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How Finnish youth learn to spot disinformation 24 Dec 2024 - 01:53 pm
Students attend a class on media literacy at the Hiidenkiven Koulu school on November 19, 2024 in Helsinki, Finland. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
London wall illuminates Covid's enduring pain at Christmas 24 Dec 2024 - 01:10 pm
Volunteers hang lights on The National Covid Memorial Wall, dedicated to those who lost their lives to Covid-19, on the bank of the River Thames in London on December 20, 2024. (Photo by Benjamin Cremel / AFP)
China says to raise deficit, boost spending next year: state media 24 Dec 2024 - 01:03 pm
A cleaner carrying a broom and a trash bin walks along a street in Beijing on December 24, 2024. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
12 killed in blast at Türkiye explosives plant 24 Dec 2024 - 12:01 pm
This handout image taken and released by the Demiroren News Agency (DHA) on December 24, 2024, shows Turkish soldiers forming a cordon as part of security measures near the building where the explosion occurred in Balikesir. Photo by DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP.
Saving the mysterious African manatee at Cameroon hotspot 24 Dec 2024 - 11:40 am
Aristide Takoukam Kamla (L), a marine biologist, researcher and conservationist specialising in the African manatee, talks to tourists and other biologists on a boat in Dizangue, on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Daniel Beloumou Olomo / AFP)
Rwanda targets ubiquitous petrol fueled bikes in green-energy push 24 Dec 2024 - 10:31 am
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It is almost impossible to deliver aid to Gaza: UN 24 Dec 2024 - 08:13 am
People gather around a bus hit by an Israeli strike which led to casualties, in the Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
NASA solar probe to make its closest ever pass of Sun 23 Dec 2024 - 07:42 pm
The NASA logo is displayed at the Earth Information Center exhibit, at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2023. Photo by Stefani REYNOLDS / AFP
Arab League pledges 10 tons of medicines for health sector in Palestine 23 Dec 2024 - 06:42 pm
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Cyclone Chido death toll rises to 120 in Mozambique 23 Dec 2024 - 06:20 pm
This handout picture taken and distributed by UNICEF on December 15, 2024 shows a child standing next to damaged homes after Cyclone Chido made its landfall in Mecufi district, Cabo Delgado proving, in Mozambique. Photo by Eduardo Mendes / UNICEF / AFP
Cadbury loses royal warrant under King Charles III 23 Dec 2024 - 06:01 pm
A photograph taken on December 23, 2024 shows a Cadbury's chocolates tablet displayed on a table in Liverpool, in north west England. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
Only 12 trucks delivered food, water in North Gaza Governorate since October: Oxfam 23 Dec 2024 - 05:52 pm
Children sit together overlooking a view of tents sheltering Palestinians displaced by confict by the Hamad Residential City complex in the north of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 22, 2024. Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 45,317 23 Dec 2024 - 05:35 pm
People gather around a bus hit by an Israeli strike which led to casualties, in the Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip on December 23, 2024. Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP
Acid complicates search after deadly Brazil bridge collapse 23 Dec 2024 - 05:06 pm
This handout photo released by Tocantins Fire Department shows firefighters during a rescue operation after the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira bridge connecting Tocantins and Maranhao fell on December 22, 2024 over the Tocantins river at the city of Aguiarnopolis, Tocantins state, Brazil. (Photo by Cynthia LIUTKUS-PIERCE / AFP)
Snowstorm leaves tens of thousands of homes in Bosnia without power 23 Dec 2024 - 04:20 pm
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Russia says oil spill may have polluted 200,000 tonnes of soil 23 Dec 2024 - 04:07 pm
In this grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry on December 17, 2024, rescuers respond to an oil spill along the coastline of the Black Sea, caused by the wreck of two oil tankers, with the one which broke apart, in a storm in the Kerch Strait between Crimea and southern Russia's Krasnodar region on December 15. (Photo by Handout / Russian Emergencies Ministry / AFP)
France mourns Mayotte victims amid uncertainy over government 23 Dec 2024 - 04:01 pm
Members of the Mahoran community take part in a tribute ceremony as part of a national day of mourning for the victims of Cyclone Chido, which hit the archipelago on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte a week ago, in Bordeaux on December 23, 2024. Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP
French pawnshops give back for Christmas 23 Dec 2024 - 03:36 pm
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