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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)
Poor Pakistanis worry IMF bailout measures risk stark future 17 Feb 2023 - 04:40 pm
Daily wage labourers wait for work at a market in Peshawar, Pakistan, on February 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
France raids consultants' homes in Macron campaign probe 17 Feb 2023 - 04:39 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on April 12, 2022 in Toulouse shows screens displaying the logo of US-based McKinsey & Company management consulting firm. - Four judicial searches perquisitions were caried out at the end of January at the home of managers and former managers of McKinsey in connection with an investigation over suspected illegal fundings in the presidential campaigns of Emmanuel Macron, according to sources close to the case on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)
Fetterman draws praise for getting help for depression 17 Feb 2023 - 04:03 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 3, 2023 US Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania John fetterman looks on as he is ceremonially sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris for the 118th Congress in the Old Senate Chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP)
Blast at Slovenia fireworks company kills 1, injures 2 17 Feb 2023 - 03:35 pm
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Mixed results for Moderna mRNA flu vaccine trial 17 Feb 2023 - 03:32 pm
In this file photo taken on January 5, 2023 the Moderna, logo is displayed during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
British embassy guard jailed for 13 years for spying for Moscow 17 Feb 2023 - 02:44 pm
An handout image released by the Metropolitan Police Service on February 17, 2023, shows a still from a covert camera during Russian spy David Smith's meeting with
Trains, ferries canceled because of storm over Nordics 17 Feb 2023 - 02:41 pm
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Worker pleads not guilty to killing 7 at California farms 17 Feb 2023 - 02:39 pm
A view of greenhouses at the scene of a shooting on January 23, 2023 in Half Moon Bay, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP
China top tech dealmaker goes missing amid graft crackdown 17 Feb 2023 - 01:58 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on May 18, 2022 shows a general view of the construction site of the Workers' Stadium, a planned venue for the 2023 Asian Cup, in Beijing. - Alleged corruption at the top of Chinese football has left President Xi Jinping's dream of his country becoming a global force in the sport appear more remote than ever. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
Peru’s Machu Picchu reopens: What you should know 17 Feb 2023 - 01:14 pm
General view of the ancient Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in the Urubamba valley, seventy-two kilometres from the Andes city of Cusco, on February 15, 2023, open for the first time after they were closed to the public for security reasons on January 21, after protesters blocked the railways during protests against the government of President Dina Boluarte that have shaken the Andean country since December 7, 2022. (Photo by Carolina Paucar / AFP)
Thousands of flights canceled as German airport staff strike 17 Feb 2023 - 12:53 pm
A schedule board displays cancelled and delayed flights during a strike at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on February 17, 2023. Photo by ANDRE PAIN / AFP
France drops Covid testing for travellers from China 17 Feb 2023 - 12:13 pm
This aerial photo taken on February 16, 2023 shows people wathcing plum blossom in Ningbo, in China's eastern Zhejiang province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT
Under fire TikTok pledges to follow EU rules 17 Feb 2023 - 12:05 pm
TikTok app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Hong Kong’s January visitors plunge 93% from pre-pandemic level 17 Feb 2023 - 11:59 am
A man (R) takes a picture of a sculpture (L) floating on the water in the North Point district of Hong Kong on February 16, 2023. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)
Japan aborts launch of 1st H3 rocket carrying defense sensor 17 Feb 2023 - 11:54 am
White smoke emerges from the main engines of the next-generation H3 rocket (L) as it fails to lift off the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on February 17, 2023. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Tourism revival boosts Thai economy but exports sluggish 17 Feb 2023 - 11:23 am
 In this file photo taken on December 9, 2022 tourists take pictures at Wat Arun Buddhist temple in Bangkok. Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP