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US DOGE seeks access to IRS system housing sensitive taxpayer data report 17 Feb 2025 - 10:38 pm
A sign for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seen outside its building on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
68.1 million international tourists visited Gulf countries in 2023: GCC Secretary-General 17 Feb 2025 - 10:35 pm
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Kazakhstan mine collapse traps seven 17 Feb 2025 - 10:30 pm
This photograph taken on October 28, 2023, shows a view of the Kostyenko coal mine, in Karaganda. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)
147 people dead of cholera in Angola since last January 17 Feb 2025 - 09:50 pm
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Argentine prosecutors to probe Milei over 'cryptogate' 17 Feb 2025 - 08:34 pm
(FILES) Argentina's President Javier Milei attends the Atreju political meeting organised by the young militants of Italian right wing party Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) on December 14, 2024 in Rome. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
Mexico says to sue Google if it insists on using 'Gulf of America' 17 Feb 2025 - 07:48 pm
This photo illustration shows the Gulf of Mexico branded as Gulf of America displayed on the Google Maps application on a tablet on February 11, 2025, in Bogota, Colombia. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP)
Lebanese Prime Minister meets Quint Committee Ambassadors 17 Feb 2025 - 06:29 pm
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Mainland spokesperson urges US to stop sending wrong signals to "Taiwan independence" separatist forces 17 Feb 2025 - 05:59 pm
Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, gestures at a regular press conference in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
Türkiye's automotive industry sees decline in production, sales in January 17 Feb 2025 - 05:53 pm
Ford Tourneo Courier light commercial vehicles on the production line at the Ford Otosan Yenikoy car plant in Türkiye. File photo.
Indonesia mandates natural resource exporters retain forex revenues domestically for one year 17 Feb 2025 - 05:15 pm
A man smells a local durian at a durian market in Randulanang village in Klaten Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo by Bram Selo/Xinhua)
European stocks rise, boosted by defense company shares 17 Feb 2025 - 04:53 pm
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Greece to open museum of ancient undersea treasures 17 Feb 2025 - 03:34 pm
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'Now or never' for pandemic accord, says WHO chief after US pulls out 17 Feb 2025 - 03:21 pm
(Files) The logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) is pictured on the facade of the WHO headquarters on October 24, 2017 in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
Sri Lanka budget banks on car taxes to boost coffers 17 Feb 2025 - 02:37 pm
People buy vegetables at a market in Colombo on February 17, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
UN appeals for $6 bn for Sudan crisis aid in 2025 17 Feb 2025 - 02:29 pm
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Quakes leave Greek tourist island on tenterhooks 17 Feb 2025 - 01:40 pm
An aerial view shows the port of Katapola, on the Greek island of Amorgos, in the Aegean Sea, on February 14, 2025. Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP
DeepSeek removed from South Korea app stores pending privacy review 17 Feb 2025 - 12:09 pm
This photo illustration taken on February 17, 2025 in Goyang shows screens displaying web pages of the Chinese AI DeepSeek. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Cairo building collapse kills 10: state media 17 Feb 2025 - 11:56 am
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