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Biden blocks US Steel sale to Japan's Nippon Steel 03 Jan 2025 - 07:52 pm
File: 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)
2,500 prisoners forcibly disappeared by Israeli occupation forces in Northern Gaza 03 Jan 2025 - 07:36 pm
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Health ministry in Gaza reports 77 killed by Israeli airstrikes in 24 hours 03 Jan 2025 - 07:29 pm
Palestinians mourn over the bodies of relatives killed in an Israeli strike, outside a hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on January 3, 2025. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
China says 2024 was its hottest year on record 03 Jan 2025 - 07:20 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. A cargo ship loaded with containers sails from the Qingdao port in Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on December 26, 2024. Photo by AFP.
13 inmates on run after Zambia detective opens cells on New Year's Eve 03 Jan 2025 - 07:03 pm
Zambian police officer frees prisoners on New Year's Eve. Photo by @AfricanHub_ on X
British novelist David Lodge dies aged 89 03 Jan 2025 - 06:56 pm
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Lost boy survives five days in Zimbabwe park teeming with lions 03 Jan 2025 - 06:32 pm
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Apple agrees to $95 mn deal to settle Siri eavesdropping suit 03 Jan 2025 - 06:29 pm
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Japan's Wajima craftmakers see hope in disaster-hit region 03 Jan 2025 - 06:23 pm
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Dutch police arrest suspect in 'random' Rotterdam shootings 03 Jan 2025 - 02:58 pm
Hugo Hillenaar, chief public prosecutor of Rotterdam, Carola Schouten, Mayor of Rotterdam, and Fred Westerbeke, police chief Rotterdam deliver a press conference on three deadly shootings in Rotterdam on January 3, 2024. Photo by Josh Walet / ANP / AFP
Beijing slams US over potential Chinese drone ban 03 Jan 2025 - 02:54 pm
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Marcos removes VP Duterte from Philippines security council 03 Jan 2025 - 02:48 pm
(FILES) Philippines' Vice President Sara Duterte speaks during the kick-off rally for the New Philippines movement at Quirino Grandstand in Manila on January 28, 2024. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
Bereaved orca seen carrying another dead calf in US waters 03 Jan 2025 - 02:40 pm
Photo credit: Official Instagram account of Center for Whale Research
South Korea begins lifting Jeju Air wreckage after fatal crash 03 Jan 2025 - 02:20 pm
A crane lifts the tail section during the salvage operation of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft which crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport, in Muan on January 3, 2025. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Vietnam's capital blanketed by toxic smog 03 Jan 2025 - 11:38 am
Motorists wearing face masks ride scooters along Long Bien Bridge amid heavy air pollution in Hanoi on January 3, 2025. Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP
Thai PM declares millions in watches and bags among $400 mn assets 03 Jan 2025 - 11:35 am
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra holds a handbag as she arrives to attend the gala dinner during the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Vientiane on October 10, 2024. Photo by TANG CHHIN SOTHY / POOL / AFP
Saudi Arabia affirms support for Syria's security, stability 02 Jan 2025 - 10:09 pm
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US stocks rise on first trading day of 2025 02 Jan 2025 - 09:51 pm
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the first day of trading of the new year on January 02, 2025 in New York City.(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)