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Rare foreign-born CEO says Japan needs immigration to thrive 15 Dec 2024 - 01:05 pm
This picture taken on August 5, 2024 shows Lekh Juneja, chairman and CEO of Kameda Seika, posing for photos at the company's headquarters in Niigata city, Niigata prefecture. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP)
'Endless torture': Turkish inmate recalls hell of Syria jails 15 Dec 2024 - 12:53 pm
Mehmet Erturk, a Turk imprisoned in a Syrian prison, walks in his village Magaracik, in Kilis on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Cyclone Chido slams into Mozambique 15 Dec 2024 - 12:45 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the General Direction of the civil aviation on December 14, 2024 shows damage in the control tower at the airport in Pamandzi, hours after Cyclone Chido batterred the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte with winds of up to 220 kilometres (137 miles) per hour. (Photo by Handout / DGAC / AFP)
Oldest Miss France clinches crown, aged 34 15 Dec 2024 - 08:33 am
Newly elected Miss France 2025 Angelique Angarni-Filopon celebrates winning the Miss France 2025 beauty pageant, on December 14, 2024. (Photo by Romain Perrocheau / AFP)
Founder of Spain's Mango clothing chain dies in accident 14 Dec 2024 - 11:18 pm
This handout image released by Mango on December 14, 2024 shows an alternative crop of Mango fashion powerhouse non executive chairman and founder Isak Andic who died unexpectedly December 14, 2024 in an accident according to a press release from Mango. (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP)
Israeli ongoing onslaught on Gaza kills 44,930 martyrs, wounds 106,624 14 Dec 2024 - 06:35 pm
Rescuers look for survivors following an Israeli strike on the UNWRA Al-Majda Wasila Governmental School housing displaced Palestinians, on al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City on December 14, 2024. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
QNB: Japan is on track for rebound in economic growth 14 Dec 2024 - 06:11 pm
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Brazil ex-defense minister arrested in coup plot investigation: police source 14 Dec 2024 - 04:04 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. Brazilian Navy officers guard the Marcilio Dias Navy Hospital located in the Lins de Vasconcelos neighborhood, north zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 12, 2024. Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP.
Egypt inaugurates $500 million solar power plant in Aswan 14 Dec 2024 - 03:58 pm
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'Last of Mohicans': Chadians saddle up for bush horse racing 14 Dec 2024 - 03:36 pm
Jockeys take part in the first horse race of the season at the Biligoni racecourse in Chad on November 30, 2024. (Photo by Joris Bolomey / AFP)
Shopping spree in Syria's former rebel heartland 14 Dec 2024 - 02:58 pm
People shop at a shopping mall in the town of al-Dana, near Sarmada, in the northern Syrian province of Idlib on December 13, 2024. The crowd wanders in awe through the aisles saturated with lights, dazzled by the abundance of goods displayed before them in the heart of the former rebel stronghold in northwestern Syria. Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP.
Four Zimbabwe rhinos die after drinking polluted water 14 Dec 2024 - 02:57 pm
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EU urges 'orderly resolution' to South Korea crisis after president impeached 14 Dec 2024 - 02:30 pm
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Türkiye to reopen embassy in Syria as diplomats gather for talks 14 Dec 2024 - 02:17 pm
People hold a banner featuring Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as members of the Syrian community and supporters gather to celebrate the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in the face of an offensive by Islamist-led rebels, in Istanbul on December 8, 2024. Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP.
Iran confirms increase in IAEA nuclear inspections 14 Dec 2024 - 01:44 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. Iran’s ambassador to IAEA Mohsen Naziri Asl attends the IAEA’s Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on December 12, 2024. Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP.
UN envoy warns against Syria collapse at crisis talks 14 Dec 2024 - 01:18 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen attends a press conference on the situation in Syria, in Geneva on December 10, 2024. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP.
South Korea's Yoon: from rising star to impeachment 14 Dec 2024 - 12:54 pm
This handout from the South Korean Presidential Office via Yonhap taken and released on December 14, 2024 shows President Yoon Suk Yeol giving a public address from his official residence in Seoul. Photo by Handout / South Korean Presidential Office via Yonhap / AFP.
Georgia ruling party set to install loyalist president amid constitutional crisis 14 Dec 2024 - 12:50 pm
A parliament member casts his ballot during a session to elect a new president in Tbilisi on December 14, 2024. Photo by Vano SHLAMOV / AFP.