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South Korea’s exports up 8.2% in 2024 to fresh record 02 Jan 2025 - 10:46 am
Containers are stacked at a port in the southeastern city of Busan.
'Numb' New Orleans grapples with horror of deadly truck attack 02 Jan 2025 - 08:31 am
People look at a blocked off road from Canal Street after at least 15 people were killed on Bourbon Street, after an attack early in the morning, on January 1, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.  (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
New Orleans attacker named as US citizen Shamsud-Din Jabbar: FBI 01 Jan 2025 - 10:06 pm
Police investigators surround a white truck that has been crashed into a work lift in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Matthew Hinton / AFP)
India's 2024 was hottest year since 1901 01 Jan 2025 - 08:53 pm
Revellers gather to celebrate on New Year's Eve, at Brigade Road in Bengaluru on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed / AFP)
Syria's new information minister promises free press 01 Jan 2025 - 08:42 pm
Syrian Minister of Information Mohamed al-Omar speaks to members of the media during a meeting in Damascus on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Bakr Alkasem / AFP)
Milan says no to all outdoor smoking in Italy's toughest ban 01 Jan 2025 - 07:55 pm
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New Year's fireworks accidents kill five in Germany 01 Jan 2025 - 07:15 pm
Burnt down fireworks are seen in front of a shop in Berlin's Weissensee district on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Saudi stock exchange closes higher 01 Jan 2025 - 05:56 pm
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Power restored to most of Puerto Rico: utility 01 Jan 2025 - 05:53 pm
Residential buildings and a hotel are seen in the dark in San Juan, Puerto Rico after a major power outage hit the island on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP)
Ten dead as man drives truck into New Year crowd in New Orleans 01 Jan 2025 - 04:36 pm
Police cordon off the intersection of Canal Street and Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Matthew HINTON / AFP)
China's frigid northeast thrives on 'little potato' tourism boom 01 Jan 2025 - 03:24 pm
This picture taken on December 17, 2024 shows people having picture with a snowman sculpture in Harbin, China’s Northeastern Heilongjiang province. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
10 dead, 30 injured as vehicle hits crowd in New Orleans: city authorities 01 Jan 2025 - 03:10 pm
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Kenya investigating fallen space debris 01 Jan 2025 - 02:32 pm
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Gaza babies die from winter cold say medics and families 01 Jan 2025 - 12:55 pm
A Muslim cleric wraps a blanket around the father of newborn Jumaa al-Batran, who reportedly died due to hypothermia, as the latter holds the baby's shrouded body ahead of the funeral at the Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on December 29, 2024. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Moscow, Kyiv end Russian gas transit to Europe via Ukraine 01 Jan 2025 - 12:45 pm
This picture taken on September 2, 2014 shows equipment from the border release and compressor station of the gas pipeline from Ukraine in Veke Kapusany, eastern Slovakia. (Photo by TOMAS BENEDIKOVIC / AFP)
Five dead in Germany from new years fireworks accidents 01 Jan 2025 - 12:43 pm
Fireworks illuminate the Quadriga atop the Brandenburg Gate during the New Year celebrations in Berlin on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Migrants crossing Channel to UK in 2024 soar to almost 37,000: data 01 Jan 2025 - 12:41 pm
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South Korea to send Jeju Air crash black box to US 01 Jan 2025 - 11:49 am
Mourners wait to pay their respects for the victims of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft on January 1, 2025. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)