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Philippine jeepney drivers protest shift to EV-powered minibuses 18 Dec 2023 - 12:51 pm
Motorists and vehicles travel along a road amid traffic jam in Manila on November 24, 2023. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Mass casualties as Israel continues to target Gazan hospitals, refugee camps 18 Dec 2023 - 12:37 pm
A man inspects the damage in a room following Israeli bombardment at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 17, 2023. Photo by STRINGER / AFP
Security scare near Biden as car hits motorcade 18 Dec 2023 - 08:30 am
Members of the US Secret Service rush to a car, after it hit a motorcade SUV, as US president Joe Biden was leaving his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware on December 17, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Colombian rebels pledge to stop kidnappings for ransom 17 Dec 2023 - 09:18 pm
Luis Manuel Diaz, father of Liverpool's forward Luis Diaz, is consoled by his wife Cilenis Marulanda during a press conference at his house in Barrancas, Colombia on November 10, 2023. Luis Diaz was held hostage for nearly two weeks by members of a guerilla group in Colombia, officials said. (Photo by Daniel Munoz / AFP)
DeSantis loses strategist from group supporting presidential bid 17 Dec 2023 - 06:12 pm
Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gives a radio interview at Ashley's BBQ Bash hosted by Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA) on August 06, 2023 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Australia export revenue to tumble as iron ore, coal prices drop 17 Dec 2023 - 06:02 pm
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NYC braces for powerful storm with heavy rain and winds 17 Dec 2023 - 05:54 pm
File photo: People walk under umbrellas during a coastal storm in Lower Manhattan on September 29, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP)
South Korea military says North fires ballistic missile 17 Dec 2023 - 05:50 pm
File photo for representational purposes. This picture taken on February 18, 2023 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 19, 2023 shows test-firing of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
Russian President affirms West is bent on destroying his country 17 Dec 2023 - 05:35 pm
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South African kidnapped in 2017 released in Mali: security sources 17 Dec 2023 - 04:40 pm
(FILES) This undated and unlocated handout picture released by the van Deventer family shows Gerco van Deventer. South African Gerco van Deventer, who had been held by jihadists in Mali for over five years, has been released on the border between Mali and Algeria, security and humanitarian sources told AFP on December 17, 2023. (Photo by HANDOUT / COURTESY OF THE FAMILY / AFP)
Chile votes in second shot at new constitution 17 Dec 2023 - 04:31 pm
A man casts his vote during the referendum for Chile's new constitution proposal, in Santiago, on December 17, 2023. (Photo by Pablo Vera / AFP)
Acapulco's cliff divers are back after deadly hurricane 17 Dec 2023 - 03:46 pm
A cliff diver of La Quebrada performs after resuming activities following the passage of Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico on December 8, 2023. Photo by Francisco Robles / AFP
French diplomat dies of injuries following Israeli airstrike on Gaza 17 Dec 2023 - 03:10 pm
Smoke billows over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza strip during Israeli bombardment on December 17, 2023. Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP
WHO team calls Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital a 'bloodbath' 17 Dec 2023 - 02:41 pm
Medics treat Palestinians injured in Israeli bombardment, at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 17, 2023. Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP
Northeastern Australia hit by 'life-threatening' flooding 17 Dec 2023 - 01:58 pm
A man cycles past a downed tree as inclement weather from Cyclone Jasper impacts Cairns in far north Queensland on December 13, 2023. Photo by Brian CASSEY / AFP
Small plane crashes into power lines in Oregon and kills 3, police say 17 Dec 2023 - 12:53 pm
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LIVE UPDATES: Israeli attacks continue across Gaza, WHO team says Al-Shifa Hospital a 'bloodbath' 17 Dec 2023 - 12:10 pm
Smoke billows from Israeli bombardment over Khan Yunis from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 16, 2023. Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP
Amir of Kuwait performs Janazah prayer on Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah 17 Dec 2023 - 10:14 am
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