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France closes roads as cold wave hits 09 Jan 2024 - 02:37 pm
This aerial view shows a car passing a snow-covered road intersection close to Saint-Pierre-de-Plesguen, western France, on January 9, 2024. (Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP)
Record number of 13.55million pilgrims perform Umrah in 2023 09 Jan 2024 - 02:14 pm
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Jokowi to discuss South China Sea with Marcos in Philippines 09 Jan 2024 - 01:21 pm
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Magnitude 6.0 quake strikes off central Japan, no tsunami warning 09 Jan 2024 - 12:24 pm
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China says successfully launched satellite: state media 09 Jan 2024 - 12:08 pm
A Long March-2C rocket, carrying the Einstein Probe satellite, lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, in southwestern China's Sichuan province on January 9, 2024. Photo by AFP
Ecuador under state of emergency, curfew after narco boss escapes 09 Jan 2024 - 11:53 am
Grab from a handout video released by Ecuador's presidency press office showing Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa announcing a state of emergency for the entire country on January 8, 2024. (Photo by Handout / Presidencia Ecuador / AFP)
Thai cabinet endorses clean air bill 09 Jan 2024 - 11:48 am
This aerial photo shows sunrise amid high levels of air pollution in Bangkok on January 9, 2024. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Al-Aqsa Hospital physician describes desperate conditions in Central Gaza  09 Jan 2024 - 10:59 am
A smoke plume erupts over Khan Yunis from Rafah in the southern Gaza strip during Israeli bombardment on January 8, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Death toll from Japan quake rises above 200 09 Jan 2024 - 10:17 am
A vehicle believed to be washed away by the tsunami sits in water next to damaged buildings in the disaster-hit city of Noto, Ishikawa prefecture on January 9, 2024, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP
iPhone survives 16,000-foot fall from Alaska Airlines flight 09 Jan 2024 - 08:52 am
This handout picture provided by the NTSB on January 8, 2024 shows the investigation involving Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on a Boeing 737-9 MAX in Portland, Oregon. (Inset) Photo of the iPhone found by Seanathan Bates.
French footballer goes viral after scoring Cambodian dream 09 Jan 2024 - 07:57 am
This photo taken on January 3, 2024 shows French footballer Antoine Lemarie (C) warming up during a training session with the Cambodian premier league's Boeung Ket FC team. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP)
WHO cancels delivery of medical supplies to northern Gaza 08 Jan 2024 - 07:32 pm
A man lifts a placard near tents set up by volunteers and NGO workers along the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, demanding clearance for an aid convoy to enter the Gaza Strip, on October 19, 2023. (Photo by Kerolos Salah / AFP)
Rishi Sunak alters UK conservative election strategy to continuity from change 08 Jan 2024 - 06:09 pm
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Some 350,000 people applied for asylum in Germany in 2023, up 51% in a year 08 Jan 2024 - 05:24 pm
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25 killed in bus, truck crash in Brazil: firefighters 08 Jan 2024 - 03:57 pm
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Around the world in 50 days? Six sailors in 'biggest challenge' 08 Jan 2024 - 02:02 pm
Ultim multihulls take the start of the Arkea Ultim Challenge, a solo round-the-world race on a multihull, off the coast of Brest, on January 7, 2024. (Photo by Loic Venance / AFP)
Angry farmers stage Germany-wide tractor blockades 08 Jan 2024 - 01:37 pm
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First US lunar lander in five decades blasts off on private mission 08 Jan 2024 - 01:14 pm
The brand new rocket, United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan Centaur, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41d at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 8, 2024. (Photo by Chandan Khanna / AFP)