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Single-letter license plate sells for $3.2 million in Hong Kong 13 Feb 2023 - 10:33 am
Peninsula
Flights grounded, power cut as storm lashes N.Zealand 13 Feb 2023 - 10:22 am
A general view of a damaged road after a storm battered Titirangi, a suburb of New Zealand's West Auckland area, on February 13, 2023. Photo by Diego OPATOWSKI / AFP
Miracle rescues a week after Turkey-Syria quake 13 Feb 2023 - 08:12 am
Relatives sit on top of rubble of collapsed buildings, as rescue teams continue to search victims and survivors, in Kahramanmaras on February 12, 2023. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)
'Unidentified object' downed over Lake Huron, 3rd this week 13 Feb 2023 - 01:05 am
File Photo: Sailors recover a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, US, on February 5, 2023. (US Navy / AP)
US seeking identity, origin of objects shot down from sky 13 Feb 2023 - 12:07 am
A large balloon drifts above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it on February 4, 2023. (AP/Chad Fish)
Italy says support for Kyiv 'firm' after Berlusconi outburst 12 Feb 2023 - 11:52 pm
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi during a campaign rally ahead of the general election, in Milan, Italy, September 23, 2022. (REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo)
Lake Michigan airspace closure latest move in objects saga 12 Feb 2023 - 10:26 pm
The Federal Aviation Administration announced “temporary flight restrictions” over one of the Great Lakes along the US-Canada border. PHOTO: AFP
Assad may consider more border crossings for Syria quake aid: WHO 12 Feb 2023 - 10:09 pm
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on February 11, 2023, shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (right) and first lady Asma al-Assad (left) visiting families affected by the earthquake, at the Basil Al-Assad Center for Educational Training in Latakia, on February 11, 2023. (Photo by SANA / AFP) 
Turkey probes contractors as earthquake deaths pass 33,000 12 Feb 2023 - 09:51 pm
Relatives warm up around a fire in front of rubble of collapsed buildings as rescue teams continue to search victims and survivors, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria earlier in the week, in Kahramanmaras on February 12, 2023. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)
UN admits aid failure for Syria as quake toll hits 33,000 12 Feb 2023 - 09:20 pm
A Turkish soldier walks among destroyed buildings in Hatay, on February 12, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Berlin voters express discontent with chaotic status quo 12 Feb 2023 - 09:13 pm
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's top candidate Kai Wegner delivers his speech after the first exit poll results for the Berlin state's repeat elections at the State parliament in Berlin on February 12, 2023. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
Cyprus ex-foreign minister Christodoulides elected president 12 Feb 2023 - 08:55 pm
Former Cypriot foreign minister and presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides greets supporters as he arrives to cast his vote at the Geroskypou polling centre in the western Paphos district, on February 12, 2023. (Photo by Iakovos Hatzistavrou / AFP)
Man, 19, charged in violent protest outside UK asylum hotel 12 Feb 2023 - 08:28 pm
Peninsula
Mass protest demands better health care in Madrid 12 Feb 2023 - 08:07 pm
Thousands gather at Cibeles square during a demonstration in defense of the public healthcare in Madrid on February 12, 2023. (Photo by Pierre-Philippe Marcou / AFP)
Cyprus votes for new president in tight run-off election 12 Feb 2023 - 07:49 pm
Former Cypriot foreign minister and presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides is flanked by supporters as he arrives to cast his vote at the Geroskypou polling centre in the western Paphos district, on February 12, 2023. (Photo by Iakovos Hatzistavrou / AFP)
Neutral Austria under pressure to get tougher on Russia 12 Feb 2023 - 07:14 pm
Austria's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg.  AFP
France hits out at 'Black Panther' over depiction of its army 12 Feb 2023 - 07:02 pm
French troops were stationed in several countries in West Africa to fight extremists. (Michele Cattani/AFP/File)
Iranian journalist released on bail week after arrest 12 Feb 2023 - 06:57 pm
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows President Ibrahim Raisi addressing the crowds gathered in Tehran's Azadi Square to mark the 44nd anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, on February 11, 2023. (Photo by Iranian Presidency / AFP)