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UN confirms US demand to withdrawal from Paris climate deal 28 Jan 2025 - 10:44 pm
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the House Republican Members Conference Dinner at Trump National Doral Miami, in Miami, Florida on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
Thousands rally in Burkina, Niger to cheer ECOWAS exit 28 Jan 2025 - 09:18 pm
People gather to celebrate the withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Niamey on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Boureima Hama / AFP)
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov app for US government use 28 Jan 2025 - 08:13 pm
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Books banned under Assad now on sale at Damascus shops 28 Jan 2025 - 08:02 pm
A bookseller shows a volume that was reportedly banned during the rule of Syria's ousted president Bashar Al Assad. (Pic: Louai Beshara / AFP) 
S. Korean passenger plane catches fire, 176 people evacuated 28 Jan 2025 - 07:33 pm
Fire authorities work to extinguish a fire that broke out on an Air Busan passenger plane at Gimhae International Airport in Busan on January 28, 2025. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Google Maps to show 'Gulf of America' to US users 28 Jan 2025 - 06:55 pm
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Gunshots in DR Congo's Goma as protesters attack embassies 28 Jan 2025 - 06:09 pm
Burning tires block a road during a demonstration against the escalating conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in Kinshasa, on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Hardy BOPE / AFP)
Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania brace for heavy rainfall ICPAC 28 Jan 2025 - 05:34 pm
A Kenyan firefighter gives directions to commuters as residents inspect a road heavily affected by floods following torrential rains in Kitengela, on May 1, 2024. Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP
Paramilitary attacks displace thousands in Sudan's North Darfur 28 Jan 2025 - 05:16 pm
File photo for representation: People walk among scattered objects in the market of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur on April 29, 2023. (AFP)
Italian bank Mediobanca rejects rival MPS takeover bid as 'destructive' 28 Jan 2025 - 05:04 pm
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US Fed starts rate deliberations with pause expected 28 Jan 2025 - 05:04 pm
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New strain of bird flu confirmed in US 28 Jan 2025 - 03:32 pm
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Mega-iceberg drifts towards Antarctic penguin island 28 Jan 2025 - 02:52 pm
(Files) This handout image released by EYOS Expeditions on January 19, 2024, shows an aerial view of the A23a iceberg in the waters of The Southern Ocean off Antarctica on January 14. (Photo by Richard Sidey / EYOS Expeditions / AFP)
Fast-moving fires torch national parks in southeast Australia 28 Jan 2025 - 02:35 pm
A handout photo from VicEmergency/state control centre taken and released on January 27, 2025 shows a fire truck arriving to battle bushfires in Little Desert National Park in the Australian state of Victoria. (Photo by Handout / VicEmergency/state control centre / AFP)
Lab holding Ebola in DRC's Goma at risk amid fighting: Red Cross 28 Jan 2025 - 02:31 pm
Armed men travel in a pickup truck, devoid of any insignia or markings, as they drive through a street in Goma on January 28, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Japanese truck driver stuck in sinkhole 28 Jan 2025 - 12:55 pm
Firefighters work to rescue a truck driver after his vehicle was swallowed up by a sinkhole at a prefectural road intersection, in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 28, 2025. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Macron to speak on Louvre future after memo about decay 28 Jan 2025 - 12:27 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron waits for the arrival of European Commission President before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)
Nepal resumes rescue helicopter flights to Mount Everest 28 Jan 2025 - 11:55 am
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