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US winter storm death toll rises to 61 29 Dec 2022 - 11:51 pm
US National Guard assist in recovery efforts after a record winter storm in Buffalo, New York, on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Jorge Uzon / AFP)
Exiled Afghan MP says Taliban 'erasing' women 29 Dec 2022 - 11:12 pm
Afghan politician Fawzia Koofi poses for a portrait in central London on December 29, 2022. (Photo by Justin Tallis / AFP)
Russian president, Chinese counterpart to hold video conference tomorrow 29 Dec 2022 - 10:01 pm
File photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. (REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina)
Brazil's Lula gives Marina Silva, Simone Tebet key cabinet roles 29 Dec 2022 - 09:56 pm
Brazilian Economy Minister nominee Fernando Haddad, Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Planning Minister nominee Simone Tebet pose for picture during the presentation of the ministers nominated for his government at the transition government building in Brasilia, Brazil, on December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Kosovo's main border crossing with Serbia open as tensions ease 29 Dec 2022 - 09:47 pm
Journalists film as Kosovo Serbs remove trucks from a road barricade set up by ethnic Serbs in the village of Rudare near the town of Zvecan on December 29, 2022. (Photo by Armend NIMANI / AFP)
Global alarm grows over China's Covid surge 29 Dec 2022 - 09:45 pm
Panda keepers hold cubs while posing for photos ahead of the new year at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, China's southwestern Sichuan province on December 29, 2022. (AFP)
UN aid chief to visit Afghanistan over female aid worker ban 29 Dec 2022 - 09:40 pm
Martin Griffiths, the under secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, briefs reporters on the famine and humanitarian situation in Mogadishu, Somalia, September 5, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Fresh clashes between M23, rival militias erupt in east DR Congo 29 Dec 2022 - 09:28 pm
Soldiers of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) prepare to be deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after their departure ceremony at the SSPDF Headquarters in Juba on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Samir BOL / AFP)
US FDA broke own protocols in approving Biogen Alzheimer's drug: Congressional report 29 Dec 2022 - 09:13 pm
A sign marks a Biogen facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on March 9, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
Italy PM Meloni determined to bring Expo 2030 world fair to Rome 29 Dec 2022 - 08:40 pm
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni holds her end-of-year news conference in Rome, Italy, on December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Dubai court authorises jailed Brit's fraud extradition 29 Dec 2022 - 08:27 pm
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Ethiopian federal police deploy in Tigray after peace deal 29 Dec 2022 - 08:15 pm
File Photo: Ethiopian Federal policemen stand at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 11, 2019. (REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri)
Three charged over 'racist' fight at South Africa pool 29 Dec 2022 - 07:53 pm
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during the 55th National Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on December 16, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Italy's rightist government tightens rules for migrant rescues 29 Dec 2022 - 07:13 pm
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addresses journalists during her year-end press conference in Rome, on December 29, 2022. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
China COVID deaths accelerate to 9,000 a day - UK research firm Airfinity 29 Dec 2022 - 06:57 pm
A woman arranges a face mask on a child's face in a departure terminal of the international airport in Beijing on December 29, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
Cambodian casino fire kills 19, dozens more feared dead 29 Dec 2022 - 06:26 pm
Fire burns around people on a ledge on the side of the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino in Poipet on December 29, 2022. (AFP)
Belarus says its air defense shot down Ukrainian missile 29 Dec 2022 - 06:01 pm
A Ukrainian service member is seen at a position near the border with Belarus, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zhytomyr region, Ukraine, December 27, 2022. (REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi)
Nine killed in fighting in Sudan's Darfur 29 Dec 2022 - 05:53 pm
Sudan's Darfur is still reeling from years of civil war, and clashes between ethnic groups often erupt over land and water in the arid region. ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP
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