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He fled Russia's draft, now he's stranded in a South Korean airport 19 Jan 2023 - 02:49 pm
Vladimir Maraktayev poses for a picture in a departure lounge at Incheon International Airport Incheon, South Korea, January 19, 2023. Vladimir Maraktayev/Handout via Reuters
Thunberg says people in Davos fuel 'destruction of planet' 19 Jan 2023 - 02:40 pm
Youth climate activists Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate, Helena Gualinga and Luisa Neubauer take part in a discussion on
Biden tours storm-ravaged California coast Thursday 19 Jan 2023 - 02:39 pm
This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technologies shows San Antonio Creek flooding homes and ranches in Oak View, California, on January 16, 2023.(Photo by Satellite image ゥ2022 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
Bank worker who led secret life after $500,000 heist caught 25 years later 19 Jan 2023 - 02:09 pm
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Heavy snow briefly closes runways at Britain's Manchester Airport 19 Jan 2023 - 12:11 pm
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Ukraine asks West to hurry up with supplies of tanks, air defences 19 Jan 2023 - 12:02 pm
Ukrainian servicemen stand on their tanks near the frontline town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Vladyslav Smilianets
Japan divers capture rare footage of live giant squid 19 Jan 2023 - 11:55 am
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Hong Kong to remove mandatory quarantine for Covid infections 19 Jan 2023 - 11:41 am
Travellers take the first train to Hong Kong's Lok Ma Chau border checkpoint on the first day China reopens the border amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hong Kong, China, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern announces shock resignation 19 Jan 2023 - 08:02 am
This video frame grab from TVNZ via AFPTV taken on January 19, 2023 shows New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announcing she will resign from her post next month, in Wellington. AFP PHOTO / TVNZ via AFPTV
Iraq repatriates 142 families from Syria camp 18 Jan 2023 - 11:45 pm
Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community are pictured at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the Sharya area, some 15 kms from the northern city of Dohuk in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region, on January 17, 2023. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP)
Trump presses Facebook to restore his account 18 Jan 2023 - 11:40 pm
In this file photo taken on January 17, 2023, a mobile billboard, deployed by Accountable Tech, is seen outside the Meta Headquarter in Menlo Park, California. (Photo by Kimberly White / Getty Images NA / AFP)
Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion 18 Jan 2023 - 11:27 pm
Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa gestures after she was acquitted of the tax evasion cases against her at the Court of Tax Appeals in Quezon City, Metro Manila on January 18, 2023. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
Congo police scatter protesters denouncing slow M23 rebel pullback 18 Jan 2023 - 10:20 pm
Congolese police talk to demonstrators calling on authorities to enforce an agreed withdrawal of M23 rebels from occupied territory in the region, within Goma in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo on January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Djaffar Sabiti
Chile rejects $2.5 billion mine project on environmental risks in snub to business 18 Jan 2023 - 10:10 pm
Environmental activists shout slogans before Chile's committee of ministers denied permits for Andes Iron's Dominga copper and iron mining project, in Santiago, Chile, January 18, 2023. (REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado)
Philippines' Marcos says South China Sea 'keeps him up at night' 18 Jan 2023 - 10:09 pm
Philippine's President Ferdinand Marcos Jr speaks during a session at the Congress centre during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 18, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Davos 2023: Saudi foreign minister sees progress to end Yemen conflict 18 Jan 2023 - 10:00 pm
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud attends a news conference at the Arab Gulf Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 9, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
UN chief slams oil firms for 'big lie' on global warming 18 Jan 2023 - 09:44 pm
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 18, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
Tiger euthanised in South Africa after escaping from private home 18 Jan 2023 - 09:27 pm
Members of a local community policing forum search the nearby bushes for Sheba, an eight-year-old tiger that escaped from a nearby farm in the Walkerville area on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa on January 16, 2023 REUTERS/Ihsaan Haffejee