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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.
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
Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100 30 Dec 2024 - 08:13 am
(Files) Former President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd at the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, on August 25, 2008. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
World leaders praise Jimmy Carter's legacy; Biden declares January 9 national day of mourning 30 Dec 2024 - 08:05 am
A memorial sprung up at The Carter Presidential Center following the death of Jimmy Carter on December 29, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Megan Varner/Getty Images/AFP
Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100: US media 30 Dec 2024 - 12:33 am
File photo: Former president Jimmy Carter, along with family members, arrives for the funeral of former first lady Rosalynn Carter last year / Washington Post
Suriname ex-dictator died of liver failure, autopsy shows 29 Dec 2024 - 07:28 pm
(FILES) Suriname's former President Desi Bouterse speaks during a rally at his NDP party centre, where he asked supporters to calmly wait for the High Court of Justice verdict in his appeals case against the Court Martial, in Paramaribo, on December 16, 2023. (Photo by Ranu Abhelakh / AFP)
Some Americans in Panama reject Trump's canal threat 29 Dec 2024 - 07:02 pm
A cargo ship sails through the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon City, Panama, on December 28, 2024. (Photo by ARNULFO FRANCO / AFP)
Trump sides with Musk in right-wing row over worker visas 29 Dec 2024 - 09:10 am
US President-elect Donald Trump is driven from the Trump International Golf Club in a convoy of vehicles on December 28, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images/AFP
US homelessness hits new record in 2024: report 28 Dec 2024 - 02:14 pm
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Bird flu mutated inside US patient, raising concern 28 Dec 2024 - 02:11 pm
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Move over Mercedes: Chinese cars grab Mexican market share 28 Dec 2024 - 11:14 am
Detail of a Chinese-made Changan car at a dealership in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico, on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Alfredo Estrella / AFP)
Panama president rules out talks with Trump over canal threat 26 Dec 2024 - 11:09 pm
(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on December 22, 2024 shows a handout picture released by the Panamanian Presidency of President Jose Raul Mulino (L) speaking during a press conference at the Las Garzas government palace in Panama City, on October 3, 2024 and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Handout and Andrew Harnik / various sources / AFP)
US low-income voters fear Trump may slash benefits: report 26 Dec 2024 - 10:28 pm
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during Turning Point's annual AmericaFest 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 22, 2024. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP)
Oil leak in Peru tourist zone triggers 'environmental emergency' 26 Dec 2024 - 08:14 pm
Handout picture released by NGO Coast 2 Coast Movement showing an aerial view of workers cleaning up Las Capullanas beach, after an oil spill in the Lobitos district in Piura, northern Peru on December 22, 2024. Photo by Nicolas LANDA TAMI / Coast to Coast Movement / AFP
US banks sue Fed over 'opaque' stress tests 24 Dec 2024 - 09:08 pm
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Trump blasts Biden over death sentence commutations 24 Dec 2024 - 08:16 pm
File: US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their first 2020 presidential campaign debate held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Former US president Bill Clinton released from hospital 24 Dec 2024 - 08:15 pm
(FILES) Former US President Bill Clinton speaks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 21, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)