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Canadian province's healthcare fix raises fears of new strain on public system 17 Jan 2023 - 10:56 pm
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks during his Ontario PC Party provincial election night watch party at the Toronto Congress Centre in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada on June 2, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Brazil's Lula removes soldiers from guarding presidential residence 17 Jan 2023 - 10:40 pm
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Banco do Brasil President Tarciana Medeiros, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 16, 2023. (REUTERS/Adriano Machado)
Jailed Navalny vows to keep resisting the Kremlin, Russia dismisses health concerns 17 Jan 2023 - 10:31 pm
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via a video link before a court hearing to consider his claims against the administration of a penal colony where he is serving his sentence after being found guilty of parole violations, fraud and contempt of court charges, in the town of Kovrov, Russia on October 7, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
Turkish authorities arrest 7 ISIS-affiliated suspects 17 Jan 2023 - 10:25 pm
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Republican told gunmen to 'aim lower' in attacks on New Mexico Democrats 17 Jan 2023 - 10:19 pm
Solomon Pena poses for a jail booking photograph after his arrest by the Albuquerque Police Department in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US on January 17, 2023.  File Photo / Reuters
Dutch premier pledges Patriot missiles for Ukraine at Biden meeting 17 Jan 2023 - 09:40 pm
US President Joe Biden meets with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
US asks court to reverse order banning airplane mask mandate to combat COVID 17 Jan 2023 - 09:40 pm
Travelers wearing protective face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reclaim their luggage at the airport in Denver, Colorado, US, on November 24, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
White House ask House Republicans to "come clean" on McCarthy deals 17 Jan 2023 - 09:18 pm
US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters at the US Capitol in Washington, US, on January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Nigeria will not postpone presidential vote, says election chief 17 Jan 2023 - 09:09 pm
Motorcycle taxi drivers carry passengers as they ride past campaign posters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, in Ibadan, south-west of Nigeria on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Samuel Alabi / AFP)
Ukraine's top general outlines 'urgent needs' in talks with US military chief 17 Jan 2023 - 08:40 pm
US Joint Chiefs Chair Army General Mark Milley speaks during a news briefing after participating a virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, US, on November 16, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Police detain Greta Thunberg in German coal village protests 17 Jan 2023 - 08:32 pm
Climate activists Lakshmi Thevasagayam, Florian Oezcan, and Greta Thunberg protest against the expansion of the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine of Germany's utility RWE, in Luetzerath, Germany, January 13, 2023. File Photo: REUTERS/Christian Mang
Vietnam president resigns as Communist Party intensifies graft crackdown 17 Jan 2023 - 08:21 pm
Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrives to attend APEC Leader's Dialogue with APEC Business Advisory Council during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, November 18, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/Pool via REUTERS)
UK bill seeks to remove videos of migrant crossings 17 Jan 2023 - 08:15 pm
People believed to be migrants disembark a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat after being rescued from the English Channel while crossing from France, in Dover, Britain, on December 17, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
War-torn Libya donates food supplies to fill bare Tunisia shelves 17 Jan 2023 - 07:57 pm
Libyan trucks carrying various food products pass the Ras Jedir border post with Tunisia, early on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Libyan Government of National Unity / AFP)
Blinken to pay long-awaited China visit on February 5-6 17 Jan 2023 - 07:49 pm
In this file photo taken on July 8, 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / POOL / AFP)
EU plans changes to pharmaceuticals law to avoid medicine shortages 17 Jan 2023 - 07:39 pm
European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides speaks during a news conference on the proposal by the European Commission of two laws to cut the environmental impact of pesticides and set aside land for nature restoration, in Brussels, Belgium, June 22, 2022. (REUTERS/Yves Herman)
Law firm Norton Rose’s Frankfurt offices raided in German tax fraud probe 17 Jan 2023 - 07:38 pm
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In Yemen, medical shortages compound suffering of cancer patients 17 Jan 2023 - 07:27 pm
An employee of the National Oncology Center stands next to medicines at the center in Sanaa, Yemen, January 10, 2023. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)