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Beijing shop launches 'Squid Game' bake-off challenge 17 Oct 2021 - 11:18 am
A customer uses a tool to cut a biscuit into a shape during a session of a South Korean Netflix show Squid Game-themed confection-making event, at a bakery in Beijing, China in this screengrab from a video taken on October 16, 2021. REUTERS TV via REUTERS
Russian filmmakers land after shoot aboard space station 17 Oct 2021 - 10:46 am
The International Space Station (ISS) crew member Russian actress Yulia Peresild rests after the landing of the Soyuz MS-18 space capsule in a remote area outside Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan October 17, 2021, in this still image taken from video. Roscosmos/Han
China surprises US with hypersonic missile test, FT reports 17 Oct 2021 - 10:23 am
The Chinese national flag is seen in Beijing, China April 29, 2020. Reuters/Thomas Peter/File Photo
Melbourne to ease world's longest COVID-19 lockdowns as vaccinations rise 17 Oct 2021 - 10:11 am
People wear protective face masks in the city centre during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Up to 17 US missionaries and family kidnapped in Haiti: Media 17 Oct 2021 - 10:03 am
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Social distancing stickers removed from all over Grand Mosque in Makkah 17 Oct 2021 - 09:40 am
Source: SPA
Laurent Gbagbo launches new political party in Ivory Coast 16 Oct 2021 - 07:35 pm
Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo waves during a meeting to launch the formation of a new political party, in Abidjan on October 16, 2021. (Reuters/Luc Gnago)
Delicate GOP dance for Trump, Youngkin in Virginia governor race 16 Oct 2021 - 07:03 pm
A billboard showing former U.S. President Donald Trump is seen in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York on October 14, 2021. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)
11 kids drowned, 10 rescued in Indonesian river cleanup 16 Oct 2021 - 05:55 pm
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Russia's daily Covid-19 death toll at record high as vaccination program stalls 16 Oct 2021 - 03:45 pm
Passengers are seen at a metro station on the first day after a lockdown designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was lifted in Moscow, Russia June 9, 2020. Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo
Biden to attend memorial service honoring U.S. law enforcement officers 16 Oct 2021 - 02:12 pm
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks promoting his
Biden to attend memorial service honoring US law enforcement officers 16 Oct 2021 - 01:47 pm
US President Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One for travel back to Washington from Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, US. Reuters/Leah Millis
Teenager armed with Lego gun triggers alarm in southern Germany 16 Oct 2021 - 01:37 pm
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ASEAN excludes Myanmar junta leader from summit in rare move 16 Oct 2021 - 12:15 pm
Flags are seen outside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) secretariat building, ahead of the ASEAN leaders' meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 23, 2021. Reuters/Willy Kurniawan//File Photo
UK PM Johnson visits church where lawmaker was stabbed to death 16 Oct 2021 - 12:06 pm
Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Boris Johnson hold flowers as they arrive at the scene where British MP David Amess was stabbed to death during a meeting with constituents at the Belfairs Methodist Church, in Leigh-on-Sea, Br
India reopens for foreign tourists as virus infections ebb 15 Oct 2021 - 10:09 pm
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Don't just talk - act on climate, Queen Elizabeth signals to world leaders 15 Oct 2021 - 10:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Queen Elizabeth walks among spring blossom and flowers as she arrives to attend the unveiling of a statue in Windsor,southern England, March 31, 2014. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Canada's Trudeau to recall parliament late Nov., opposition say he is wasting time 15 Oct 2021 - 09:55 pm
FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference at a cabinet retreat in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo