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Johannesburg (AFP) Jan 26, 2025 - An elephant trampled and killed a South African who was trying to protect his grandchildren from the charging animal at the famous Kruger Park, authorities said Sunday.
Jan 26, 2025
Baghdad (AFP) Jan 26, 2025 - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called for combined regional efforts to combat outlawed Kurdish fighters in Iraq and neighbouring Syria during a visit to Baghdad on Sunday.
Jan 26, 2025
Port Moresby (AFP) Jan 26, 2025 - Papua New Guinea's leader urged President Donald Trump on Sunday to rethink his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, calling it totally irresponsible and morally wrong.
Jan 26, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2025 - Train stations and airports across China saw the biggest peak in travellers on Saturday ahead of the Lunar New Year, as millions of people returned home to spend the holidays with their families in an annual migration that is expected to be a record.
Jan 25, 2025
Istanbul (AFP) Jan 25, 2025 - Turkey vowed on Saturday to work closely with Iraq to secure their common frontier after two Iraqi border guards were killed in a shooting blamed on outlawed PKK militants.
Jan 25, 2025
London (AFP) Jan 25, 2025 - Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland remained without power late Saturday, as emergency responders battled to restore services following Storm Eowyn.
Jan 25, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 - Japan's much-loved tonkatsu pork cutlets come with a mound of freshly shredded cabbage, but a surge in the price of the humble vegetable has prompted chef Katsumi Shinagawa to skimp on servings.
Jan 24, 2025
United Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 - Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year - roughly one in seven students, the UN children's agency reported Thursday, deploring what it said was an overlooked aspect of the climate crisis.
Jan 24, 2025
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 - The Taliban authorities that rule Afghanistan have imposed a severe interpretation of Islamic law on the population, heavily restricting all aspects of women's lives.
Jan 24, 2025
Bangkok (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 - Air pollution in the Thai capital forced more than 350 schools to close on Friday, city authorities said, the highest number in five years.
Jan 24, 2025
Hua Hin, Thailand (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 - Flying through Bangkok's cloudless blue skies, a small aircraft sprays a white mist over a thick haze of pea soup smog below.
Jan 24, 2025
Washington (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 - Donald Trump has derided the Delta smelt as a worthless fish, blaming efforts to protect the species for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires on social media, in a press conference, and even a White House order.
Jan 24, 2025
Naqura, Lebanon (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 - All signs of life have disappeared from the bombed-out houses and empty streets of the Lebanese border town of Naqura, but despite a fragile Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire that has held since November, no one can return.
Jan 24, 2025
Front Royal, United States (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 - On a snow-blanketed field in Virginia, a handful of workers were silent but for the groan of a chainsaw chopping through bamboo - a delicacy for their furry clients down the road in the US capital of Washington.
Jan 24, 2025
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 - The Sudanese army said Friday it broke a siege of its headquarters in Khartoum by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which had encircled it since war broke out in April 2023.
Jan 24, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 24, 2025 - Advances being made by the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are heightening the threat of a regional war, according to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Jan 24, 2025
