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Trump a target as US Capitol riot probe votes on criminal referrals 19 Dec 2022 - 07:36 pm
Former US President Donald Trump thrusts his fist as he greets the crowd after announcing that he will once again run for US president in the 2024 US presidential election, during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, US on November 15, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Germany pauses orders of new tanks after mass breakdown 19 Dec 2022 - 07:16 pm
German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht meets with Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad in Bratislava, Slovakia, December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
Belarus strongman urges unity with Moscow in 'difficult times' 19 Dec 2022 - 06:47 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko shake hands before their meeting at the Palace of Independence in Minsk, Belarus on December 19, 2022. Sputnik/Konstantin Zavrazhin/Pool via REUTERS
Iran says Jordan summit 'good opportunity' for nuclear talks 19 Dec 2022 - 06:31 pm
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdoulahian and his Nicaraguan counterpart Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres (L) pose for a picture after signing a bilateral agreement at the offices of the foreign ministry in Tehran on December 18, 2022. (Photo by AFP)
Sweden hits record with 60 shot dead in 2022 19 Dec 2022 - 06:22 pm
Sweden's Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson walks, after being confirmed as new prime minister, in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 17, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Netherlands PM Rutte apologises for role of Dutch state in slavery 19 Dec 2022 - 06:08 pm
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologizes as he responds to recommendations from a panel of experts to accept the role of the Netherlands in the history of slavery and its current consequences in The Hague, Netherlands, on  December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
COVID-19 still Spain's leading cause of deaths this year 19 Dec 2022 - 04:05 pm
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Quiet before Christmas in Seoul night-life district of deadly crowd crush 19 Dec 2022 - 04:02 pm
People read condolences messages attached to the wall of a narrow alley of Itaewon where the deadly Halloween crush that killed more than 150 in October happened, in Seoul, South Korea, December 18, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Five killed in Toronto shooting: police 19 Dec 2022 - 03:34 pm
A police officer looks out from the lobby after a fatal mass shooting at a condominium building in the Toronto suburb of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
UK's Rwanda asylum seeker deportation plan is lawful, court rules 19 Dec 2022 - 03:12 pm
Protesters demonstrate outside the High Court over the legal challenge against the government's policy to deport illegal immigrants to Rwanda in London, Britain December 19, 2022. Reuters/Peter Nicholls
Dozens injured as turbulence hits Hawaiian Airlines flight 19 Dec 2022 - 03:04 pm
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Air quality plummets in Indian capital as temperature falls 19 Dec 2022 - 02:53 pm
Commuters’ cross railway tracks amid foggy conditions on a wintry morning near a railway station in Amritsar on December 19, 2022. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
France bans disposable packaging, utensils in fast-food restaurants 19 Dec 2022 - 02:45 pm
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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)