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Ukrainian troops in US for Patriot training: US military 16 Jan 2023 - 11:01 pm
Ukrainian artillerymen fire an L119 howitzer towards Russian positions at a front line in the Lugansk region on January 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov / AFP)
Cleanup at Congo church begins after blast kills 14 16 Jan 2023 - 10:57 pm
File Photo: Demonstrators march during a protest by Congo's Catholic and Protestant churches, against escalating violence in the east of the country, in Kinshasa, DRC. (REUTERS/Justin Makangara/File Photo)
Belarus opposition leader denounces her trial as 'farce' 16 Jan 2023 - 10:32 pm
Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya attends a meeting with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (not pictured) at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, on December 14, 2020.  File Photo / Reuters
UK-Rwanda deportation scheme faces new appeal 16 Jan 2023 - 10:22 pm
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions in the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, November, on December 14, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
UN condemns Russian missile attack in Dnipro as possible war crime 16 Jan 2023 - 10:18 pm
This photograph taken on January 14, 2023 shows a destroyed car and a residential building that were destroyed by a missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine. (Photo by Vitalii Matokha / AFP)
TotalEnergies 'war crimes complicity' case shelved 16 Jan 2023 - 10:10 pm
A sign with the logo of French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is pictured at a petrol station in Bouguenais near Nantes, France, on November 14, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Venezuelan teachers march for better pay amid sky-high inflation 16 Jan 2023 - 09:54 pm
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference following the ruling Socialist Party's victory in legislative elections that were boycotted by the opposition in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 8, 2020.   File Photo / Reuters
Thousands demand EU blacklisting of Iran's Revolutionary Guards 16 Jan 2023 - 09:46 pm
Police said some 12,000 people took part in the demonstration which marched towards the parliament where a monthly plenary session was being held. (Frederick FLORIN / AFP)
Yellen to meet Chinese official in bid to ease tensions 16 Jan 2023 - 09:38 pm
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen presides over the unveiling of the first US banknotes printed with two women's signatures at an event in Fort Worth, Texas, US, on December 8, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Brazil's Lula to end industrial tax IPI 16 Jan 2023 - 09:37 pm
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting with parliamentarians at Planalto Palace in Brasilia on January 11, 2023. (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP)
Swiss prosecutors nearing decision on Gambian ex-minister 16 Jan 2023 - 09:21 pm
Ousman Sonko, former interior minister of The Gambia during the reign of Yahya Jammeh, is actually prosecuted in Switzerland on suspicion of
Ukraine takes weapons lobbying operation to Davos 16 Jan 2023 - 09:10 pm
File Photo: Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, speaks during an interview with Reuters on November 2, 2022. (REUTERS/Pedro Nunes)
Germany calls for special tribunal against Russia over Ukraine war 16 Jan 2023 - 08:57 pm
Emergency personnel work among debris at the site where a building was heavily damaged in recent shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
South Africa's Eskom to reduce power cuts but long-term outlook bleak 16 Jan 2023 - 08:48 pm
Locals walk past electricity pylons during frequent power outages from South African utility Eskom, caused by its aging coal-fired plants, in Orlando, Soweto, South Africa, on September 28, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
UK's Clarkson apologises to Harry and Meghan over 'naked' column 16 Jan 2023 - 08:28 pm
TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson in the stands during the  Aegon Championships at Queens Club, London on June 17, 2015. File Photo / Reuters
Europe investigators hear Lebanon witnesses over central bank chief 16 Jan 2023 - 08:22 pm
A view shows Lebanon's Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon, January 12, 2023. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
Beirut blast protesters say judiciary targets them not officials 16 Jan 2023 - 08:21 pm
A general view shows the Beirut silos damaged in the August 2020 port blast, in Beirut, Lebanon on May 17, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Scientists unearth megaraptors, feathered dinosaur fossils in Chile's Patagonia 16 Jan 2023 - 08:17 pm
A woman holds a fossil at the area where scientists discovered megaraptor fossils at 'Guido' hill in the Chilean Patagonia area, close to Torres del Paine park, in Magallanes and Antarctic region, Chile in this undated handout photo provided by the Instituto Chileno Antartico on January 16, 2023. (Instituto Chileno Antartico/Handout via REUTERS)