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Rikkie Kolle became the first transgender woman to win the crown in 2023

'No Longer Of This Time': Miss Netherlands Pageant Scrapped

The SNB rate cut sent the Swiss franc falling 0.3 percent against the dollar and the euro

Swiss Central Bank Announces Big Rate Cut To Boost Economy

A complex where journalists were staying in southern Lebanon was hit in October

Israel Condemned By Media Groups Over Gaza Journalist 'Massacre'

Emmanuel Macron is presented with no easy choices as he seeks a new prime minister

Suspense Mounts As Macron Prepares To Unveil New French PM

Drones, like the one pictured in this file image from 2015, are permitted for both business applications and recreational use, but are regulated Federal Aviation Administration rules

'Alarming' US Mystery Drones Confound Officials, Scare Locals

A Taiwan Coast Guard crewmember monitors a Chinese coast guard vessel in waters east of Taiwan as China holds its biggest maritime drills in years

Taiwan Detects 16 Chinese Warships Around Island

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday vowed to fight 'until the very last minute'

South Korea's Yoon Vows To Fight 'Until The Very Last Minute'

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud flew in at the request of his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey Says Ethiopia, Somalia Reach Compromise Deal To End Feud

Investors will be hoping for clues about the future interest rate path from ECB President Christine Lagarde

Amid Weak Eurozone And Political Turmoil, ECB To Cut Rates Again

The General Assembly often finds itself taking up measures that cannot get through the Security Council

UN General Assembly To Vote On 'Unconditional' Ceasefire In Gaza

Putin has already threatened retaliation if Ukraine attacked its territory with ATACMS

Russia Vows Retaliation After Ukrainian ATACMS Strike

Google, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, Meta and Amazon are furiously taking steps to release more powerful AI models despite their immense cost and some questions about their immediate usefulness to the broader economy

Google Unveils Latest AI Model, Gemini 2.0

US officials are set to meet their Chinese counterparts soon, before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House

US-China Officials To Hold Economic Talks Before Trump Return

Inflation is on the rise in the United States as President Joe Biden prepares to hand over to Donald Trump

US Consumer Inflation Rises For Second Straight Month In November

Refurbishment work is already well under way in Morocco ahead of the 2030 World Cup, like here at the stadium in Marrakesh

FIFA To Confirm Saudi Arabia As 2034 World Cup Hosts

Islamist-led rebels launched a lightening offensive last month, seizing the Syrian capital Damascus after just 11 days, following years of civil war

New Syria PM Says All Religious Groups' Rights 'Guaranteed'

A forensics police officer stands in front of the wall where anti-Israel graffiti has been removed in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra

Vandals Paint Anti-Israel Graffiti, Burn Car In Sydney

Investors are hoping Chinese leaders will unveil more measures to kickstart the world's number two economy

China's Leaders To Chart Economic Plans For 2025: Report

Investors are keeping a close eye on US inflation data, which could play a key role in the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision-making

Asian Markets Mixed Ahead Of US Inflation Data, Eyes On China

South Korean police have raided the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who last week declared a short-lived martial law

South Korean Police Raid President's Office

A Taiwanese Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet prepares to land at an Air Force base in Hsinchu

Taiwan Detects 53 Chinese Military Aircraft, 19 Ships Near Island

The leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group that headed a lightning rebel offensive snatching Damascus from government control, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, address a crowd at the capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024

Assad Exit Puts US At Perilous Crossroads In Syria

President Joe Biden said US consumers would pay the price for the tariffs that Donald Trump has vowed to slap on US neighbors Mexico and Canada and on Asia-Pacific rival China

Biden Says Trump Economic Plan Will Be 'Disaster'

Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria for 24 years before his ouster

Syrians Flock To Celebrate New Day After Assad's Fall

Taiwan fighter jets take off as the island is on high alert for China war games

Taiwan Says China Carrying Out Huge Maritime Deployment

An Italian prosecutor argues that Meta's use of personal data amounts to a commercial transaction

Italian Prosecutor Says Meta Owes More Than 887 Mn Euros In VAT

Terumi Tanaka is one of the three co-chairs of Nihon Hidankyo who will accept the Nobel Peace Prize

Japan's Atomic Bomb Survivors To Accept Nobel Prize In Oslo

Moscow helped keep Bashar al-Assad in power when it intervened in the Syrian civil war in 2015

Assad's Fall Shows Russian Military Limited By Ukraine Offensive

Demonstrators take part in a sit-in protest calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol on the grounds of the National Assembly in Seoul

South Korean President Banned From Leaving Country

Israelis check the damage to their top-floor apartment in a residential building in central Israel hit by a Huthi drone from Yemen

Huthi Drone Fired From Yemen Hits Central Israeli Residential Building

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