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Putin says sanctions creating 'opportunities' for Russian businesses 21 Feb 2023 - 08:11 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address at the Gostiny Dvor conference centre in central Moscow on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin / AFP)
US first lady to visit Namibia, Kenya in push to boost African ties 21 Feb 2023 - 07:31 pm
First lady Jill Biden speaks during a Lunar New Year reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, US, January 26, 2023. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
Brazil deluge toll hits 44 as search continues for missing 21 Feb 2023 - 07:12 pm
A man is seen at a flood-affected area in Barra do Sahy, Sao Sebastiao district, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on February 21, 2023. - Lifeguards continued to search for survivors on the Sao Paulo coast, where the heaviest rains in Brazil's history left at least 44 dead and dozens missing over the weekend, authorities said Tuesday. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)
Don Lemon to return to CNN, undergo 'formal training' 21 Feb 2023 - 07:03 pm
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Saudi Arabia to deposit $1 billion in Yemen to steady currency 21 Feb 2023 - 06:46 pm
File Photo: An employee takes bundles of Yemeni Riyal. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)
Three UN peacekeepers killed in Mali blast 21 Feb 2023 - 06:29 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 24, 2019 Senegalese soldiers the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali) dismount an armoured personnel carrier, patrolling in the streets of Gao, a day after suicide bombers in a vehicle painted with UN markings injured one French, several Estonian troops and two Malian civilians in an attack on an international peace-keeping base in Mali. (Photo by Souleymane Ag Anara / AFP)
Nigerian in alleged kidney harvest plot 'feared for his life' 21 Feb 2023 - 06:25 pm
A suspected victim of human trafficking is seen in Nairobi, Kenya, August 4, 2020. (Reuters/Jackson Njehia)
Wagner owner blasts 'treason' of Russian military chiefs 21 Feb 2023 - 06:20 pm
Visitors wearing military camouflage stand at the entrance of the 'PMC Wagner Centre', associated with the founder of the Wagner private military group (PMC) Yevgeny Prigozhin, during the official opening of the office block on the National Unity Day, in Saint Petersburg, on November 4, 2022. (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)
France matches dry spell record of 31 days without rain 21 Feb 2023 - 06:15 pm
This photo shows the completely dry riverbed of the Issole River in Flassans-sur-Issole, southeastern France, on February 21, 2023.  (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)
Danish former minister charged with revealing state secrets 21 Feb 2023 - 05:53 pm
Denmark's Minister of Foreign Affairs Lars Lokke Rasmussen answers journalists' questions ahead of a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) at the EU headquarters in Brussels on February 20, 2023. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
Walmart outlook disappoints, signaling caution on shoppers 21 Feb 2023 - 05:45 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 15, 2022 The Walmart logo is seen outside a Walmart store in Burbank, California. - Walmart reported better-than-expected profits over the critical holiday-season quarter February 21, 2023, but offered a disappointing outlook as inflation weighs on consumers. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
Syrian girl rescued after quake battles 'crush syndrome' 21 Feb 2023 - 05:44 pm
Syrian girl Sham Sheikh Mohammad, 9, who was rescued after fourty hours under the rubble of a deadly earthquake, lies on a hospital bed in the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib, on February 17, 2023.  (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
College principal in India set on fire by student over grades sheet 21 Feb 2023 - 05:36 pm
Video still from social media showing the student attacker being taken in a police vehicle.
Nigeria's Tinubu rallies in Lagos powerbase before election 21 Feb 2023 - 04:58 pm
People enter Teslim Balogun Stadium during a rally for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos on February 21, 2023 ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP)
EU vows to boost investment in Kenya to strengthen ties 21 Feb 2023 - 04:50 pm
Luo shop owner Caroline Otieno sells fish that come from Lake Victoria in Kisumu county and fruits from Nandi county, at a market stall in the town of Chemase, Nandi county, Kenya August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Alligator kills 85-year-old Florida woman as she walked dog 21 Feb 2023 - 04:25 pm
In this handout photo provided by NYC Parks on February 20, 2023, an approximately 4 foot long alligator is tended to by Parks Enforcement Patrol and Urban Park Rangers, at Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on February 19, 2023. - Alligators inhabit Florida and the humid southeast of the United States: much further north, in New York, one was found alive, but in a very poor condition, in a pond in a Brooklyn park, the city announced on February 20, 2023. The rare discovery of the animal, probably abandoned by its owner, was made Sunday morning in the lake of Prospect Park. (Photo by NYC Parks / AFP)
Kosovo rebel says war crimes 'fabricated' as trial opens 21 Feb 2023 - 03:55 pm
Lawyers Jean-Louis Gilissen (R), Leto Cariolou (L) and Hedi Aouini (C) attend the start of the trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member, Pjeter Shala, also known as
Thailand to ban plastic waste imports from 2025 to cut pollution 21 Feb 2023 - 03:25 pm
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