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$65,000 gold teacup stolen from Japan department store 11 Apr 2024 - 05:31 pm
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'Robust' US has helped improve global economic outlook, IMF chief says 11 Apr 2024 - 05:14 pm
The United States of America flag in the Manhattan borough of New York on April 10, 2024. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
Death toll from Italy energy plant blast rises to five 11 Apr 2024 - 04:49 pm
This photo taken and handout on April 10, 2024 by the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters, shows firemen working on the site of an explosion at a hydroelectric power plant Enel Green Power on Lake Suviana in central Italy, near Bologna. Photo by Handout / Vigili del Fuoco / AFP
Two Dutch skiers die in Austria avalanche 11 Apr 2024 - 04:44 pm
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Vietnam property tycoon sentenced to death in multi-billion dollar fraud case 11 Apr 2024 - 04:38 pm
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan (C) looks on at a court in Ho Chi Minh city on April 11, 2024. Photo by AFP
Chinese factory shreds wedding photos for fuel 11 Apr 2024 - 02:12 pm
This photo taken on March 27, 2024 shows worker Yang Weiguang (R) placing a large wedding photo into a shredding machine as Liu Wei takes videos on the side at a warehouse in Langfang, in northern China's Hebei province. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
Zelensky in Lithuania pleads for new air defence aid 11 Apr 2024 - 01:56 pm
Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda (R) and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky have taken seat for talks at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, on April 11, 2024.  (Photo by Petras Malukas / AFP)
Ukraine director revives 'lost' Mariupol theatre after imprisonment 11 Apr 2024 - 11:19 am
Theatre director Anatoliy Levchenko, 54-years-old, from war-torn Mariupol, speaks during an interview for AFP. (Photo by Genya Savilov / AFP)
Lego of it! New Zealand says thieves nabbed for brick block heists 11 Apr 2024 - 10:10 am
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South Korea's scandal-plagued opposition leader is election's big winner 11 Apr 2024 - 12:52 am
South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung speaks to reporters after watching TVs broadcasting the results of exit polls for the parliamentary election at the National Assembly in Seoul on April 10, 2024. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun / POOL / AFP)
Biden woos Japan PM with moonshots and Paul Simon 11 Apr 2024 - 12:16 am
US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrive for a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, April 10, 2024. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP)
Gaza health ministry says latest war death toll at 33,482 10 Apr 2024 - 09:11 pm
A man visits the grave of a loved one at the start of the Eid Al Fitr festival, marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at a cemetery in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 10, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Switzerland to host Ukraine peace conference, hopes Russia's attendance 10 Apr 2024 - 08:44 pm
A couple sits outside a cafe next to a military recruiting poster in Kyiv, on April 9, 2024, amid Russia's invasion on Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky / AFP)
US announces tough tap water standards for 'forever chemicals' 10 Apr 2024 - 08:26 pm
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France's post office to scrap letters for food deliveries 10 Apr 2024 - 08:03 pm
This photograph taken on April 10, 2024 shows a pedestrian walking past a hotel in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP
Israeli strike kills Hamas leader Haniyeh's three children in Gaza 10 Apr 2024 - 07:20 pm
Onlookers check the car in which three sons of Ismail Haniyeh were reportedly killed in an Israeli air strike in al-Shati camp, west of Gaza City on April 10, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Brazil extends visa exemptions for US, Canada and Australia until 2025 10 Apr 2024 - 07:02 pm
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Germany plans measures to help companies rebuild Ukraine 10 Apr 2024 - 06:05 pm
People walk past a residential building that was recently damaged during Russian attacks on the city, in Kharkiv, on April 9, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)