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China marks muted 5th anniversary of first Covid death 11 Jan 2025 - 01:59 pm
This combination photograph created on December 23, 2024 shows medical staff members, wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in the city, walking outside the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on January 25, 2020 (top) and a view of the same location at the hospital entrance on December 21, 2024, ahead of the fifth anniversary of China confirming its first death from the Covid-19 coronavirus. Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP
Thousands of South Koreans protest as president digs heels in 11 Jan 2025 - 12:22 pm
Supporters of impeached South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol wave flags and shout slogans during a rally in Gwanghwamun in Seoul on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
Biden blasts 'shameful' Meta decision to scrap US fact-checking 11 Jan 2025 - 12:06 pm
(Files) This photo illustration created on January 8, 2025, in Brussels, shows the media giant Meta's logo displayed on a smartphone and screen displaying the words
Indian business leader sparks outcry with call for Sunday work 11 Jan 2025 - 10:58 am
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UK treasurer says London 'natural home' for Chinese finance 11 Jan 2025 - 10:36 am
British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves (L) meets Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng before the start of the Fourth China-UK Financial Services Summit in Beijing in Beijing on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Aaron Favila / Pool / AFP)
Japan to give Indonesia high-speed patrol boats in security deal 11 Jan 2025 - 10:30 am
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto (R) and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba give a press statement following their meeting at the presidential palace in Bogor, West Java, on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Bay Ismoyo / AFP)
Anger and resentment rise in Los Angeles over fire response 11 Jan 2025 - 09:30 am
Molten metal flows from a car burnt-out by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Valerie Macon / AFP)
Germany races to secure stricken 'Russian shadow fleet' oil tanker 11 Jan 2025 - 09:10 am
Aerial view taken on January 10, 2025, shows the tanker 'Eventin', flying the Panama flag, adrift at sea north of the German Baltic Sea island of Ruegen. (Photo by Stefan Sauer / DPA / AFP)
Jeju Air crash black boxes stopped recording before flight crashed: South Korea 11 Jan 2025 - 08:55 am
(Files) This undated handout photo taken at an undisclosed location and released on January 1, 2025 shows the flight data recorder (FDR) retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216. (Photo by Handout / South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport / AFP)
Malala Yousafzai 'overwhelmed and happy' to be back in Pakistan 11 Jan 2025 - 08:46 am
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai (2R) arrives to attend an international summit on 'Girls’ Education in Muslim Communities', in Islamabad on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Zain Zaman Janjua / AFP)
Los Angeles like 'war scene' after fires: Biden 10 Jan 2025 - 09:40 pm
US President Joe Biden listens during a briefing on the federal response to the Los Angeles wildfires in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
US judge spares Trump jail, fine for hush money conviction 10 Jan 2025 - 09:00 pm
Todd Blanche, attorney for former US President Donald Trump, and US President-elect Donald Trump are seen on the screen at Manhattan criminal court in New York, on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Brendan McDermid / POOL / AFP)
US hikes reward for Maduro arrest after 'illegitimate' swearing-in 10 Jan 2025 - 08:36 pm
 Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures as he leaves the Capitolio -home of the National Assembly- after taking the oath during the presidential inauguration in Caracas on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Juan Barreto / AFP)
Lebanon files complaint with UN Security Council over ongoing Israeli attacks 10 Jan 2025 - 08:09 pm
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Germany reports foot-and-mouth disease in water buffalo 10 Jan 2025 - 04:35 pm
In this file photo taken on April 29, 2014 water buffalos stand in water on the Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island), a river island in the river Havel, in Berlin. Photo by HAUKE-CHRISTIAN DITTRICH / DPA / AFP
UNICEF says over 3 million children in Sudan at risk of severe malnutrition 10 Jan 2025 - 04:33 pm
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Thousands protest in Romania against presidential vote annulment 10 Jan 2025 - 04:17 pm
People wave Romanian flags and hold portraits of far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu during a protest in front of Romania's Constitutional Court in Budapest on January 10, 2024. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)
Los Angeles fire deaths at 10 as National Guard called in 10 Jan 2025 - 03:51 pm
In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, burned homes are seen from above during the Palisades fire near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on January 9, 2025. Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP

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TotalEnergies appoints Antoine Delafargue as Country Chair and Managing Director for Exploration and Production in Qatar