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'Massive' ballistic missile attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv: mayor 25 Dec 2024 - 08:16 am
Peninsula
Cyclone death toll in Mayotte rises to 39 24 Dec 2024 - 10:48 pm
This photograph shows a general view of damaged shelters and houses in the town of Vahibe, on the outskirts of Mamoudzou, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on December 24, 2024, a week after the cyclone Chido's passage over the archipelago. (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP)
Chinese workers saved from 'slave-like conditions' in Brazil 24 Dec 2024 - 10:36 pm
File photo for representation only showing BYD's logo on a car. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)
Over 200 skiers rescued by helicopter from chairlift in French Alps 24 Dec 2024 - 09:31 pm
(FILES) Skiers sit on chairlifts at Sainte-Anne, a small ski resort near La Condamine-Chatelard, in the French Alps, on January 6, 2024. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)
US banks sue Fed over 'opaque' stress tests 24 Dec 2024 - 09:08 pm
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Nikkei index ends lower amid thinning trading activity 24 Dec 2024 - 08:57 pm
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Russian army casualties in Ukraine rise to 777,720 since start of war 24 Dec 2024 - 08:39 pm
Peninsula
Trump blasts Biden over death sentence commutations 24 Dec 2024 - 08:16 pm
File: US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their first 2020 presidential campaign debate held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Former US president Bill Clinton released from hospital 24 Dec 2024 - 08:15 pm
(FILES) Former US President Bill Clinton speaks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 21, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
War-torn Sudan faces 'widening' famine crisis: UN-backed report 24 Dec 2024 - 06:26 pm
Sudanese people who fled escalating violence in the al-Jazira state are pictured at a camp for the displaced in the eastern city of Gedaref on November 23, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Iran cyberspace council votes to lift ban on WhatsApp: state media 24 Dec 2024 - 05:12 pm
Peninsula
UNRWA: Israeli occupation kills child every hour 24 Dec 2024 - 04:48 pm
A woman is comforted as she mourns by the body of one of the martyrs killed in overnight Israeli bombardment outside the morgue of Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 23, 2024 (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
Man finds bear in living room as Japan readies licence to kill 24 Dec 2024 - 02:49 pm
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Pimp my carriage: How to ride in style like Austria's famed emperor Franz Joseph 24 Dec 2024 - 02:40 pm
Carriages are pictured in an exhibition hall at the Imperial Carriage Castle Museum (Wagenburg) of the Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna on December 5, 2024. (Photo by Alex Halada / AFP)
How Finnish youth learn to spot disinformation 24 Dec 2024 - 01:53 pm
Students attend a class on media literacy at the Hiidenkiven Koulu school on November 19, 2024 in Helsinki, Finland. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
London wall illuminates Covid's enduring pain at Christmas 24 Dec 2024 - 01:10 pm
Volunteers hang lights on The National Covid Memorial Wall, dedicated to those who lost their lives to Covid-19, on the bank of the River Thames in London on December 20, 2024. (Photo by Benjamin Cremel / AFP)
China says to raise deficit, boost spending next year: state media 24 Dec 2024 - 01:03 pm
A cleaner carrying a broom and a trash bin walks along a street in Beijing on December 24, 2024. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
12 killed in blast at Türkiye explosives plant 24 Dec 2024 - 12:01 pm
This handout image taken and released by the Demiroren News Agency (DHA) on December 24, 2024, shows Turkish soldiers forming a cordon as part of security measures near the building where the explosion occurred in Balikesir. Photo by DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP.