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South Korea's LG to pump extra $1 bn into Vietnam plant 15 Nov 2024 - 11:52 am
This picture taken on August 29, 2023 shows employees leaving the LG Display factory in Hai Phong. Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP
Lebanon economic losses top $5 billion in year of clashes: World Bank 15 Nov 2024 - 12:24 am
Smoke plumes rise after an Israeli airstrike on the Chouaifet neighborhood in southern Beirut on November 14, 2024. (Photo by Anwar Amro / AFP)
Nigeria borrows $134 million to boost farms as famine looms 14 Nov 2024 - 11:35 pm
File: A protestor hold a placard a protest against  high living costs in Africa’s most-populous nation, in Abuja on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)
China's Xi arrives in Peru for APEC summit, Biden meeting 14 Nov 2024 - 10:27 pm
China's President Xi Jinping waves upon his arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit at Air Force Base 8, annexed to the Jorge Chavez International Airport, in Callao, Peru, on November 14, 2024. (Photo by Ernesto Benavides / AFP)
'Very humiliating': Bangladesh's Yunus seethes over COP29 fight for climate money 14 Nov 2024 - 08:22 pm
Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus gives a speech during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 13, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov / AFP)
Brazil looking for motive after attempted Supreme Court bombing 14 Nov 2024 - 05:09 pm
A Brazilian Federal Police stands on November 14, 2024 nearthe body of man carrying explosives who died in a blast as he attempted to attack Brazil's Supreme Court in Brasilia on November 13. (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP)
Thousands flee as Typhoon Usagi hits north Philippines 14 Nov 2024 - 02:16 pm
This handout photo taken on November 14, 2024, shows a rescuer carrying a young resident during a forced evacuation operation in Buguey town, Cagayan province, north of Manila. (Photo by Handout / Buguey Municipal Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office via Cagayan Provincial Public Information Office / AFP)
Spain evacuates thousands in fresh flood alarm 13 Nov 2024 - 11:34 pm
Soldiers evacuate mud from a sewer in Paiporta, south of Valencia, eastern Spain, on November 13, 2024 in the aftermath of deadly flooding. (Photo by Jose Jordan / AFP)
Trump, Biden shake hands in White House, vow smooth transfer 13 Nov 2024 - 08:38 pm
US President Joe Biden shakes hands with US President-elect Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 13, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Breakaway Somaliland votes as quest for recognition gathers pace 13 Nov 2024 - 08:10 pm
A Somaliand police officer monitors the queues in front of a polling station during the 2024 Somaliland presidential election in Hargeisa on November 13, 2024. Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, holds a presidential election on November 13, 2024 at a time of diplomatic tensions in the Horn of Africa. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP)
Bangladesh interim leader says elections will follow reforms 13 Nov 2024 - 07:37 pm
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'Vanishing act': UK Magic Circle seeks disappearing woman 13 Nov 2024 - 04:46 pm
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Toxic smog smothering India's capital smashes WHO limit 13 Nov 2024 - 04:35 pm
An aerial view shows cars along a road engulfed in smog in New Delhi on November 13, 2024. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
Heavy rains lash Spain after deadly floods 13 Nov 2024 - 04:03 pm
A picture taken on November 13, 2024 shows a view of the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena in Malaga closed due to heavy rain. (Photo by Jorge Guerrero / AFP)
Fossil fuel emissions to hit new record in 2024: researchers 13 Nov 2024 - 02:26 pm
Participants listen to speeches during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 13, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov / AFP)
Vietnam looks to restart nuclear power projects 13 Nov 2024 - 02:08 pm
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Indonesians drill for disaster before tsunami anniversary 13 Nov 2024 - 01:47 pm
People take part in an earthquake and tsunami drills ahead of the 20-year anniversary of the Boxing Day disaster in Banda Aceh on November 13, 2024. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Fifth Greenland hearing for anti-whaling activist Watson 13 Nov 2024 - 12:17 pm
NGO Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder, Paul Watson of Canada, poses on board of the