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Super Typhoon Man-yi batters Philippines' most populous island 17 Nov 2024 - 11:47 am
This handout photo released on November 17, 2024 through the courtesy of John Marshal Aquino Facebook page shows residents walking past destroyed houses in Panganiban town, Catanduanes province, after Super Typhoon Man-yi hit the province. Super Typhoon Man-yi uprooted trees, brought down power lines and ripped off corrugated iron roofing as it swept across the storm-weary Philippines on November 17, following an unusual streak of violent weather. (Photo by John Marshal Aquino / John Marshal Aquino / AFP)
Biden visits the Amazon, the jungle that nearly finished Roosevelt 17 Nov 2024 - 11:17 am
US President Joe Biden has his scarf adjusted prior to a family photo during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Retreat summit in Lima, Peru, November 16, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Super Typhoon Man-yi pounds the Philippines 16 Nov 2024 - 11:00 pm
Large waves break along a seawall ahead of the expected landfall of Super Typhoon Man-yi, in Legaspi City, Albay province on November 16, 2024. (Photo by CHARISM SAYAT / AFP)
Rescuers search for survivors after Tanzania building collapse 16 Nov 2024 - 06:41 pm
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Man takes staff hostage at restaurant outside Paris 16 Nov 2024 - 05:38 pm
Police officers stand outside the restaurant
Spain arrests 7 Britons after seizing over a tonne of hashish 16 Nov 2024 - 05:18 pm
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Super Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall in Philippines: govt forecaster 16 Nov 2024 - 05:16 pm
People (R) react as large waves break along a seawall ahead of the expected landfall of Super Typhoon Man-yi, in Legaspi City, Albay province on November 16, 2024. (Photo by CHARISM SAYAT / AFP)
Two paramedics killed, four others injured in Israeli offensive raids in Southern Lebanon 16 Nov 2024 - 04:52 pm
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Police probe into UK journalist's tweet sparks free-speech debate 16 Nov 2024 - 04:47 pm
Britain's main opposition Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, arrives to give evidence to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry in central London on November 11, 2024. Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP.
US stocks end week with sharp decline on Federal Reserve fears 16 Nov 2024 - 04:30 pm
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German Greens' Robert Habeck to lead bruised party into elections 16 Nov 2024 - 04:23 pm
Felix Banaszak, MP of Germany's Greens and candidate for the party's leadership, gestures as he delivers a speech on the second day of the 50th Federal Delegates Conference of the Alliance 90/The Greens party (Buendnis 90 / Die Gruenen) in Wiesbaden, western Germany on November 16, 2024. The party congress takes place until November 17, 2024. Photo by Daniel ROLAND / AFP.
Japan reiterates desire to have stable ties with China 16 Nov 2024 - 04:17 pm
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N.Korea troops in Ukraine war 'extremely significant' for east Asia security: Japan minister 16 Nov 2024 - 04:15 pm
Japan's Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (C) holds a cartridge sold by volunteers to raise money for the needs of Ukrainian army, as he visits the Saint Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv, on November 16, 2024. Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP.
Sales of South Korean companies decline in H1 of 2024 16 Nov 2024 - 04:03 pm
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Philippines warns of 'potentially catastrophic' Super Typhoon Man-yi 16 Nov 2024 - 03:44 pm
The sun sets past anchored barges ahead of the expected landfall of Super Typhoon Man-yi, in Manila Bay on November 16, 2024. A super typhoon sweeping towards the Philippines on November 16 was intensifying and could have a
Stirring 'haka' dance disrupts New Zealand's parliament 16 Nov 2024 - 03:10 pm
This frame grab taken from a New Zealand Parliament TV feed dated November 14, 2024 shows Maori lawmaker Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (C) standing up during a first reading of the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill and performing a Haka dance. (Photo by New Zealand Parliament / AFPTV / AFP)
Zelensky says wants to end war by 'diplomatic means' next year 16 Nov 2024 - 03:04 pm
(Files) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a joint press conference with the German Chancellor at the Chancellery in Berlin on October 11, 2024. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 43,799 16 Nov 2024 - 02:34 pm
The full moon rises as a man sits atop a pile of rubble it the al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on November 15, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas militant group. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)