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House Speaker McCarthy to discuss debt limit, spending with Biden on Wednesday 29 Jan 2023 - 08:46 pm
The dome of the US Capitol is seen beyond a chain fence during the partial government shutdown in Washington, US, on January 8, 2019. File Photo / Reuters
Scholz visits South America in a race with China to get lithium 29 Jan 2023 - 05:23 pm
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) during a joint presser at Palacio San Martin in Buenos Aires, on January 28, 2023. (Photo by Luis Robayo / AFP)
Memphis disbands police unit after fatal beating video 29 Jan 2023 - 10:09 am
People hold signs during a protest following the release of videos showing Memphis police officers beating Tyre Nichols, who died while hospitalized three days later, in New York, U.S., January 28, 2023. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado
Trump rips Democrats in New Hampshire, heads to South Carolina in campaign kickoff 28 Jan 2023 - 11:58 pm
A man wears a T-shirt with images of former US President Donald Trump on it, on the day of Donald Trump's campaign stop to unveil his leadership team, at the South Carolina State House in Columbia, South Carolina, US, January 28, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Authorities raise alert level around Lascar volcano in northern Chile 28 Jan 2023 - 10:31 pm
A general view of the Villarrica volcano from Pucon area, Chile on January 28, 2023. Picture taken using long exposure. REUTERS/Cristobal Saavedra Escobar
Peru's Boluarte laments Congress' failure to speed up elections 28 Jan 2023 - 09:43 pm
Peru's President Dina Boluarte speaks as she meets with foreign press, in Lima, Peru on January 24, 2023. File Photo / Reuters
Fears of unrest dissipate in US after police beating video released 28 Jan 2023 - 09:38 pm
Protesters rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols, at Times Square in New York City, on January 27, 2023. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)
US four-star general warns of war with China in 2025 28 Jan 2023 - 07:17 pm
Crew members signal to a F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet preparing to take off for a routine flight on board the U.S. USS Nimitz aircraft carrier during a routine deployment to the South China Sea, Mid-Sea, on January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Joseph Campbell/File Photo
Anger and protest in Memphis after police beating video released 28 Jan 2023 - 03:42 pm
A protestor steps on the windshield of a police vehicle, on the day of the release of a video showing police officers beating Tyre Nichols, the young Black man who died three days after he was pulled over while driving during a traffic stop by memphis police officers, in New York, U.S., January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Peru Congress rejects president's plan for early elections 28 Jan 2023 - 10:01 am
Demonstrators hold a protest against the government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and to demand her resignation, in Juliaca, southern Peru, on January 27, 2023. - Peru's embattled President Dina Boluarte on Friday urged Congress to advance elections slated for April 2024 to December 2023 as protests against her leadership that have left dozens dead continue. Peru has been embroiled in a political crisis with near-daily protests since December 7 when former president Pedro Castillo was arrested after attempting to dissolve parliament and rule by decree. (Photo by Juan Carlos CISNEROS / AFP)
Memphis releases deadly police beating video 28 Jan 2023 - 09:26 am
A demonstrator holds a placard as people march during a protest on the day of the release of a video showing police officers beating Tyre Nichols, the young Black man who died three days after he was pulled over while driving during a traffic stop by Memphis police officers, in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Dozens of Yanomami children hospitalized in Brazil amid health crisis 28 Jan 2023 - 12:23 am
A Yanomami indigenous child, who is treated for malnutrition, sits in a hammock at a special yard for indigenous people of the Santo Antonio Children's Hospital, in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, January 27, 2023. (REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli)
Authorities release footage of assailant striking Pelosi's husband 28 Jan 2023 - 12:03 am
A screen grab taken from video shows damage to the home of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after her husband Paul Pelosi was violently assaulted during a break-in at their house in San Francisco, California, US, October 28, 2022. (KGO TV via ABC via REUTERS)
Biden names former Covid aide as new White House chief of staff 27 Jan 2023 - 07:24 pm
In this file photo taken on April 13, 2021, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients (left) and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci brief reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Barcelona bans grocery delivery companies' 'dark stores' 27 Jan 2023 - 04:24 pm
A Glovo delivery rider passes by a pedestrian area in Barcelona, Spain, January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo
Memphis braces for video of fatal police encounter with Black motorist 27 Jan 2023 - 02:52 pm
People attend a candlelight vigil in memory of Tyre Nichols at the Tobey Skate Park on January 26, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign faces trouble in crucial Iowa 26 Jan 2023 - 10:04 pm
Former US President Donald Trump, who announced a third run for the presidency in 2024, hosts a New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, US on December 31, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
US to 'deepen' ties with hotly courted Africa 26 Jan 2023 - 09:24 pm
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen shakes hands with South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago, at the Reserve Bank Offices in Pretoria, South Africa, January 26, 2023. (REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko)

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This photo taken with a mobile phone on Aug. 29, 2026 shows a city view in Cairo, Egypt. (Xinhua/Shen Hong) Egyptian court sentences well-known TV presenter, 11 others to death in drug case
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A Civil Defence member collects human remains in the rubble of Al-Muhandisin Tower, that was destroyed in Israeli strikes in the Nuseirat camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on September 5, 2026. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 73,651
AFP File photo. Representational. UN report documents forced displacement of 33,000 Palestinians in northern West Bank

Asia

Stranded passengers gather as they wait at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang on September 6, 2026. The Airport has been temporarily closed to all flight operations due to ash spewing from the Anak Krakatoa volcano. (Photo by Syarief Akbar / AFP) Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption
Excavators work to clear the road at Mingkeng Village, Suichuan County of east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 6, 2026. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang) Four dead as mudslides and landslides strike China's Jiangxi
Bulldozers clear debris as rescue personnel conduct a search operation at the site following a building collapse in the Satya Niketan area in New Delhi on September 6, 2026. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) Multi-storey building collapse in Delhi kills 2, injures 7
A helicopter takes off from a temporary relief camp in the aftermath of flash floods at Trishuli Bazar, Nepal's Nuwakot district, on September 6, 2026. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP) Nepali rescuers buoyed by miracle finds but tough conditions persist

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