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Trump pushes India's Modi on 'fair' trade 27 Jan 2025 - 11:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside the ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UN warns of 'worrying' humanitarian crisis in Congo's Goma 27 Jan 2025 - 11:42 pm
A member of the M23 armed group walk alongside residents through a street of the Keshero neighborhood in Goma, on January 27, 2025. (Photo by -STR / AFP)
Coca-Cola orders massive Europe recall over chlorate risk 27 Jan 2025 - 10:45 pm
This photograph taken on January 26, 2023 shows cans of Cola at the closing stage at the Coca Cola factory in Bierne, northern France. (Photo by Sameer Al Doumy / AFP)
Record January heat of almost 27C bakes Spain's Valencia 27 Jan 2025 - 10:23 pm
In this representational file photo, air conditioners are seen on the facade of a residential building in Malaga, southern Spain, on July 28, 2023. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)
UK confirms 'rare' human case of bird flu 27 Jan 2025 - 09:06 pm
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OIC expresses rejection of schemes to displace Palestinian people 27 Jan 2025 - 06:21 pm
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Iraq sees drop in unemployment, poverty rates 27 Jan 2025 - 06:18 pm
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India says agreed with China to resume direct flights after 5 years 27 Jan 2025 - 05:53 pm
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China urges US to stop politicisation of COVID-19 origins-tracing 27 Jan 2025 - 05:42 pm
File photo: People walk on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Africa loses 18 bln USD annually due to conflict: African Union 27 Jan 2025 - 05:35 pm
File: The African Union logo is seen outside the AU headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on November 8, 2021.
Bird feathers and bloodstains found in Jeju jet engines: report 27 Jan 2025 - 04:22 pm
Firefighters and recovery teams work at the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 30, 2024. Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP
Colombia caves on deportations after Trump threats 27 Jan 2025 - 04:12 pm
Colombian Foreign Relations Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo (C) speaks during a press conference at the San Carlos Palace in Bogota on January 26, 2025. (Photo by Andrea Ariza / AFP)
Chinese lion dance troupe shrugs off patriarchal past 27 Jan 2025 - 03:36 pm
Lin Xinmeng (C) holding a female lion dancer during a practice session at an ancestral temple in Shantou, in southern China's Guangdong province. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
Shock in France after teenager fatally stabbed for phone 27 Jan 2025 - 02:33 pm
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19 arrested after Turkiye hotel inferno disaster 27 Jan 2025 - 02:24 pm
Firefighters and emergency teams work on the aftermath of a fire that broke out in a hotel in the Kartalkaya Ski Resort in Bolu, on January 22, 2025. Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP
Western France put on high flood alert after storm 'Herminia' 27 Jan 2025 - 02:13 pm
This photograph shows cars in a street following exceptional floodin of the Ille river in Rennes, western France on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Damien Meyer / AFP)
Fire ravages Paris district town hall 27 Jan 2025 - 02:09 pm
Firefighters vehicles are parked next to the townhall of the 12th district of Paris, on January 27, 2025, after it was hit by a spectacular fire. (Photo by Bertrand Guay / AFP)
Singapore to trial self-driving public buses from mid-2026 27 Jan 2025 - 01:38 pm
People walk as a cruise boat moves along the water at Marina Bay in Singapore on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN and ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP)