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New Zealand scientists dissect world's rarest whale 02 Dec 2024 - 08:14 am
(Files) A handout photo taken on July 5, 2024 and received on July 16 from the New Zealand Department of Conservation shows rangers Jim Fyfe (L) and Tumai Cassidy walking beside what appears to be the carcass of a rare spade-toothed whale. (Photo by Handout / New Zealand Department of Conservation / AFP)
Trump names Lebanese-American Boulos as Middle East advisor 01 Dec 2024 - 09:51 pm
Tiffany Trump and her husband Michael Boulos, Kimberly Guilfoyle, her partner Donald Trump Jr. and his his daughter Kai Madison Trump listen to former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speak an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, early on November 6, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
Storm Bora kills two in Greece, leaves widespread damage 01 Dec 2024 - 09:34 pm
This photograph shows cars piled on top of each other in the city of Rhodes after heavy rainfall, on the Greek island of Rhodes, on December 1, 2024. (Photo by STRINGER / Eurokinissi / AFP)
Trump announces loyalist Kash Patel as choice to lead FBI 01 Dec 2024 - 08:45 pm
(FILES) Kash Patel, a former chief of staff to then-acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, speaks during a campaign event for Republican election candidates at the Whiskey Roads Restaurant & Bar on July 31, 2022 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Ten killed in mass shooting in rural Ecuador 01 Dec 2024 - 08:38 pm
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Plastic pollution talks fail to reach landmark deal 01 Dec 2024 - 08:37 pm
An art installation depicting a whale with an interior lined with plastic waste is displayed near the entrance of Bexco in Busan on November 30, 2024, the venue of the fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution (INC-5). (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
White House says 'not there yet' on Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal 01 Dec 2024 - 05:23 pm
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More time needed for plastic pollution treaty: chair 01 Dec 2024 - 04:05 pm
INC-5 Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso brings down a gavel, made using recycled plastic bottle tops from the Dandora landfill in Nairobi, during the start of a plenary of the fifth session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5) in Busan on December 1, 2024. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
VW's German workers to strike from Monday: union 01 Dec 2024 - 03:04 pm
The logo of German car giant Volkswagen (VW) is pictured on a Volkswagen ID Buzz van during the company's annual press conference to present the business report, on March 14, 2023 in Berlin. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Trump threatens 100% tariff on BRICS countries over currency plans 01 Dec 2024 - 02:40 pm
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Glittering dreams: India's big push for solar power 01 Dec 2024 - 02:34 pm
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Crypto boss eats banana art he bought for $6.2 million 01 Dec 2024 - 01:58 pm
Chinese-born crypto founder Justin Sun eats banana artwork, in Hong Kong on November 29, 2024. (Photo by Peter Parks / AFP)
Philippine Eagle hatchling dies in conservation setback 01 Dec 2024 - 01:39 pm
This handout photo taken on November 10, 2024 and released by the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) on November 20 shows a Philippine Eagle chick, known as
Storm Bora kills two in Greece, sparks weather warnings 01 Dec 2024 - 01:24 pm
Cars piled on top of each other in the city of Rhodes after heavy rainfall, on the Greek island of Rhodes, on December 1, 2024. (Photo by Stringer / Eurokinissi / AFP)
Three killed as Cyclone Fengal pummels India's south 01 Dec 2024 - 01:18 pm
A man pulls his three-wheeler cart amid heavy wind and rainfall at the Marina Beach in Chennai on November 30, 2024, ahead of the landfall of cyclone Fengal in India's state of Tamil Nadu. Photo by R.Satish BABU / AFP
Elon Musk asks US court to block OpenAi's for-profit conversion 01 Dec 2024 - 12:38 pm
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'Mamie Charge': Migrants find safe haven in Frenchwoman's garage 30 Nov 2024 - 09:44 pm
Brigitte Lips, nicknamed Mamie Charge, registers phones of migrants to be charged at her garage in Calais on November 26, 2024. (Photo by Denis Charlet / AFP)
Scrappy Ireland give Farrell winning sending-off 30 Nov 2024 - 08:38 pm
Ireland's prop Cian Healy (L) breaking Ireland's appearance record, celebrates on the final whistle in the International rugby union test match between Ireland and Australia at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, on November 30, 2024. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)