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Three-metre tsunami recorded at Japan nuclear plant after quake 10 Jan 2024 - 03:42 pm
This photo taken on January 8, 2024 shows a woman walking under a downed utility pole after snow blanketed the disaster-hit area in the city of Suzu, Ishikawa prefecture, a week after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Spain following with 'concern' Ecuador crisis: Sanchez 10 Jan 2024 - 03:05 pm
Ecuadorean security forces patrol the area around the main square and presidential palace after Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa declared the country in a state of
Disinformation top risk as elections loom: Davos study 10 Jan 2024 - 12:53 pm
(Files) A photograph shows a sign of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at the Congress centre on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 16, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
 Singapore seeks indefinite jail for 'high-risk' offenders 10 Jan 2024 - 12:48 pm
File photo of Singapore skyline
LIVE UPDATES: Gazans desperate for humanitarian assistance amid Israeli bombing 10 Jan 2024 - 11:19 am
Palestinians look from the windows of a minibus at a market in Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on January 8, 2024. Photo by AFP
At least 10 killed in Ecuador's 'internal armed conflict' 10 Jan 2024 - 10:02 am
Ecuadorean security forces patrol the area around the main square and presidential palace after Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa declared the country in a state of
WHO: Aid arriving Gaza but too little, too late 10 Jan 2024 - 09:55 am
A man walks next to a destroyed car following an overnight Israeli raid on the Tulkarm refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, on January 9, 2024. Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP
Ecuador erupts in violence after Noboa declares emergency 09 Jan 2024 - 11:55 pm
Soldiers check cars during a security operation on the alternative road to the Turi prison, in Cuenca, Ecuador, on January 9, 2024, a day after Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency following the escape from prison of a dangerous narco boss. (Photo by Fernando Machado / AFP)
South Korea passes ban on dog meat production and sales 09 Jan 2024 - 09:58 pm
Animal rights activists hold placards reading
Bangladesh's Hasina celebrates 'absolute victory' after polls without opposition 09 Jan 2024 - 07:16 pm
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accepts the greetings from the assembled media and election observers while addressing a press conference, a day after she won the 12th parliamentary elections, in Dhaka on January 8, 2024. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP)
Between China and the US, trade takes a different route 09 Jan 2024 - 06:14 pm
US President Joe Biden (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
Video: Two men hide in car bumpers to enter Sharjah, arrested by authorities 09 Jan 2024 - 03:05 pm
Collage from the screen grab of video shared by Sharjah Customs
France closes roads as cold wave hits 09 Jan 2024 - 02:37 pm
This aerial view shows a car passing a snow-covered road intersection close to Saint-Pierre-de-Plesguen, western France, on January 9, 2024. (Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP)
Record number of 13.55million pilgrims perform Umrah in 2023 09 Jan 2024 - 02:14 pm
Peninsula
Jokowi to discuss South China Sea with Marcos in Philippines 09 Jan 2024 - 01:21 pm
AFP File photo
Magnitude 6.0 quake strikes off central Japan, no tsunami warning 09 Jan 2024 - 12:24 pm
Peninsula
China says successfully launched satellite: state media 09 Jan 2024 - 12:08 pm
A Long March-2C rocket, carrying the Einstein Probe satellite, lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, in southwestern China's Sichuan province on January 9, 2024. Photo by AFP
Ecuador under state of emergency, curfew after narco boss escapes 09 Jan 2024 - 11:53 am
Grab from a handout video released by Ecuador's presidency press office showing Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa announcing a state of emergency for the entire country on January 8, 2024. (Photo by Handout / Presidencia Ecuador / AFP)