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Spanish police seize over two tonnes of cocaine in major bust 22 Dec 2023 - 07:11 pm
This handout photo taken in an undisclosed place and released on December 22, 2023 by Spain's Guardia Civil shows a speed boat loaded with parcels, seized as part of a drug trafficking investigation led simultaneously in Spain and Portugal and coordinated by Europol. (Photo by Spanish Guardia Civil / AFP)
Shock, tears as Prague reels from university shooting 22 Dec 2023 - 07:02 pm
Well wishers light candles as people mourn at a makeshift memorial for the victims outside the Charles University in central Prague, on December 22, 2023, as police investigators kept working on the campus the day after a deadly mass shooting. (Photo by Michal Cizek / AFP)
Probe says ex-Nigeria Central Banker opened 593 foreign accounts 22 Dec 2023 - 06:19 pm
The Central Bank of Nigeria's logo is seen on its headquarters building in Abuja, Nigeria, on January 22, 2018. File Photo / Reuters
Key US inflation gauge cools in November 22 Dec 2023 - 05:27 pm
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China shuts down 34,000 online accounts for spreading 'rumours' 22 Dec 2023 - 05:10 pm
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Last French troops bow out of Africa's Sahel 22 Dec 2023 - 04:58 pm
The last French soldiers board a French military plane to leave Niger for good, at the French base which was handed over to the Nigerien army, in Niamey on December 22, 2023. (Photo by Boureima Hama / AFP)
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan granted bail but remains jailed 22 Dec 2023 - 04:41 pm
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France's Macron to attend India's Republic Day parade 22 Dec 2023 - 04:34 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Royal Jordanian Air Force's Prince Hassan Air Base (H5), about 117 kilometres northwest of the capital Amman, on December 22, 2023, during a two-day visit to Jordan. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP)
Police seek motive in Prague mass shooting 22 Dec 2023 - 01:53 pm
Prague's Police chief Petr Matejcek (C-R, in blue shirt) addresses a press conference on December 22, 2023 in Prague to inform about a deadly mass shooting at a university the day before. Photo by Radek Mica / AFP
China earthquake death toll rises to 148 22 Dec 2023 - 01:47 pm
People walk past a collapsed building after an earthquake in Dahejia, Jishishan County in northwest China’s Gansu province on December 19, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
UK economy shrinks before election year 22 Dec 2023 - 01:42 pm
Shoppers browse stalls in Petticoat Lane Market, against the backdrop of The City of London financial district in London on August 11, 2023.  Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
Missing UK teen found in France returned for better 'future' 22 Dec 2023 - 01:35 pm
This photograph shows a general view of the Villefranche-de-Lauragais' gendarmerie, south-western France, on December 15, 2023 after Alex Batty, a British boy who disappeared in Spain six years ago when he was 11, has been found near, in a mountainous area, in France on December 14, 2023. Photo by Ed JONES / AFP
Japan approves record $56 bn defence budget 22 Dec 2023 - 01:28 pm
A pedestrian walks in Tokyo's Ginza district at dusk on December 13, 2023. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
China air pollution worsens in 2023, first time in decade 22 Dec 2023 - 01:09 pm
Pedestrians walk on an overpass as traffic snarls amid haze from air pollution in Beijing on November 1, 2023. Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP
LIVE UPDATES: Death toll in Gaza crosses 20,000, UN Security Council again delays vote 22 Dec 2023 - 11:52 am
Children play on the roof of a building in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on December 21, 2023. Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP
French city makes public transport free for residents 22 Dec 2023 - 08:59 am
This photograph taken on December 21, 2023, shows tramways running on tracks in Montpellier, southern France. Photo by Sylvain THOMAS / AFP
Prague shaken as Czechs mourn victims of deadliest shooting 22 Dec 2023 - 08:44 am
Well wishers light candles for the shooting victims at the Charles University main office in central Prague, on December 21, 2023. Photo by Michal CIZEK / AFP
Canada announces temporary visas for people in Gaza with Canadian relatives 22 Dec 2023 - 12:24 am
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