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Deep freeze grips US as winter 'bomb cyclone' looms ahead of holiday weekend 23 Dec 2022 - 11:03 am
A pedestrian navigates a snow-covered sidewalk as temperatures hang in the single-digits on December 22, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
Chile to open embassy in Palestinian territories, says president 22 Dec 2022 - 11:37 pm
Chile's President Gabriel Boric addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City, US, September 20, 2022. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
Putin says Russia wants end to war in Ukraine 22 Dec 2022 - 11:22 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes a child's request pinned in written form to a fir tree during an event held as part of the 'Fir Tree of Wishes' charity campaign at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow on December 22, 2022. (Photo by Valeriy Sharifulin / POOL / AFP)
Taliban minister defends closing universities to women as global backlash grows 22 Dec 2022 - 10:45 pm
Afghan female university students stop by Taliban security personnel stand next to a university in Kabul on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Germany’s Uniper and Masdar to Build Green Hydrogen Plant in UAE 22 Dec 2022 - 10:31 pm
This file photo taken on July 22, 2022 shows the logo of energy supplier Uniper in the entrance hall at the company's headquarters in Duesseldorf, western Germany. (Photo by Ina Fassbender / AFP)
Kremlin says Biden, Zelensky ignoring 'Russia's concerns' 22 Dec 2022 - 08:40 pm
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a news conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin after a meeting of the State Council on youth policy in Moscow, Russia, December 22, 2022. (Sputnik/Valeriy Sharifulin/REUTERS)
Airlines scrap over 2,200 US flights as winter storm disrupts holiday travel 22 Dec 2022 - 08:01 pm
Travelers arrive for their flights at the United Airlines Terminal 1 ahead of the Christmas Holiday, at O'Hare International Airport on December 22, 2022, in Chicago. (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP)
Biden warns Americans: 'Leave now' if you plan Christmas travel 22 Dec 2022 - 07:41 pm
US President Joe Biden speaks during a briefing on the winter storm system traversing the US and the expected impacts, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 22, 2022. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
G7 commits to $32 billion in budget support for Ukraine in 2023 22 Dec 2022 - 07:34 pm
This photograph taken on December 22, 2022, shows a destroyed building in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
Afghan women stage street protest against university ban 22 Dec 2022 - 05:18 pm
Afghan women chant slogans in protest against the closure of universities to women by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022. (REUTERS)
More Ebola trial vaccines arrive in Uganda 22 Dec 2022 - 04:35 pm
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BioNTech ships 11,500 doses of COVID vaccine to China 22 Dec 2022 - 03:26 pm
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In retaken Ukraine village, ruins, hungry cats and few residents 22 Dec 2022 - 01:02 pm
This photograph taken on December 20, 2022, shows destruction at a school in the village of Bohorodychne, eastern Ukraine. Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
Sysmex says Japan approves blood test for Alzheimer's marker 22 Dec 2022 - 11:56 am
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'The Serpent' Charles Sobhraj due to be freed from Nepal prison 22 Dec 2022 - 11:06 am
Nepal police personnel stands guard at the entrance of Central Jail where Charles Sobhraj is kept in Kathmandu, Nepal December 22, 2022. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
France fines Microsoft 60 million euros over advertising cookies 22 Dec 2022 - 10:55 am
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Ukraine's Zelensky flies to US and wins more military support 21 Dec 2022 - 11:37 pm
US President Joe Biden meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, December 21, 2022. (REUTERS/Leah Millis)
Russian lawmakers back long jail terms for 'saboteurs' 21 Dec 2022 - 11:35 pm
(From left) Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov attend an expanded meeting of the Russian Defence Ministry Board at the National Defence Control Centre in Moscow, on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Sergey Fadeichev and Sergey FADEICHEV / Sputnik / AFP)