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Roundup Indonesia cancels VAT hike on basic goods 05 Jan 2025 - 07:35 pm
Buildings are seen during sunset in Jakarta on January 5, 2025. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)
Former Greek PM Costas Simitis passes away at 88 05 Jan 2025 - 07:27 pm
(FILES) Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Press Association in Athens, 03 December 2003. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP)
13 civilians martyred in Israeli occupation airstrikes across Gaza Strip 05 Jan 2025 - 07:21 pm
Smoke plumes billow during Israeli bombardment in the Saraya area in al-Rimal in central Gaza City on January 4, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Dozens of marine mammals found dead after Russian oil tanker spill 05 Jan 2025 - 07:15 pm
In this grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry on December 17, 2024, rescuers respond to an oil spill along the coastline of the Black Sea, caused by the wreck of two oil tankers, with the one which broke apart, in a storm in the Kerch Strait between Crimea and southern Russia's Krasnodar region on December 15. (Photo by Handout / Russian Emergencies Ministry / AFP)
India press watchdog demands journalist murder probe 05 Jan 2025 - 06:52 pm
Mukesh Chandrakar. Pic by: @NDTV on X
Blinken wades into political crisis with stop in South Korea 05 Jan 2025 - 06:46 pm
Supporters of impeached South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol hold US and South Korean flags as they take part in a rally near his residence as snow falls in Seoul on January 5, 2025. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Israeli army kills Palestinian security officer in N. West Bank 05 Jan 2025 - 06:06 pm
File photo: Israeli bulldozers drive in a street during an army raid in Jenin in the occupied-West Bank on August 31, 2024. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
South Korea says fatal crash cockpit transcript nearly complete 05 Jan 2025 - 06:05 pm
Tarpaulin covers shroud the wreckage of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which on December 29 crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul, on January 5, 2025. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Italy's Meloni visits Trump in Florida 05 Jan 2025 - 05:33 pm
This handout picture released by the Palazzo Chigi press office on January 5, 2025 shows Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni posing with US President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-A-Lago Club on January 4, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Filippo ATTILI / Palazzo Chigi press office / AFP)
UK airports reopen runways after snow disruption 05 Jan 2025 - 04:58 pm
A photograph taken on January 5, 2025, shows Snows of pavement outside Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on January 5, 2025. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP)
Virginia nurse arrested after babies in NICU suffer unexplained injuries 05 Jan 2025 - 03:15 pm
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Massive storm slams US with snow, ice, bitter cold 05 Jan 2025 - 02:44 pm
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Snow, black ice cancels dozens of flights in Germany 05 Jan 2025 - 02:35 pm
A person walks on a snow-covered street after snowfall in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on December 29, 2024. Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP.
Buyer splashes out $1.3m for Tokyo new year tuna 05 Jan 2025 - 01:34 pm
A bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, which was purchased earlier in the day for 1.3 million USD, is presented to the media following the first tuna auction of the New Year at Tokyo's Toyosu Market on January 5, 2025. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)
NYC starts driver congestion charging despite opposition 05 Jan 2025 - 01:26 pm
One World Trade Center (C), also known as the Freedom Tower, stands out on the Manhattan skyline on December 31, 2024 in New York. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
Health ministry in Gaza says 88 killed in 24 hours by Israeli airstrikes 05 Jan 2025 - 01:23 pm
A woman mourns her relatives who were killed by Israeli bombardment outside the Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on January 5, 2025. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
Snow across England causes disruption for air travellers 05 Jan 2025 - 01:06 pm
A pedestrian carries a milk bottle across the covered in snow streets of Stow-on-the-Wold, central England, on January 5, 2025 as heavy snow across parts of England are set to cause disruption. Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
Syrian ministers arrive on first visit to Qatar 05 Jan 2025 - 12:44 pm
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