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San Francisco 49ers, Rihanna at the Royal Fashion Awards, Syria and Santa Claus on Harley Davidson
A selection of news photographs from around the world. Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images/Reuters Isaac Guerendo of the San Francisco 49ers heads for a touchdown in snowy conditions against the Buffalo Bills. The Bills won 35-10. Hannah McKay/Reuters Pop star Rihanna was the headline act at The 2024 Fashion Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London.…
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South Korea protesters watch impeachment hopes fade
Reuters As pulsating rave music boomed out of speakers set up outside Seoul’s National Assembly, the protesters cheered and waved multicoloured light sticks. “Impeach Yoon Suk Yeol! Arrest Yoon Suk Yeol!” they chanted. The mood was festive, but the crowd was there for a serious cause – to get rid of the country’s president. Police…
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South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol survives impeachment vote
Getty Images Lawmakers in South Korea have narrowly failed to impeach the nation’s president over his short-lived attempt to declare martial law. A bill to censure Yoon Suk Yeol fell three votes short of the 200 needed to pass, with many members of parliament in the ruling People Power Party (PPP) boycotting the vote. The…
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Statue of Bashar al-Assad's father toppled in Damascus suburb
Protesters tear down a statue of President Bashar al- Assad’s father, the former president Hafez al-Assad, in a suburb of Damascus. Source link
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Influencers selling fake cures for polycystic ovary syndrome
Kourtney Simmang Kourtney sells unproven tests and supplements to women with PCOS For 12 years Sophie had been experiencing painful periods, weight gain, depression and fatigue. She had been diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal condition that affects about one in 10 women, but she struggled to get medical help. She felt her…
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South Korea’s traumatic history of martial law inspires resistance
Getty Images Events like 1980 – which ended with protesters like these being rounded up – have left a deep scar on South Korea Koh Jae-hak can still vividly remember when he saw soldiers gunning down a group of young women in cold blood. It was April 1960. Students had launched protests calling for the…
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More than 150 rescued from Mpumalanga gold mine
More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in South Africa’s eastern Mpumalanga province. Police say three bodies were recovered earlier this week on the first day of the rescue operation. Most of those rescued, reportedly foreign nationals, claim they were forced underground against their will to search for gold. A…
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Explosion hits block of flats in The Hague
An explosion has hit a three-storey block of flats in The Hague, police say. Firefighters have rushed to the scene to put out a fire that caused the collapse of several homes in the city’s Tarwekamp area at around 06:15 (05:15 GMT). Rescuers are looking for up to 20 people thought to have been there…
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Dominican Republic records largest ever cocaine seizure
Authorities in the Dominican Republican say cocaine discovered in the country’s largest-ever seizure was headed to Europe. Hidden in a banana shipment, officials found 9,500kg of the drug at a port in the capital, Santo Domingo. The cocaine was hidden in 320 bags with an estimated street value of $250 million (£196 million). At least…
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Ivory Coast’s timeless culinary treasure, which now has Unesco status
Ivory Coast’s national dish attiéké has gained UN cultural heritage status, along with Japanese sake, Thai prawn soup and Caribbean cassava bread. But what makes this West African staple so popular? BBC Africa correspondent Mayeni Jones grew up in Ivory Coast and is a self-professed superfan. One of my earliest childhood memories is hearing vendors…
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