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Bird flu infects another person in Cambodia as wider worry grows 24 Feb 2023 - 10:55 am
This picture released by Cambodia's Communicable Disease Control Department (CDCD) on February 23, 2023, shows villagers posing with posters about H5N1 virus threats, in Prey Veng province. Photo by Handout / Cambodia's Communicable Disease Control Department / AFP
UN approves resolution calling for Russia to leave Ukraine 24 Feb 2023 - 12:11 am
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks during the 11th Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly on Ukraine, at UN headquarters in New York City on February 23, 2023. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
Jill Biden's White House M&Ms a hit with giddy Namibian kids 23 Feb 2023 - 11:28 pm
US First Lady Jill Biden and Namibia's First Lady Monica Geingos (3rd right) meet two mothers, Linea and Monica, and their children that are beneficiaries of Development Aid from People to People (DAPP), at the Hope Initiative Southern Africa in Windhoek on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Tara Mette / AFP)
Alligator pulled from NYC lake had swallowed bathtub stopper 23 Feb 2023 - 11:17 pm
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Amid crackdown on dissent, Tunisian leader turns on migrants 23 Feb 2023 - 11:02 pm
A sub-Saharan African woman (centre) looks for clothes in a thrift store in the popular Ariana souk near Tunis on February 22, 2023.  (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
On war anniversary eve, Zelensky says Ukraine 'will prevail' 23 Feb 2023 - 10:54 pm
In this handout image released by La Moncloa on February 23, 2023 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during his visit to Kiev, in Ukraine.  (Photo by Borja Puig de la BELLACASA / LA MONCLOA / AFP)
Harvey Weinstein gets 16 years for rape, sexual assault 23 Feb 2023 - 10:53 pm
In this file photo taken on October 4, 2022, former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP)
Hungary to send delegation to Sweden, Finland over NATO bids 23 Feb 2023 - 10:39 pm
Hungarian President Katalin Novak (left) and Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa pose at the Belem Palace in Lisbon on February 23, 2023. (Photo by FILIPE AMORIM / AFP)
EU eases Syria sanctions to speed up quake aid 23 Feb 2023 - 10:36 pm
Volunteers prepare food to serve people affected by the 7.8-magnitude quake, in the government-held northern city of Aleppo on February 21, 2023. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
Spain cracks groups forging residency papers for Brits 23 Feb 2023 - 10:20 pm
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Eiffel Tower lights up in Ukraine colours 23 Feb 2023 - 10:18 pm
Image: social media
Elton John joins US senators in backing more anti-AIDS funding 23 Feb 2023 - 09:57 pm
Elton John speaks during the Elton John AIDS Foundation's Gala in New York City, NY, US, November 5, 2018. (REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs)
Putin, Afghans among top gift givers to Bidens in 2021 23 Feb 2023 - 09:33 pm
US President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on February 22, 2023.  (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
Poland expels Belarus diplomat in retaliatory move 23 Feb 2023 - 09:16 pm
Activists of the Belarusian
British minister champions humble turnip amid salad shortage 23 Feb 2023 - 08:38 pm
UK Environment Secretary Therese Coffey.
Putin gave Biden $12,000 pen set months before Ukraine invasion 23 Feb 2023 - 08:31 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Eternal Flame and the Unknown Soldier's Grave in the Alexander Garden during an event marking Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel / AFP)
UN to vote on demand for Russia to withdraw from Ukraine 23 Feb 2023 - 07:38 pm
Members of the United Nations Security Council listen as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Albania Olta Xhaçka speaks during a meeting on February 23, 2023 at UN Headquarters in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP
Global trade 'resilient' during Ukraine war: WTO 23 Feb 2023 - 07:28 pm
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