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NATO chief: membership for Finland, Sweden 'top priority' 28 Feb 2023 - 04:45 pm
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during the annual meeting of SAMAK, the Co-operation Committee of the Nordic Social Democratic parties and trade unions, in Helsinki, Finland, on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Heikki Saukkomaa / Lehtikuva / AFP)
Moroccans struggle to afford vegetables as Ramadan looms 28 Feb 2023 - 03:37 pm
In this picture taken on February 23, 2023, shoppers buy fresh produce at the Sidi Moussa market in Morocco's Atlantic coastal city of Sale, north of the capital. Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)
Death toll in E. Guinea Marburg outbreak rises to 11 28 Feb 2023 - 03:14 pm
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China says it's been 'open and transparent' on COVID origins 28 Feb 2023 - 03:08 pm
People walk down a street next to a local market in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 23, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Ukraine army says situation 'extremely tense' around Bakhmut 28 Feb 2023 - 03:02 pm
This photograph taken on February 27, 2023, shows a damaged and burnt building as the sounds of shelling continue in Bakhmut, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP)
Pakistan’s court issues arrest warrant against Imran Khan 28 Feb 2023 - 02:43 pm
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Cobra Gold military exercises resume at pre-pandemic size 28 Feb 2023 - 02:15 pm
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From California to NY, storms ravage US from coast-to-coast 28 Feb 2023 - 12:53 pm
Cars are lined up after people parked on the side of the freeway to walk and play in the snow along Highway 14 in Los Angeles County on February 26, 2023 near Acton, California. Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
W.House gives federal agencies 30 days to enforce TikTok ban 28 Feb 2023 - 12:29 pm
This file illustration photo taken on September 14, 2020 shows the logo of the social network application TikTok (L) and a US flag (R) shown on the screens of two laptops in Beijing.  Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP
Surgeon, scientist named Japan's first new astronauts in 13 years 28 Feb 2023 - 11:31 am
Astronaut candidates for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Ayu Yoneda (L), a surgeon at the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, and Makoto Suwa (on screen), a disaster prevention specialist at the World Bank, pose after a press conference in Tokyo on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
Hong Kong scraps one of world's last Covid mask mandates 28 Feb 2023 - 11:25 am
People wear masks on a street in Hong Kong on February 27, 2023 as health experts in the territory backed the extension of its mask mandate to March 8 leaving Hong Kong as one of the only places left in the world with such rules. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)
Iran's rare cheetah cub dies of kidney failure 28 Feb 2023 - 10:54 am
Handout picture provided by Iran's Department of Environment on February 27, 2023 of Asiatic cheetah
In Sierra Leone, the people fighting the sea to build a home 28 Feb 2023 - 10:23 am
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Blinken arrives in Kazakhstan seeking ties in shadow of Ukraine war 28 Feb 2023 - 12:05 am
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his airplane at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on February 26, 2023, as he departs for travel to Astana, Kazakhstan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan and New Delhi, India. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP)
UN will struggle to unify Libya with elections this year 28 Feb 2023 - 12:05 am
Abdoulaye Bathily (centre), UN Special Representative for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, arrives in Tripoli. (File/AFP)
Burkina survivors recall 'horror movie' of jihadist assault 27 Feb 2023 - 11:03 pm
A photo taken on October 30, 2018 shows Burkinabe gendarmes sitting on their vehicle in Ouagadougou. File photo / AFP
Canada bans TikTok on government phones, other devices 27 Feb 2023 - 11:02 pm
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Moldova expels 2 foreigners caught in 'destabilization' plot 27 Feb 2023 - 10:33 pm
Moldovan President Maia Sandu speaks at a press conference on July 29, 2022. File photo / AFP