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Google Maps to show 'Gulf of America' to US users 28 Jan 2025 - 06:55 pm
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Gunshots in DR Congo's Goma as protesters attack embassies 28 Jan 2025 - 06:09 pm
Burning tires block a road during a demonstration against the escalating conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in Kinshasa, on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Hardy BOPE / AFP)
Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania brace for heavy rainfall ICPAC 28 Jan 2025 - 05:34 pm
A Kenyan firefighter gives directions to commuters as residents inspect a road heavily affected by floods following torrential rains in Kitengela, on May 1, 2024. Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP
Paramilitary attacks displace thousands in Sudan's North Darfur 28 Jan 2025 - 05:16 pm
File photo for representation: People walk among scattered objects in the market of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur on April 29, 2023. (AFP)
Italian bank Mediobanca rejects rival MPS takeover bid as 'destructive' 28 Jan 2025 - 05:04 pm
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US Fed starts rate deliberations with pause expected 28 Jan 2025 - 05:04 pm
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New strain of bird flu confirmed in US 28 Jan 2025 - 03:32 pm
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Mega-iceberg drifts towards Antarctic penguin island 28 Jan 2025 - 02:52 pm
(Files) This handout image released by EYOS Expeditions on January 19, 2024, shows an aerial view of the A23a iceberg in the waters of The Southern Ocean off Antarctica on January 14. (Photo by Richard Sidey / EYOS Expeditions / AFP)
Fast-moving fires torch national parks in southeast Australia 28 Jan 2025 - 02:35 pm
A handout photo from VicEmergency/state control centre taken and released on January 27, 2025 shows a fire truck arriving to battle bushfires in Little Desert National Park in the Australian state of Victoria. (Photo by Handout / VicEmergency/state control centre / AFP)
Lab holding Ebola in DRC's Goma at risk amid fighting: Red Cross 28 Jan 2025 - 02:31 pm
Armed men travel in a pickup truck, devoid of any insignia or markings, as they drive through a street in Goma on January 28, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Japanese truck driver stuck in sinkhole 28 Jan 2025 - 12:55 pm
Firefighters work to rescue a truck driver after his vehicle was swallowed up by a sinkhole at a prefectural road intersection, in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 28, 2025. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Macron to speak on Louvre future after memo about decay 28 Jan 2025 - 12:27 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron waits for the arrival of European Commission President before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)
Nepal resumes rescue helicopter flights to Mount Everest 28 Jan 2025 - 11:55 am
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Trump warns of 'wake-up call' as low-cost Chinese AI jolts sector 28 Jan 2025 - 11:21 am
This photo illustration shows the DeepSeek and Nvidia logos on screens in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on January 27, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Trump pushes India's Modi on 'fair' trade 27 Jan 2025 - 11:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside the ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UN warns of 'worrying' humanitarian crisis in Congo's Goma 27 Jan 2025 - 11:42 pm
A member of the M23 armed group walk alongside residents through a street of the Keshero neighborhood in Goma, on January 27, 2025. (Photo by -STR / AFP)
Coca-Cola orders massive Europe recall over chlorate risk 27 Jan 2025 - 10:45 pm
This photograph taken on January 26, 2023 shows cans of Cola at the closing stage at the Coca Cola factory in Bierne, northern France. (Photo by Sameer Al Doumy / AFP)
Record January heat of almost 27C bakes Spain's Valencia 27 Jan 2025 - 10:23 pm
In this representational file photo, air conditioners are seen on the facade of a residential building in Malaga, southern Spain, on July 28, 2023. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)