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World

Wagner owner blasts 'treason' of Russian military chiefs 21 Feb 2023 - 06:20 pm
Visitors wearing military camouflage stand at the entrance of the 'PMC Wagner Centre', associated with the founder of the Wagner private military group (PMC) Yevgeny Prigozhin, during the official opening of the office block on the National Unity Day, in Saint Petersburg, on November 4, 2022. (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)
France matches dry spell record of 31 days without rain 21 Feb 2023 - 06:15 pm
This photo shows the completely dry riverbed of the Issole River in Flassans-sur-Issole, southeastern France, on February 21, 2023.  (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)
Danish former minister charged with revealing state secrets 21 Feb 2023 - 05:53 pm
Denmark's Minister of Foreign Affairs Lars Lokke Rasmussen answers journalists' questions ahead of a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) at the EU headquarters in Brussels on February 20, 2023. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
Walmart outlook disappoints, signaling caution on shoppers 21 Feb 2023 - 05:45 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 15, 2022 The Walmart logo is seen outside a Walmart store in Burbank, California. - Walmart reported better-than-expected profits over the critical holiday-season quarter February 21, 2023, but offered a disappointing outlook as inflation weighs on consumers. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
Syrian girl rescued after quake battles 'crush syndrome' 21 Feb 2023 - 05:44 pm
Syrian girl Sham Sheikh Mohammad, 9, who was rescued after fourty hours under the rubble of a deadly earthquake, lies on a hospital bed in the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib, on February 17, 2023.  (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
College principal in India set on fire by student over grades sheet 21 Feb 2023 - 05:36 pm
Video still from social media showing the student attacker being taken in a police vehicle.
Nigeria's Tinubu rallies in Lagos powerbase before election 21 Feb 2023 - 04:58 pm
People enter Teslim Balogun Stadium during a rally for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos on February 21, 2023 ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP)
EU vows to boost investment in Kenya to strengthen ties 21 Feb 2023 - 04:50 pm
Luo shop owner Caroline Otieno sells fish that come from Lake Victoria in Kisumu county and fruits from Nandi county, at a market stall in the town of Chemase, Nandi county, Kenya August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Alligator kills 85-year-old Florida woman as she walked dog 21 Feb 2023 - 04:25 pm
In this handout photo provided by NYC Parks on February 20, 2023, an approximately 4 foot long alligator is tended to by Parks Enforcement Patrol and Urban Park Rangers, at Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on February 19, 2023. - Alligators inhabit Florida and the humid southeast of the United States: much further north, in New York, one was found alive, but in a very poor condition, in a pond in a Brooklyn park, the city announced on February 20, 2023. The rare discovery of the animal, probably abandoned by its owner, was made Sunday morning in the lake of Prospect Park. (Photo by NYC Parks / AFP)
Kosovo rebel says war crimes 'fabricated' as trial opens 21 Feb 2023 - 03:55 pm
Lawyers Jean-Louis Gilissen (R), Leto Cariolou (L) and Hedi Aouini (C) attend the start of the trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member, Pjeter Shala, also known as
Thailand to ban plastic waste imports from 2025 to cut pollution 21 Feb 2023 - 03:25 pm
Peninsula
Madagascar braces for Cyclone Freddy 21 Feb 2023 - 02:27 pm
High waves crash along the shore as Cyclone Freddy nears the island at the village of Sainte-Anne, on the French overseas island of La Reunion on February 20, 2023. (Photo by Richard BOUHET / AFP)
Chilean's appeal over murder of Japanese student delayed 21 Feb 2023 - 02:16 pm
Humberto Zepeda, the father of Nicolas Zepeda, a Chilean man accused of allegedly murdering his Japanese ex-girlfriend Narumi Kurosaki, speaks to journalists outside the Vesoul courthouse on the first day of Nicolas Zepeda's appeal trial in Vesoul, eastern France, on February 21, 2023. - The appeal trial has been postponed to February 23 after Nicolas Zepeda changed his defense attorney. (Photo by Sébastien BOZON / AFP)
In Lebanese mountains, hatmaker keeps ancient skill alive 21 Feb 2023 - 01:52 pm
Hatmaker Youssef Akiki leaves his recently-finished Lebanese wool hats known as
Taiwan 'to bolster' military ties with United States 21 Feb 2023 - 01:44 pm
This handout picture taken and released by Taiwan Presidential Office on February 21, 2023 shows Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (C) shaking hands with US Representative Ro Khanna at the Presidential Office in Taipei. (Photo by Handout / TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE / AFP)
Inside the Trump grand jury that probed election meddling 21 Feb 2023 - 01:44 pm
Former US President Donald Trump gestures to supporters during Trump's President Day event at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on February 20, 2023. (Photo by GIORGIO VIERA / AFP)
Italy's prime minister arrives in Kyiv 21 Feb 2023 - 01:17 pm
Peninsula
Thai election to be held in May: PM 21 Feb 2023 - 01:12 pm
In this file photo taken on November 19, 2022, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha attends the 29th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM) during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok. (Photo by Jack Taylor / POOL / AFP)