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Liberian president suspends more than 450 officials 12 Feb 2025 - 11:27 pm
File photo of Liberia's president Joseph Boakai
Egg costs soar 15% in a month with grocery shelves empty across US 12 Feb 2025 - 11:11 pm
Waffle House pointed to soaring egg prices when it announced a 50-cent surcharge on eggs. (Photo by Michael S Williamson/The Washington Post)
US universities file lawsuit against medical research funding cuts 12 Feb 2025 - 10:40 pm
File Photo: The Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, November 28, 2012. (REUTERS/Michelle McLoughlin)
Trump speaks to Putin, says Ukraine talks to start 'immediately' 12 Feb 2025 - 10:15 pm
This combination of pictures created on February 12, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025 and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Saul Loeb and Evgenia Novozhenina / AFP)
Syria to have new government on March 1 12 Feb 2025 - 09:42 pm
A girl holds an independence-era Syrian flag out of the window of a bus carrying displaced Syrians returning home after years of displacement in the northern Aleppo province, at the entrance of the central city of Homs on February 10, 2025. (Photo by Louai Beshara / AFP)
WHO has only 'limited information' on bird flu spread in US 12 Feb 2025 - 08:57 pm
Hens for sale roam in their cage at Wabash Feed & Garden store in Houston, Texas, on February 10, 2025. (Photo by Moisés AVILA / AFP)
Saudi Stock Exchange index closes lower 12 Feb 2025 - 08:19 pm
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South Africa starts processing group visa applications for tourists from China, India 12 Feb 2025 - 08:07 pm
File photo for representational purposes. Check-in counters at Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa.
South Sudan vice president says political reshuffle threatens peace deal 12 Feb 2025 - 07:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir shakes hands with ex-vice president and former rebel leader Riek Machar during their meeting in Juba, South Sudan, October 19, 2019. REUTERS/Jok Solomun/File Photo
Telecom Italia agrees to sell sea cable network to Rome 12 Feb 2025 - 06:58 pm
The Tim logo is seen at its headquarters in Rome, Italy November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Modi seeks to dodge Trump’s trade wrath in White House summit 12 Feb 2025 - 06:17 pm
Narendra Modi. Prakash Singh/Bloomberg
US stocks fall as January inflation rises 12 Feb 2025 - 06:07 pm
People walk by Wall Street on February 04, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Israel impedes travel of patients, blocks access of medical essentials: Gaza Health Director General 12 Feb 2025 - 05:30 pm
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Trump calls on Fed to lower US interest rates 12 Feb 2025 - 05:20 pm
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak to reporters as he welcomes former detainee Marc Fogel (out of frame) to the White House after Fogel was freed from Russia in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. (Photo by Allison ROBBERT / AFP)
Sweden to allow schoolbag searches after mass shooting 12 Feb 2025 - 04:40 pm
People gather at a makeshift memorial to observe a national minute's silence to honor the victims of the February 4 school shooting in Orebro, Sweden on February 11, 2025. (Photo by Jessica GOW / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT
Apple renames Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' on US app 12 Feb 2025 - 03:45 pm
This photo illustration shows the Gulf of Mexico branded as Gulf of America displayed on the Google Maps application on a tablet on February 11, 2025, in Bogota, Colombia. (Photo by Luis Acosta / AFP)
European airport passenger traffic tops pre-Covid level 12 Feb 2025 - 01:24 pm
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Two astronauts stranded on space station to touch down early 12 Feb 2025 - 01:21 pm
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