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Rare giant cloud formation in Turkiye spooks netizens 22 Jan 2023 - 11:14 am
A cloud resembling a UFO is seen in Bursa, northwestern Türkiye, Jan. 19, 2023. Photo/IHA
Three Kuwaiti ports suspend operations due to bad weather: State news agency 22 Jan 2023 - 10:43 am
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Next New Zealand PM slams 'abhorrent' Ardern treatment 22 Jan 2023 - 10:25 am
Chris Hipkins speaks to members of the media, after being confirmed as the only nomination to replace Jacinda Ardern as leader of the Labour Party, outside New Zealand's parliament in Wellington, New Zealand January 21 2023. REUTERS/Lucy Craymer
Sudan's prized gum trees ward off drought but workers wither 22 Jan 2023 - 09:49 am
Gum arabic sap pictured on the branch of an acacia tree, in the state-owned Demokaya research forest some 30km east of El-Obeid, the capital city of the central Sudanese wilayet (state) of North Kordofan, on January 9, 2023. (Photo by Ashraf Shazly / AFP)
COVID curbs over, China's tourists hit Thai beaches for first time in 3 years 22 Jan 2023 - 09:40 am
A Chinese tourist rides on an elephant in a jungle park ahead of Lunar New Year in Phuket, Thailand January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Four killed, four critical after Japan apartment fire 22 Jan 2023 - 08:43 am
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Six more classified docs found in Justice Dept search of Biden home 22 Jan 2023 - 08:15 am
(Files) In this file photo taken on January 13, 2023, US President Joe Biden (R) listens to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
White House chief of staff Klain expected to leave in weeks -sources 21 Jan 2023 - 11:50 pm
US President Joe Biden shakes hands White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain as Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm looks on as he arrives for a meeting with cabinet officials, governors, and private sector partners to discuss preparedness of Western states to heat, drought and wildfires this season, at the White House in Washington, US on June 30, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
Russia to retaliate after RT accounts frozen in France: reports 21 Jan 2023 - 11:35 pm
This file photo taken in Paris on March 2, 2022 shows RT France network last live emission due to a european union decision after the Russia's invasion of Ukraine. - Moscow will retaliate against French media in Russia after the bank accounts of RT France, the French arm of its state broadcaster, were frozen, Russian news agencies reported on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
Fireworks, flowers in Wuhan for Lunar New Year but grief lingers 21 Jan 2023 - 10:43 pm
People walk on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
US military says Somalia strike killed 30 al Shabaab fighters 21 Jan 2023 - 10:09 pm
Somali security officers drive past a section of Hotel Hayat, the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group militant attack in Mogadishu, Somalia on August 20, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Yellen, at former slave port, sees path of renewal for Africa and US 21 Jan 2023 - 09:59 pm
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen gives a speech after she visited the House of Slaves (Maison des Esclaves) at Goree Island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal on January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ngouda Dione
Failure to cut debt burden of some countries could hamper growth, spark conflict - Yellen 21 Jan 2023 - 09:52 pm
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stands at the 'Door of No Return' as she visits the House of Slaves (Maison des Esclaves) at Goree Island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal on January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ngouda Dione/File Photo
Arizona dismantles shipping container wall on US-Mexico border 21 Jan 2023 - 09:41 pm
Workers watch as one of a long row of shipping containers stacked to create a wall between the United States and Mexico is lifted onto a flatbed truck for removal in the Coronado National Forest near Hereford, Arizona, on January 20, 2023. (Photo by Robyn BECK / AFP)
Brazil's Lula replaces army commander 21 Jan 2023 - 09:34 pm
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, speaks after signing a bill recognising community health agents and agents fighting endemic diseases as health professionals, with regulated professions, at an event at the Palacio do Planalto, in Brasilia, on January 20, 2023. (Photo by DOUGLAS MAGNO / AFP)
Thousands protest in Lisbon for animal rights amid constitutional dispute 21 Jan 2023 - 09:25 pm
People demonstrate for animal rights in Lisbon, Portugal, on January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Catarina Demony
Russia's Wagner to send Kiev bodies of soldiers killed in Soledar 21 Jan 2023 - 09:11 pm
Visitors gather outside PMC Wagner Centre, which is a project implemented by the businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin, during the official opening of the office block in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on November 4, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Russia's RT France to close after accounts frozen 21 Jan 2023 - 08:59 pm
A view shows the logo of RT France at the studios of the Russian broadcaster RT during a press visit in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, France, on December 18, 2017. File Photo / Reuters