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Lula takes reins as leftist leader of politically polarized Brazil 01 Jan 2023 - 09:38 pm
Brazil's President elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves to supporters on the day of his swearing-in ceremony, in Brasilia, Brazil, on January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Defiant Ukrainians cheer New Year as drones blasted from skies 01 Jan 2023 - 09:28 pm
Women hold bengal fires during a celebration of New Year eve before a curfew, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in front of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 31, 2022. (REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)
'Lulapalooza': inauguration party sweeps Brazil's capital 01 Jan 2023 - 08:59 pm
Firefighters spray water to relieve supporters of President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from the heat as they gather to wait for his inauguration ceremony at
Israeli occupation forces detained around 3,000 Palestinians in 2022, says report 01 Jan 2023 - 08:43 pm
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France starts testing Chinese arrivals to track variants 01 Jan 2023 - 08:23 pm
Passengers of a flight from China wait in a line for checking their COVID-19 vaccination documents as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, after arriving at the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy, outside Paris, on January 1, 2023. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
Historic new year for Croatia as it joins euro, Schengen area 01 Jan 2023 - 07:39 pm
Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic (left) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (centre) look at a miniature model of the capital city of Zagreb as they take a walk in Zagreb on January 1, 2023 during the visit of the EU Commission on the occasion of Croatia's entry to the passport-free Schengen zone. (Photo by DENIS LOVROVIC / AFP)
At least 20 people killed in clashes in Somaliland 01 Jan 2023 - 07:11 pm
A general view of downtown Hargeisa on May 16, 2016. File Photo / AFP
Philippines restores air traffic control after power outage 01 Jan 2023 - 06:30 pm
Passengers look at a screen showing flight information at terminal 3 of Ninoy International Airport in Pasay, Metro Manila on January 1, 2023. (Photo by KEVIN TRISTAN ESPIRITU / AFP)
New president vows to steer Swiss through Ukraine fallout 01 Jan 2023 - 06:02 pm
Switzerland's President Alain Berset addresses the Innovation and Industry Forum in Bern, Switzerland, on July 3, 2018. File Photo / Reuters
Xi warns of tough Covid fight with China economy on back foot 01 Jan 2023 - 05:54 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping waves after his speech as the new Politburo Standing Committee members meet the media following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on October 23, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Moroccans cross into Spain's Melilla enclave: rights group 01 Jan 2023 - 05:38 pm
Moroccan soldiers walk on the Moroccan side of a border fence with Spain's north African enclave of Melilla, in this picture taken on the Spanish side of the fence, December 12, 2014. File Photo / Reuters
Lula returns to office in a troubled, divided Brazil 01 Jan 2023 - 05:22 pm
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is carried as he greets his supporters after being released from prison, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, November 9, 2019. (REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli)
UK man runs a marathon every day of 2022 to hit charity goal 01 Jan 2023 - 05:14 pm
Crowds cheered on Gary McKee (centre) as he completed his 365th marathon of the year (Photo: Marathon Man 365 / Elwyn L Evans /Facebook)
Record 45,000 migrants made Channel crossing to UK last year 01 Jan 2023 - 04:40 pm
In this file photo taken on May 3, 2022 migrants, picked up at sea while attempting to cross the English Channel, are helped by a member of the UK Border Force to disembark from a boat, in the Marina at the Dover port, on the south-east coast of England. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP)
Death of former Pope Benedict overshadows New Year at Vatican 01 Jan 2023 - 04:40 pm
Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer, as the Roman Catholic Church marks its World Day of Peace, at the Vatican, January 1, 2023. (Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS)
New Year attacks targeted Ukraine drone production: Moscow 01 Jan 2023 - 04:24 pm
A serviceman collects fragments of missile in a crater left by a Russian strike in front of a residential building in the Ukrainian capita Kiev on December 31, 2022.  (Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV / AFP)
Extinction Rebellion UK to stop protests that disrupt the public 01 Jan 2023 - 04:08 pm
File photo of a Extinction Rebellion protest in UK
Children among nine dead in Uganda New Year stampede 01 Jan 2023 - 03:52 pm
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