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South Carolina to carry out first US firing squad execution since 2010 24 Feb 2025 - 11:14 pm
This undated handout image provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Brad Sigmon. (Photo by Handout / South Carolina Department of Corrections / AFP) 
£2.8m gold toilet stolen from UK show never found: court 24 Feb 2025 - 10:34 pm
(FILES) A fully functioning solid gold toilet, made by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, is going into public use at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on September 15, 2016. (Photo by William EDWARDS / AFP)
Indonesia accelerates garlic imports to stabilize prices before Ramadan 24 Feb 2025 - 05:53 pm
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South Africa's national tourism agency urges African countries to forge continental partnerships 24 Feb 2025 - 05:50 pm
This photo taken on Aug. 10, 2023 shows the view of Johannesburg, South Africa. (Xinhua)
17 rare mountain bongos repatriated to Kenya 24 Feb 2025 - 05:30 pm
File photo: Two out of the five critically endangered Mountain Bongos (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) run after being released into the Mawingu Mountain Bongo Sanctuary near Nanyuki, Kenya, March 9, 2022. Picture taken March 9, 2022. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Indonesia launches new agency to transform state-owned investment management 24 Feb 2025 - 05:26 pm
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (C), accompanied by former presidents Joko Widodo (4th, R) and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (4th, L), attends the launch of Investment Management Agency Daya Anagata Nusantara (Danantara) at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 24, 2025. (Muchlis Jr/Presidential State Press Bureau/Handout via Xinhua)
Cambodia finds 230 foreigners in raids on online scam compounds 24 Feb 2025 - 05:12 pm
This photo taken in Mae Sot, Tak province of Thailand on Feb. 10, 2025 shows the border area between Thailand and Myanmar. (Xinhua/Lin Hao)
Apple says to invest $500 bn in US over four years, hire 20,000 staff 24 Feb 2025 - 04:45 pm
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Apple says to invest $500 bn in US over four years, hire 20,000 staff 24 Feb 2025 - 03:19 pm
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Nordic, Baltic countries pledge more military aid for Ukraine 24 Feb 2025 - 02:59 pm
The European and Ukrainian flags are displayed in front of the Altiero-Spinelli building, the European Parliament in Brussels on February 24, 2025. (Photo by John Thys / AFP)
Social media rollbacks opening 'floodgates' of hate: UN chief 24 Feb 2025 - 01:43 pm
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech at the opening of the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, on February 24, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Global system undergoing 'tectonic shift': UN 24 Feb 2025 - 01:28 pm
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk looks on prior to the opening of the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, on February 24, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
British couple arrested by Taliban in Aghanistan: family 24 Feb 2025 - 01:21 pm
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Conservatives win German vote as far-right makes record gains 24 Feb 2025 - 01:15 pm
Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and his party's main candidate for Chancellor addresses supporters at the electoral evening in Berlin on February 23, 2025. (Photo by Odd Andersen / AFP)
Gunmen kill eight in central Mexico 24 Feb 2025 - 12:48 pm
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Hope fades for Indian workers trapped in tunnel 24 Feb 2025 - 12:29 pm
A general view shows a section of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project tunnel, a day after a portion of the tunnel collapsed at Nagarkurnool district in India's Telangana state on February 23, 2025. Photo by AFP
Global prayers as Vatican says Pope still 'critical' 24 Feb 2025 - 08:02 am
A catholic faithful prays during a mass for the healing of Pope Francis at San Miguel Arcangel Cathedral in Tegucigalpa on February 23, 2025. (Photo by Orlando Sierra / AFP)
Sudan army says breaks siege on strategic southern state capital 23 Feb 2025 - 11:13 pm
Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan addresses the conference to support initiatives for e-learning projects and the enrichment of education infrastructure in the Darfur region and the launch of smart education platforms, in Port Sudan on February 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)