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Sweden investigating new Baltic Sea cable damage 21 Feb 2025 - 02:01 pm
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Chinese AI companies celebrate DeepSeek, shrug off global curbs 21 Feb 2025 - 01:32 pm
The logo of Deepseek is seen during the Global Developer Conference, organised by the Shanghai AI Industry Association, in Shanghai on February 21, 2025. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Japan cabinet approves 'emergency' urban bear shootings 21 Feb 2025 - 12:37 pm
This photo taken on February 18, 2025 shows pedestrians crossing the street in the snow in central Sapporo, Hokkaido prefecture. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
Only one in six Japanese citizens has a passport, data shows 21 Feb 2025 - 12:28 pm
People walk along the main shopping street at Sensoji Temple in the popular tourist destination of Asakusa in central Tokyo on February 21, 2025. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP
Indonesian boy missing after second crocodile attack in two weeks 20 Feb 2025 - 07:23 pm
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Northern Japan snowed under after two-week whiteout 20 Feb 2025 - 05:07 pm
This photo taken on January 31, 2025 shows a sign for a hotel buried amongst snow piled high, along a street in the ski resort town of Hakuba, Nagano prefecture. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP
Teenager kills two women in knife attack at Czech shop: police 20 Feb 2025 - 04:54 pm
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Swedish police seek details on hours before mass shooting 20 Feb 2025 - 04:37 pm
Forensic police officers work at the scene of the Risbergska School in Orebro, Sweden, on February 4, 2025, following reports of a serious violent crime. (Photo by Pontus Lundahl / TT News Agency / AFP)
France's parliament votes to ban some uses of 'forever chemicals' 20 Feb 2025 - 04:29 pm
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South Korea's ousted PM says tried to stop martial law decree 20 Feb 2025 - 04:21 pm
(L-R) The Constitutional Court of Korea's eight justices Chung Kye-sun, Kim Bok-hyeong, Jung Jung-mi, Lee Mi-son, Moon Hyung-bae, Kim Hyung-du, Cheong Hyung-sik and Cho Han-chang are seated in their courtroom for the trial of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol during the tenth hearing over his short-lived imposition of martial law at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on February 20, 2025. (Photo by SONG Kyung-Seok / POOL / AFP)
Nigeria bans large fuel trucks after deadly explosions 20 Feb 2025 - 03:54 pm
A man fishes inside the Eko Atlantic city project in Lagos, on February 19, 2025. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
India's ruling party takes control of capital as chief minister sworn in 20 Feb 2025 - 01:45 pm
Newly elected Chief Minister of Delhi, Rekha Gupta, gestures after taking an oath during a swearing-in ceremony in New Delhi on February 20, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
Hamas hands over four Israeli captives’ bodies in Gaza’s Khan Younis 20 Feb 2025 - 11:36 am
Hamas fighters ahead of the handing over the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Sri Lanka train derailed after smashing into elephants 20 Feb 2025 - 07:59 am
Police and railway personnel examine a derailed train at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka on February 20, 2025, which killed six elephants. (Photo by AFP)
British journalist missing for 11 days in Brazil 20 Feb 2025 - 12:14 am
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Jordanian King stresses rejection of attempts to annex lands, displace Palestinians 19 Feb 2025 - 10:58 pm
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US to designate several drug cartels as 'terrorist' groups: document 19 Feb 2025 - 10:42 pm
This handout picture released on February 17, 2025, by the Mexican Army shows Mexican soldiers dressed in biosecurity suits dismantling a drug production laboratory in Cosala, Sinaloa State, Mexico. (Photo by Handout / MEXICAN ARMY / AFP)
Religious freedom and peacemaking conference discusses Sudanese crisis 19 Feb 2025 - 10:30 pm
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