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Syria says international flights to and from Damascus to resume Tuesday 04 Jan 2025 - 02:16 pm
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Bono, Messi, Soros get Presidential Medal of Freedom from Biden 04 Jan 2025 - 01:22 pm
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a Medal of Honor Ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 3, 2025. (Photo by Chris Kleponis / AFP)
World's oldest person dies at 116 in Japan 04 Jan 2025 - 12:35 pm
(Files) This handout file photo taken on May 23, 2024 and provided to AFP on August 22, 2024 by the Ashiya City government shows Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka as she celebrates her 116th birthday, in the city of Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture. (Photo by Handout / Courtesy of Ashiya City / AFP)
8 killed, 15 injured in market fire in north China's Hebei 04 Jan 2025 - 12:23 pm
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Brazil says 2024 was its hottest year on record 04 Jan 2025 - 11:33 am
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Volunteers clean up Bali's beach from "worst" monsoon-driven trash 04 Jan 2025 - 11:27 am
Participants and volunteers remove plastic waste and other garbage washed ashore at a beach in Kedonganan Badung regency, Indonesia's Bali island on January 4, 2025. (Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP)
South Korea says fatal crash cockpit transcript nearly complete 04 Jan 2025 - 11:18 am
The salvaged second engine of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft is seen after the plane crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport, in Muan on January 4, 2025. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
South Korea's political crisis: what could happen next? 04 Jan 2025 - 10:58 am
People gather for a rally to protest against impeached South Korea's president Yoon Suk Yeol is seen in front of the Gwanghwamun Gate in Seoul on January 4, 2025. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
EV sales hit record in UK but still behind target 04 Jan 2025 - 10:26 am
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Biden blocks US Steel sale to Japan's Nippon Steel 04 Jan 2025 - 08:22 am
(Files) An entrance sign for Japanese company Nippon Steel's East Nippon Works Kashima Area facility is pictured in Kashima, Ibaraki prefecture, north of Tokyo on December 6, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
UN Security Council holds session to discuss Israeli attacks on Gaza medical facilities 04 Jan 2025 - 12:07 am
A young Palestinian stands amid the destruction in the aftermath of an Israeli strike in the al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on January 3, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Israeli occupation army threatens to bomb Gaza's Al Awda Hospital 03 Jan 2025 - 11:33 pm
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UK, Germany electricity cleanest on record in 2024 03 Jan 2025 - 10:51 pm
Representational image / Freepik
Trump-backed Republican Johnson elected speaker of US House 03 Jan 2025 - 10:35 pm
US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks with members of the media while walking to his office on January 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images via AFP)
Ghana announces visa-free entry for African passport holders 03 Jan 2025 - 09:45 pm
File  photo / Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo
Czech Republic reopens Damascus embassy 03 Jan 2025 - 09:27 pm
An aerial view shows the destruction in the Damascus district of Assali on January 2, 2025. (Photo by Bakr Alkasem / AFP)
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 45,658 03 Jan 2025 - 08:42 pm
Palestinian children salvage a blanket amid the destruction in the aftermath of an Israeli strike in the al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on January 3, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Five killed in latest Russian, Ukrainian attacks 03 Jan 2025 - 08:00 pm
Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffin of late Ukrainian serviceman Danylo Bobrykov, callsign