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Jailed Thai ex-premier Thaksin to be freed Sunday: PM 17 Feb 2024 - 10:22 am
(Files) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) arrives to greet his supporters after landing at Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
Italy, home of the mafia, now one of Europe's safest countries 17 Feb 2024 - 10:04 am
(Files) A police car stands in front of the Cathedral (Duomo di Milano) in Milan on August 12, 2020. (Photo by Miguel Medina / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Fears grow for crucial Gaza hospital after Israeli raid 17 Feb 2024 - 09:14 am
Displaced Palestinians camp near the border fence between Gaza and Egypt, on February 16, 2024 in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
Singapore engineer pivots from oil rigs to 'fish farm of the future' 17 Feb 2024 - 09:00 am
This photograph taken on December 6, 2023 shows Leow Ban Tat, CEO and founder of the Aquaculture Centre of Excellence (ACE) Farm Eco Ark fish farm, outside the facility in Singapore. (Photo by Roslan Rahman / AFP)
Japan successfully launches next-gen H3 rocket 17 Feb 2024 - 08:34 am
Japan's H3 rocket leaves the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan on February 17, 2024. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
Palestinians forced to eat weeds to stave off hunger 16 Feb 2024 - 11:34 pm
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Olympic cycling champion Hoy reveals he has cancer 16 Feb 2024 - 10:59 pm
(FILES) Former Scottish cyclist Chris Hoy poses on the red carpet prior to the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony in Paris on May 8, 2023. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
Prince Harry says family could reunite over king's illness 16 Feb 2024 - 10:23 pm
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Philippines awards top Filipino conglomerate $3 billion airport makeover 16 Feb 2024 - 09:50 pm
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Blinken raises Russia's anti-satellite arm with China, India 16 Feb 2024 - 08:49 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake hands as they meet at the 60th Munich Security Conference (MSC) at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, southern Germany on February 16, 2024. (Photo by WOLFGANG RATTAY / POOL / AFP)
Senegal president vows election to come 'as soon as possible' 16 Feb 2024 - 08:35 pm
(FILES) Senegal's President Macky Sall as he departs after meeting with France's President at the Elysee Palace, amid the New Global Financial Pact Summit in Paris on June 23, 2023. Senegal's President Macky Sall pledged to organise presidential elections
Young Russians voice fear, disbelief over Navalny death 16 Feb 2024 - 07:31 pm
A portrait of Alexei Navalny, candles and flowers are left at a memorial in Paris on February 16, 2024, after the announcement that the Kremlin's most prominent critic had died in an Arctic prison. (Photo by Ian LANGSDON / AFP)
Indian farmers strike to demand guaranteed crop prices as others attempt to march to New Delhi 16 Feb 2024 - 05:54 pm
Farmers gather along a highway blocked by police to prevent them from marching towards New De;hi during a protest demanding minimum crop prices, near the Haryana-Punjab state border at Shambhu in Patiala district on February 16, 2024. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
Kansas City tries to recover after mass shooting at Super Bowl celebration 16 Feb 2024 - 05:42 pm
People flee after shots were fired near the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII victory parade on February 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Macron says recognising a Palestinian state 'not a taboo' for France 16 Feb 2024 - 05:19 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a joint statement with Jordan's king at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on February 16, 2024. (Photo by Yoan VALAT / POOL / AFP)
Swedish police find dead person inside charred remains of under construction water park 16 Feb 2024 - 05:00 pm
The rescue service works on February 15, 2024 at the burned-out Liseberg Oceana Water World in Gothenburg, after a large fire broke out on February 12, 2024 at the Liseberg amusement park. (Photo by Bjorn LARSSON ROSVALL / TT News Agency / AFP)
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies in prison 16 Feb 2024 - 02:36 pm
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands inside a glass cell during a court hearing at the Babushkinsky district court in Moscow on February 20, 2021. Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
LIVE UPDATES: Patients face death as Israel cuts power at Nasser Hospital 16 Feb 2024 - 01:22 pm
Palestinians mourn near the bodies of loved ones following Israeli bombardment on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, at al-Najar hospital on February 16, 2024 (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)