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Trump presses Facebook to restore his account 18 Jan 2023 - 11:40 pm
In this file photo taken on January 17, 2023, a mobile billboard, deployed by Accountable Tech, is seen outside the Meta Headquarter in Menlo Park, California. (Photo by Kimberly White / Getty Images NA / AFP)
Chile rejects $2.5 billion mine project on environmental risks in snub to business 18 Jan 2023 - 10:10 pm
Environmental activists shout slogans before Chile's committee of ministers denied permits for Andes Iron's Dominga copper and iron mining project, in Santiago, Chile, January 18, 2023. (REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado)
Yellen eyes China trip after 'constructive' meeting with top Chinese official 18 Jan 2023 - 08:32 pm
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese vice-premier Liu He and their respective delegations wait ahead of their meeting in Zurich, on January 18, 2023. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)
Lula government cleans up security after riots 18 Jan 2023 - 07:21 pm
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the inauguration ceremony of the new Banco do Brasil President Tarciana Medeiros, in Brasilia, Brazil on January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
In rare attack, polar bear kills two people in Alaska 18 Jan 2023 - 06:48 pm
In this file photo taken on January 01, 1985, a handout photo made available on July 17, 2020 by Polar Bears International shows a polar bear with its cubs in the Sea Ice, northeast of Prudhoe Bay in Alaska in 1985. (Photo by Steven C. Amstrup / Polar Bears International / AFP)
US Treasury's Yellen, China's Liu to meet in Zurich for first in-person talks 18 Jan 2023 - 08:11 am
 In this file photo taken on December 15, 2022 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets with President of Senegal Macky Sall during the US - Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP)
Peru peasants march to Lima, vowing to give lives for change 17 Jan 2023 - 11:57 pm
Demonstrators prepare to depart to Lima to protest against the government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in the city of Ilave, Puno, southern Peru on January 17, 2023.  (Photo by Juan Carlos CISNEROS / AFP)
Peru's president calls for 'peaceful, calm' protests in capital 17 Jan 2023 - 11:55 pm
Demonstrators depart to Lima to protest against the government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in the city of Ilave, Puno, southern Peru on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Juan Carlos Cisneros / AFP)
Fraud trial begins over Elon Musk's 2018 Tesla tweet 17 Jan 2023 - 11:16 pm
Legal aides move boxes of material as they arrive for the Elon Musk shareholder lawsuit trial at the Phillip Burton Federal Building on January 17, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP
Canadian province's healthcare fix raises fears of new strain on public system 17 Jan 2023 - 10:56 pm
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks during his Ontario PC Party provincial election night watch party at the Toronto Congress Centre in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada on June 2, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Brazil's Lula removes soldiers from guarding presidential residence 17 Jan 2023 - 10:40 pm
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Banco do Brasil President Tarciana Medeiros, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 16, 2023. (REUTERS/Adriano Machado)
Republican told gunmen to 'aim lower' in attacks on New Mexico Democrats 17 Jan 2023 - 10:19 pm
Solomon Pena poses for a jail booking photograph after his arrest by the Albuquerque Police Department in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US on January 17, 2023.  File Photo / Reuters
US asks court to reverse order banning airplane mask mandate to combat COVID 17 Jan 2023 - 09:40 pm
Travelers wearing protective face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reclaim their luggage at the airport in Denver, Colorado, US, on November 24, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
White House ask House Republicans to "come clean" on McCarthy deals 17 Jan 2023 - 09:18 pm
US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters at the US Capitol in Washington, US, on January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Biden to visit flood-hit California on Thursday 17 Jan 2023 - 12:13 pm
Houses along Beach Dr. in Seacliff that were damaged by flooding, in a region saturated after three weeks of storms, are seen in Aptos, California, U.S. January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Daniel Dreifuss
Biden calls Republican lawmakers 'fiscally demented' 16 Jan 2023 - 11:52 pm
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the National Action Network's (NAN) annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day breakfast in Washington, US, January 16, 2023. (REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson)
Venezuelan teachers march for better pay amid sky-high inflation 16 Jan 2023 - 09:54 pm
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference following the ruling Socialist Party's victory in legislative elections that were boycotted by the opposition in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 8, 2020.   File Photo / Reuters
Yellen to meet Chinese official in bid to ease tensions 16 Jan 2023 - 09:38 pm
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen presides over the unveiling of the first US banknotes printed with two women's signatures at an event in Fort Worth, Texas, US, on December 8, 2022. File Photo / Reuters