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Burundi officials detect polio outbreak linked to vaccine 17 Mar 2023 - 07:08 pm
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ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin over Ukraine war crimes 17 Mar 2023 - 06:59 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the social and economic development of Crimea and Sevastopol via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 17, 2023. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / SPUTNIK / AFP)
Officer who killed George Floyd pleads guilty in tax case 17 Mar 2023 - 06:47 pm
File photo: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is led away in handcuffs past his defense attorney Eric Nelson after a jury found him guilty of all charges in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Haaland criticized over ‘difficult’ choice on Willow project 17 Mar 2023 - 06:38 pm
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South Korea wanted a 69-hour workweek, young people weren't having it 17 Mar 2023 - 06:04 pm
A woman leans back on a statue of South Korean novelist Yeom Sang-seop to read her newspaper, as another woman uses her phone in Seoul on March 16, 2023.
Ghana gives state funeral honours to soccer star Atsu 17 Mar 2023 - 05:53 pm
The coffin of former Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu is seen during his funeral at the State House in Accra, Ghana, on March 17, 2023. - Atsu, 31, was caught up in a 7.8-magnitude quake that rocked Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023 killing more than 44,000 people in both countries. (Photo by Nipah Dennis / AFP)
Turkish FM to visit Egypt as countries end decade-long split 17 Mar 2023 - 05:26 pm
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a joint press conference with his Swedish counterpart in Ankara on December 22, 2022.  File photo / AFP
Protests erupt in France over Macron’s retirement age push 17 Mar 2023 - 05:16 pm
Unionists stand near a bonfire as they block access to the Storengy Site as they protest against the government's proposed pensions overhaul, which includes raising the minimum retirement age to 64 from 62 and increasing the number of years people have to make contributions for a full pension, in Chemery, central France, on March 17, 2023.  (Photo by GUILLAUME SOUVANT / AFP)
'Serious' safety faults in Greek rail network: watchdog 17 Mar 2023 - 03:43 pm
Police chases protesters in the center of the capital, as clashes broke out during a 24-hour strike in Athens on March 16, 2023. Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP
Death toll rises, locals pick up pieces after Cyclone Freddy 17 Mar 2023 - 03:35 pm
Malawi Defence Force, (MDF) soldiers recover a body of a victim of landslide which resulted due to heavy rains resulting from cyclone freddy during an MDF rescue operation at Manje informal settlement in Blantyre, southern Malawi, March 16, 2023. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP)
Spain police arrest 16 in olive heist 17 Mar 2023 - 03:23 pm
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Burundi declares polio outbreak: WHO 17 Mar 2023 - 02:57 pm
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 6, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
New Zealand lawmakers banned from TikTok amid data use fears 17 Mar 2023 - 01:57 pm
The TikTok logo is displayed on signage outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California, on March 16, 2023. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
Vatican unveils new ethnographic display of Rwanda screens 16 Mar 2023 - 11:56 pm
Pope Francis leaves his weekly open-air general audience at St.Peters' square in the Vatican, on March 15, 2023. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Italy's Meloni revives contentious Sicily bridge plan 16 Mar 2023 - 10:59 pm
 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.  AFP
Poland to be 1st NATO member to give Ukraine fighter jets 16 Mar 2023 - 10:08 pm
This file photo taken on October 12, 2022 shows two MiG 29 fighter jets taking part in the NATO Air Shielding exercise near the air base in Lask, central Poland. (Photo by RADOSLAW JOZWIAK / AFP)
Malawians dig through mud in search of bodies after Cyclone Freddy 16 Mar 2023 - 09:40 pm
A general view of the destruction caused by a mudslide which occurred due to heavy rains resulting from the effects of tropical cyclone Freddy, which left hundreds of people dead in Malawi, pictured during Malawi Defence Force, (MDF) soldiers' operation to rescue victims or recover their bodies at Manje informal settlement in Blantyre, southern Malawi on March 16, 2023. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP)
Uranium 'missing' by IAEA in Libya recovered: military 16 Mar 2023 - 09:02 pm
Libyan special forces in charge of illegal migration assemble in the southern region of Bani Walid, on January 14, 2023, ahead of their mission as part of a security plan to enforce inspections at points of entry through the desert borders. (AFP)