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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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Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso 23 Feb 2023 - 07:15 pm
A military official stands next to a banner reflecting the face of Thomas Sankara in Ouagadougou on February 23, 2023, ahead of the reburial ceremony of Thomas Sankara's remains alongside his twelve companions, killed on October 15, 1987. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
Iran helicopter crash kills one, injures government minister 23 Feb 2023 - 07:11 pm
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart, in Baghdad on February 22, 2023. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
Zelensky wants to meet China over its Ukraine peace plan 23 Feb 2023 - 07:08 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Spain's Prime Minister following their talks in Kiev on February 23, 2023.  (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
Pakistan-Afghan border crossing shut after brief reopening 23 Feb 2023 - 06:56 pm
A Taliban security personnel stand guard as Afghan people wait to cross into Pakistan, near the closed Torkham gate at the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Nangarhar province on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Shafiullah KAKAR / AFP)
Coincidence or providence? Three Filipino siblings share same birthdates 23 Feb 2023 - 06:42 pm
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Biden nominates ex-Mastercard CEO to lead World Bank 23 Feb 2023 - 06:42 pm
US President Joe Biden walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, February 22, 2023, following a trip to Ukraine and Poland.  (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
German court convicts man over deadly 2014 attack in Syria 23 Feb 2023 - 06:09 pm
The German Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig.
Lioness escapes moving truck in South Africa 23 Feb 2023 - 05:46 pm
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Stockholm police head found dead after report criticized him 23 Feb 2023 - 05:37 pm
Stockholm regional police chief Mats Lofving is pictured on Sept. 30, 2022.
Trump lawyers blast election probe after grand juror speaks 23 Feb 2023 - 05:28 pm
Former US President Donald Trump speaks at the East Palestine Fire Department in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 22, 2023.  (Photo by Rebecca DROKE / AFP)
Buttigieg visits East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment site 23 Feb 2023 - 05:04 pm
EAST PALESTINE, OH - FEBRUARY 22: A resident of East Palestine, Ohio walks down East Market Street on February 22, 2023. On February 3, a Norfolk Southern train derailed, causing 38 cars of about 150 to fall off the tracks and cars carrying hazardous materials to catch fire. Three days later, the railroad burned vinyl chloride from five tanker cars to prevent an explosion, according to published reports. At least 1,500 were ultimately forced to evacuate. Michael Swensen/Getty Images/AFP.
New drone footage shows scale of Bakhmut's destruction 23 Feb 2023 - 04:47 pm
A Ukrainian soldier stands in a dugout on the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk region on February 21, 2023, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov / AFP)
Turkiye expands probe into construction sector after quake 23 Feb 2023 - 04:42 pm
A man speaks on the phone in front of collapsed buildings, a day after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the region, in the coastal city of Samandag, in Turkiye, on February 21, 2023. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
French firm to build Egypt's first high-speed rail link 23 Feb 2023 - 04:26 pm
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European Commission bans TikTok on official devices 23 Feb 2023 - 02:44 pm
In this file photo taken on January 21, 2021 in Nantes, western France, a man shows a smartphone with the logo of Chinese social network Tik Tok. Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP