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Cambodians celebrate traditional fishing methods at annual ceremony 18 Feb 2023 - 12:14 pm
Villagers catch fish during the annual fish-catching ceremony at the Choam Krovean commune in Tboung Khmum province on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP)
Four killed, 14 wounded in Karachi police attack claimed by Pakistan Taliban 17 Feb 2023 - 11:14 pm
Volunteers carry an injured paramilitary soldier to a hospital following an attack on a police compound in Karachi on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum / AFP)
Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake 17 Feb 2023 - 10:30 pm
Syrian residents of Hatay city wait to cross the Turkish-Syrian border after they were affected by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the region nearly two weeks ago, at Cilvegozu border gate on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
White House defends response to toxic train derailment 17 Feb 2023 - 10:10 pm
EAST PALESTINE, OH - FEBRUARY 16: Balloons are placed next to a sign displaying information for residents to receive air-quality tests from Norfolk Southern Railway on February 16, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. On February 3rd, a Norfolk Southern Railways train carrying toxic chemicals derailed causing an environmental disaster. Michael Swensen/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Michael Swensen / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Power outage cancels, diverts flights at Kennedy Airport 17 Feb 2023 - 09:24 pm
File photo: American Airlines planes taxi on the tarmac as the skyline of New York City is seen in the background from the JFK International Airport in New York, U.S., November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Fox News pushed 2020 election conspiracy hosts called ‘total BS’ 17 Feb 2023 - 08:48 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 13, 2019 protesters rally against Fox News outside the Fox News headquarters at the News Corporation building in New York City. - Media titan Rupert Murdoch described Donald Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen as
Taliban claim attack on police in Pakistan's Karachi, 2 dead 17 Feb 2023 - 08:14 pm
Security personnel take position behind a police vehicle near site of an attack to a police compound in Karachi on February 17, 2023. - A gunbattle was raging on February 17 night inside a Pakistan police building in the port city of Karachi, an AFP correspondent near the scene said. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)
US military finishes recovering Chinese balloon debris 17 Feb 2023 - 08:12 pm
File Photo: Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in the Atlantic ocean on February 5, 2023. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Thompson / US Navy / AFP)
18 bodies found in abandoned truck in Bulgaria 17 Feb 2023 - 07:11 pm
A security official gestures as an ambulance moves on the outskirts of the village of Lokorsko, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) north-east of Sofia, after the discovery of eighteen dead migrants in the rear of an abandoned truck. (Photo by NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP)
Nigeria police deploy for security before presidential vote 17 Feb 2023 - 07:04 pm
A woman walks past Nigerian police officers at a roadblock at Mile12 Market in Lagos on February 17, 2023, where violence flared up earlier in the day. - Protesters attacked bank ATMs and blocked roads in various Nigerian cities as anger spilled on the streets over a scarcity of cash. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Russia, Belarus discuss closer military, economic ties 17 Feb 2023 - 06:41 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) meets with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Vladimir Astapkovich / Sputnik / AFP)
5 Memphis officers plead not guilty in death of Tyre Nichols 17 Feb 2023 - 06:30 pm
Officers who were terminated after their involvement in a traffic stop that ended with the death of Tyre Nichols, pose in a combination of undated photographs in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. From left are officers Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills, Jr., Emmitt Martin III, Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean. Memphis Police Department/Handout via REUTERS.
Ukraine accuses French retailer Auchan of being Russia's 'weapon' 17 Feb 2023 - 06:14 pm
In this file photo taken on August 03, 2020, the logo of French supermarket Auchan is pictured on the wall of a shopping mall in Moscow on August 3, 2020.  (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP)
Families rejoice as Ivory Coast border opens after years of Covid closure 17 Feb 2023 - 06:00 pm
An Ivorian Police officer watches travellers get off a bus from Niger, at the Ivorian-Ghanaian border a few hours after its reopening in Noe on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP)
South Africa's Bavuma named as first black African Test captain 17 Feb 2023 - 05:50 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 09, 2022 South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma takes the catch to dismiss India's Ruturaj Gaikwad (not pictured) during the first Twenty20 international cricket match between India and South Africa at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. - South Africa on February 17, 2023 named Temba Bavuma as their first Black African Test captain, replacing axed Dean Elgar. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)
Lagos in protest over cash crisis 17 Feb 2023 - 05:44 pm
A woman buys fruits from a street vendor nexy to a campaign poster of presidential candidate of the ruling Action Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu and running mate Kashim Shettima in a market in Lagos on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Burgers bring bite of normality for Turkey quake survivors 17 Feb 2023 - 05:42 pm
Residents wait in a queue outside a bakery that gives out free bread in Samandag, south of Hatay on February 16, 2023, ten days after a 7.8-magnitude struck the border region of turkey and Syria. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Allies who can send Ukraine tanks must 'do so now': Scholz 17 Feb 2023 - 04:58 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Kienzle / AFP)
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