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Woman accused of murdering Saudi national in US arrested: Embassy  28 Jan 2023 - 02:24 pm
File Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
France extends Covid tests for travellers from China 28 Jan 2023 - 02:05 pm
Travellers wait for their trains at Hangzhou East railway station during the Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China January 20, 2023. File Photo: China Daily via REUTERS.
Cracking under pressure: Inside the race to fix France’s nuclear plants 28 Jan 2023 - 12:47 pm
This photograph taken on January 26, 2023, shows people walking in the manufacturing workshop Georges Besse 1, an Uranium enrichment site at the Tricastin nuclear power plant in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateau, southern France. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)
Two Indian air force jets crash, one pilot killed 28 Jan 2023 - 12:19 pm
People gather around the debris of a crashed aircraft in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, January 28, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a handout video. ANI/Handout via Reuters
Retired NATO general set to win Czech presidential vote 28 Jan 2023 - 12:15 pm
Presidential candidate and former Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the czech Republic Petr Pavel meets with supporters during in the presidential elections on January 27, 2023 in Cernoucek village, czech Republic. - Petr Pavel will face billionaire lawmaker Andrej Babis in the second round of the Presidential Elections on January 27 and 28, after having secured a narrow first place in the first round. (Photo by Michal Cizek / AFP)
Holiday trips within China surge after lifting of COVID curbs 28 Jan 2023 - 10:59 am
Travellers wait for their trains at Hangzhou East railway station during the Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China January 20, 2023. China Daily via Reuters
Russian foreign ministry calls for avoiding a nuclear clash in Northeast Asia 28 Jan 2023 - 10:36 am
A still image from video, released by the Russian Defence Ministry, shows what it said to be Russia's Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launched during exercises held by the country's strategic nuclear forces at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, in this image taken from handout footage released October 26, 2022. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
BBC Arabic Radio goes off air after 85 years 28 Jan 2023 - 10:23 am
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Peru Congress rejects president's plan for early elections 28 Jan 2023 - 10:01 am
Demonstrators hold a protest against the government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and to demand her resignation, in Juliaca, southern Peru, on January 27, 2023. - Peru's embattled President Dina Boluarte on Friday urged Congress to advance elections slated for April 2024 to December 2023 as protests against her leadership that have left dozens dead continue. Peru has been embroiled in a political crisis with near-daily protests since December 7 when former president Pedro Castillo was arrested after attempting to dissolve parliament and rule by decree. (Photo by Juan Carlos CISNEROS / AFP)
UK airline Flybe ceases trading, cancels all flights 28 Jan 2023 - 09:48 am
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Memphis releases deadly police beating video 28 Jan 2023 - 09:26 am
A demonstrator holds a placard as people march during a protest on the day of the release of a video showing police officers beating Tyre Nichols, the young Black man who died three days after he was pulled over while driving during a traffic stop by Memphis police officers, in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Total of 321 heavy tanks promised to Ukraine, says Ukraine ambassador to France 28 Jan 2023 - 12:39 am
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks next to a Leopard 2 battle tank of the German armed forces Bundeswehr as he visits German Bundeswehr's troops during a training exercise at the military ground in Ostenholz, northern Germany, on October 17, 2022. Germany on January 25, 2023 approved the delivery of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, after weeks of pressure from Kyiv and many allies. (Photo by Ronny Hartmann / AFP)
Watchdog blames Syria for 2018 chemical attack 28 Jan 2023 - 12:32 am
A child waves as a US convoy patrols the area near the town of Tal Hamis, southeast of the city of Qameshli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh governorate, on January 26, 2023. (Photo by Delil Souleiman / AFP)
Dozens of Yanomami children hospitalized in Brazil amid health crisis 28 Jan 2023 - 12:23 am
A Yanomami indigenous child, who is treated for malnutrition, sits in a hammock at a special yard for indigenous people of the Santo Antonio Children's Hospital, in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, January 27, 2023. (REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli)
Authorities release footage of assailant striking Pelosi's husband 28 Jan 2023 - 12:03 am
A screen grab taken from video shows damage to the home of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after her husband Paul Pelosi was violently assaulted during a break-in at their house in San Francisco, California, US, October 28, 2022. (KGO TV via ABC via REUTERS)
Germany edge Australia to reach hockey World Cup final 27 Jan 2023 - 10:44 pm
German players celebrate after scoring the winning goal during the men's semi-final match between Australia and Germany at the FIH Odisha Field hockey Men's World Cup 2023, in Bhubaneswar on January 27, 2023. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)
UN warns of record rates of hunger in Syria 27 Jan 2023 - 10:23 pm
File Photo: A child pushes a cart selling cooked sweetcorn in Douma, outside Damascus, Syria, September 17, 2018. (REUTERS/Marko Djurica)
Japan to drop mask guidance, relax covid strategy 27 Jan 2023 - 10:18 pm
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida removes his face mask before his speech during a plenary session of the upper house of parliament in Tokyo on January 27, 2023. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP)