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Ecuador erupts in violence after Noboa declares emergency 09 Jan 2024 - 11:55 pm
Soldiers check cars during a security operation on the alternative road to the Turi prison, in Cuenca, Ecuador, on January 9, 2024, a day after Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency following the escape from prison of a dangerous narco boss. (Photo by Fernando Machado / AFP)
South Korea passes ban on dog meat production and sales 09 Jan 2024 - 09:58 pm
Animal rights activists hold placards reading
Bangladesh's Hasina celebrates 'absolute victory' after polls without opposition 09 Jan 2024 - 07:16 pm
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accepts the greetings from the assembled media and election observers while addressing a press conference, a day after she won the 12th parliamentary elections, in Dhaka on January 8, 2024. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP)
Between China and the US, trade takes a different route 09 Jan 2024 - 06:14 pm
US President Joe Biden (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
Video: Two men hide in car bumpers to enter Sharjah, arrested by authorities 09 Jan 2024 - 03:05 pm
Collage from the screen grab of video shared by Sharjah Customs
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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