain bongos repatriated to Kenya 24 Feb 2025 - 05:30 pm
File photo: Two out of the five critically endangered Mountain Bongos (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) run after being released into the Mawingu Mountain Bongo Sanctuary near Nanyuki, Kenya, March 9, 2022. Picture taken March 9, 2022. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Indonesia launches new agency to transform state-owned investment management 24 Feb 2025 - 05:26 pm
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (C), accompanied by former presidents Joko Widodo (4th, R) and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (4th, L), attends the launch of Investment Management Agency Daya Anagata Nusantara (Danantara) at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 24, 2025. (Muchlis Jr/Presidential State Press Bureau/Handout via Xinhua)
Cambodia finds 230 foreigners in raids on online scam compounds 24 Feb 2025 - 05:12 pm
This photo taken in Mae Sot, Tak province of Thailand on Feb. 10, 2025 shows the border area between Thailand and Myanmar. (Xinhua/Lin Hao)
Apple says to invest $500 bn in US over four years, hire 20,000 staff 24 Feb 2025 - 04:45 pm
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Apple says to invest $500 bn in US over four years, hire 20,000 staff 24 Feb 2025 - 03:19 pm
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Nordic, Baltic countries pledge more military aid for Ukraine 24 Feb 2025 - 02:59 pm
The European and Ukrainian flags are displayed in front of the Altiero-Spinelli building, the European Parliament in Brussels on February 24, 2025. (Photo by John Thys / AFP)
Social media rollbacks opening 'floodgates' of hate: UN chief 24 Feb 2025 - 01:43 pm
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech at the opening of the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, on February 24, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Global system undergoing 'tectonic shift': UN 24 Feb 2025 - 01:28 pm
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk looks on prior to the opening of the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, on February 24, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
British couple arrested by Taliban in Aghanistan: family 24 Feb 2025 - 01:21 pm
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Conservatives win German vote as far-right makes record gains 24 Feb 2025 - 01:15 pm
Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and his party's main candidate for Chancellor addresses supporters at the electoral evening in Berlin on February 23, 2025. (Photo by Odd Andersen / AFP)
Gunmen kill eight in central Mexico 24 Feb 2025 - 12:48 pm
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