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Ecuador bus crash kills at least 18 07 Dec 2024 - 10:44 pm
Handout picture released by Ecu911 relief organisation on December 7, 2024 showing the site of the bus crash which left at least 16 people dead and eight others injured, in the road linking the Andean cities of Loja and Catamayo, in Loja province, Ecuador-Peru, on December 6, 2024. (Photo by Handout / ECU911 / AFP)
Musk's millions for Trump make him biggest US political donor 07 Dec 2024 - 10:07 am
(Files) US President-elect Donald Trump (L) and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk watch a fight during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York, on November 16, 2024. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)
TikTok closer to US ban after losing court appeal 06 Dec 2024 - 09:07 pm
File: In this photo illustration the social media application logo for TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of a US flag and Chinese flag background in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2023. (Photo by Olivier Douliery / AFP)
New York police hunt brazen Manhattan gunman 06 Dec 2024 - 01:43 pm
This handout image released by the New York Police Department (NYPD) via X (formerly Twitter) on December 5, 2024 shows the individual sought in connection to the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Photo by NYPD / AFP
Trump names billionaire private astronaut as next NASA chief 04 Dec 2024 - 10:41 pm
Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments, stands for a portrait in front of the recovered first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on February 2, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
Brazil's Minas cheese gets added to UNESCO list 04 Dec 2024 - 10:01 pm
Handout picture released by Minas Gerais Culture Department (Secult-MG) shows a handmade Minas Cheese during an exhibition at the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil on October 19, 2024. (Photo by Renata Garbocci / Minas Gerais Culture Department (Secult-MG) / AFP) 
Cuba suffers third nationwide blackout in two months 04 Dec 2024 - 08:27 pm
A blacked out traffic light is pictured after a power outage in Havana on December 4, 2024. (Photo by Yamil Lage / AFP)
Biden meets Angola leader in visit showcasing US investment in Africa 03 Dec 2024 - 03:33 pm
US President Joe Biden (L) shakes hands with Angola President Joao Lourenco (R) ahead of their bilateral meeting at the Presidential Palace in Luanda on December 3, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
US inflation still on 'bumpy' path to target: Fed official 02 Dec 2024 - 08:19 pm
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Biden pardons son Hunter in final weeks of US presidency 02 Dec 2024 - 02:03 pm
A November 29, 2024 photo shows US President Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden stepping out of a bookstore while shopping in Nantucket, Massachusetts on November 29, 2024. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
Trump names Lebanese-American Boulos as Middle East advisor 01 Dec 2024 - 09:51 pm
Tiffany Trump and her husband Michael Boulos, Kimberly Guilfoyle, her partner Donald Trump Jr. and his his daughter Kai Madison Trump listen to former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speak an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, early on November 6, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
Trump announces loyalist Kash Patel as choice to lead FBI 01 Dec 2024 - 08:45 pm
(FILES) Kash Patel, a former chief of staff to then-acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, speaks during a campaign event for Republican election candidates at the Whiskey Roads Restaurant & Bar on July 31, 2022 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Ten killed in mass shooting in rural Ecuador 01 Dec 2024 - 08:38 pm
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Trump threatens 100% tariff on BRICS countries over currency plans 01 Dec 2024 - 02:40 pm
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Elon Musk asks US court to block OpenAi's for-profit conversion 01 Dec 2024 - 12:38 pm
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Shiffrin leads Killington giant slalom in pursuit of 100th victory 30 Nov 2024 - 07:28 pm
USA's Mikaela Shiffrin greets members of a junior ski team during the Stifel Killington Cup, part of the Audi FIS Ski Women's World Cup, at the Killington Resort in Killington, Vermont, on November 29, 2024. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
Canada’s Trudeau meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after tariff threat 30 Nov 2024 - 11:12 am
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exits the Delta Hotels by Marriott West Palm Beach ahead of a meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump on November 29, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP
Meta CEO Zuckerberg dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago 28 Nov 2024 - 07:49 am
This combination of pictures created on November 27, 2024 shows Mark Zuckerberg (left), CEO of Meta, on January 31, 2024, and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on September 17, 2024.(Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds and Jeff Kowalsky / AFP)