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Death toll at illegal South African mine reaches 78 15 Jan 2025 - 09:10 pm
Rescuers use a Metalliferous Mobile Rescue Winder during a rescue operation to retrieve illegal miners from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein on January 14, 2025. (Photo by Christian Velcich / AFP)
TikTok plans total US shutdown as ban deadline looms: report 15 Jan 2025 - 06:13 pm
This photograph taken on April 19, 2024 shows a man holding a smartphone displaying the logo of Chinese social media platform Tiktok in an office in Paris. Photo by Antonin UTZ / AFP
US bans red food dye over possible cancer risk: health authorities 15 Jan 2025 - 06:07 pm
A boy holds a wrapped Dubble Bubble Bubble Gum candy in his mouth, a product that uses Red Dye # 3, in this illustration photograph on December 27, 2024. Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP
Two teens arrested after boy, 14, fatally knifed on London bus 15 Jan 2025 - 05:48 pm
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Germany searching 'day and night' for foot-and-mouth origin 15 Jan 2025 - 05:40 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
German defence ministry suspends posting on X platform 15 Jan 2025 - 03:55 pm
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121 people rescued off Philippines after six days adrift 15 Jan 2025 - 03:39 pm
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Fire-hit LA faces new peril as dangerous gusts forecast 15 Jan 2025 - 02:52 pm
An aerial view of homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire as wildfires cause damage and loss through the LA region on January 13, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
Biden warns America's 'soul' at stake as Trump comeback looms 15 Jan 2025 - 02:41 pm
US President Joe Biden walks into the East Room of the White House to applause before signing proclamations to establish the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sattitla Highlands National Monument in California, in Washington, DC, on January 14, 2025. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP)
EU unveils plan to protect hospitals from rising cyberattacks 15 Jan 2025 - 02:05 pm
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Thousands to be evacuated after Mount Ibu eruption 15 Jan 2025 - 01:17 pm
A woman and child look on at volcanic ash rising into the air during the eruption of Mount Ibu, as seen from Duono Village in West Halmahera, North Maluku province, on January 15, 2025. (Photo by AZZAM / AFP)
60 dead at illegal S.African mine: police 15 Jan 2025 - 01:13 pm
The entrance shaft of an abandoned mine is seen in Stilfontein on January 14, 2025. Photo by Christian Velcich / AFP
What is the pink stuff coating fire-ravaged Los Angeles? 15 Jan 2025 - 12:57 pm
A firefighting aircraft drops the fire retardant Phos-Chek as the Palisades Fire burns amid a powerful windstorm on January 7, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP
Beijing says 'firmly opposes' US ban on smart cars containing Chinese tech 15 Jan 2025 - 12:48 pm
(Files) This photo taken on April 18, 2024 shows BYD electric cars for export waiting to be loaded onto a ship at a port in Yantai, in eastern China's Shandong province. (Photo by AFP)
Record 36.8 million tourists visited Japan in 2024 15 Jan 2025 - 12:40 pm
A rickshaw carrying a tourist drives down the street in front of Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo on January 14, 2025. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Egypt working with Qatar, US to secure Gaza ceasefire: Badr Abdelatty 15 Jan 2025 - 10:06 am
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South Korean President Yoon arrested over failed martial law bid 15 Jan 2025 - 09:59 am
A motorcade carrying impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the complex building housing the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in Gwacheon on January 15, 2025, after Yoon was arrested over his failed martial law bid. (Photo by Korea Pool / AFP)
US, Egyptian presidents discuss mediation efforts to reach ceasefire deal in Gaza 15 Jan 2025 - 12:18 am
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