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Brazil's top court lifts Lula with 'secret budget,' social spending rulings 19 Dec 2022 - 09:22 pm
Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a Christmas reunion with waste pickers, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Carla Carniel/File Photo
Amber Heard settles defamation case with ex Johnny Depp 19 Dec 2022 - 07:44 pm
In this file photo taken on May 26, 2022 Actor Amber Heard leaves for the day during the Depp vs Heard deformation trial at Fairfax County Court in Fairfax, Virginia. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
Trump a target as US Capitol riot probe votes on criminal referrals 19 Dec 2022 - 07:36 pm
Former US President Donald Trump thrusts his fist as he greets the crowd after announcing that he will once again run for US president in the 2024 US presidential election, during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, US on November 15, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Five killed in Toronto shooting: police 19 Dec 2022 - 03:34 pm
A police officer looks out from the lobby after a fatal mass shooting at a condominium building in the Toronto suburb of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Dozens injured as turbulence hits Hawaiian Airlines flight 19 Dec 2022 - 03:04 pm
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Mexico reinvents island prison as Pacific tourist draw 17 Dec 2022 - 05:16 pm
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico, on December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Argentina's World Cup 'spider' man Alvarez, the pride of his village 17 Dec 2022 - 01:39 pm
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Elon Musk's team seeks new funding for Twitter - investor 17 Dec 2022 - 08:24 am
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Brittney Griner says she will advocate for Americans detained abroad, resume career 16 Dec 2022 - 09:55 pm
US basketball star Brittney Griner steps off a plane following her release from prison in Russia, in an unknown location, in this picture obtained from social media released on December 16, 2022. (US Army South/Miguel A. Negron via REUTERS) 
Biden administration offers US households more free COVID-19 tests for winter 15 Dec 2022 - 11:18 pm
Covid-19 home test kits are pictured in a store window during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, January 19, 2022. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri)
Puerto Rico independence vote bill passes US House 15 Dec 2022 - 11:08 pm
A person holds a Puerto Rican flag in front of the Capitol building during a protest of teachers demanding salary increase and better working conditions, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on February 9, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Mexico Senate approves president's controversial electoral reform 15 Dec 2022 - 09:21 pm
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador / Reuters file photo
Biden announces US support for African Union joining G20 15 Dec 2022 - 09:02 pm
US President Joe Biden listens to remarks from Senegalese President Macky Sall (R) during the US-Africa Summit Leaders Session on partnering on the African Union’s Agenda 2063, in Washington, US, on December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Giuliani should be disciplined over 2020 election case, ethics panel says 15 Dec 2022 - 08:56 pm
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivers remarks on the September 11 attacks during a news conference in New York, US, on September 9, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Pelosi undecided if US House will take up TikTok government device ban bill 15 Dec 2022 - 08:52 pm
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during her weekly press conference at the US Capitol in Washington on December 15, 2022. (Photo by Win Mcnamee / Getty Images via AFP)
Biden plans Africa visit in follow-up to summit 15 Dec 2022 - 08:47 pm
US President Joe Biden speaks at the US-Africa Summit Leaders Session on partnering on the African Union’s Agenda 2063, in Washington, US, on December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US sanctions Russia’s richest tycoon, Nornickel chief Potanin 15 Dec 2022 - 07:07 pm
Vladimir Potanin, co-owner of Norilsk Nickel, attends an agreement signing ceremony with the Krasnoyarsk region's government, in Moscow, Russia, on December 12, 2017. File Photo / Reuters
Peru declares state of emergency, seeks 18-months jail for Castillo 15 Dec 2022 - 12:28 am
Police officers walk beside protesters taking part in a march demanding the dissolution of the Congress and to hold democratic elections rather than recognising Dina Boluarte as Peru's President, after the ouster of Peruvian leader Pedro Castillo in Arequipa, Peru, December 14, 2022. (REUTERS/Oswald Charca)

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File photo Saudi, US foreign ministers hold phone talks on regional developments
File photo for representational purposes only. Omani crude oil price reaches $69.29 a barrel
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Tents and shelters are pictured next to rubble of collapsed buildings at a camp for people displaced by war in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City on July 6, 2026. Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP Several injured in Israeli strikes and gunfire across Gaza, Palestinian officials say
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Shoppers walk through an old market area near the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on July 9, 2026. (Photo by Louai Beshara / AFP) Syria welcomes US announcement of removal from blacklist
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Asia

A woman struggles with an umbrella in strong winds and rain as typhoon Bavi passes off northeastern Taiwan in Keelung on July 11, 2026. More than 14,000 people in Taiwan have fled their homes, and many shops remain closed, as a typhoon pounding Japan's remote southwestern islands swept towards China on July 11. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP) Nearly 2 million people flee in China as typhoon lashes Taiwan, Japan islands
Ambulances line up on a pier to help victims of a boating accident after a tourist vessel capsized off Phu Quoc Island in southern Vietnam's An Giang Province on July 11, 2026. At least 15 people were killed when a tourist boat capsized off an island in Vietnam's south, state media reported on July 11. (Photo by AFP) Boat accident off island in Vietnam's south kills 15: state media
People look on as large waves crash against the coast amid weather patterns from approaching Typhoon Bavi in Wenling city, Taizhou, China's eastern Zhejiang province on July 10, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP) Over 900,000 people flee in China as typhoon lashes Taiwan, Japan islands
A Long March-10B carrier rocket blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, July 10, 2026. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu) Chinese Long March rocket uses new LNG-derived fuel, achieves breakthrough

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