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Fox News pushed 2020 election conspiracy hosts called ‘total BS’ 17 Feb 2023 - 08:48 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 13, 2019 protesters rally against Fox News outside the Fox News headquarters at the News Corporation building in New York City. - Media titan Rupert Murdoch described Donald Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen as
Taliban claim attack on police in Pakistan's Karachi, 2 dead 17 Feb 2023 - 08:14 pm
Security personnel take position behind a police vehicle near site of an attack to a police compound in Karachi on February 17, 2023. - A gunbattle was raging on February 17 night inside a Pakistan police building in the port city of Karachi, an AFP correspondent near the scene said. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)
US military finishes recovering Chinese balloon debris 17 Feb 2023 - 08:12 pm
File Photo: Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in the Atlantic ocean on February 5, 2023. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Thompson / US Navy / AFP)
18 bodies found in abandoned truck in Bulgaria 17 Feb 2023 - 07:11 pm
A security official gestures as an ambulance moves on the outskirts of the village of Lokorsko, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) north-east of Sofia, after the discovery of eighteen dead migrants in the rear of an abandoned truck. (Photo by NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP)
Nigeria police deploy for security before presidential vote 17 Feb 2023 - 07:04 pm
A woman walks past Nigerian police officers at a roadblock at Mile12 Market in Lagos on February 17, 2023, where violence flared up earlier in the day. - Protesters attacked bank ATMs and blocked roads in various Nigerian cities as anger spilled on the streets over a scarcity of cash. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Russia, Belarus discuss closer military, economic ties 17 Feb 2023 - 06:41 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) meets with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Vladimir Astapkovich / Sputnik / AFP)
5 Memphis officers plead not guilty in death of Tyre Nichols 17 Feb 2023 - 06:30 pm
Officers who were terminated after their involvement in a traffic stop that ended with the death of Tyre Nichols, pose in a combination of undated photographs in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. From left are officers Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills, Jr., Emmitt Martin III, Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean. Memphis Police Department/Handout via REUTERS.
Ukraine accuses French retailer Auchan of being Russia's 'weapon' 17 Feb 2023 - 06:14 pm
In this file photo taken on August 03, 2020, the logo of French supermarket Auchan is pictured on the wall of a shopping mall in Moscow on August 3, 2020.  (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP)
Families rejoice as Ivory Coast border opens after years of Covid closure 17 Feb 2023 - 06:00 pm
An Ivorian Police officer watches travellers get off a bus from Niger, at the Ivorian-Ghanaian border a few hours after its reopening in Noe on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP)
South Africa's Bavuma named as first black African Test captain 17 Feb 2023 - 05:50 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 09, 2022 South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma takes the catch to dismiss India's Ruturaj Gaikwad (not pictured) during the first Twenty20 international cricket match between India and South Africa at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. - South Africa on February 17, 2023 named Temba Bavuma as their first Black African Test captain, replacing axed Dean Elgar. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)
Lagos in protest over cash crisis 17 Feb 2023 - 05:44 pm
A woman buys fruits from a street vendor nexy to a campaign poster of presidential candidate of the ruling Action Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu and running mate Kashim Shettima in a market in Lagos on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Burgers bring bite of normality for Turkey quake survivors 17 Feb 2023 - 05:42 pm
Residents wait in a queue outside a bakery that gives out free bread in Samandag, south of Hatay on February 16, 2023, ten days after a 7.8-magnitude struck the border region of turkey and Syria. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Allies who can send Ukraine tanks must 'do so now': Scholz 17 Feb 2023 - 04:58 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Kienzle / AFP)
Poor Pakistanis worry IMF bailout measures risk stark future 17 Feb 2023 - 04:40 pm
Daily wage labourers wait for work at a market in Peshawar, Pakistan, on February 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
France raids consultants' homes in Macron campaign probe 17 Feb 2023 - 04:39 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on April 12, 2022 in Toulouse shows screens displaying the logo of US-based McKinsey & Company management consulting firm. - Four judicial searches perquisitions were caried out at the end of January at the home of managers and former managers of McKinsey in connection with an investigation over suspected illegal fundings in the presidential campaigns of Emmanuel Macron, according to sources close to the case on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)
Fetterman draws praise for getting help for depression 17 Feb 2023 - 04:03 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 3, 2023 US Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania John fetterman looks on as he is ceremonially sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris for the 118th Congress in the Old Senate Chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP)
Blast at Slovenia fireworks company kills 1, injures 2 17 Feb 2023 - 03:35 pm
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Mixed results for Moderna mRNA flu vaccine trial 17 Feb 2023 - 03:32 pm
In this file photo taken on January 5, 2023 the Moderna, logo is displayed during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP