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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
Denmark backs UAE leadership of COP28 climate talks 18 Jan 2023 - 08:46 pm
Denmark's Climate Minister Dan Jorgensen speaks to the media after a meeting at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 11, 2021. (REUTERS/Yves Herman)
Yellen eyes China trip after 'constructive' meeting with top Chinese official 18 Jan 2023 - 08:32 pm
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese vice-premier Liu He and their respective delegations wait ahead of their meeting in Zurich, on January 18, 2023. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)
Canada offers 200 armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine 18 Jan 2023 - 08:09 pm
Ukrainian servicemen ride an armoured fighting vehicle, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in a frontline in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, November 4, 2022. (REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)
Abducted Burkina women flee jihadist gunmen through bush 18 Jan 2023 - 07:59 pm
A woman pushes a barrel filled with water on the outskirts of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on January 30, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Zelensky writes letter to invite Xi for 'dialogue' 18 Jan 2023 - 07:55 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is displayed on a screen as he addresses students per video link at the Humboldt university in Berlin on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz / AFP)
Exhausted and struggling to pay bills, British nurses go on strike 18 Jan 2023 - 07:47 pm
People hold placards as they take part in a protest march organised by Doctors Association UK, NHS Workers Say No! and NHS Staff Voices, from University College London to Downing Street, in London on January 18, 2023, in support of the ongoing pay disputes.  (Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP)
Lula government cleans up security after riots 18 Jan 2023 - 07:21 pm
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the inauguration ceremony of the new Banco do Brasil President Tarciana Medeiros, in Brasilia, Brazil on January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
Vietnam parliament approves president's resignation 18 Jan 2023 - 07:11 pm
Vietnam's then President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends the 29th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting (AELM) during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 19, 2022. (Jack Taylor/Pool via REUTERS)
In rare attack, polar bear kills two people in Alaska 18 Jan 2023 - 06:48 pm
In this file photo taken on January 01, 1985, a handout photo made available on July 17, 2020 by Polar Bears International shows a polar bear with its cubs in the Sea Ice, northeast of Prudhoe Bay in Alaska in 1985. (Photo by Steven C. Amstrup / Polar Bears International / AFP)
Davos 2023: Egypt sees high demand from investors after currency drop, says minister 18 Jan 2023 - 06:45 pm
General view of hotels, banks and office buildings by the Nile River in Egypt, on September 12, 2022. File Photo / Reuters