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Canada offers 200 armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine 18 Jan 2023 - 08:09 pm
Ukrainian servicemen ride an armoured fighting vehicle, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in a frontline in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, November 4, 2022. (REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)
Abducted Burkina women flee jihadist gunmen through bush 18 Jan 2023 - 07:59 pm
A woman pushes a barrel filled with water on the outskirts of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on January 30, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Zelensky writes letter to invite Xi for 'dialogue' 18 Jan 2023 - 07:55 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is displayed on a screen as he addresses students per video link at the Humboldt university in Berlin on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz / AFP)
Exhausted and struggling to pay bills, British nurses go on strike 18 Jan 2023 - 07:47 pm
People hold placards as they take part in a protest march organised by Doctors Association UK, NHS Workers Say No! and NHS Staff Voices, from University College London to Downing Street, in London on January 18, 2023, in support of the ongoing pay disputes.  (Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP)
Lula government cleans up security after riots 18 Jan 2023 - 07:21 pm
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the inauguration ceremony of the new Banco do Brasil President Tarciana Medeiros, in Brasilia, Brazil on January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
Vietnam parliament approves president's resignation 18 Jan 2023 - 07:11 pm
Vietnam's then President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends the 29th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting (AELM) during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 19, 2022. (Jack Taylor/Pool via REUTERS)
In rare attack, polar bear kills two people in Alaska 18 Jan 2023 - 06:48 pm
In this file photo taken on January 01, 1985, a handout photo made available on July 17, 2020 by Polar Bears International shows a polar bear with its cubs in the Sea Ice, northeast of Prudhoe Bay in Alaska in 1985. (Photo by Steven C. Amstrup / Polar Bears International / AFP)
Davos 2023: Egypt sees high demand from investors after currency drop, says minister 18 Jan 2023 - 06:45 pm
General view of hotels, banks and office buildings by the Nile River in Egypt, on September 12, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
How top Mafia boss Messina Denaro escaped justice for 30 years 18 Jan 2023 - 06:35 pm
File Photo: A screengrab taken from a video shows Matteo Messina Denaro the country's most wanted mafia boss after he was arrested in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on January 16, 2023. Carabinieri/Handout via REUTERS
Taiwan presidential contender warns against appeasing China 18 Jan 2023 - 05:35 pm
Taiwan's Vice President William Lai assumes the chairmanship of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party in Taipei, Taiwan, January 18, 2023. (REUTERS/Ann Wang)
Xi says China’s Covid fight in new stage, faces tough tasks 18 Jan 2023 - 05:15 pm
A calligrapher writes spring couplets, a kind of Lunar New Year decorations, at a stall along a street in Foshan, in southern China's Guangdong province on January 18, ahead of the start of the Lunar New Year, which ushers in the Year of the Rabbit on January 22. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
UK ambulance workers set dates for four more strikes, union says 18 Jan 2023 - 04:33 pm
Military personnel and an ambulance worker walk between parked ambulances outside their Waterloo station, amid a strike by ambulance workers due to a dispute with the government over pay, in London, Britain on January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Davos 2023: Moderna CEO in talks with China to supply COVID vaccines 18 Jan 2023 - 03:31 pm
Moderna pharmaceutical and biotechnology company's CEO Stephane Bancel speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 18, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
India considers banning news identified as 'fake' by govt on social media 18 Jan 2023 - 03:11 pm
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Uber resumes services in Tanzania 18 Jan 2023 - 03:06 pm
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Make it easier to raise children say many Chinese after population falls 18 Jan 2023 - 02:08 pm
A woman pushes a trolley with twins along a street in Beijing on Aug. 2, 2022. (Photo: AFP)
Ukraine's Zelenskiy says helicopter crash is 'terrible tragedy' 18 Jan 2023 - 01:55 pm
Firefighters work near the site where a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten in Brovary, outside the capital Kyiv, killing Sixteen people, including two children and Ukrainian interior minister, on January 18, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky / AFP)
Saudi Arabia says open to settling trade in other currencies 18 Jan 2023 - 01:52 pm
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