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China's cities battle first wave of COVID surge as wider spread looms 18 Dec 2022 - 01:41 pm
A health worker wearing protective equipment (PPE) stands at the entrance of a fever clinic of a hospital in Shanghai on December 18, 2022. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP)
Philippines extends tariff cuts on imported rice, other food items to fight inflation 18 Dec 2022 - 12:40 pm
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Malaysia police questions campsite operator after landslide kills 24 18 Dec 2022 - 12:37 pm
A rescue crew member checks the landslide area during a rescue and evacuation operation following a landslide at a campsite in Batang Kali, Selangor, Malaysia, December 17, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain
Greek PM pledges 10-percent food subsidy for families 17 Dec 2022 - 11:53 pm
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives for a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium, on December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
Tunisians shun vote for powerless new parliament 17 Dec 2022 - 11:34 pm
A handout picture provided by the press service of Tunisian presidency shows President Kais Saied casting his ballot at a polling station in the Ennasr district near Tunis on December 17, 2022, during the parliamentary election. (Photo by Tunisian Presidency / AFP)
Fog-shrouded Kiev recovers after Russia strikes, power restored to 6 million 17 Dec 2022 - 11:20 pm
People walk past a Christmas tree during heavy fog at the Sofiyska square, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kiev, Ukraine December 17, 2022. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Polish police chief says exploding gift was grenade launcher 17 Dec 2022 - 07:38 pm
A general view of a building of the Polish Police Headquarters, where, according to Poland's interior ministry, top cop was injured by an exploding official gift, in Warsaw, Poland December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki
South Africa's Ramaphosa seeks re-election as ruling party boss 17 Dec 2022 - 07:34 pm
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gives a speech to launch the 55th National Conference of the African National Congress (ANC) at the National Recreation Center (NASREC) in Johannesburg on December 16, 2022. (Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP)
Russia denounces Moldova's ban of TV channels as 'political censorship' 17 Dec 2022 - 07:06 pm
Moldovan President Maia Sandu delivers a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Germany cuts the ribbon on first LNG terminal 17 Dec 2022 - 06:03 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (centre), German Finance Minister Christian Lindner (fourth left) and German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck (behind Scholz, right) arrive for the opening ceremony of the Uniper Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at the Jade Bight in Wilhelmshaven, northern Germany on December 17, 2022. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP)
Mexico reinvents island prison as Pacific tourist draw 17 Dec 2022 - 05:16 pm
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico, on December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Four leaders sign agreement to bring green Azeri energy to Europe 17 Dec 2022 - 03:00 pm
(From left) Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili sign an Agreement on Strategic Partnership in the Field of Green Energy Development and Transmission between the governments, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis are seen in the background, at the presidential Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest on December 17, 2022. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)
Death toll from Malaysia campsite landslide rises to 24, nine missing 17 Dec 2022 - 02:07 pm
Family members of a Batang Kali, landslide victim, leave Sungai Buloh Hospital's mortuary in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia, December 17, 2022. Reuters/Hasnoor Hussain
New Covid model predicts over 1 mln deaths in China through 2023 17 Dec 2022 - 02:00 pm
Residents queue to receive a nasal spray COVID-19 booster vaccine in Beijing, China December 17, 2022 in this still image obtained from a video. Reuters TV/via Reuters
Argentina's World Cup 'spider' man Alvarez, the pride of his village 17 Dec 2022 - 01:39 pm
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Putin sounds out military commanders on Ukraine 17 Dec 2022 - 12:48 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Joint Headquarters of the Russian armed forces involved in military operations in Ukraine, in an unknown location in Russia, in this picture released December 17, 2022. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via Reuters
Elon Musk's team seeks new funding for Twitter - investor 17 Dec 2022 - 08:24 am
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Russia fires scores of missiles in one of its biggest attacks on Ukraine 16 Dec 2022 - 11:49 pm
Rescuers work at the site of a residential building damaged by a Russian missile, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, December 16, 2022. (REUTERS/Mykola Synelnykov)