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Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 9, including whole family 21 Jan 2020 - 03:55 pm
A Syrian man looks at a crater caused by a reported pro-regime bombardment in the village of Al-Jineh, in Aleppo's western countryside, on January 20, 2020. / AFP / Aaref WATAD
Swedish capital hit again by predawn blasts, 1 injured 21 Jan 2020 - 03:13 pm
Viex of some debris on the balcony of a residential building that was hit by an explosion injuring one person in Husby outside of Stockholm, on January 21, 2020, where two blasts occurred within some minutes and a few hundred metres away one from each oth
Trump hails US economic success in Davos as impeachment trial begins 21 Jan 2020 - 01:45 pm
US President Donald Trump delivers a speech during the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
Thunberg slams climate change inaction as Davos awaits Trump 21 Jan 2020 - 12:12 pm
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends a session at the Congres center during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 21, 2020. AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI
China's former Interpol chief sentenced to 13 years in prison 21 Jan 2020 - 11:57 am
This handout photo taken on January 21, 2020 and released by the Tianjin First Intermediate People's Court shows former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei (C) during his sentencing at the court in the Chinese city of Tianjin.AFP PHOTO / TIANJIN FIRST INTERMEDIAT
Eleven dead in fire in Siberian workers' shack 21 Jan 2020 - 11:40 am
This handout picture released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry shows firefighters working at the site of a fire that broke out in a one-storey wooden shack in the Prichulymsky settlement in Russia's Tomsk region on January 21, 2020.
Signs of life at 'no-man's land' around Philippine volcano 21 Jan 2020 - 10:56 am
A bird's eye view of mud-covered and destroyed houses with Taal volcano in background as seen from a Philippine airforce helicopter during an aerial survey in Agoncillo town, Batangas province, south of Manila on January 21, 2020. / AFP / Ted ALJIBE
Scare grows over China virus as human transmission and fourth death confirmed 21 Jan 2020 - 10:51 am
People wearing masks are seen at the Jinyintan hospital, where the patients with pneumonia caused by the new strain of coronavirus are being treated, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer CHINA OUT.
Prince Harry rejoins Meghan and Archie in Canada: media reports 21 Jan 2020 - 10:16 am
Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex visit Canada House in London, Britain January 7, 2020. Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Weather 'merry-go-round' poses new risks for fire-ravaged Australia 21 Jan 2020 - 09:59 am
Storm clouds gather over Sydney Harbour on January 20, 2020.  AFP / Peter Parks
Abuse of power, obstruction - the charges against Trump explained 21 Jan 2020 - 09:06 am
 U.S. President Donald trump puts his hand to his head while speaking at the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention and Trade Show in Austin, Texas, January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Three rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad 21 Jan 2020 - 07:46 am
A view of the Jumhuriyah bridge which runs over the Tigris river in the Iraqi capital Baghdad between Tahrir Square and the high-security Green Zone (background) which hosts government offices and foreign embassies. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Prince Harry hopes for calmer future, but not much chance 20 Jan 2020 - 10:18 pm
Prince Harry, his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex wave from the Ascot Landau Carriage during their wedding procession on the Long Walk, May 19, 2018. AFP pool / Aaron Chown
Bangladesh court orders government to tackle rise in rapes 20 Jan 2020 - 10:18 pm
Bangladeshi women hold placards and photographs of schoolgirl Nusrat Jahan Rafi at a protest in Dhaka following her murder after she had reported a sexual assault on April 12, 2019. AFP  / Sazzad Hossain
Millions go hungry in wealthy Canada - and some die young as a result 20 Jan 2020 - 10:18 pm
Homeless men eat hot dogs handed out from a soup kitchen handed out in a vacant lot in downtown Vancouver, November 22, 2001. Reuters/Andy Clark
Huawei CFO Meng's lawyer says ‘double criminality’ at centre of US extradition case 20 Jan 2020 - 10:18 pm
Huawei Technologies Co Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves the British Columbia Superior Courts on September 23, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. Karen Ducey / Getty Images / AFP.
Troops fire gas as migrants try to storm into Mexico 20 Jan 2020 - 10:18 pm
Members of Mexico's National Guard block migrants, part of a caravan travelling to the U.S., near the border between Guatemala and Mexico, in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, January 20, 2020. Reuters/Jose Cabezas
Germany jails man for tricking women into electric shocks 20 Jan 2020 - 10:18 pm
AFP file photo