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North Korean leader Kim brings daughter to visit troops 08 Feb 2023 - 06:25 pm
This picture taken on February 7, 2023 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 8, 2023 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a banquet to mark the 75th anniversary of the Korean People's Army (KPA), with his wife Ri Sol-Ju (left) and his daughter (centre) in North Korea. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)
Paris Olympic Games unveils 'joyful' look for 2024 08 Feb 2023 - 06:16 pm
This photograph taken on February 8, 2023, shows an illustration of the dominant colours and visual identity on the Centre Pompidou, displayed on a screen during the presentation of the pictograms of each discipline and visual identity of Paris 2024 and Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
Sweden mulling bid for 2030 Winter Olympics 08 Feb 2023 - 06:07 pm
The Japanese city of Sapporo, once seen as a favourite, has put its 2030 Winter Olympics bid on hold. Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
South Africa police probe 'unusual' corpse theft 08 Feb 2023 - 05:32 pm
The body of a man who was buried on January 22, was stolen, and the coffin was left. Picture: SAPS
Belarus hands 8-year term to journalist for top Polish paper 08 Feb 2023 - 05:27 pm
In this file photo taken on January 16, 2023 Andrzej Poczobut - a correspondent for the top Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza and a representative of the Polish minority in Belarus, who was arrested in March 2021 and accused of
India's Modi hits back at opposition after Adani furore 08 Feb 2023 - 05:00 pm
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activist holds a placard in support of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the union budget while riding a horse in Kolkata on February 7, 2023. (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)
Syria's White Helmets rescuers urge international quake help 08 Feb 2023 - 04:54 pm
Algerian rescue teams take part in the search and rescue operations in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on February 8, 2023, two days after a deadly earthquake struck Syria and Turkey.   (Photo by AFP)
Kenya suspends two more football players for match-fixing 08 Feb 2023 - 04:52 pm
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Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria quake pass 11,000 08 Feb 2023 - 04:44 pm
 A Syrian man carries the body of a child on February 7, 2023, Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP
Britain vows more Ukraine support as Zelensky visits 08 Feb 2023 - 04:43 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting inside 10 Downing Street in central London on February 8, 2023. (Photo by Dan Kitwood / POOL / AFP)
Florence Baptistry mosaics to be available for visitors inspection up close 08 Feb 2023 - 03:59 pm
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International team suspends investigation into MH17 downing 08 Feb 2023 - 03:46 pm
Lawyers attend the judges' inspection of the reconstruction of the MH17 wreckage, as part of the murder trial ahead of the beginning of a critical stage, in Reijen, Netherlands, May 26, 2021. FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
Scholz 'certain' Putin 'will not achieve goals' in Ukraine 08 Feb 2023 - 03:43 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses delegates on February 8, 2023 at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
Swiss give 2,500-year-old stone sculpture back to Peru 08 Feb 2023 - 03:38 pm
Handout photograph released by the Swiss Culture Minister on February 8, 2023 shows Peruvian sculpture seized by Swiss customs. (Photo by Handout / Swiss Culture Minister / AFP) /
US, states weigh farmland restrictions after Chinese balloon 08 Feb 2023 - 03:33 pm
This picture provided by the US Navy shows 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.
Biden urges US blue-collar resurgence in feisty Congress speech 08 Feb 2023 - 03:21 pm
US Vice President Kamala Harris and US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) listen as US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address, on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
Syria requests EU help for quake relief 08 Feb 2023 - 02:33 pm
Russian rescue personnel search for survivors and victims under the rubble of a collapsed building in the town of Jableh in Syria's northwestern province of Latakia. (Photo by AFP)
Farmers Roll Hundreds of Tractors to Paris to Protest Pesticide Ban 08 Feb 2023 - 02:23 pm
This photograph shows a sign reading