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China earthquake death toll rises to 148 22 Dec 2023 - 01:47 pm
People walk past a collapsed building after an earthquake in Dahejia, Jishishan County in northwest China’s Gansu province on December 19, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
UK economy shrinks before election year 22 Dec 2023 - 01:42 pm
Shoppers browse stalls in Petticoat Lane Market, against the backdrop of The City of London financial district in London on August 11, 2023.  Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
Missing UK teen found in France returned for better 'future' 22 Dec 2023 - 01:35 pm
This photograph shows a general view of the Villefranche-de-Lauragais' gendarmerie, south-western France, on December 15, 2023 after Alex Batty, a British boy who disappeared in Spain six years ago when he was 11, has been found near, in a mountainous area, in France on December 14, 2023. Photo by Ed JONES / AFP
Japan approves record $56 bn defence budget 22 Dec 2023 - 01:28 pm
A pedestrian walks in Tokyo's Ginza district at dusk on December 13, 2023. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
China air pollution worsens in 2023, first time in decade 22 Dec 2023 - 01:09 pm
Pedestrians walk on an overpass as traffic snarls amid haze from air pollution in Beijing on November 1, 2023. Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP
LIVE UPDATES: Death toll in Gaza crosses 20,000, UN Security Council again delays vote 22 Dec 2023 - 11:52 am
Children play on the roof of a building in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on December 21, 2023. Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP
French city makes public transport free for residents 22 Dec 2023 - 08:59 am
This photograph taken on December 21, 2023, shows tramways running on tracks in Montpellier, southern France. Photo by Sylvain THOMAS / AFP
Prague shaken as Czechs mourn victims of deadliest shooting 22 Dec 2023 - 08:44 am
Well wishers light candles for the shooting victims at the Charles University main office in central Prague, on December 21, 2023. Photo by Michal CIZEK / AFP
Canada announces temporary visas for people in Gaza with Canadian relatives 22 Dec 2023 - 12:24 am
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France to close embassy in Niger: diplomatic sources 22 Dec 2023 - 12:02 am
File: Protesters hold a Niger flag during a demonstration on independence day in Niamey on August 3, 2023. The demonstrators converged at Concertation Square in the heart of the city, following a call by a coalition of civil society associations on a day marking the country's 1960 independence from France. (Photo by AFP)
Peru seizes 4,000 live Amazon turtles at airport 21 Dec 2023 - 11:38 pm
Handout picture released on December 20, 2023, by the Peruvian National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) shows turtles seized at the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima. (Photo by Handout / SERFOR / AFP)
Hunger and disease will lead to more deaths in Gaza: WHO 21 Dec 2023 - 09:38 pm
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Entire Gaza faces 'crisis or worse' hunger level: UN 21 Dec 2023 - 09:08 pm
Boxes containing humanitarian aid are unloaded at the Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 21, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
Prague university shooting kills 10 21 Dec 2023 - 07:42 pm
A police officer cordon off an area near the university in central Prague, on December 21, 2023. (Photo by Michal CIZEK / AFP)
Czech police say people have been killed in a shooting in downtown Prague 21 Dec 2023 - 06:21 pm
A police officer cordon off an area near the university in central Prague, on December 21, 2023. (Photo by Michal CIZEK / AFP)
China erects temporary shelters after earthquake destroyed 14,000 homes 21 Dec 2023 - 05:36 pm
A man walks past a collapsed house in Dahejia in Jishishan County in northwest China's Gansu province on December 20, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
Saudi Arabia confirms rapid spread of JN.1 Covid variant 21 Dec 2023 - 12:57 pm
Peninsula
UNICEF warns of water crisis in Gaza  21 Dec 2023 - 12:01 pm
Palestinians, displaced by the Israeli bombardment of Khan Yunis, seek shelter inside an agricultural tent in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 21, 2023. Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP