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Blinken to meet Asia 'Quad' after China friction 24 Feb 2023 - 10:48 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, US, January 26, 2022. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via REUTERS)
2 Pakistani brothers home after release from Guantanamo 24 Feb 2023 - 10:31 pm
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Alabama governor says state will resume executions 24 Feb 2023 - 10:27 pm
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Biden to draw health care contrast with GOP in Virginia 24 Feb 2023 - 10:19 pm
US President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on February 22, 2023. - Biden is returning to the White House following a surprise visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, and a three day trip to Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
Nigeria seizes 'vote-buying' cash hours before polls 24 Feb 2023 - 10:08 pm
An official of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) prepares document ahead of the February 25 presidential election at the commission's headquarters at Awka in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP)
French teenager charged with murder over teacher killing: lawyer 24 Feb 2023 - 09:47 pm
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Macron under fire for honouring Bezos with top award 24 Feb 2023 - 09:41 pm
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Russia launches ship to rescue space station astronauts 24 Feb 2023 - 08:42 pm
This handout picture taken and released by the Russian space agency Roscosmos shows the unmanned Soyuz MS-23 replacement spacecraft taking off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on February 24, 2023. (AFP)
First Western tanks arrive in Ukraine, Zelensky eyes 'victory this year' 24 Feb 2023 - 07:38 pm
A light installation by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter is projected on the main Post Office building in Kyiv on February 23, 2023, on the eve of first anniversary of the Russian invasion to Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky / AFP) 
EU sanctions package 'too soft, too weak': Polish PM 24 Feb 2023 - 05:44 pm
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks during a press conference with Denmark's Prime Minister after a meeting at Christiansborg Castle, the Danish Parliament building, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP)
Father of Cambodian girl who died from bird flu tests positive for virus 24 Feb 2023 - 05:34 pm
A worker catches chickens at a market in Phnom Penh on February 24, 2023. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP)
Tunisia arrests opposition figure in escalating crackdown 24 Feb 2023 - 05:27 pm
File Photo: Tunisia's President Kais Saied gives a speech at the government's swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, Tunisia, February 27, 2020. (Fethi Belaid/Pool via REUTERS)
Poland delivers first Leopard tanks to Ukraine 24 Feb 2023 - 03:46 pm
A Ukrainian service man rides on a main battle tank in Bakhmut on February 5, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP)
Toxic wastewater from Ohio train derailment moved to Texas 24 Feb 2023 - 03:39 pm
Ohio EPA and other clean-up crews work in Sulphur Run creek on February 23, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. Photo by Michael Swensen / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
BASF to cut jobs, close units in response to high energy costs 24 Feb 2023 - 02:33 pm
A cyclist rides his bike past the entrance of the BASF plant and former Ciba production site in Schweizerhalle near Basel, Switzerland July 7, 2009. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Land borders closed, banks shut ahead of Nigerian elections 24 Feb 2023 - 02:30 pm
A voters' register is left on a rope at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after attacks earlier in the year by unknown gunmen at Ojoto in Idemili South district of Anambra State in southeast Nigeria, on February 16, 2023.
Probe finds Ohio train crew had 'little warning' before derailment 24 Feb 2023 - 02:30 pm
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 23: Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Jennifer Homendy speaks as Director of the NTSB Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Robert Hall listens during a news briefing on the East Palestine Northern Southern freight train derailment at the NTSB headquarters on February 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
China calls for Russia-Ukraine cease-fire, peace talks 24 Feb 2023 - 02:10 pm
China's deputy United Nations Ambassador Dai Bing speaks during the Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly on Ukraine, at UN headquarters in New York City on February 23, 2023. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)