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Philadelphia plane crash marks a second US aviation disaster 01 Feb 2025 - 09:00 am
Emergency service members respond to a plane crash in a neighborhood near Cottman Avenue on January 31, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images/AFP
WHO calls for resumption of urgent medical evacuation from Gaza Strip 01 Feb 2025 - 08:49 am
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Trump to impose Canada, Mexico, China tariffs at weekend: White House 31 Jan 2025 - 11:52 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP)
Army helicopter’s altitude seen as factor in probe of Washington crash 31 Jan 2025 - 08:37 pm
Recovery teams search the wreckage after the crash of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River as it approached the airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images/AFP)
Putin approves Goldman Sachs' Russia exit 31 Jan 2025 - 08:06 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Transport Minister at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP)
Afghan women cricketers get help from new global refugee fund 31 Jan 2025 - 08:00 pm
Afghanistan Women's XI players say a prayer before the cricket match between Afghanistan Women's XI and Cricket Without Borders XI at Junction Oval in Melbourne on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Martin Keep / AFP)
Southern African leaders hold crisis talks on DR Congo conflict 31 Jan 2025 - 07:51 pm
(From left) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of Zimbabwe and SADC Chairman Emmerson Mnangagwa and SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi gesture ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) extraordinary summit in Harare on January 31, 2025.  (Photo by Jekesai Njikizana / AFP)
Hamas to release three Israeli detainees tomorrow as part of exchange deal 31 Jan 2025 - 07:42 pm
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Jordan resumes flights to Syria after 13-year hiatus 31 Jan 2025 - 07:38 pm
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Uphold migrants' dignity, UN says after Trump Guantanamo plan 31 Jan 2025 - 07:27 pm
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Japan sinkhole grows to almost Olympic pool length 31 Jan 2025 - 05:38 pm
This photo shows a general view of a collapsed road at a prefectural road intersection, in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 30, 2025. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Russia slams Trump plan for 'Star Wars' missile shield 31 Jan 2025 - 05:29 pm
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German MPs start debate on immigration bill backed by far right 31 Jan 2025 - 05:19 pm
Leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz (front row L) looks on as his parliamentary group and of the Bavarian conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party applaud while members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) look on during a debate at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) focusing on immigration, on January 31, 2025 in Berlin. Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP.
German unemployment nears 3 mn as economic woes weigh 31 Jan 2025 - 03:58 pm
The German national flag is seen through a Venetian blind at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin on January 31, 2025. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Crowds welcome sumo's newest grand champion in ancient ceremony 31 Jan 2025 - 03:48 pm
Mongolian born sumo wrestler and new yokozuna, or grand champion, Hoshoryu (back) takes part in the ring-entering ceremony at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on January 31, 2025. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Philippines arrests 100 suspects in online scam farm raid 31 Jan 2025 - 02:32 pm
Workers sit at their desks during a raid by agents of the Presidential Anti-Organised Crime Commission (PAOCC) and the National Bureau of Investigation at an office of a suspected online scam farm in Manila on January 31, 2025. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
South Korea watchdog to question DeepSeek over user data 31 Jan 2025 - 02:18 pm
This photograph shows screens displaying the logo of DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence company which develops open-source large language models, in Toulouse, southwestern France on January 29, 2025. Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP
Trio of rare tiger cubs spotted in Thai national park 31 Jan 2025 - 02:12 pm
This screenshot from handout trap camera footage taken on July 11, 2024 and released on January 29, 2025 on the Facebook page of Kaeng Krachan National Park shows a Bengal tiger walking with three cubs in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand's Phetchaburi province. Photo by Handout / Kaeng Krachan National Park / AFP