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China says Covid outbreak has infected 80% of population 21 Jan 2023 - 01:23 pm
People walk on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Hector Retamal/ AFP)
Occupation forces kill Palestinian citizen in Ramallah 21 Jan 2023 - 12:57 pm
Family members of a Palestinian man, who was killed by Israeli forces after an attempted stabbing, react, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Elon Musk says Twitter has a headcount of about 2,300 21 Jan 2023 - 12:17 pm
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Death toll from Tibet avalanche rises to 28 21 Jan 2023 - 10:42 am
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Europeans to quiz Lebanon central bank chief 21 Jan 2023 - 12:12 am
A view shows Lebanon's Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon, July 19, 2022. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
Blast claimed by separatist group derails train in Pakistan; 15 hurt 20 Jan 2023 - 11:39 pm
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Trump warns US House Republicans not to touch Social Security, Medicare 20 Jan 2023 - 11:27 pm
File Photo: Former US President Donald Trump announces that he will once again run for U.S. president in the 2024 US presidential election during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 15, 2022. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
Dutch to ban unhealthy designer pets 20 Jan 2023 - 10:47 pm
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Anti-French protesters rally in Burkina Faso 20 Jan 2023 - 09:45 pm
A demonstrator holds placards during a protest to support Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of France's ambassador and military forces, in Ouagadougou, on January 20, 2023. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
Lebanese MPs sleep in parliament to press for end to impasse 20 Jan 2023 - 08:07 pm
This handout picture provided by the Lebanese Parliament Press Office on January 19, 2023, shows Lebanese deputies Melhem Khalaf (left) and Najat Saliba giving a statement to the press at the end of a session in the parliament building, in the capital Beirut's downtown district. (Photo by Stringer / Lebanese Parliament / AFP)
Kremlin tells 'deluded' West that tanks for Ukraine will change nothing 20 Jan 2023 - 07:29 pm
Ukrainian servicemen ride atop a tank near the frontline town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, January 20, 2023. (REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak)
Ukraine pleads for tanks to 'stop evil' at US-led donor meeting 20 Jan 2023 - 06:00 pm
(From left) German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, US General Mark Milley, and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin listen to a video message from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein-Miesenbach, southwestern Germany on January 20, 2023. (Photo by Andre Pain / AFP)
Bosnian dairy farm makes electricity from organic waste 20 Jan 2023 - 05:45 pm
Biogas plant producing electricity from organic waste is seen on Spreca farm in Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina, January 19, 2023. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)
Gabon foreign minister dies after heart attack at cabinet meeting: govt 20 Jan 2023 - 05:11 pm
In this file photo taken on May 19, 2022 Michael Moussa Adamo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gabon, attends a UN Security Council ministerial debate over international peace and security, conflict and food security at UN headquarters. (Photo by Andrea Renault / AFP)
US, Philippines vow to boost security ties to address 'flashpoints' 20 Jan 2023 - 04:51 pm
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations and ASEAN Affairs Theresa Lazaro and US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink attend a press conference during 10th US-Philippines Bilateral Strategic Dialogue in Manila on January 20, 2023. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Sinopharm unit gets OK for clinical trials of mRNA COVID vaccine 20 Jan 2023 - 04:01 pm
Test tubes are seen in front of a displayed Sinopharm logo in this illustration taken, May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
South Korea to drop most indoor mask restrictions 20 Jan 2023 - 03:50 pm
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First raise for Japan day labourer in 20 years, but McDonald's out of reach 20 Jan 2023 - 03:44 pm
Day labourer Masami Fujino poses for a photo during an interview with Reuters at a park in Tokyo, Japan January 20, 2023. REUTERS/ Elaine Lies