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Sicily police seal off apartment where Mafia boss hid 17 Jan 2023 - 01:56 pm
A screengrab taken from a video shows Matteo Messina Denaro the country's most wanted mafia boss after he was arrested in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on January 16, 2023. Carabinieri/Handout via REUTERS
Bangladeshi cleric convicted for spreading Covid disinformation 17 Jan 2023 - 01:02 pm
Picture taken from Facebook / Mufti Kazi Ibrahim
Biden to visit flood-hit California on Thursday 17 Jan 2023 - 12:13 pm
Houses along Beach Dr. in Seacliff that were damaged by flooding, in a region saturated after three weeks of storms, are seen in Aptos, California, U.S. January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Daniel Dreifuss
Nepal plane crash searchers rappel, fly drones to find last two people 17 Jan 2023 - 11:54 am
Rescuers inspect the wreckage at the site of a Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara on January 16, 2023. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)
China's Lunar New Year travel offers spark of economic rebound from COVID crunch 17 Jan 2023 - 11:48 am
People wait to board a train at a railway station during the annual Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Shanghai, China January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Pakistan PM Sharif offers talks with arch-rival India 17 Jan 2023 - 10:36 am
Reuters file photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
Singapore expects full tourism recovery by 2024 17 Jan 2023 - 10:22 am
Reuters file photo
Nigerians flock to get voting cards as election looms 17 Jan 2023 - 09:05 am
Three main candidates are vying to replace President Muhammadu Buhari (Reuters file photo).
Europeans launch alliance for climate-friendly cities 17 Jan 2023 - 12:09 am
A photograph shows a general view of the alpine resort of Davos, on the opening day of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on January 16, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
Biden calls Republican lawmakers 'fiscally demented' 16 Jan 2023 - 11:52 pm
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the National Action Network's (NAN) annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day breakfast in Washington, US, January 16, 2023. (REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson)
Traffic resumes after Ukraine cargo ship grounded near Istanbul 16 Jan 2023 - 11:04 pm
Palau flagged bulker MKK1, carrying grain under UN’s Black Sea grain initiative, is towed free after running aground in Istanbul's Bosphorus, Turkey, January 16, 2023. (REUTERS/Mehmet Emin Caliskan)
Ukrainian troops in US for Patriot training: US military 16 Jan 2023 - 11:01 pm
Ukrainian artillerymen fire an L119 howitzer towards Russian positions at a front line in the Lugansk region on January 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov / AFP)
Cleanup at Congo church begins after blast kills 14 16 Jan 2023 - 10:57 pm
File Photo: Demonstrators march during a protest by Congo's Catholic and Protestant churches, against escalating violence in the east of the country, in Kinshasa, DRC. (REUTERS/Justin Makangara/File Photo)
Belarus opposition leader denounces her trial as 'farce' 16 Jan 2023 - 10:32 pm
Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya attends a meeting with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (not pictured) at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, on December 14, 2020.  File Photo / Reuters
UK-Rwanda deportation scheme faces new appeal 16 Jan 2023 - 10:22 pm
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions in the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, November, on December 14, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
UN condemns Russian missile attack in Dnipro as possible war crime 16 Jan 2023 - 10:18 pm
This photograph taken on January 14, 2023 shows a destroyed car and a residential building that were destroyed by a missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine. (Photo by Vitalii Matokha / AFP)
TotalEnergies 'war crimes complicity' case shelved 16 Jan 2023 - 10:10 pm
A sign with the logo of French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is pictured at a petrol station in Bouguenais near Nantes, France, on November 14, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Venezuelan teachers march for better pay amid sky-high inflation 16 Jan 2023 - 09:54 pm
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference following the ruling Socialist Party's victory in legislative elections that were boycotted by the opposition in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 8, 2020.   File Photo / Reuters