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UN human rights chief to visit Haiti this week 06 Feb 2023 - 11:15 pm
Volker Türk. File. | Photo Credit: AFP
International help arrives for fire-hit Chile 06 Feb 2023 - 11:07 pm
Firefighters prepare to load water into the US DC-10 Air Tanker at the Carriel Sur airport in Concepcion, Chile on February 6, 2023. - The forest fires that hit the south-central zone of Chile have already left 26 dead and have destroyed more than 1,100 homes, at a time when international aid begins to arrive to fight the flames.  (Photo by JAVIER TORRES / AFP)
US recovering balloon debris, won't return to China: White House 06 Feb 2023 - 10:26 pm
John Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, answers questions during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, US, January 25, 2023. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
Brazil deploys police as miners flee Yanomami territory 06 Feb 2023 - 09:24 pm
Brazil's Minister of Justice Flávio Dino.
Five Argentine rugby players sentenced to life for shocking murder 06 Feb 2023 - 09:16 pm
Defendants accused of the murder of Fernando Baez Sosa Ciro Pertossi (front, L), Matias Benicelli (front, 2-L), Blas Cinalli (front, 2-R), Lucas Pertossi (front, R), Ayrton Viollaz (back, L), Maximo Thomsen (back, 2-L), Enzo Comelli (back, 2-R) and Luciano Pertossi (back, R) hear their sentence at the court in Dolores, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, on February 6, 2023. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)
Biden 'deeply saddened' by Turkiye, Syria quake; pledges US aid 06 Feb 2023 - 07:18 pm
Rescue workers and volunteers conduct search and rescue operations in the rubble of a collasped building, in Diyarbakir on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. (Photo by ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP)
Beijing confirms balloon flying over Latin America is Chinese 06 Feb 2023 - 11:38 am
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US looks for Chinese balloon debris 06 Feb 2023 - 10:15 am
This still image taken from a cellphone video by Haley Walsh in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, shows an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon after it was shot down on February 4, 2023. Photo by Haley WALSH / AFP
Chileans who survived deadly forest fire fear flames will return 06 Feb 2023 - 09:58 am
View of a fire in Puren, Araucania region, Chile on February 4, 2023. Photo by JAVIER TORRES / AFP
Colombia says 'object' spotted overhead after Chinese balloon warning 06 Feb 2023 - 12:33 am
The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, US, February 4, 2023. (REUTERS/Randall Hill)
F-22 makes first air-to-air strike in Chinese balloon takedown 06 Feb 2023 - 12:16 am
A jet flies by a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floats off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, US on February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Randall Hill/File Photo
US lawmakers clash over Biden's handling of Chinese balloon 06 Feb 2023 - 12:07 am
US President Joe Biden gestures to reporters before boarding Air Force One en route to Camp David at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, New York, US, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Chile forest fire toll rises, hundreds left homeless 05 Feb 2023 - 11:53 pm
Burnt vehicles are seen at an area affected by a forest fire in Santa Juana, Concepcion province, Chile on February 5, 2023. (Photo by JAVIER TORRES / AFP)
Ecuador votes on extradition amid crime boom 05 Feb 2023 - 10:44 pm
Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso gestures after voting during the local election at the Ileana Espinel Cedeٌo school in Guayaquil, Ecuador on February 5, 2023. (Photo by Marcos Pin / AFP)
Pope says critics 'exploited' predecessor's death 05 Feb 2023 - 10:44 pm
Pope Francis arrives to address the media while aboard the plane from Juba to Rome on February 5, 2023 returning from he Pope's visit to Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / POOL / AFP)
Canada deploys patrol plane to help Haiti fight gangs 05 Feb 2023 - 07:58 pm
Credit: Canadian government
Republicans assail Biden over handling of Chinese balloon 05 Feb 2023 - 07:26 pm
US President Joe Biden speaks to the press after arriving at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Maryland, on February 4, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
US school district retracts Eid holiday decision 05 Feb 2023 - 05:21 pm
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