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US professional skier named as one victim of Japan avalanche 30 Jan 2023 - 02:13 pm
Rescue workers ride a gondola at a ski resort as they take part in a search for missing skiers following an avalanche the previous day, in the village of Otari in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, Jannuary 30, 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
WHO maintains highest alert over COVID, but sees hope ahead 30 Jan 2023 - 01:56 pm
Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a briefing on global health issues in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
China says COVID situation at 'low level' after holiday 30 Jan 2023 - 01:51 pm
People wait at a bus stop in Beijing's Central Business District (CBD), during the morning rush hour following the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, in Beijing, China January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
German economy contracts as Ukraine war bites 30 Jan 2023 - 01:25 pm
Car traffic makes its way on a road in front of the illuminated Brandenburg Gate, in central Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
At least 17 worshippers killed in Pakistan mosque blast 30 Jan 2023 - 01:21 pm
Security officials inspect the site of a mosque blast inside the police headquarters in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. (Photo by Maaz Ali / AFP)
Horn of Africa drought drives 22 million to hunger 30 Jan 2023 - 12:54 pm
Children walk at a school in the camp for internally displaced people of Farburo in the village of Adlale, near the city of Gode, Ethiopia, on January 11, 2023. - The last five rainy seasons since the end of 2020 have failed, triggering the worst drought in four decades in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. And the next rainy season, from March to May, is also expected to be below average. According to the UN, drought has plunged 12 million people into
Blinken meets Egypt's Sisi in first leg of Mideast tour 30 Jan 2023 - 12:35 pm
File Photo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada at the State Department in Washington, US, January 11, 2023. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)
Indonesia finds local trader forged ingredient label in probe of cough syrup deaths 30 Jan 2023 - 12:28 pm
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Blast in mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar, 70 injured 30 Jan 2023 - 12:19 pm
Security personnel stand guard outside the police headquarters after a blast in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. (Photo by Abdul Majeed / AFP)
Unscheduled stop: Baby born aboard high-speed train in France 30 Jan 2023 - 11:40 am
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Britain's Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike 30 Jan 2023 - 11:22 am
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at a joint news briefing with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 24, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Germany won't send fighter jets to Ukraine, says Scholz 30 Jan 2023 - 11:22 am
Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a joint statement with Chile's President Gabriel Boric (out of frame) following their meeting at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, on January 29, 2023. - Scholz is on official visit to Chile, part of a Latin America tour that also includes Argentina and Brazil, where Berlin and the EU are seeking a reset following the election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (Photo by JAVIER TORRES / AFP)
Apple supplier in India begins making components for AirPods 30 Jan 2023 - 09:58 am
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Adani's market loss swells to $66 bln as its fight with short-seller escalates 30 Jan 2023 - 09:46 am
Indian billionaie Gautam Adani speaks during an interview with Reuters in his office in the western city of Ahmedabad in this April 2, 2014 file photo: File Photo: REUTERS/ Amit Dave
New Zealand counts cost of Auckland floods, more rain forecast 30 Jan 2023 - 09:36 am
An area flooded during heavy rainfall is seen in Auckland, New Zealand January 27, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. @MonteChristoNZ/via REUTERS
No vital signs in two foreign skiers hit by avalanche in Japan's Nagano 30 Jan 2023 - 09:33 am
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Rio Tinto apologises for loss of tiny radioactive capsule in Australian outback 30 Jan 2023 - 09:20 am
Members of the Incident Management Team coordinate the search for a radioactive capsule at the Emergency Services Complex in Cockburn, Australia, in this undated handout photo. Department of Fire and Emergency Services/Handout via Reuters
Gunmen kill 8 at birthday party in S.Africa: police 30 Jan 2023 - 08:20 am
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