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Biden says America 'stronger' on world stage in farewell speech 13 Jan 2025 - 11:48 pm
US President Joe Biden reacts to a standing ovation as he arrived to deliver a speech about his foreign policy achievements in the Ben Franklin Room at the State Department's Harry S Truman headquarters building in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2025.(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
Melania Trump hints she will mostly live in White House 13 Jan 2025 - 11:34 pm
File: US President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania leave St. John's Episcopal Church on January 20, 2017.  (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP)
South Africa selects 65 tour operators to process visas for Chinese, Indian tourists 13 Jan 2025 - 11:12 pm
Free diver Zandile Ndlovu encourages a township youth to explore the marine world off Simonstown, near Cape Town, South Africa, August 22, 2021. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
Libya ready for military cooperation with Senegal: PM 13 Jan 2025 - 11:02 pm
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Peru president's new nose in prosecutors' crosshairs 13 Jan 2025 - 10:59 pm
File: Peru's President Dina Boluarte / AFP
'Defective' Paris Olympics medals to be replaced, says IOC 13 Jan 2025 - 10:09 pm
File photo for representational purposes only. The Rio 2016 Olympic medals are pictured at the Casa da Moeda do Brasil (Brazilian Mint) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 28, 2016. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes.
Olympic chiefs vow to replace US swim star medals lost in LA fires 13 Jan 2025 - 09:54 pm
The entranceway to a damaged home is seen as the Palisades Fire continues to spread in Los Angeles, California, on January 12, 2025. (Photo by David Swanson / AFP)
Gaza genodice: Death toll surges to 46,584; injured at 109,731 13 Jan 2025 - 09:11 pm
People search for their belongings amid the rubble of buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on January 13, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al Qattaa / AFP)
Spain's Canary Islands 'abandoned' in migrant crisis: leader 13 Jan 2025 - 08:11 pm
Children run along the beach as people look over the sea into the haze created by a sand storm known locally as
Floating offshore oil platform runs aground off Tunisia 13 Jan 2025 - 07:23 pm
A general view of an oil platform that skidded is pictured on the beach of Hwaichat in Bizerte region, on January 13, 2025, after the traction cables connecting the platform to the ship that was pulling it broke, local media reported. (Photo by Fethi Belaid / AFP)
Lebanon's president names ICJ judge Nawaf Salam prime minister 13 Jan 2025 - 07:21 pm
(FILES) President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Nawaf Salam listens on the second day of a two-day hearing in the case that Mexico has filed against Ecuador, at the International Justice court in the Hague, on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Remko de Waal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT
UK's Starmer urged to fire minister hit by Bangladesh graft probe 13 Jan 2025 - 07:04 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer reacts while delivering a speech during a visit of the Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL (Unnivesrity College London), in London, on January 13, 2025. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / POOL / AFP)
China targets coupons and 'silver economy' to boost tourism 13 Jan 2025 - 07:01 pm
This photo taken on January 12, 2025 shows a boat sailing on Songhua River as visitors gather to see the frost-covered trees on the riverbank in Jilin, northeast China's Jilin province. (Photo by AFP)
US announces new restrictions on AI chip exports 13 Jan 2025 - 06:19 pm
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US stocks mostly fall as markets await inflation data 13 Jan 2025 - 06:08 pm
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Kazakhstan encouraged by rare leopard sighting 13 Jan 2025 - 06:08 pm
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Somalia-Ethiopia: Will Ankara deal ease tensions in Horn of Africa 13 Jan 2025 - 05:18 pm
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Bangladesh files graft cases against ousted leader's family 13 Jan 2025 - 05:02 pm
Photo used for representation purposes. Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP.