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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)
Strangers in the night: Celebrating 2025 in New York city 01 Jan 2025 - 10:50 am
Revelers celebrate the New Year at Times Square in New York City, just after midnight on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz / AFP)
Lebanese army continues deployment in southern Lebanon 31 Dec 2024 - 11:16 pm
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Panama marks canal handover anniversary in shadow of Trump threat 31 Dec 2024 - 10:55 pm
Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino gives a speech during the ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the United States' handover of the interoceanic Panama Canal to Panama, in Panama City on December 31, 2024. (Photo by ARNULFO FRANCO / AFP)
Magnitude 4.5 earthquake hits eastern Iran 31 Dec 2024 - 10:39 pm
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Merlin Entertainments closes three sites in Turkiye including Madame Tussauds 31 Dec 2024 - 10:13 pm
Figures of Madame Tussauds London's Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, stand in their new position in London, Britain May 12, 2021. Picture taken May 12, 2021. Madame Tussauds London/Handout via REUTERS
Dozens protest in Sudan as govt switches out banknotes 31 Dec 2024 - 09:20 pm
People protest calling upon the army-backed Sudanese government to extend the deadline to exchange Sudanese pound banknotes after authorities reportedly changed two of the notes in circulation, invalidating the old ones, in the northeastern Red Sea city of Port Sudan on December 31, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty 31 Dec 2024 - 07:53 pm
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Romania, Bulgaria join borderless Schengen zone 31 Dec 2024 - 05:45 pm
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US farmers fret over Trump's deportation plans 31 Dec 2024 - 05:42 pm
An almond remains on a tree after harvest on Del Bosque Farms in Firebaugh, California, on December 17, 2024. (Photo by David Swanson / AFP)
Laos intensifies efforts to combat malaria: health ministry 31 Dec 2024 - 05:30 pm
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European stock markets end year with gains 31 Dec 2024 - 05:19 pm
A board displays the chart of Germany's share index DAX at the stock exchange in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on the last day of trade of the year 2024 on December 30, 2024. (Photo by Daniel ROLAND / AFP)
Moscow attacks Ukraine with drones and missiles 31 Dec 2024 - 05:13 pm
Local residents take shelter in a metro station during an air strike alarm in Kyiv on December 31, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)
Mozambique mourns dozens killed in two months of election unrest 31 Dec 2024 - 05:10 pm
(FILES) Anti-riot police officers with their dogs walk down Eduardo Mondlane Avenue past burning barricades made by protesters in Maputo November 7, 2024. (Photo by ALFREDO ZUNIGA / AFP)
Fire at Bulgaria train station kills 4 homeless people 31 Dec 2024 - 04:04 pm
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S. Korea investigates barrier hit in Jeju Air crash 31 Dec 2024 - 03:11 pm
Investigators from South Korea and the US, including officials from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and aircraft manufacturer Boeing, inspect the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 31, 2024. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Taiwan says 2024 was hottest year on record 31 Dec 2024 - 12:33 pm
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