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Seven whales wash up dead on Cyprus 11 Feb 2023 - 08:27 pm
A whale is found washed up dead on the beach in the village of Argaka on the rugged north coast of Cyprus. (AFP)
IMF urges El Salvador to address bitcoin's 'risks' 11 Feb 2023 - 07:54 pm
In this file photo taken on October 18, 2022, students walk past a wall painted with an anti-bitcoin protest symbol, in San Salvador. (Photo by Marvin Recinos / AFP)
US blacklists 6 Chinese entities over balloon program 11 Feb 2023 - 07:48 pm
A balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, US, February 1, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media. (Chase Doak/via Reuters)
East Germany's last communist leader dies at 95 11 Feb 2023 - 06:30 pm
In this file photo taken on June 07, 2017 former GDR prime minister Hans Modrow attends the funeral of former GDR defence minister Heinz Kessler in Berlin. (Photo by Britta Pedersen / various sources / AFP)
Panel scolds Wisconsin justice for remarks in Trump case 11 Feb 2023 - 06:22 pm
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Finnish president wants Finland, Sweden in NATO by summer 11 Feb 2023 - 06:15 pm
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Turkey detains 12 over collapsed buildings after quake: report 11 Feb 2023 - 05:24 pm
A man holds debris in front of destroyed buildings in the Antakia historical city in Hatay on February 11, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP
French academic 'happy' after release from Iran prison: lawyer 11 Feb 2023 - 02:48 pm
Handout photo taken in 2012, in an unknown location and released on July 16, 2019 by Sciences Po university shows Franco-Iranian academic a Fariba Adelkhah. (Photo by Thomas Arrive / Sciences Po / AFP)
Rescue teams pull five members of a family from rubble, 129 hours after quake 11 Feb 2023 - 02:19 pm
This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technologies shows collapsed buildings in Antakya, Turkey on February 9, 2023. (Photo by Satellite image 2023 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
Insulated from war, quake brings 'first catastrophe' to Syria city 11 Feb 2023 - 01:28 pm
Rescuers sift through the rubble of a collapsed building in Jableh in the province of Latakia, northwest of the Syrian capital, on February 11, 2023. (Photo by Karim Sahib / AFP)
11 stranded pilot whales saved in Sri Lanka 11 Feb 2023 - 01:17 pm
A Sri Lankan fisherman tries to push back stranded pilot whales into the deep water in the northwestern coast of Kudawa on February 11, 2023.(Photo by AFP)
Fourth day of pension reform protests to hit France 11 Feb 2023 - 01:14 pm
Protesters hold a sign reading
US jet shoots down unknown object flying off Alaska coast 11 Feb 2023 - 01:05 pm
Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on February 10, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP
Australia's remote Norfolk Island battens down ahead of cyclone 11 Feb 2023 - 12:38 pm
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Popular S. African rapper AKA shot dead outside restaurant 11 Feb 2023 - 11:43 am
In this file photo taken on June 04, 2016 South African rap sensation Kiernan Forbes poses on the red carpet at the 22nd annual South African Music Awards (SAMAS) in Durban.(Photo by Rajesh Jantilal / AFP)
Biden says democracy prevailed in US, Brazil as Lula visits 11 Feb 2023 - 11:32 am
US President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walk to the Oval Office for a meetinig at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2023. (Photo by Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP)
Turkey tremor evokes questions over building standards 11 Feb 2023 - 09:35 am
This aerial view shows collapsed buildings during ongoing rescue operation in Kahramanmaras, on February 10, 2023. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)
White House says Biden won’t do Super Bowl interview with Fox 11 Feb 2023 - 08:01 am
US President Joe Biden speaks to a bipartisan group of governors in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, during the National Governors Association Winter Meeting, on February 10, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/ AFP)