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North Korea new nuclear reactor likely fully operational next summer: Seoul 27 Dec 2023 - 10:07 pm
This picture taken on December 27, 2023 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on December 28, 2023 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) attending the second day of the 9th plenary meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the office building of the WPK Central Committee in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)
Loose tigress camped on Indian village wall rescued 27 Dec 2023 - 09:11 pm
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Dense fog shrouds Indian capital affecting flights, trains 27 Dec 2023 - 03:16 pm
An aircraft prepares to take off amid dense fog on a cold winter morning at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on December 27, 2023. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
Sri Lanka speeds up dengue control before university entrance exams 27 Dec 2023 - 03:06 pm
A worker sprays insecticide to prevent mosquito breeding at a railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 13, 2023. Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua
Japan department store chain red-faced after 'cake collapse' fiasco 27 Dec 2023 - 01:53 pm
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Indonesian students force Rohingya refugees from temporary shelter 27 Dec 2023 - 01:48 pm
University students burn tyres as they protest against the arrival of Rohingya refugees in front of the People's Representative Council (DPR) in Banda Aceh on December 27, 2023. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP)
Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif to seek fourth term in office 27 Dec 2023 - 12:13 pm
President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Shehbaz Sharif addressing a meeting with former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Philippines attracts four bidders for $3 billion Manila airport upgrade 27 Dec 2023 - 10:56 am
People queue at the check-in counters at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay, Metro Manila on December 22, 2023. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Indonesian workers protest after deadly blast at nickel plant 27 Dec 2023 - 10:14 am
A Chinese worker who was injured in the explosion at a nickel smelter furnace is brought to the Morowali Regional General Hospital in Central Sulawesi on December 24, 2023. Photo by AFP
Six dead, tens of thousands hit by southern Thailand flooding 27 Dec 2023 - 09:40 am
A woman carries her belongings as she walks through floodwaters following heavy rain in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on December 25, 2023. Photo by Madaree TOHLALA / AFP
Nine dead after storms pound eastern Australia 27 Dec 2023 - 08:55 am
This handout photo taken and released by the Victoria Police on December 27, 2023 shows an emergency worker during a rescue operation in the midst of flood waters after heavy rain at the Buchan campground in east Gippsland, located east of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. Photo by Handout / VICTORIA POLICE / AFP
Pakistan court restores ex-PM Khan's party election symbol 26 Dec 2023 - 04:02 pm
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Businesses reopening in quake-hit areas of NW China 26 Dec 2023 - 02:54 pm
Students play games during a class break at a primary school in Liugou Township of Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 25, 2023. Xinhua/Chen Bin
China opens new high-speed railway linking Chengdu, Yibin 26 Dec 2023 - 01:25 pm
Train G8738, the first train marking the operation of the Chengdu-Zigong-Yibin high-speed railway, is seen running on the railway in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 26, 2023. Photo by Song Shunzhi/Xinhua
Sydney-Hobart race fleet sails into stormy seas 26 Dec 2023 - 10:26 am
Yachts compete during the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Boxing Day at Sydney Harbour on December 26, 2023. (Photo by David Gray / AFP)
Indonesia nickel plant explosion death toll rises to 18 26 Dec 2023 - 09:25 am
A Chinese worker who was injured in the explosion at a nickel smelter furnace is brought to the Morowali Regional General Hospital in Central Sulawesi on December 24, 2023. Photo by AFP
Afghans marry in mass ceremony in bid to cut costs 25 Dec 2023 - 06:30 pm
Afghan grooms look on during a mass wedding ceremony at a wedding hall in Kabul on December 25, 2023. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
Japan moon lander enters lunar orbit 25 Dec 2023 - 03:15 pm
A H-IIA rocket carrying a small lunar surface probe and other objects lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Centre on Tanegashima island, Kagoshima prefecture on September 7, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)

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Africa

US Palaeontologist Paul Sereno poses at the Fossil Lab of the University of Chicago, Illinois, on September 19, 2025. (Photo by Keith Ladzinski / Fossil Lab, University of Chicago / AFP) Scientists discover giant bird-like dinosaur in Niger desert
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A clinician fills a syringe a dose of the long-acting injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Lenacapavir injection before administering to a client, during its launch marking the first phase of the national rollout at the Riruta Health Centre in Nairobi on February 26, 2026. (Photo by Simon Maina / AFP) Kenya administers first HIV prevention shots
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends a news conference as the city braces for a blizzard on Sunday and into Monday on February 22, 2026 in New York City. Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP Mamdani meets Trump to ask for $21 bn funding for NYC homes
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