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Man driving U-haul truck allegedly kills 1, wounds 8 in New York 14 Feb 2023 - 12:49 pm
FEBRUARY 13: An NYPD vehicle is seen parked in front of a crashed U-Haul truck on Hamilton Avenue on February 13, 2023 in the Red Hook neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Photo by Michael M. Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
3 people killed at Michigan State University; gunman dead 14 Feb 2023 - 10:06 am
Police and emergency vehicles are on the scene of an active shooter situation on the campus of Michigan State University on February 13, 2023 in Lansing, Michigan. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images/AFP
Syria to open two border crossings for quake aid: UN chief 14 Feb 2023 - 12:55 am
This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (right) meeting with Martin Griffiths, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, in the capital Damascus on February 13, 2023. (Photo by SANA / AFP) 
US defends decision to shoot down three unidentified objects 14 Feb 2023 - 12:07 am
This file photo taken on February 01, 2023, shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon in the sky over Billings, Montana. (Photo by Chase Doak / AFP)
Biden fires Architect of the Capitol over alleged abuses 13 Feb 2023 - 11:53 pm
US President Joe Biden arrives for the entertainment portion of the evening after a black-tie dinner for Governors and their spouses at the White House in Washington, DC on February 11, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Colombian government, rebels resume peace talks in Mexico 13 Feb 2023 - 11:16 pm
Representatives of the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army pose for a picture ahead of peace talks in Mexico City. ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP
Ukraine troops train on Leopard tanks in Poland 13 Feb 2023 - 10:52 pm
Polish and Ukrainian soldiers train on a Leopard 2 tank at the Swietoszow military base in western Poland on February 13, 2023. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)
Russia delays launch to space station while leak is probed 13 Feb 2023 - 10:50 pm
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WHO says Equatorial Guinea confirms first outbreak of Marburg 13 Feb 2023 - 10:27 pm
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema. File photo / AFP
Equatorial Guinea says nine dead in Marburg virus outbreak 13 Feb 2023 - 09:46 pm
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Newborn saved from rubble in quake-hit Syria in good health 13 Feb 2023 - 09:31 pm
This photograph shows a teddy bear on the rubble of a collapsed building on February 12, 2023 in Kahramanmaras, as rescue teams starts to wind down their work after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Hungary FM's Belarus visit 1st from EU country since 2020 13 Feb 2023 - 09:17 pm
Hungarian President Katalin Novak (right) speaks during a joint press conference with the Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov in the presidential palace in Budapest, Hungary, on February 13, 2023. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)
Greenpeace to appeal Spain-Saudi arms deal confidentiality 13 Feb 2023 - 09:12 pm
A Greenpeace activist holds a flare as he stands at the top of a fire truck ladder after activists unfolded a banner reading 'Amazon on fire Macron still complicit' in front of The Elysee Palace in Paris on September 10, 2020. (Photo by Christophe Archambault / AFP)
UK Queen Consort Camilla tests positive for Covid again 13 Feb 2023 - 08:50 pm
It is almost a year since Camilla, 75, tested positive for the virus for the first time. Tolga Akmen / POOL/AFP/File
UK embassy guard caught after spying for Russia: prosecution 13 Feb 2023 - 08:50 pm
Pedestrians walk in front of the British embassy in Berlin, November 5, 2013. (REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch)
'Are we going to die?': Trauma haunts Turkish kids after quake 13 Feb 2023 - 08:42 pm
Turkish soldiers patrol next to collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras on February 13, 2023, as rescue teams continue to search for victims and survivors, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Berlusconi blames Ukraine war on Zelenskyy, chafes Meloni 13 Feb 2023 - 08:26 pm
This handout satellite image taken on February 8, 2023 by Maxar Technologies shows armored vehicles positioned behind residential buildings in Krylivka, Ukraine. (Satellite image 2022 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
Myanmar's military rulers to let 'loyal' citizens carry guns 13 Feb 2023 - 08:09 pm
A soldier stands guard along a road as security forces search for protesters in Yangon on May 7, 2021. File photo / AFP