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Blinken hails 'historic' S. Korea announcement on Japan 06 Mar 2023 - 09:16 am
South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin speaks during a briefing announcing a plan to resolve a dispute over compensating people forced to work under Japan's 1910-1945 occupation of Korea, at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji / POOL / AFP)
Here are the stranger ideas being talked about at China’s elite gathering 06 Mar 2023 - 08:54 am
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Zelensky pays tribute to troops amid battle to defend Bakhmut 06 Mar 2023 - 12:11 am
A Ukrainian serviceman flies a drone to spot Russian positions near the city of Bakhmut, in the region of Donbas, on March 5, 2023. (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP)
Prince Harry contacted about coronation; attendance unclear 05 Mar 2023 - 11:50 pm
Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex leaves after attending the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in London on March 9, 2020. File photo / AFP
Greek stationmaster charged, detained over rail crash 05 Mar 2023 - 11:29 pm
Protesters gather in front of the Greek parliament in Athens on March 5, 2023 during a demonstration following the deadly train accident late on February 28. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP)
Testing president’s mental fitness ‘ridiculous’: Jill Biden 05 Mar 2023 - 10:27 pm
File Photo: Then presidential hopeful Joe Biden talks with fellow candidate Marianne Williamson at the Wing Ding Dinner in Clear Lake, Iowa, August 9, 2019. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP)
Syria slams US general's visit to Kurdish-held northeast 05 Mar 2023 - 10:05 pm
File Photo: US General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds a news conference after a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact group at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 15, 2022. (REUTERS/Yves Herman)
'Consequences' if China sends arms to Russia: Scholz 05 Mar 2023 - 09:50 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a press statement prior to the federal cabinet retreat Schloss Meseberg palace in Meseberg near Gransee, northeastern Germany on March 5, 2023. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Germany and EU pursue talks on deal to ban combustion engines 05 Mar 2023 - 08:50 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen make their way to a news conference at the federal cabinet retreat at Schloss Meseberg palace in Meseberg near Gransee, northeastern Germany on March 5, 2023. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Curfews imposed to help Burkina Faso fight jihadists 05 Mar 2023 - 08:02 pm
Burkina Faso military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore (C) attends the closing ceremony of the 28th Pan-African Film and television Festival (FESPACO), in Ouagadougou, on March 4, 2023. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
Burundi troops arrive in DR Congo 05 Mar 2023 - 07:39 pm
Burundian military personnel arrive at Goma airport in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on March 5, 2023. (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP)
Egypt arrests 29 over alleged online crypto scam 05 Mar 2023 - 07:26 pm
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Kiev says Russia pursuing 'attempts to encircle' Bakhmut 05 Mar 2023 - 07:10 pm
Ukrainian soldiers of the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade
More Iranian schoolgirls targeted in mystery poisonings 05 Mar 2023 - 06:54 pm
Representative image: Iranian schoolgirls are pictured in the capital Tehran. (Atta Kenare /AFP file photo)
France faces massive strikes over pension reform 05 Mar 2023 - 06:53 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron looks on as he meets with congolese artists at the French Institue in Luanda on March 4, 2023. - The French President is in Kinshasa on the fourth and last leg of an African tour. (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN / POOL / AFP)
Al-Qaeda confirms top figure killed in Yemen strike: monitor 05 Mar 2023 - 06:39 pm
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Azerbaijan-Armenia border clash kills three 05 Mar 2023 - 05:55 pm
Relatives and friends of those killed in six weeks of fighting for control of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region visit the Yerablur Military Memorial Cemetery in Yerevan on September 27, 2022. File photo / AFP
Senegal police release activists and MP arrested at Tunisia embassy 05 Mar 2023 - 05:45 pm
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