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French senators to start debating contested pension plan 03 Mar 2023 - 02:31 pm
In this file photo taken on January 31, 2023, protesters gather at Place d'Italie square for a rally on a second day of nationwide strikes and protests over the government's proposed pension reform, in Paris. - France braces for major transport blockages, with mass strikes and protests set to hit the country on March 7 in objection to the planned boost of the age of retirement from 62 to 64. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)
France pledges 100 mn euros to protect tropical forests 03 Mar 2023 - 02:05 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the One Forest Summit at the Presidential Palace in Libreville on March 2, 2023. (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP)
Victims of Greece train crash returned to families in closed caskets 03 Mar 2023 - 01:56 pm
Police and emergency crews search through the debris of a crushed wagon for second day after a train accident in the Tempi Valley near Larissa, Greece, March 2, 2023. (Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP)
Fishing banned as Philippine oil spill spreads 03 Mar 2023 - 01:54 pm
In this handout photo received from the Philippine Coast Guard and taken on March 2, 2023, a coast guard personnel collects water sample from of an oil spill in the waters off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
Macron says era of French interference in Africa is 'over' 03 Mar 2023 - 01:19 pm
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape (2nd L) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron during the One planet summit in Libreville, on March 2, 2023. (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP)
Japan to attempt next-generation rocket launch again on March 6 03 Mar 2023 - 12:04 pm
White smoke emerges from the main engines of the next-generation H3 rocket (L) as it fails to lift off the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on February 17, 2023. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Police carry out search at Larissa station after Greek train crash 03 Mar 2023 - 11:41 am
This photograph taken on March 2, 2023, shows riot police forming a security cordon in front of the Hellenic Train headquarters in Athens, during a protest, following the deadly accident near the city of Larissa on February 28 which claimed 57 lives. Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP
Hong Kong probes cause of blaze in shopping district 03 Mar 2023 - 09:13 am
A fire burns at a high-rise building under construction in the Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong on March 3, 2023. Photos by Peter PARKS / AFP
US ambassador Cindy McCain to head UN World Food Program 02 Mar 2023 - 11:20 pm
Peninsula
Minnesota moves to crack down on catalytic converter thefts 02 Mar 2023 - 10:37 pm
Deputy Jaime Moran from the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department engraves the catalytic converter of a vehicle with a traceable number on July 14, 2021, in City of Industry, California. File photo / AFP
Ukraine police exhume bodies of three civilians 02 Mar 2023 - 09:39 pm
Ukrainian rescuers work on the five-storey residential building destroyed after a missile strike in Zaporizhzhia on March 2, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Katerina Klochko / AFP)
At Gabon talks, a debate on who pays to save world's forests 02 Mar 2023 - 09:32 pm
PSG's Neymar is carried off the field on a stretcher after suffering from an injury during the match against Lille at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, France. (AFP)
Greece train crash death toll rises to 57 amid search 02 Mar 2023 - 08:45 pm
Search operations are underway after a head-on collision of a freight train with a passenger train carrying over 350 people killed dozens of people on February 28, the country's worst-ever rail disaster, in the Tempi Valley near Larissa on March 2, 2023.  (Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP)
EU announces $865 million for ocean protection in 2023 02 Mar 2023 - 08:31 pm
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Belarus rights situation worsening 'dramatically': UN expert 02 Mar 2023 - 07:55 pm
Leader of the Belarusian democratic movement Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (centre) and Flemish Minister President Jan Jambon (R) attend the opening of the 'Mission of Democratic Belarus', diplomatic offices to serve the Belarusian opposition in Brussels, on March 1, 2023. (Photo by JAMES ARTHUR GEKIERE / Belga / AFP)
Sabotage suspected in fire that cut power to half of Argentina 02 Mar 2023 - 07:45 pm
A woman buys water at shop in the dark in Buenos Aires on March 1st, 2023, following an outage caused by a fire which affected the high-voltage system.  (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP)
African cholera cases falling but floods up risk: WHO 02 Mar 2023 - 07:22 pm
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UN nuclear watchdog head to go to Iran for high-level talks 02 Mar 2023 - 07:06 pm
File Photo: International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi attends a news conference during a board of governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 7, 2021. (REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)