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Around 2.4 million people work in farming in the United States, 44 percent of whom are undocumented, according to a survey by the US Department of Labor

Immigrant workers

US farmers fret over Trump's deportation plans

Abdullah Ocalan, seen here in 1993, set up the Marxist-inspired Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the late 1970s

Kurdish militant

Ocalan: PKK chief held in solitary on Turkish prison island

Yemenis carry a mock missile during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians, in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa

Yemen's Huthis a 'menace' for Israel despite weakened Iran: analysts

Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gathered outside his residence after a court issued an arrest warrant for him

S. Korea court issues arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon

Police forensics personnel and National Bureau of Investigation officials work at the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan

Amid seven days of mourning

S. Korea investigates barrier hit in Jeju Air crash

Morning Roundup

Luxembourg disaster support, S Korea plane crash, and New Year's Honours

Crowds have begun gathering to greet 2025 after a year of Olympic glory, the return of Donald Trump and turmoil in the Middle East and Ukraine

A turbulent twelve months

World greets 2025 after sweltering year of Olympics, turmoil, and Trump

British actor and comedian Stephen Fry is among those knighted by King Charles III in the traditional New Year's Honours list

New Year's tradition

UK Post Office scandal victims recognised in honours list

Former US President Jimmy Carter, pictured at a 2004 press conference, was a noted humanitarian in his post-presidency

Following death

US prepares state honors for late president Jimmy Carter

Children check the site of an Israeli strike on a broadcast truck in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on December 26, 2024

International law defied

Israel must face consequences over Gaza campaign: UN experts

The accident took place in southern Ethiopia

Tragic incident

More than 70 killed in Ethiopia road accident

The initials of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) are seen on a bullet-riddled wall in Mexico's Michoacan state

Mexico probes public thanks to drug lord for children's gifts

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said the suspect appeared to be mentally disturbed

More than 200 wounded

Signs Christmas market attack suspect mentally ill: German minister

Fighters affiliated with Syria's new administration at a military parade in Damascus

'Foreign jihadists' in Syria leader's pick for army officers: monitor, experts

Biden and his administration announced nearly $6 billion in aid disbursed to Ukraine, as Trump's imminent return casts doubt on future support

To fight Russian aggression

US announces $5.9 bn in military, budget aid for Ukraine

Nine children and a security guard were killed at an elementary school in Belgrade last year

Grave offence against public safety

Serbian court jails parents of Belgrade school shooter

The former US embassy in Tehran is now a museum know as the

No fond memories

In Iran, late Jimmy Carter remembered as 'architect of sanctions'

Former presidents including Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, pictured here with Jimmy Carter in 2013, paid tribute to the one-time peanut farmer and Nobel laureate

US and foreign leaders praise Jimmy Carter's legacy

October's floods in Valencia, eastern Spain, killed more than 200 people

Climate change brought extreme weather, heat in 2024: UN

Thousands of people protested in Belgrade on December 22, blaming government corruption and inadequate oversight for the station roof collapse

Former Serbian minister among 13 charged over fatal train station accident

Jimmy Carter -- seen at the Democratic National Convention in 2008 -- served one term from 1977 to 1981 as US president

Human rights legacy

Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100

Flags fly at half mast across South Korea as the country investigates the worst plane crash in its history

National mourning

South Korea inspects B737-800 fleet after worst plane crash

From January 1, it will be forbidden to sell single-use vapes in Belgium

Protecting young people's health

Belgium becomes first EU country to ban disposable e-cigarettes

Gisele Pelicot was hailed as a hero for her courage and dignity throughout the three-month trial

Dominique Pelicot

Ex-husband convicted in French mass rape trial will not appeal: lawyer

This handout from the South Korean Presidential Office taken on December 3, 2024 shows South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivering a speech to declare martial law in Seoul

Summoned three times

South Korea investigators seek arrest of impeached president over no-show

An Afghan woman stands at a window in Kabul on January 31, 2024

Taliban leader bans windows overlooking women's areas

People cheer as Sudan's de facto leader, armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, arrives at the market in Port Sudan

Sudan government rejects UN-backed famine declaration

While it can be expensive to hire a detective, Lentz said firms will be looking to get rid of highly unproductive workers at a time of mounting economic woes

Rising sick leave rates

For German 'sick leave detective', business is booming

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