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Thousands of flights canceled as German airport staff strike 17 Feb 2023 - 12:53 pm
A schedule board displays cancelled and delayed flights during a strike at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on February 17, 2023. Photo by ANDRE PAIN / AFP
France drops Covid testing for travellers from China 17 Feb 2023 - 12:13 pm
This aerial photo taken on February 16, 2023 shows people wathcing plum blossom in Ningbo, in China's eastern Zhejiang province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT
Under fire TikTok pledges to follow EU rules 17 Feb 2023 - 12:05 pm
TikTok app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Hong Kong’s January visitors plunge 93% from pre-pandemic level 17 Feb 2023 - 11:59 am
A man (R) takes a picture of a sculpture (L) floating on the water in the North Point district of Hong Kong on February 16, 2023. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)
Japan aborts launch of 1st H3 rocket carrying defense sensor 17 Feb 2023 - 11:54 am
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
Tourism revival boosts Thai economy but exports sluggish 17 Feb 2023 - 11:23 am
 In this file photo taken on December 9, 2022 tourists take pictures at Wat Arun Buddhist temple in Bangkok. Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
Police: Louisiana officer arrested for killing Black man 17 Feb 2023 - 11:12 am
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New Zealand cyclone fatalities reach 8; more deaths feared 17 Feb 2023 - 10:58 am
This undated handout photo received on February 16, 2023 from the New Zealand Defence Force shows flooding in the Hawkes Bay region in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle. Photo by PLTOFF Callum Post / New Zealand Defence Force / AFP
Death toll rises above 41,000 in Turkey, Syria quake 17 Feb 2023 - 12:49 am
An aerial view shows a tractor working on removing debris from a collapsed building in the Syrian rebel-held town of Jindayris on February 15, 2023, following the February 6 earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour / AFP)
'Abandoned': Turkish town awaits help 11 days after quake 16 Feb 2023 - 10:56 pm
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Turkey rescues two 11 days after quake 16 Feb 2023 - 10:53 pm
A local resident, whose loved ones are still under the rubble, wander near the collapsed buildings in Hatay on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Bulent Kilic / AFP)
Anti-junta protesters clash with Guinea security forces 16 Feb 2023 - 09:54 pm
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Indian officials end 3-day probe of BBC, alleging tax dodge 16 Feb 2023 - 09:48 pm
Indo-Tibetan Border Police stand guard outside the office building where Indian tax authorities raided BBC's office in New Delhi on February 15, 2023, following a protest against the BBC by Hindu Sena activists, an Indian right-wing organization. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
Senegal police smash car, forcibly remove opposition leader 16 Feb 2023 - 09:32 pm
Supporters of Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko demonstrate at the courthouse where his defamation trial against the Senegal Minister of Tourism Mame Mbaye Niang is being held in Dakar on February 16, 2023. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP)
King Charles faces 'not my king' protest on walkabout 16 Feb 2023 - 09:12 pm
Britain's King Charles III visits the Milton Keynes food bank in Milton Keynes, north of London on February 16, 2023, to see the support they provide to communities across the city. (Photo by Molly Darlington / AFP)
US strike in Somalia kills five Al-Shabaab fighters 16 Feb 2023 - 07:41 pm
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Berlin film fest to beam in Zelensky for opener with Sean Penn 16 Feb 2023 - 07:01 pm
A man makes a photograph as a woman passes the logo of the upcoming Berlinale 73rd International Film Festival in Berlin on February 15, 2023. (Photo by David GANNON / AFP)
Ethiopia church split resolved amid social media suspension 16 Feb 2023 - 06:50 pm
Abune Mathias, the patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church prays on February 06, 2023. PHOTO | AMANUEL SILESHI | AFP