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Heavy snow, deep cold halts transport across Japan, at least one dead 25 Jan 2023 - 11:38 am
A train is stranded at Nishioji station in Kyoto, Japan in this photo provided by Kyodo on January 25, 2023. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Australia Inflation Hits 33-Year High 25 Jan 2023 - 11:24 am
People are silhouetted against the Sydney Opera House at sunset in Australia, November 2, 2016. File Photo: REUTERS/Steven Saphore
UK factory price inflation eases to slowest in almost a year 25 Jan 2023 - 11:09 am
Workers fit a roof panel on the TX electric taxi production line inside the LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) factory in Coventry, Britain, January 18, 2023. File Photo: Reuters/Phil Noble
N. Korea locks down capital over 'respiratory illness': report 25 Jan 2023 - 11:07 am
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Kimchi inflation pushes South Korea imports from China to record 25 Jan 2023 - 10:59 am
An employee works at Cheongone Organic Kimchi factory in Cheongju, South Korea, September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Berlin airport cancels all flights on Wednesday amid strike 25 Jan 2023 - 10:54 am
People wait with their luggages during a general strike by employees over pay demands, at the Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), in Schoenefeld near Berlin, Germany January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi
Two killed in Philippines air crash, another plane missing 25 Jan 2023 - 10:49 am
A handout photo from the Bureau of Fire Protection Region II taken and released on January 25, 2023, shows rescuers retrieving a body from a crashed plane in Pilar, Bataan, where two Philippine air force aviators were killed. (Photo by Handout / Bureau of Fire Protection Region II / AFP)
New Zealand's Chris Hipkins sworn in as prime minister 25 Jan 2023 - 08:49 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks to the media during his first official post cabinet press conference at Parliament in Wellington on January 25, 2023. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP)
Thirteen crew rescued after ship sinks off Japan, search on for 9 missing 25 Jan 2023 - 08:42 am
A life boat drifts at sea near the site of a cargo ship that sank off southwestern Japan in this handout image released on January 25, 2023. Courtesy of 7th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters - Japan Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS
Niger army says killed 11 extremists 25 Jan 2023 - 12:26 am
File photo: Soldiers monitor a rural area in northern Burkina Faso, along the border with Mali and Niger.(Photo by MICHELE CATTANI / AFP)
Snow go: New York City's winter is missing the white stuff 25 Jan 2023 - 12:13 am
The rising sun illuminates downtown and the snow-covered Sierra Nevada mountains after a series of atmospheric river storms brought heavy snowfall to the mountain range on January 22, 2023 in Bishop, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)
Classified documents found in ex-VP Pence's home 24 Jan 2023 - 11:53 pm
In this file photo taken on April 12, 2022 former US Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a campus lecture hosted by Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Photo by Ryan M Kelly / AFP)
US poised to approve sending Abrams tanks to Ukraine 24 Jan 2023 - 11:51 pm
US soldiers stand with Polish and US flags near M1/A2 Abrams tank outside a hall of 30th International Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce, Poland on September 5, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Panel in Chile starts final probe into what killed Pablo Neruda 24 Jan 2023 - 11:39 pm
In this file photo taken on October 21, 1971 Chilean writer, poet and diplomat Pablo Neruda, then ambassador in France, answers journalists' questions, next to his wife at the Chilean embassy in Paris after being awarded the 1971 Nobel Literature Prize. (AFP)
G7, partners vow to support Ukraine's energy sector, US says 24 Jan 2023 - 11:24 pm
In this file photo taken on November 29, 2022 (left-right) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom and Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto sit at their places prior to the start of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) in the framework of a NATO Foreign Ministers session, with invitees from Finland and Sweden, in Bucharest, Romania. (Photo by Andrei PUNGOVSCHI / AFP)
Malawi cholera death toll passes 1,000 24 Jan 2023 - 11:07 pm
A clinician at Ndirande Health Centre demonstrates to clients how to take the cholera vaccine in response to the latest cholera outbreak in Blantyre, Malawi, November 16, 2022. (REUTERS/Eldson Chagara)
Mauritanian ex-president heads into historic trial 24 Jan 2023 - 11:04 pm
In this file photo, former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz gives a press point after casting his vote on September 1, 2018. AHMED OULD MOHAMED OULD ELHADJ/AFP
Peru president calls for 'truce' after weeks of unrest 24 Jan 2023 - 10:45 pm
Peru's President Dina Boluarte speaks as she meets with foreign press, in Lima, Peru, January 24, 2023. (REUTERS/Angela Ponce)