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Rail CEO to testify in Ohio Senate about fiery derailment 18 Apr 2023 - 05:49 pm
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US reporter held by Russia on spying charges to stay in jail 18 Apr 2023 - 05:12 pm
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants' cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his arrest at the Moscow City Court in Moscow on April 18, 2023. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
Hong Kong drops behind Singapore in new ranking of world’s richest cities 18 Apr 2023 - 05:11 pm
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Lebanon's parliament votes to postpone municipal elections 18 Apr 2023 - 04:57 pm
Lebanese Parliament building. (AFP file photo)
EU parliament backs visa-free travel from Kosovo 18 Apr 2023 - 02:33 pm
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Ex-leader Merkel decorated with highest German honor 17 Apr 2023 - 09:59 pm
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (left) awards the Order of Merit to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Bellevue presidential palace in Berlin on April 17, 2023. (Photo by John MacDougall / AFP)
Macron addresses France amid anger over pension reform 17 Apr 2023 - 09:51 pm
A photo of monitors in a media control room shows French President Emmanuel Macron during a televised address to the nation, made from the Elysee Palace, after signing into law a pensions reform, in Paris, on April 17, 2023. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
South Africa backs law allowing individuals to run for President 17 Apr 2023 - 07:59 pm
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa. (File Photo / Reuters)
Russia's Lavrov travels to Brazil, as Lula pushes for peace 17 Apr 2023 - 07:54 pm
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) speaks during a joint press conference with his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira (R) at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia on April 17, 2023. (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP)
US, Japan to mark friendship with cherry tree at White House 17 Apr 2023 - 07:49 pm
US First Lady Jill Biden and Yuko Kishida, spouse of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, participate in a tree planting ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
French court acquits Air France, Airbus over 2009 Rio-Paris crash 17 Apr 2023 - 07:43 pm
French lawyer Alain Jakubowicz talks to the press at the Paris courthouse on April 17, 2023 after the trial of Air France and plane manufacturer Airbus for the crash of the Rio-Paris Air France flight A330 on June 1, 2009 which killed 228 people. (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP)
Melbourne becomes Australia’s biggest city after boundary tweak 17 Apr 2023 - 04:51 pm
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SpaceX postpones test flight of Starship, world's biggest rocket 17 Apr 2023 - 04:43 pm
People wait on a boat to watch the launch of the SpaceX Starship rocket from South Padre Island, Texas on April 17, 2023. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
Berlusconi's treatment for infection continues in hospital 17 Apr 2023 - 04:33 pm
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Fast field gathers for start of 127th Boston Marathon 17 Apr 2023 - 04:17 pm
Workers clean the wet finish line during the 127th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 17, 2023. Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP
Apple India sales near $6 billion as Cook begins retail push 17 Apr 2023 - 02:38 pm
People pose outside the new Apple retail store during a media preview on the eve of its opening in Mumbai on April 17, 2023. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe / AFP)
Firefighters battle France's 1st major forest blaze of 2023 17 Apr 2023 - 02:03 pm
A forest fire burns on a hill overlooking the village of Banyuls-sur-Mer, southwestern France on April 16, 2023. Photo by RAYMOND ROIG / AFP
Indian villages under curfew after deadly tiger attacks 17 Apr 2023 - 01:49 pm
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