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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)
Chinese authorities declare emergency after 4.8-magnitude Quake in Ningxia 02 Jan 2025 - 09:36 pm
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New Orleans killer acted alone, professed loyalty to Islamic State: FBI 02 Jan 2025 - 09:27 pm
A woman speaks with a police officer near a blocked off street in the French Quarter on January 2, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
UK's biggest dinosaur footprint site uncovered 02 Jan 2025 - 09:14 pm
A handout photograph taken by vertebrate palaeontologist, Dr Emma Nicholls, and released by the Oxford University of Natural History on January 2, 2025 (Photo by Emma NICHOLLS / Oxford University Museum of Natural History / AFP)
Gaza death toll rises to 45,581; over 108,000 injured 02 Jan 2025 - 08:37 pm
A displaced Palestinian boy stands amid the destruction following an overnight Israeli strike on a makeshift displacement camp in Mawasi Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 2, 2025. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Singapore's manufacturing PMI continues to rise in December 02 Jan 2025 - 06:43 pm
File photo of the Singapore skyline for representational purposes only.
Philippines recovers suspected Chinese submarine drone 02 Jan 2025 - 06:04 pm
These handout photos taken on December 30, 2024 and received from the the Philippine National Police (PNP) Bicol Region on January 2, 2025 shows a submarine drone suspected to be from China found by fishermen off the coast of San Pascual in Masbate province. Photos by Handout / Philippine National Police (PNP) Bicol Region / AFP
Musk urges release of British far-right figurehead 02 Jan 2025 - 05:58 pm
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on New Year's Eve at Mar-A-Lago club on December 31, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Guadeloupe to fell iconic coconut palms 02 Jan 2025 - 05:53 pm
The sun sets past palm tress in Le Gosier outside Pointe-a-Pitre on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe on November 22, 2021. Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP
27 sub-Saharan African migrants die off Tunisia in shipwrecks 02 Jan 2025 - 05:45 pm
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Montenegro mourns after gunman kills 12 02 Jan 2025 - 05:38 pm
Civil defence members carry body of a victim from a crime scene after a gunman killed several people in the village of Bajice near Cetinje, on January 1, 2025. Photo by SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP
Rival South Korea camps face off as president holds out 02 Jan 2025 - 05:06 pm
A woman waves South Korea's flag during a rally to support South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol near the presidential residence in Seoul on January 2, 2025. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
China says 2024 was its hottest year on record 02 Jan 2025 - 02:50 pm
The sun rises behind high-rise buildings in Beijing on September 6, 2024. Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP