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Amazon to invest $5 billion in South Korea AI data centres 29 Oct 2025 - 08:14 am
Files: An US giant Amazon employee passes by its logo on the opening day of the new distribution center in Augny, eastern France, on September 23, 2021. (Photo by Sebastien Bozon / AFP)
New danger for hurricane-hit Jamaica: wandering crocodiles 28 Oct 2025 - 11:56 pm
The Rio Cobre comes out of its banks near St. Catherine, Jamaica, on October 28, 2025. (Photo by Ricardo Makyn / AFP)
Israeli occupation continues demolishing shopping kiosks in Jerusalem 28 Oct 2025 - 08:46 pm
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Beef, defence deals and rare earths: how Japan's new leader wooed Trump 28 Oct 2025 - 08:23 pm
US President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrive on board the US Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the US naval base in Yokosuka on October 28, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
Xiaomi's first smart home appliance factory starts operation 28 Oct 2025 - 05:44 pm
Representational file photo showing a sign bearing the Xiaomi logo. Reuters.
Muscat Stock Exchange index closes higher 28 Oct 2025 - 05:42 pm
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Musk launches Grokipedia to rival 'left-biased' Wikipedia 28 Oct 2025 - 02:58 pm
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Hong Kong runway resumes operations after fatal plane crash 28 Oct 2025 - 01:35 pm
A crane hoists the recovered fuselage section of an ACT Airlines Boeing 747-400 cargo aircraft, in Hong Kong on October 26, 2025, after it veered off an airport runway on October 20 during landing. (Photo by Leung Man Hei / AFP)
Amazon to cut 30,000 corporate jobs 28 Oct 2025 - 01:31 pm
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12 feared dead in Kenya light aircraft crash 28 Oct 2025 - 12:39 pm
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Thousands evacuated in Vietnam after record rain triggers floods 28 Oct 2025 - 12:20 pm
An aerial view shows floodwaters inundating the Imperial City in Hue on October 28, 2025. Photo by AFP
16 killed in bus crash in Central Bolivia 28 Oct 2025 - 11:07 am
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Japan-US talks aim to strengthen cooperation in defense and economic fields 28 Oct 2025 - 10:55 am
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Gunman pleads guilty to Japan ex-PM's murder 28 Oct 2025 - 10:43 am
Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of murdering former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,  in Nara on July 25, 2022. Photo by Jiji Press / AFP
UN warns of escalating violations in El Fasher, Sudan 28 Oct 2025 - 12:06 am
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Kenyans being tricked into fighting for Russia in Ukraine: foreign ministry 27 Oct 2025 - 11:55 pm
File:  An image taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on August 21, 2024, reportedly shows a Russian Mi-35m attack helicopter firing rockets on Ukrainian Armed Forces at the border area of Kursk region in Russia. (Photo by Handout / Russian Defence Ministry / AFP)
UN voices grave concern over situation in Sudanese city of El Fasher 27 Oct 2025 - 11:12 pm
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Sudan general al-Burhan says 'army has withdrawn' from El-Fasher 27 Oct 2025 - 10:51 pm
(FILES) This handout image courtesy of Maxar Technologies taken on April 16, 2025 and released on April 17, 2025, shows fire and smoke at Zamzam camp near the besieged Darfur city of El-Fasher. (Photo by Satellite image 2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)