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'It just rang': In crises, US-China hotline goes unanswered 10 Feb 2023 - 03:44 pm
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin looks on during a meeting with Georgian Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze, not pictured, at the Pentagon in Washington DC, on February 9, 2023. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP)
Ramaphosa invokes Covid-era response to mounting energy crisis 10 Feb 2023 - 03:30 pm
Former president of South Africa Thabo Mbeki looks on during South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's 2023 state-of-the-nation address (SONA) at the Cape Town City Hall in Cape Town on February 9, 2023. (Photo by ESA ALEXANDER / POOL / AFP)
Turkish woman rescued from quake rubble after over 100 hours 10 Feb 2023 - 03:13 pm
This photo taken and handed out on February 10, 2023 by the German relief organisation ISAR shows members of their rescue teams saving a woman from the rubble of a collapsed building in Kirikhan, Turkey, more than 100 hours after an earthquake hit Turkey and Syria.
US announces $85 mn aid, sanctions relief for quake-hit Turkey and Syria 10 Feb 2023 - 02:42 pm
:US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media prior to a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, not pictured, in the Treaty Room of the US State Department in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Putin to deliver state of the nation address on Feb 21 10 Feb 2023 - 01:58 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with representatives of the country's aviation industry at the Kremlin in Moscow on February 9, 2023. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / SPUTNIK / AFP)
Chile fights raging wildfires with curfews and gasoline permits 10 Feb 2023 - 01:56 pm
A forest fire approaches the town of Dichato in the southern region of Chile, early on February 10, 2023. Photo by JAVIER TORRES / AFP
Biden, Lula to unite on environment at W.House but split on Ukraine 10 Feb 2023 - 01:54 pm
Brazilian Presidency press office showing Brazilian President Luiz Inلcio Lula da Silva and his wife Rosângela Lula da Silva on arrival in Washington, on February 9, 2023. - Lula arrived on an official visit and will meet his US counterpart Joe Biden at the White House on February 10, 2023. (Photo by Ricardo STUCKERT / Brazilian Presidency / AFP)
UK ambulance, university staff walk out again over low pay 10 Feb 2023 - 01:51 pm
A view of ambulances parked along a street, as ambulance workers strike, amid a dispute with the government over pay, near the NHS London Ambulance Service, in London, Britain December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
France, US urge 'immediate' end to Karabakh blockade: Paris 10 Feb 2023 - 01:34 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a press conference at the end of an extraordinary meeting of a EU leaders Summit at The European Council Building in Brussels on February 10, 2023. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
Polish bus comes off German highway and overturns; 35 hurt 10 Feb 2023 - 01:10 pm
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Seoul lifts visa limits on short-term travelers from China 10 Feb 2023 - 12:49 pm
Street vendors (L) wait for customers at Myeongdong shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
UK skirts recession with zero fourth-quarter growth 10 Feb 2023 - 12:03 pm
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Bodies of Cyprus students killed in Turkey quake flown home 10 Feb 2023 - 11:40 am
Rescuers carry out search operations among the rubble of a collapsed building in Adiyaman, Turkey on February 9, 2023, three days after a 7,8-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey. Photo by Ilyas AKENGIN / AFP
Man dies after being shot near New York's Times Square 10 Feb 2023 - 10:18 am
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Russia escalates attacks in Ukraine, striking south and east 10 Feb 2023 - 09:15 am
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Death toll rises, rescues dwindle in earthquake aftermath 10 Feb 2023 - 09:03 am
People watch as rescuers and civilians look for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Nurdagi, in the countryside of Gaziantep, on February 9, 2023, three days after a deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. Photo by Zein Al RIFAI / AFP
US House votes to condemn China over balloon surveillance 09 Feb 2023 - 11:53 pm
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl departs the Senate SCIF on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2023, after US senators received a classified briefing on the Chinese balloon incident. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
Group asks how African American course violates Florida law 09 Feb 2023 - 11:41 pm
Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis.