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US professional skier named as one victim of Japan avalanche 30 Jan 2023 - 02:13 pm
Rescue workers ride a gondola at a ski resort as they take part in a search for missing skiers following an avalanche the previous day, in the village of Otari in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, Jannuary 30, 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
Blinken meets Egypt's Sisi in first leg of Mideast tour 30 Jan 2023 - 12:35 pm
File Photo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada at the State Department in Washington, US, January 11, 2023. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)
Venezuela opposition starts talks for funds with Spain meeting 29 Jan 2023 - 11:41 pm
The head of the opposition delegation of Venezuela Gerardo Blyde Perez talks to the media accompanied by other delegates, in Mexico City, Mexico on November 26, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Odds 'very high' of US military conflict with China, says top Republican 29 Jan 2023 - 11:28 pm
A Chinese Navy J-11 fighter jet is recorded flying close to a US Air Force RC-135 aircraft in international airspace over the South China Sea, according to the US military, in a still image from video taken December 21, 2022. (US Indo-Pacific Command/Handout via REUTERS)
Argentina, Brazil’s joint currency is terrible idea, says Krugman 29 Jan 2023 - 10:29 pm
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (left) and Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez attend a bilateral agreement signing ceremony, during Lula da Silva's first official visit abroad since his inauguration, at the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 23, 2023. (REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian)
House Speaker McCarthy to discuss debt limit, spending with Biden on Wednesday 29 Jan 2023 - 08:46 pm
The dome of the US Capitol is seen beyond a chain fence during the partial government shutdown in Washington, US, on January 8, 2019. File Photo / Reuters
Scholz visits South America in a race with China to get lithium 29 Jan 2023 - 05:23 pm
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) during a joint presser at Palacio San Martin in Buenos Aires, on January 28, 2023. (Photo by Luis Robayo / AFP)
Memphis disbands police unit after fatal beating video 29 Jan 2023 - 10:09 am
People hold signs during a protest following the release of videos showing Memphis police officers beating Tyre Nichols, who died while hospitalized three days later, in New York, U.S., January 28, 2023. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado
Trump rips Democrats in New Hampshire, heads to South Carolina in campaign kickoff 28 Jan 2023 - 11:58 pm
A man wears a T-shirt with images of former US President Donald Trump on it, on the day of Donald Trump's campaign stop to unveil his leadership team, at the South Carolina State House in Columbia, South Carolina, US, January 28, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Authorities raise alert level around Lascar volcano in northern Chile 28 Jan 2023 - 10:31 pm
A general view of the Villarrica volcano from Pucon area, Chile on January 28, 2023. Picture taken using long exposure. REUTERS/Cristobal Saavedra Escobar
Peru's Boluarte laments Congress' failure to speed up elections 28 Jan 2023 - 09:43 pm
Peru's President Dina Boluarte speaks as she meets with foreign press, in Lima, Peru on January 24, 2023. File Photo / Reuters
Fears of unrest dissipate in US after police beating video released 28 Jan 2023 - 09:38 pm
Protesters rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols, at Times Square in New York City, on January 27, 2023. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)
US four-star general warns of war with China in 2025 28 Jan 2023 - 07:17 pm
Crew members signal to a F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet preparing to take off for a routine flight on board the U.S. USS Nimitz aircraft carrier during a routine deployment to the South China Sea, Mid-Sea, on January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Joseph Campbell/File Photo
Anger and protest in Memphis after police beating video released 28 Jan 2023 - 03:42 pm
A protestor steps on the windshield of a police vehicle, on the day of the release of a video showing police officers beating Tyre Nichols, the young Black man who died three days after he was pulled over while driving during a traffic stop by memphis police officers, in New York, U.S., January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Peru Congress rejects president's plan for early elections 28 Jan 2023 - 10:01 am
Demonstrators hold a protest against the government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and to demand her resignation, in Juliaca, southern Peru, on January 27, 2023. - Peru's embattled President Dina Boluarte on Friday urged Congress to advance elections slated for April 2024 to December 2023 as protests against her leadership that have left dozens dead continue. Peru has been embroiled in a political crisis with near-daily protests since December 7 when former president Pedro Castillo was arrested after attempting to dissolve parliament and rule by decree. (Photo by Juan Carlos CISNEROS / AFP)
Memphis releases deadly police beating video 28 Jan 2023 - 09:26 am
A demonstrator holds a placard as people march during a protest on the day of the release of a video showing police officers beating Tyre Nichols, the young Black man who died three days after he was pulled over while driving during a traffic stop by Memphis police officers, in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Dozens of Yanomami children hospitalized in Brazil amid health crisis 28 Jan 2023 - 12:23 am
A Yanomami indigenous child, who is treated for malnutrition, sits in a hammock at a special yard for indigenous people of the Santo Antonio Children's Hospital, in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, January 27, 2023. (REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli)
Authorities release footage of assailant striking Pelosi's husband 28 Jan 2023 - 12:03 am
A screen grab taken from video shows damage to the home of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after her husband Paul Pelosi was violently assaulted during a break-in at their house in San Francisco, California, US, October 28, 2022. (KGO TV via ABC via REUTERS)

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A Palestinian man reacts as he and others carry the body of a victim at the Nasser Hospital following an Israeli airstrike in the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on April 21, 2026. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP) Israeli attacks across Gaza injure several Palestinians
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