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Security scare in India’s parliament on shootout anniversary 13 Dec 2023 - 04:06 pm
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Pakistan's Supreme Court suspends decision over military trials 13 Dec 2023 - 03:51 pm
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Top UK theatre names Rubasingham as 1st woman director 13 Dec 2023 - 03:21 pm
(Files) British theatre director Indhu Rubasingham poses on the red carpet at the 61st London Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2015 in London. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP)
EU backs rules to improve app workers' conditions 13 Dec 2023 - 03:01 pm
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Singapore bids farewell to China-bound panda cub 13 Dec 2023 - 01:30 pm
This handout picture taken and released on December 13, 2023 by the Mandai Wildlife Group shows two-year-old panda cub Le Le attending its farewell event at the River Wonders wildlife park in Singapore on December 13, 2023, as authorities prepare to send him to China where he will join the country's breeding program. Photo by Handout / Mandai Wildlife Group / AFP
UK economy hits reverse in October: data 13 Dec 2023 - 01:14 pm
Pedestrians are silhouetted as they walk across Southwark Bridge, with The Shard skyscraper behind, in London on November 10, 2023. Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP
Philippines drops foreign ownership case against Ressa 13 Dec 2023 - 01:10 pm
This file photo taken on January 18, 2023 shows Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa talking during an interview with AFP at Rappler offices in Pasig, Metro Manila. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Cyclone Jasper makes landfall in Australia 13 Dec 2023 - 12:37 pm
A motorist drives through floodwater as Cyclone Jasper approaches landfall in Cairns in far north Queensland on December 13, 2023. Photo by Brian CASSEY / AFP
Sri Lanka will get the second tranche of a much-need bailout package from the IMF 13 Dec 2023 - 12:25 pm
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Biden warns Netanyahu risks losing support for Gaza war 13 Dec 2023 - 11:31 am
Palestinians check the destruction following Israeli bombardment in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on December 12, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
World-first 'transition' from fossil fuels deal approved  13 Dec 2023 - 11:21 am
The logo of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 is pictured at Expo City in Dubai on December 12, 2023. Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP
LIVE UPDATES: Increasing global call for Gaza ceasefire, Biden says Israel losing support 13 Dec 2023 - 09:52 am
Palestinians gather to receive flour rations for their families outside a warehouse of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 12, 2023. Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP
Belt and Road promotes partner countries’ economic, social development: Report 13 Dec 2023 - 08:55 am
A train drives on the China-Laos Railway's Luang Prabang cross-Mekong River super major bridge in Laos, May 28, 2023. (Photo by Chen Chang/Xinhua)
BRI agricultural cooperation help alleviate hunger in less developed countries: Report 13 Dec 2023 - 08:53 am
Kelvin Josephat Kituruka (front), a native of Mwanza who joined the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) as a quality engineer, helps local villagers with access to drinking water in Misungwi of Mwanza Region, Tanzania, recently. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)
Xinhua releases report on Belt and Road cooperation from human rights perspective 13 Dec 2023 - 08:49 am
Passengers take selfies in a carriage of a high-speed electrical multiple unit (EMU) train running on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway in Indonesia, recently. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)
UN agency warns of food 'catastrophe' in war-ravaged Sudan 13 Dec 2023 - 12:40 am
File photo: People queue for bread in front of a bakery in Omdurman on July 15, 2023. (AFP)
Five die after construction elevator crash in Sweden 12 Dec 2023 - 08:13 pm
Picture taken on December 12, 2023 shows the construction site where a construction lift fell 20 meters to the ground the day before, killing five people in a workplace accident in Sundbyberg, north of Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Fredrik SANDBERG / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP)
Poland's new prime minister vows to press the West to continue helping neighboring Ukraine 12 Dec 2023 - 07:46 pm
Designated Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (C) is applauded after giving a speech to present his programme to lawmakers at the Polish Parliament in Warsaw, Poland on December 12, 2023. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)