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Development partners commit $30 billion to food production in Africa 27 Jan 2023 - 09:27 pm
Women harvest eggplants for the market, on a field of farmer Mor Kabe in the outskirts of Notto Gouye Diama village, Thies region, Senegal, January 24, 2023. (REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra)
Turkey summons Danish envoy over Holy Quran protest 27 Jan 2023 - 08:36 pm
Police patrols the area in front of the Turkish embassy, where Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan has announced to burn a copy of the Holy Quaran, in Copenhagen, Denmark, January 27, 2023. (Ritzau Scanpix/Olafur Steinar Gestsson via REUTERS)
Lebanon lawmaker sit-in enters second week 27 Jan 2023 - 07:52 pm
Lebanese deputies Melhem Khalaf (left) and Najat Saliba giving a statement to the press at the end of a session in the parliament building, in the capital Beirut, in this handout photo provided by the Lebanese Parliament on January 19, 2023. (AFP)
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)
Protests held in Pakistan over Swedish, Dutch attacks on Holy Quran 27 Jan 2023 - 06:57 pm
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party members chant slogans in a protest against the torching of the Holy Quran in Sweden over the weekend, in Karachi on January 26, 2023. (Photo by Asif Hassan / AFP)
Philippines to appeal ICC resumption of drug war probe 27 Jan 2023 - 06:21 pm
This file photo taken on January 30, 2017 shows then-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) talking to Philippine National Police director general Ronald Dela Rosa during a press conference at the Malacanang palace in Manila. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
Nepal's combative Deputy PM sacked over citizenship 27 Jan 2023 - 05:14 pm
Peninsula
Poland to send 60 modernised tanks to Ukraine in addition to Leopards 27 Jan 2023 - 04:29 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (C) welcomes Polish President Andrzej Duda (R) as Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda looks on, in Lviv, Ukraine, January 11, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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
China domestic tourism picks up over Lunar New Year as COVID curbs end 27 Jan 2023 - 03:53 pm
First batch of Chinese tourists arrived at Ngurah Rai InternationalÊAirport following the Chinese Government's resumption of travel for citizens in Bali, Indonesia, January 22, 2023 Antara Foto/Fikri Yusuf/via REUTERS
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.
UK has some concerns over US green subsidy act, Hunt says 27 Jan 2023 - 02:41 pm
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt walks at Downing Street in London, Britain, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Torrential rains, flash floods lash Auckland; Elton John concert cancelled 27 Jan 2023 - 02:22 pm
People walk on a flooded street after Elton John?s concert was canceled due to bad weather, in Auckland, New Zealand, January 27, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Duane Moyle/via REUTERS
New UK high-speed rail service may not connect to central London: Report 27 Jan 2023 - 01:56 pm
A worker walks along a walkway at the HS2 rail Curzon Street Station construction site in Birmingham, Britain, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
Iran: One person dies in attack on Azerbaijan's embassy 27 Jan 2023 - 01:34 pm
Police stay guard in front of the Azerbaijan embassy in Tehran on January 27, 2023, following an attack. Photo by AFP
UK's Hunt pledges to boost growth but won't budge on tax hikes 27 Jan 2023 - 01:10 pm
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves his house in London, Britain, November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Japan to downgrade coronavirus classification on May 8, PM Kishida says 27 Jan 2023 - 12:47 pm
People wearing face masks cross a street in Tokyo on January 27, 2023. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
India police charge 10 with homicide over bridge collapse that killed 135 27 Jan 2023 - 12:41 pm
People look on as rescuers in boats work at the site of a suspension bridge collapse in Morbi town in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 31, 2022. ANI via REUTERS