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Carter: Still a model for candidates asking 'Why not me?' 26 Feb 2023 - 05:28 pm
File photo of former President Jimmy Carter. Reuters
Sri Lanka police fire tear gas at election protest; 15 hurt 26 Feb 2023 - 04:54 pm
Police fire tear gas to disperse activists of the opposition National People痴 Power (NPP) party during a protest held to urge the government to hold local council election as scheduled in Colombo on February 26, 2023. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Germany wants to ease visa application for Indian IT workers 26 Feb 2023 - 04:44 pm
This handout photo taken and released by Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) on February 25, 2023 shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in New Delhi. (Photo by PIB / AFP)
Russia, Iran sending top envoys to UN's human rights council 26 Feb 2023 - 04:33 pm
The United Nations headquarters building is seen on the East Side of Manhattan,in New York City. File photo / AFP
Ethiopian dissident Eskinder Nega arrested: political party 26 Feb 2023 - 04:25 pm
Ethiopian jounalist Eskinder Nega gestures from a car after being released from Kaliti Prison in Addis Ababa, on February 14, 2018.  File photo / AFP
Levels of Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates plunge in south 26 Feb 2023 - 03:41 pm
A boy sits in a boat in Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq June 4, 2018. (Reuters)
More than 40 migrants die in boat wreck off Italy 26 Feb 2023 - 03:38 pm
Photo obtained from Italian news agency Ansa, taken on February 26, 2023 shows rescuers handling a body bag at the site of a shipwreck in Steccato di Cutro, south of Crotone, after a migrants' boat sank off Italy's southern Calabria region. - More than 30 migrants, including a tiny baby, died after their overloaded boat sank early on February 26, 2023 in stormy seas off Italy's southern Calabria region, Italian media and rescue services reported. (Photo by STRINGER / ANSA / AFP)
EPA orders 'pause' of derailment contaminated waste removal 26 Feb 2023 - 03:21 pm
A Norfolk Southern train passes underneath a bridge on February 25, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. Michael Swensen/Getty Images/AFP
Los Angeles area still blanketed by snow in rare heavy storm 26 Feb 2023 - 02:57 pm
A good samaritan checks on a vehicle which skidded off the snowy roadway into a small pond in Los Angeles County, in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, on February 25, 2023 near Green Valley, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP
Hong Kong model’s in-laws face charges in grisly killing 26 Feb 2023 - 01:08 pm
Hong Kong model Abby Choi
Sunak won’t sign N. Ireland deal that doesn't resolve lingering problems 26 Feb 2023 - 12:51 pm
File photo of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
Nigeria tallies votes for new president 26 Feb 2023 - 12:50 pm
A man points at a newspaper in Lagos, on February 26, 2023, the day after Nigeria's presidential and general election. (Photo by John Wessels / AFP)
At least 27 migrants dead after boat wreck off Italy: media 26 Feb 2023 - 11:35 am
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US medical transport plane crashes in Nevada, leaving five dead 26 Feb 2023 - 11:27 am
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Hostages freed in PNG after week-long abduction 26 Feb 2023 - 11:16 am
Bryce Barker (C), who was held for a week in the Papua New Guinea highlands by an armed group, is escorted from a plane following his release in Port Moresby on February 26, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Bombing in crowded bazaar in southwestern Pakistan kills 5 26 Feb 2023 - 11:13 am
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Kuwait National Day: 62 years of development and high growth rates 26 Feb 2023 - 10:26 am
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Nigeria counts votes after tight election hit by long delays 26 Feb 2023 - 12:25 am
People watch as ballot papers are counted at a polling station in Abuja on February 25, 2023, during Nigeria's presidential and general election. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)