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Indonesia volcano catapults vast ash tower into sky 09 Nov 2024 - 08:28 am
Residents watch the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki from Eputobi village in Titihena, East Nusa Tenggara, on November 8, 2024. (Photo by Bayu Ismoyo and Arnold Welianto / AFP)
N. Korea jams GPS signals, affecting ships, aircraft in South 09 Nov 2024 - 08:13 am
An handout photo taken on November 7, 2024, and provided by South Korean Defence Ministry on November 8, 2024 shows a Hyunmoo-2 surface-to-surface short-range missile being launched into the West Sea. (Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP)
Elon Musk took part in Trump-Zelensky call after election win: Ukrainian official 09 Nov 2024 - 12:30 am
This combination of pictures created on November 08, 2024 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) gives a press conference at the European Political Community Summit in Budapest, Hungary, on November 7, 2024, SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk (centre) looks on as he speaks during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023, and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a town hall meeting moderated by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan, on September 17, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Over 130 homes lost in California wildfire: officials 09 Nov 2024 - 12:03 am
A fire helicopter makes a drop over the Mountain Fire as it scorches acres, the wildfire fueled by strong Santa Ana winds, in Moorpark, California, on November 7, 2024. (Photo by Etienne Laurent / AFP) / 
Victims of Israeli aggression on Lebanon rises to 3,117 dead and 13,888 wounded 08 Nov 2024 - 11:15 pm
Lebanese Red Cross volunteers transport injured 32-year-old Zainab Khalifeh from the Alaa Addin hospital in the southern town of Sarafand, to be transferred by ambulance to a specialised medical institution in Beirut for the continuation of her treatment, on November 5, 2024. (Photo by Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP)
Gaza Strip turns into completely destroyed area: UN official 08 Nov 2024 - 10:50 pm
A Palestinian man searches for missing family members under the rubble outside the Assi building which was destroyed in Israeli bombardment in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on November 7, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Death toll from Mozambique election protests rises to at least 30 08 Nov 2024 - 10:19 pm
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)
European businesses brace for Trump return 08 Nov 2024 - 08:00 pm
A picture taken in London on November 7, 2024 shows the frontpages of some of Britain's national newspapers about the re-election of US President-elect Donald Trump. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP.
Buried for 14 hours after Israeli strike, Lebanese toddler makes recovery 08 Nov 2024 - 07:26 pm
Photo of the toddler by @humeyra_pamuk on X.
Argentine prosecutors charge 3 people linked to the death of former One Direction star Liam Payne 08 Nov 2024 - 05:03 pm
British singer-songwriter Liam Payne poses on the red carpet on arrival for the BRIT Awards 2019 in London on February 20, 2019. Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP
Typhoon floods villages, rips off roofs and damages 2 domestic airports in northern Philippines 08 Nov 2024 - 03:35 pm
In this handout photo from Nathan Tamayo taken and received on November 8, 2024, a man picks up a debris in the aftermath of Typhoon Yinxing in Ballesteros, province of Cagayan. (Photo by Nathan Tamayo / AFP)
Philippines defines its sea routes to defend interests 08 Nov 2024 - 03:29 pm
AFP File photo.
Notre Dame bells ring out in Paris for first time since 2019 fire 08 Nov 2024 - 02:30 pm
This photograph shows three new bells, including the bell used during the Paris Olympic Games, set to be placed into Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral on November 7, 2024, one month before it is due to reopen and five years after a devastating fire. Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP
China passes energy law to 'promote carbon neutrality' 08 Nov 2024 - 02:24 pm
A man squats in a shopping mall in Beijing on November 8, 2024. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
Ship with suspected toxic waste allowed to unload in Albania 08 Nov 2024 - 02:19 pm
Turkish-flagged Moliva container ship, carrying hundreds of tonnes of possibly toxic industrial waste, enters the port of Durres, on November 8, 2024. Photo by ADNAN BECI / AFP
Pakistan's Punjab province shuts public spaces in smog-hit cities 08 Nov 2024 - 01:31 pm
Traders and customers crowd at a wholesale fruit market engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 8, 2024. Photo by Arif ALI / AFP
Putin congratulates Trump on his election victory in his first public comments on the US vote 07 Nov 2024 - 11:48 pm
File: US President Donald Trump listens as Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint press conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov / AFP)
US Federal Reserve cuts rates 0.25% 07 Nov 2024 - 11:17 pm
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