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Japan says past aerial objects likely Chinese spy balloons 15 Feb 2023 - 12:27 pm
In this file photo taken on February 01, 2023 this handout photo from Chase Doak and released on February 2 shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon in the sky over Billings, Montana. Photo by Chase DOAK / CHASE DOAK / AFP
UN appeals for $5.6 billion for aid to Ukraine in 2023 15 Feb 2023 - 12:23 pm
Residents put their belongings on top of a cage containing a rabit as they evacuate Chasiv Yar on February 14, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP)
Magnitude 5.7 quake hits New Zealand, no damage reported 15 Feb 2023 - 10:48 am
An aerial photo taken on February 15, 2023 shows flooding in the city of Napier, situated on the North Island's east coast. Photo by STRINGER / AFP
Buffalo supermarket gunman set to receive life prison term 15 Feb 2023 - 10:28 am
A Member of the FBI search for evidence at the scene of a weekend shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, U.S. May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Taliban forces kill 3 IS members in raid on Kabul building 14 Feb 2023 - 10:30 pm
A Taliban security personnel poses for a photo along a bridge in Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province on February 13, 2023. (Photo by OMER ABRAR / AFP)
French waste collectors urged to create stink over pension reform 14 Feb 2023 - 10:05 pm
Unions protest in Paris at France's pension reform bill to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years.  Alain JOCARD / AFP
Most trafficked Sahel firearms are from national armies: UN 14 Feb 2023 - 09:57 pm
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Russian businessman guilty in hacking, insider trade scheme 14 Feb 2023 - 09:35 pm
Vladislav Klyushin was detained en route to a ski holiday in Zermatt with his family. Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
Possible war crime as Russia holds thousands of children: US report 14 Feb 2023 - 09:21 pm
In this file photo taken on December 22, 2022 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the US Congress as US Vice President Kamala Harris (left) and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi  applaud at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
US financier detained in slain Haitian president probe 14 Feb 2023 - 09:13 pm
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At least 32 civilians killed in eastern Congo, says the UN 14 Feb 2023 - 08:23 pm
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Saudi Arabia to host FIFA Club World Cup 2023 14 Feb 2023 - 08:05 pm
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Polish mum of seven gives birth to 'miracle' quintuplets 14 Feb 2023 - 07:11 pm
A newborn baby of a set of quintuplets lies in an incubator at the Obstetrics Department of the University Hospital in Krakow, southern Poland, 14 February 2023. Credit:Lukasz Gagulski / Avalon
Quake relief reaches Syria through newly opened crossing 14 Feb 2023 - 07:05 pm
Vehicles carrying the first UN delegation to visit rebel-held northwestern Syria, arrive through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
UN appeals for nearly $400 mn for Syria quake victims 14 Feb 2023 - 06:57 pm
An employee works on an order of custom-made cold weather sleeping bags to be donated for earthquake relief, at the Palestinian Super-Tex al-Saafin textile factory in Hebron city in the occupied West Bank, on February 14, 2023. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
Troubled French comedian faces charges over car crash 14 Feb 2023 - 06:51 pm
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EU to ban fossil fuel cars, slash truck and bus emissions 14 Feb 2023 - 06:48 pm
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola looks on as Latvia's President delivers a speech as part of a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on February 14, 2023. (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP)
Boost for Macron as French unemployment drops to 15-year low 14 Feb 2023 - 06:21 pm
French Labour Minister Olivier Dussopt looks at a political leaflet of President Emmanuel Macron candidate for the 2022 French presidential election on pension reform during a session to discuss on the government's pension reform plan at the National Assembly, French Parliament lower house, in Paris, on February 13, 2023. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)