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World

Rich nations raise cash offer to poor nations in climate talks 23 Nov 2024 - 03:11 pm
File photo of vehicles flooded in an apartment complex in Clearwater, Florida, following the passage of Hurricane Milton on October 10, 2024.
Lebanon says 11 killed in Israeli strike on central Beirut 23 Nov 2024 - 02:40 pm
Firefighters battle the flames after a building was hit in an Israeli airstrike in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut's souther suburbs on November 23, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
32 killed in new sectarian violence in Pakistan 23 Nov 2024 - 02:18 pm
Men walk past a market closed by traders during a strike against sectarian attacks in Kurram district. (Photo by Dilawer Khan / AFP)
Indian teen admits to 'some nerves' in bid for world chess crown 23 Nov 2024 - 01:22 pm
India's chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Roslan Rahman / AFP)
What forcing Google to sell Chrome could mean 23 Nov 2024 - 10:41 am
Peninsula
Philippine VP made 'active threat' on Marcos' life: palace 23 Nov 2024 - 10:19 am
File photo of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos
Fears for Gaza hospitals as fuel and aid run low 23 Nov 2024 - 09:17 am
A Palestinian girl mourns over the bodies of victims of an Israeli strike the previous night south of Gaza City, at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital, in Gaza City on November 22, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys, flying squirrels 23 Nov 2024 - 08:59 am
Items - all organised from where and when they were lost, sitting on shelves at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Centre in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
COP29 braces for new deal after poorer nations reject climate offer 23 Nov 2024 - 08:27 am
Fierce bargaining at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan dragged into Saturday after a $250 billion a year offer from rich nations was flatly refused by developing countries hardest hit by Earth's rapid warming.
Trump team hails 'decisive win' after judge delays hush money sentencing 23 Nov 2024 - 12:01 am
File: Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 30, 2024. (Photo by Seth Wenig / POOL / AFP)
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Lebanon rises to 3,642 22 Nov 2024 - 11:26 pm
Fire and smoke erupt from a building just after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern Shayah neighbourhood on November 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
US reports first bird-flu case in a child 22 Nov 2024 - 11:02 pm
This undated handout image obtained on November 22, 2024, courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (blue), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells. (Photo by Handout / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / AFP) 
COP29 draft proposes rich nations give $250 bn a year in climate finance 22 Nov 2024 - 08:50 pm
Attendees walk past the COP29 logo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 21, 2024. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)
Fears for Gaza hospitals as fuel, other aid run low 22 Nov 2024 - 08:31 pm
A girl cries as the bodies of victims of an Israeli strike the previous night are brought to at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital, in Gaza City on November 22, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa/ AFP)
Turkiye, Somalia discuss enhancing military, security cooperation 22 Nov 2024 - 08:12 pm
Peninsula
Bosch plans thousands more cuts amid weak EV demand 22 Nov 2024 - 05:50 pm
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Poland says will not back EU-Mercosur deal 22 Nov 2024 - 05:47 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. A farmer on his tractor leaves the harbour of Bordeaux and its dam after the blockade by the Coordination Rurale hard-line farmers' union (CR) was lifted, near Bassens, southwestern France on November 22, 2024, opn the fifth day of the nationwide protests against pay and conditions and a prospective EU-Latin America trade deal. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)
Austria signals openness to Schengen expansion 22 Nov 2024 - 05:43 pm
Romania's Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs Catalin Predoiu, European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, Hungary's Minister of Interior Sandor Pinter, Austria's Federal Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner and Bulgaria's Minister of Interior Atanas Ilkov attend a press conference on the expansion of the Schengen area, in Budapest on November 22, 2024. Photo by Peter Kohalmi / AFP.