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Taiwan says 2024 was hottest year on record 31 Dec 2024 - 12:33 pm
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China says shared Covid information 'without holding anything back' 31 Dec 2024 - 11:50 am
File photo: People walk on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Patients brave mental health desert in Mauritania 31 Dec 2024 - 11:08 am
A young man rests on the bed of his room at the psychiatry centre of the CHS hospital in Nouakchott, December 12, 2024. Photo by MICHELE CATTANI / AFP.
Heavy snow in Japan disrupts holiday air traffic 31 Dec 2024 - 11:04 am
Japan Airlines passenger planes are seen on the tarmac at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on December 26, 2024. Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP.
South Korea court issues arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon 31 Dec 2024 - 10:41 am
An effigy of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is seen in a mock prison as protesters take part in a rally calling for Yoon's ouster in front of the Gwanghwamun Gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul on December 21, 2024. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP.
World greets 2025 after sweltering year of Olympics, turmoil, and Trump 31 Dec 2024 - 10:26 am
Photo used for representational purposes. Children ride their bicycle past a New Year 2025 numerals decoration made of plastic flowers in Hanoi on December 30, 2024. Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP.
South Korea starts releasing Jeju Air crash victims to families 31 Dec 2024 - 09:07 am
Police forensics personnel and National Bureau of Investigation officials work at the Jeju Air crash site in Muan on December 31, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
One dead, two missing as cargo ship sinks off Philippines 31 Dec 2024 - 08:59 am
Peninsula
Five years on, WHO urges China to share Covid origins data 31 Dec 2024 - 12:10 am
File: People wear face masks as they walk on a snowy morning as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Beijing, China, on January 20, 2022. (Reuters)
Venezuela fines TikTok $10 million over viral challenge deaths 30 Dec 2024 - 11:47 pm
The second vice president of Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), Tania D'Amelio (C), speaks about a fine imposed on the social network TikTok at the TSJ building in Caracas on December 30, 2024. (Photo by Federico Parra / AFP)
Argentina charges five over death of singer Liam Payne 30 Dec 2024 - 08:29 pm
A fan holds a doll looking like the late British singer Liam Payne as she attends to pay tribute at the Obelisco in Buenos Aires on October 17, 2024. Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP
Iran, Oman agree to push forward bilateral cooperation 30 Dec 2024 - 07:27 pm
Peninsula
German flying taxi startup Volocopter files for insolvency 30 Dec 2024 - 03:53 pm
(Files) A Volocopter Volocity air taxi is seen during a demonstration flight at the Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole airfield in Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole, France, on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Thibaud Moritz / AFP)
Three foreigners killed in Thailand tourist hotel blaze 30 Dec 2024 - 03:35 pm
Peninsula
South Korea inspects B737-800 fleet after worst plane crash 30 Dec 2024 - 02:26 pm
A recovery team member works with his dog at the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 30, 2024. Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP
New body found after deadly Channel crossing 30 Dec 2024 - 02:21 pm
(Files) Migrants board a smuggler's inflatable dinghy in an attempt to cross the English Channel, on Bleriot beach at Sangatte, near Calais, northern France on October 30, 2024. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
Second Jeju Air flight suffers landing gear problem 30 Dec 2024 - 11:52 am
Photo used for representational purposes. A check-in desk of Jeju Air is seen at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 30, 2024. Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP.
What caused South Korea's most deadly plane crash 30 Dec 2024 - 11:25 am
The wrecked tail section of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft that crashed and burst into flames is seen at the end of the runway at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 30, 2024. Photo by YONHAP / AFP.