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Syria's White Helmets rescuers urge international quake help 08 Feb 2023 - 04:54 pm
Algerian rescue teams take part in the search and rescue operations in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on February 8, 2023, two days after a deadly earthquake struck Syria and Turkey.   (Photo by AFP)
Kenya suspends two more football players for match-fixing 08 Feb 2023 - 04:52 pm
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Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria quake pass 11,000 08 Feb 2023 - 04:44 pm
 A Syrian man carries the body of a child on February 7, 2023, Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP
Britain vows more Ukraine support as Zelensky visits 08 Feb 2023 - 04:43 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting inside 10 Downing Street in central London on February 8, 2023. (Photo by Dan Kitwood / POOL / AFP)
Florence Baptistry mosaics to be available for visitors inspection up close 08 Feb 2023 - 03:59 pm
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International team suspends investigation into MH17 downing 08 Feb 2023 - 03:46 pm
Lawyers attend the judges' inspection of the reconstruction of the MH17 wreckage, as part of the murder trial ahead of the beginning of a critical stage, in Reijen, Netherlands, May 26, 2021. FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
Scholz 'certain' Putin 'will not achieve goals' in Ukraine 08 Feb 2023 - 03:43 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses delegates on February 8, 2023 at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
Swiss give 2,500-year-old stone sculpture back to Peru 08 Feb 2023 - 03:38 pm
Handout photograph released by the Swiss Culture Minister on February 8, 2023 shows Peruvian sculpture seized by Swiss customs. (Photo by Handout / Swiss Culture Minister / AFP) /
US, states weigh farmland restrictions after Chinese balloon 08 Feb 2023 - 03:33 pm
This picture provided by the US Navy shows 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.
Biden urges US blue-collar resurgence in feisty Congress speech 08 Feb 2023 - 03:21 pm
US Vice President Kamala Harris and US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) listen as US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address, on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
Syria requests EU help for quake relief 08 Feb 2023 - 02:33 pm
Russian rescue personnel search for survivors and victims under the rubble of a collapsed building in the town of Jableh in Syria's northwestern province of Latakia. (Photo by AFP)
Farmers Roll Hundreds of Tractors to Paris to Protest Pesticide Ban 08 Feb 2023 - 02:23 pm
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China says it was smeared in Biden State of the Union speech 08 Feb 2023 - 02:10 pm
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 07: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on February 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. The speech marks Biden's first address to the new Republican-controlled House. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
South Korean safety minister impeached over crowd crush 08 Feb 2023 - 12:33 pm
Interior and Safety Minister Lee Sang-min (second from left) is seen attending a Cabinet meeting in Sejong City Tuesday. (Yonhap)
Zelenskyy to visit UK for first time since Russia's invasion 08 Feb 2023 - 12:08 pm
Ukraine's acting Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko (2R/REAR) and acting Head of Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Maliuk (R/REAR), attend a session of the Ukrainian Parliament with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) where deputies will vote on the appointment in Kyiv on February 7, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by ANDRII NESTERENKO / AFP)
Wretched life of migrants building Senegal's city of the future 08 Feb 2023 - 10:02 am
A construction worker from Guinea Conakry looks on during a lunch break in Diamniadio on November 15, 2022. - Young men from Sierra Leone, Guinea and even distant Nigeria have flocked to Diamniadio, lured by the vision of a decent job and pay in a stable currency. They are among thousands of labourers toiling on construction sites across the budding city. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)
Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 7,800 as rescuers battle cold 08 Feb 2023 - 07:57 am
This handout photograph released by Maxar Technologies on February 7, 2023, shows a satellite image taken of Islahiye in south-eastern Turkey on February 7, 2023 (Photo by Handout / Satellite image 2023 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
US says helping quake-hit Syria, will do more in Turkey 08 Feb 2023 - 12:31 am
People react they wait near a search and rescue operation following an earthquake in Gaziantep, Turkey, February 7, 2023. (REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan)