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Polish PM backs curbing benefits for Ukraine refugees 23 Jan 2025 - 09:57 pm
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks during the presentation of the programme of the Polish Presidency as part of a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on January 22, 2025. (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP)
Bangladesh frees 178 troops over deadly 2009 mutiny 23 Jan 2025 - 09:53 pm
A former member of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), who were detained in 2009 over a violent mutiny that massacred dozens of senior army officers, meets with his relative after getting released from the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on the outskirts of Dhaka on January 23, 2025. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Rubio to visit Central America including Panama on first trip 23 Jan 2025 - 09:44 pm
(FILES) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife Jeanette Rubio arrive to speak to employees upon arrival at the State Department in Washington, DC, on January 21, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
UK child stabbing killer sentenced to 'life in custody' 23 Jan 2025 - 08:53 pm
Police contain protesters as news spreads that Axel Rudakubana has left the court from a back entrance, outside The Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts in Liverpool, north west England on January 23, 2025, after the sentencing of the Southport attacker. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP)
Trump tells Davos: make your products in America or pay tariffs 23 Jan 2025 - 08:53 pm
US President Donald Trump is seen on a large screen during his address by video conference at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 23, 2025 (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
Teen arrested over alleged Belgium mosque attack plot 23 Jan 2025 - 08:13 pm
File photo: Belgian firefighters stand outside the Grand Mosque in Brussels, Belgium, November 26, 2015.
Brazil in talks for beef shipments to Japan in threat to US 23 Jan 2025 - 07:36 pm
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UK tech minister expresses concern over TikTok 23 Jan 2025 - 07:33 pm
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Poland says purchased rare 'treasure' Chopin manuscript 23 Jan 2025 - 06:51 pm
This photograph taken on January 23, 2025 shows a manuscript of the first and unpublished version of the Ballade in F minor, Op. 52 written by Polish composer Frederic Chopin, during its presentation at the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP)
Ethiopia bus accident kills 25 23 Jan 2025 - 06:26 pm
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Indonesia's free meal program reaches 650,000 children by far 23 Jan 2025 - 06:01 pm
Students eat lunch on the first day of a free-meal program at 11 State Senior High School in East Jakarta on January 6, 2025. Photo by Aditya IRAWAN / AFP
Death toll from Tanzania Marburg outbreak rises to nine 23 Jan 2025 - 05:43 pm
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Hundreds of Hungary schools hit with bomb threats 23 Jan 2025 - 05:27 pm
People stand in front of an empty school in Budapest on January 23, 2025 following bomb threats. (Photo by FERENC ISZA / AFP)
Seven Texas police wounded in shooting, gunman dead: officer 23 Jan 2025 - 05:02 pm
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UK child killer ordered out of stabbing spree sentencing 23 Jan 2025 - 04:22 pm
A Prison van escorted by police arrives at The Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts in Liverpool, north west England on January 23, 2025, ahead of the sentencing Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP)
After Musk salute, activists project 'Heil' on Tesla plant 23 Jan 2025 - 04:05 pm
(FILES) Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
Shoppers unaware as Roman tower lurks under French supermarket 23 Jan 2025 - 03:25 pm
This photograph shows remains of a Roman Tower, located in a supermarket storage place in Strasbourg, eastern France, January 17, 2025. (Photo by Esa Rancel / AFP)
Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 22 as search paused 23 Jan 2025 - 03:21 pm
Rescue teams, including Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) and the Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI), recover motorcycles from the mud following a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Kasimpar village, Central Java, on January 22, 2025.