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London’s Heathrow Airport security staff vote to strike over pay 17 Mar 2023 - 10:50 pm
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Greece raises minimum wage to pre-bailout levels 17 Mar 2023 - 10:13 pm
File Photo: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gestures during an inaugural ceremony of works at Greece's biggest property investment at the disused Hellenikon airport, in Athens, Greece, July 3, 2020. (Reuters/Costas Baltas)
Lack of hugs caused US fentanyl crisis, says Mexican president 17 Mar 2023 - 09:46 pm
File Photo: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a news conference at the Old City Hall (Antiguo Palacio del Ayuntamiento), in Mexico City, Mexico January 20, 2023. (REUTERS/Henry Romero)
Army deploys across South Africa as opposition strike looms 17 Mar 2023 - 09:46 pm
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Discarded explosives in South Sudan kill 10, including kids 17 Mar 2023 - 09:00 pm
Members of the opposition troops hold weapons near their base in Thonyor, South Sudan, on April 11, 2017. File photo / AFP
New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market 17 Mar 2023 - 08:54 pm
An aerial view shows the P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 17, 2020. (Hector Retamal/AFP)
Moldova says EU 'only chance' to escape Russian threats 17 Mar 2023 - 07:46 pm
Moldovan President Maia Sandu speaks at a press conference on July 29, 2022. File photo / AFP
NATO chief welcomes Turkiye move to ratify Finland membership 17 Mar 2023 - 07:34 pm
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Slovakia to donate 13 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine 17 Mar 2023 - 07:23 pm
This file photo taken on January 1, 2023 shows a MIG-29 Ukrainian fighter jet flying over eastern Ukraine. - Slovakia will donate 13 MiG-29 warplanes to Ukraine, the Slovak prime minister said on March 17, 2023, making it the second NATO member to announce such a shipment following a similar move by Poland. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
Prince Harry sues tabloid for defamation over security story 17 Mar 2023 - 07:19 pm
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Burundi officials detect polio outbreak linked to vaccine 17 Mar 2023 - 07:08 pm
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ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin over Ukraine war crimes 17 Mar 2023 - 06:59 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the social and economic development of Crimea and Sevastopol via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 17, 2023. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / SPUTNIK / AFP)
Officer who killed George Floyd pleads guilty in tax case 17 Mar 2023 - 06:47 pm
File photo: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is led away in handcuffs past his defense attorney Eric Nelson after a jury found him guilty of all charges in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Haaland criticized over ‘difficult’ choice on Willow project 17 Mar 2023 - 06:38 pm
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South Korea wanted a 69-hour workweek, young people weren't having it 17 Mar 2023 - 06:04 pm
A woman leans back on a statue of South Korean novelist Yeom Sang-seop to read her newspaper, as another woman uses her phone in Seoul on March 16, 2023.
Ghana gives state funeral honours to soccer star Atsu 17 Mar 2023 - 05:53 pm
The coffin of former Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu is seen during his funeral at the State House in Accra, Ghana, on March 17, 2023. - Atsu, 31, was caught up in a 7.8-magnitude quake that rocked Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023 killing more than 44,000 people in both countries. (Photo by Nipah Dennis / AFP)
Turkish FM to visit Egypt as countries end decade-long split 17 Mar 2023 - 05:26 pm
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a joint press conference with his Swedish counterpart in Ankara on December 22, 2022.  File photo / AFP
Protests erupt in France over Macron’s retirement age push 17 Mar 2023 - 05:16 pm
Unionists stand near a bonfire as they block access to the Storengy Site as they protest against the government's proposed pensions overhaul, which includes raising the minimum retirement age to 64 from 62 and increasing the number of years people have to make contributions for a full pension, in Chemery, central France, on March 17, 2023.  (Photo by GUILLAUME SOUVANT / AFP)