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Davos 2023: Saudi foreign minister sees progress to end Yemen conflict 18 Jan 2023 - 10:00 pm
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud attends a news conference at the Arab Gulf Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 9, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
UN chief slams oil firms for 'big lie' on global warming 18 Jan 2023 - 09:44 pm
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 18, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
Tiger euthanised in South Africa after escaping from private home 18 Jan 2023 - 09:27 pm
Members of a local community policing forum search the nearby bushes for Sheba, an eight-year-old tiger that escaped from a nearby farm in the Walkerville area on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa on January 16, 2023 REUTERS/Ihsaan Haffejee
Denmark backs UAE leadership of COP28 climate talks 18 Jan 2023 - 08:46 pm
Denmark's Climate Minister Dan Jorgensen speaks to the media after a meeting at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 11, 2021. (REUTERS/Yves Herman)
Yellen eyes China trip after 'constructive' meeting with top Chinese official 18 Jan 2023 - 08:32 pm
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese vice-premier Liu He and their respective delegations wait ahead of their meeting in Zurich, on January 18, 2023. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)
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)