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Protest at German village to block coal mine expansion 08 Jan 2023 - 07:25 pm
People build a barricade at Luetzerath, a village that is about to be demolished to allow for the expansion of the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine of Germany's utility RWE, Germany, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
Bosnian Serb leader awards Russian President Putin medal in absentia 08 Jan 2023 - 07:12 pm
File Photo: Milorad Dodik of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats attends a pre-election rally in Gradiska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 28, 2022. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)
South Africa's Eskom says police investigating alleged poisoning of CEO 08 Jan 2023 - 06:58 pm
Andre de Ruyter, Group Chief Executive of state-owned power utility Eskom speaks during a media briefing in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 31, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
California faces another week of heavy rain and flooding; over 500,000 without power 08 Jan 2023 - 06:44 pm
A semi tractor-trailer lies on its side along after it was toppled by high winds during a winter storm along Interstate 5 in Woodland, California, US, January 8, 2023. (REUTERS/Fred Greaves)
Iranians protest outside French embassy after cartoons 08 Jan 2023 - 06:33 pm
Demonstrators gather with images of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against defamatory cartoons depicting him published by French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, outside the French embassy in Iran's capital Tehran on January 8, 2023. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Theresa May tops list of UK MPs' earnings from side hustles 08 Jan 2023 - 06:33 pm
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Prince Harry set to deliver more broadsides at UK royals in TV interviews 08 Jan 2023 - 06:26 pm
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attend the state funeral and burial of Queen Elizabeth, in London, Britain, September 19, 2022. (Reuters file photo)
Senegal declares national mourning after bus crash kills dozens 08 Jan 2023 - 05:34 pm
A general view of the scene of a bus accident in Kaffrine, central Senegal, on January 8, 2023 where at least 38 people have died and scores were injured when two buses collided. (Photo by Cheikh Dieng / AFP)
Suspected Mozambican kidnap king arrested in South Africa 08 Jan 2023 - 05:21 pm
South African law enforcement officers patrol an area of Cape Town on October 12, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
NATO declines Serbia's request to deploy its troops in Kosovo 08 Jan 2023 - 05:18 pm
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a joint news conference with former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and Hungary's President Katalin Novak, at the Hungarian-Serbian border barrier near Kelebia, Hungary, on December 15, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Thai king's daughter remains unconscious weeks after collapsing: Palace 08 Jan 2023 - 03:50 pm
Theerapat Prayurasiddh, permanent secretary of the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, dressed in a traditional costume, greets Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun and Princess Bajrakitiyabha during the annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony in central Bangkok, Thailand, May 12, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
UK PM Sunak says he is open to discussing pay rises for nurses 08 Jan 2023 - 03:34 pm
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks with members of staff as he visits Croydon University Hospital on October 28, 2022 in London, Britain. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Dozens killed in Senegal bus accident 08 Jan 2023 - 03:31 pm
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Thailand introduced new entry regulations as China reopens border 08 Jan 2023 - 03:18 pm
Tourists visit the Grand Palace, one of the top tourist attraction spots as Thailand is expecting arrivals of Chinese tourists after China reopens its borders amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand, January 7, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Protesters clash with police at COVID antigen kit maker factory in China, videos show 08 Jan 2023 - 12:15 pm
Police intervene at a protest at a factory, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Chongqing, China in this screen grab from a video released on January 7, 2023 obtained by Reuters
Iran executes two more men in connection with protests 08 Jan 2023 - 11:33 am
Mohammad-Mehdi Karami speaks in a courtroom before being executed by hanging, along with Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, for allegedly killing a member of the security forces in Tehran, Iran December 2022 in this still image obtained from a video by WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters
19 killed, 20 injured in road accident in eastern China: state media 08 Jan 2023 - 10:25 am
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'Once in a century' flood cuts off communities in northwestern Australia 08 Jan 2023 - 09:21 am
(Left) A view shows damaged Fitzroy Crossing bridge and (right) people being evacuated from Fitzroy Crossing Airport, in Fitzroy crossing, Australia January 7, 2023, in this picture obtained from a video. Joe Ross/via Reuters