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China ready to resume oil and gas talks with the Philippines, says Xi 04 Jan 2023 - 08:54 pm
This handout photograph released by Philippine's Office of the Press Secretary and taken on January 4, 2023, shows China's President Xi Jinping and Philippine's President Ferdinand Marcos Jr during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of People in Beijing. (Photo by Philippines's Office of the Press Secretary / AFP)
British grid hits record 88% zero-carbon electricity generation 04 Jan 2023 - 08:19 pm
A section of gas pipeline is seen at a National Grid facility near Knutsford, Britain, October 11, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
Iraqi court summons justice minister amid graft probe 04 Jan 2023 - 07:50 pm
Judge Haider Hanoun, head of the Federal Authority of Integrity, speaks to the press in Baghdad on January 3, 2023, to announce the recovery of four billion Iraqi dinars, the equivaliant of $2.6 million, reportedly part of the $2.5 billion of government funds fraudulently stolen from the tax authorities. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)
Car bombs kill 35, burn houses in central Somalia 04 Jan 2023 - 07:02 pm
A view shows smoke rising following a car bomb explosion at Somalia's education ministry in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 29, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. File Photo / Reuters
Sunak promises to tackle Britain's most pressing problems 04 Jan 2023 - 06:54 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his first major domestic speech of 2023, at Plexal, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London, on January 4, 2023.  (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP)
Pakistani militants claim killing of two intelligence officials 04 Jan 2023 - 06:47 pm
 A Pakistani army vehicle patrols past police officers standing guard along a road near a cantonment area in Bannu, Pakistan, on December 21, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Egyptians hit by soaring food prices as crisis bites 04 Jan 2023 - 06:26 pm
People walk past a currency exchange point, showing an image of the US dollar in Cairo, Egypt, on March 22, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Colombia suspends ceasefire with ELN after rebel group rejects effort 04 Jan 2023 - 05:27 pm
Colombian Ministry of the Interior Alfonso Prada speaks during a news conference regarding the bilateral ceasefire between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and military forces during peace negotiations in Bogota, Colombia, January 4, 2023. (REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez)
Iran protests cartoons of Khamenei in French satirical weekly 04 Jan 2023 - 05:08 pm
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of Iranian women in Tehran, Iran January 4, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS)
Trump urges Republicans to back McCarthy as US House deadlocked 04 Jan 2023 - 05:00 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks as he and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy arrive for dinner at Trump's golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, on January 14, 2018. File Photo / Reuters
Nigeria to spend $7.5bn on petrol subsidy to mid-2023 04 Jan 2023 - 04:33 pm
Nigeria's Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed speaks during a panel discussion at the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund during the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington on October 13, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
Ukraine garage turns beat-up cars into battlefield assets 04 Jan 2023 - 04:12 pm
Mechanics work in a auto repairing shop in Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on December 30, 2022. Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP
Bird flu spreads in Czech Republic's largest outbreak 04 Jan 2023 - 03:31 pm
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India OKs $2 bln incentive plan for green hydrogen industry 04 Jan 2023 - 03:25 pm
Workers clean photovoltaic panels inside a solar power plant in Gujarat, India, July 2, 2015. Reuters/Amit Dave/File Photo
Russia blames its soldiers' mobile phone use for deadly missile strike 04 Jan 2023 - 02:57 pm
Workers remove debris of a destroyed building purported to be a vocational college used as temporary accommodation for Russian soldiers, dozens of whom were killed in a Ukrainian missile strike, January 4, 2023. Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko
Philippines' Marcos vows to 'strengthen' China ties on Beijing trip 04 Jan 2023 - 01:01 pm
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Japan to tighten COVID border controls for travellers from China 04 Jan 2023 - 12:23 pm
Travellers wait to board their plane at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport amid a wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China December 30, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Speaking with referees is like talking to my microwave, says Liverpool’s Klopp 04 Jan 2023 - 09:05 am
 Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp (right) talks to referee Stuart Attwell after the match. Reuters