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Move over Mercedes: Chinese cars grab Mexican market share 28 Dec 2024 - 11:14 am
Detail of a Chinese-made Changan car at a dealership in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico, on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Alfredo Estrella / AFP)
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)
Last major health facility in north Gaza 'out of service', WHO says 28 Dec 2024 - 08:36 am
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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)
Several wounded North Korean soldiers died after being captured by Ukraine: Zelensky 27 Dec 2024 - 11:53 pm
This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on December 26, 2024 shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stands for the National anthem of Ukraine during an award ceremony in Kyiv. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP)
Senegal closes all foreign military bases  27 Dec 2024 - 10:51 pm
Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko addresses lawmakers during his policy speech in the National Assembly in Dakar on December 27, 2024. (Photo by Seyllou / AFP)
Israel continues to violate ceasefire agreement with Lebanon 27 Dec 2024 - 10:25 pm
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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
German President dissolves parliament, sets February 23 election date 27 Dec 2024 - 04:50 pm
The Reichstag building, which houses Germany's lower house of parliament (Bundestag) is reflected in the river Spree in Berlin on December 27, 2024. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / 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.
Kremlin says no comment on Azerbaijani plane crash until probe completed 27 Dec 2024 - 02:10 pm
Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. Photo by Issa Tazhenbayev / AFP
Two killed in wild weather on Sydney-Hobart yacht race 27 Dec 2024 - 02:05 pm
This handout photo taken on December 29, 2017 and received from Rolex on December 27, 2024 shows the yacht Flying Fish Arctos competing in the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Photo by Carlo BORLENGHI / ROLEX / AFP
Mayotte faces environment, biodiversity crisis after cyclone 27 Dec 2024 - 01:36 pm
This photograph shows a truck unloading a garbages in a waste disposal site in the city of Tsountsou, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on December 26, 2024. Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP
Estonia begins naval patrols to protect cables with Finland 27 Dec 2024 - 01:12 pm
This handout picture released by The Finnish Border Guard on December 26, 2024 shows a Finnish Border Guard's ship Turva (front) and the oil tanker Eagle S on the sea near Porkkalanniemi. Photo by Handout / Finnish Border Guard / AFP
India announces state funeral for former PM Manmohan Singh 27 Dec 2024 - 01:07 pm
The Indian national flag flies half-mast at the Vidhana Soudha to mourn the death of former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in Bengaluru on December 27, 2024.
Kyrgyzstan starts building railway linking China, Uzbekistan 27 Dec 2024 - 01:00 pm
In this handout picture taken and released by the Kyrgyz presidential press office on December 27, 2024, fireworks explode behind state flags during the commencement ceremony of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project in the settlement of Tash-Kitchu. (Photo by Handout / KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE / AFP)
South Korean lawmakers impeach acting President Han Duck-soo 27 Dec 2024 - 12:51 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.