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Swedish prime minister condemns Holy Quran burning 22 Jan 2023 - 03:13 pm
Riot police officers secure the entrance to the Consulate General of Sweden during a demonstration near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, in Istanbul, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/ AFP)
South Africa faces two more years of power outages, Eskom says 22 Jan 2023 - 03:06 pm
Electrical power lines hang from transmission pylons near to the Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Lethabo coal-fired power station in Vereeniging, South Africa, on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. File Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
Indonesian President Jokowi's approval rating at all-time high -poll 22 Jan 2023 - 02:35 pm
File photo of Indonesian President Joko Widodo
At least five injured after blast at mayor's office in Mogadishu: Ambulance worker 22 Jan 2023 - 02:25 pm
Somali policemen prepare to take their positions near the mayor's office following a blast in Mogadishu, Somalia January 22, 2023. Reuters/Feisal Omar
UK says it still wants Ukraine to get German-made tanks 22 Jan 2023 - 02:12 pm
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Multiple casualties at California shooting: report 22 Jan 2023 - 01:10 pm
Screenshot from a video shows emergency responders at the shooting scene, following a shooting at Monterey Park, California, U.S. January 22, 2023. TNLA/Handout via REUTERS
Russia pushing towards two towns in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region 22 Jan 2023 - 12:57 pm
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Japan wins World Pastry Cup 22 Jan 2023 - 12:35 pm
Japan celebrated their third win in the competition after 1989 and 2007 © JEFF PACHOUD / AFP
India blocks 'hostile' BBC documentary on PM Modi 22 Jan 2023 - 12:25 pm
File photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Police attend shooting in Los Angeles area, multiple casualties - LA Times 22 Jan 2023 - 12:03 pm
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China reports nearly 13,000 Covid deaths over last week 22 Jan 2023 - 11:42 am
People walk under lanterns along an alley ahead of the lunar new year in Beijing on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)
Rare giant cloud formation in Turkiye spooks netizens 22 Jan 2023 - 11:14 am
A cloud resembling a UFO is seen in Bursa, northwestern Türkiye, Jan. 19, 2023. Photo/IHA
Three Kuwaiti ports suspend operations due to bad weather: State news agency 22 Jan 2023 - 10:43 am
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Next New Zealand PM slams 'abhorrent' Ardern treatment 22 Jan 2023 - 10:25 am
Chris Hipkins speaks to members of the media, after being confirmed as the only nomination to replace Jacinda Ardern as leader of the Labour Party, outside New Zealand's parliament in Wellington, New Zealand January 21 2023. REUTERS/Lucy Craymer
Sudan's prized gum trees ward off drought but workers wither 22 Jan 2023 - 09:49 am
Gum arabic sap pictured on the branch of an acacia tree, in the state-owned Demokaya research forest some 30km east of El-Obeid, the capital city of the central Sudanese wilayet (state) of North Kordofan, on January 9, 2023. (Photo by Ashraf Shazly / AFP)
COVID curbs over, China's tourists hit Thai beaches for first time in 3 years 22 Jan 2023 - 09:40 am
A Chinese tourist rides on an elephant in a jungle park ahead of Lunar New Year in Phuket, Thailand January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Four killed, four critical after Japan apartment fire 22 Jan 2023 - 08:43 am
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Six more classified docs found in Justice Dept search of Biden home 22 Jan 2023 - 08:15 am
(Files) In this file photo taken on January 13, 2023, US President Joe Biden (R) listens to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)