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Senegal opposition leader to run for president despite rape trial 19 Jan 2023 - 07:34 pm
Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who was arrested on sexual assault accusations and released on bail under judicial supervision, speaks during a news conference in Dakar, Senegal on March 8, 2021.  File Photo / Reuters
Mali gets more warplanes, helicopters from Russia 19 Jan 2023 - 07:25 pm
File photo: Twitter / @PresidenceMali
UK PM Sunak apologises for not wearing a seatbelt - spokesperson 19 Jan 2023 - 07:23 pm
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a Q&A session at The Platform in Morecambe following a community visit to the Eden Project North in Morecambe, Britain, on January 19, 2023. Owen Humphreys/Pool via REUTERS
Algeria sentences ex-energy minister to 20 years in prison 19 Jan 2023 - 07:17 pm
Chakib Khelil addresses a news conference after the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Oran on April 19, 2010.  File Photo / Reuters
Syria rebel-held areas receive first cholera vaccines 19 Jan 2023 - 07:10 pm
File photo: Tests for detection of Cholera are pictured inside at a disease monitoring centre in rebel-held Idlib, Syria, September 24, 2022. (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)
Macron, Sanchez agree on 'proactive' response to US trade dispute 19 Jan 2023 - 06:54 pm
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands during a signing ceremony at Spain-France summit at Montjuic in Barcelona, Spain, January 19, 2023. (REUTERS/Bruna Casas)
Italy set to appoint veteran economist Barbieri as new Treasury head 19 Jan 2023 - 06:32 pm
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni holds her end-of-year news conference in Rome, Italy, on December 29, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
Lavrov says Russia will "sober up" NATO and EU 19 Jan 2023 - 06:27 pm
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a news conference following talks with Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik in Minsk, Belarus, January 19, 2023. (Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS)
Ukrainians learn demining techniques from Cambodian experts 19 Jan 2023 - 05:29 pm
 Ukrainian deminer, left, holds a mine detector as he listens to a Cambodia Mine Action Center, CMAC, demining expert, right, during a training session in Preytotoeung village, Battambang province, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan 19, 2023. Cambodian experts, whose country has the dubious distinction of being one of the world’s most contaminated by landmines, walked a group of Ukrainian soldiers through a minefield being actively cleared Thursday, hoping their decades of experience will help the Europeans in their own efforts to remove Russian mines at home. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Freezing temperatures kill 78 people in Afghanistan 19 Jan 2023 - 05:23 pm
An Afghan man walks on a snow-covered cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo
UK to send 600 Brimstone missiles to Ukraine - Defence minister 19 Jan 2023 - 05:12 pm
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace walks, as he visits soldiers from the Armed Forces of Ukraine who are taking part in the UK-led basic training programme, on a military training camp, in an unspecified location in the North East of England, Britain, on November 9, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
King Charles to give back profit from $1 billion-a-year wind farm deal 19 Jan 2023 - 05:12 pm
Britain's King Charles III visits Aboyne and Mid Deeside Community Shed to meet with local hardship support groups and tour the new facilities, in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Britain, January 12, 2023. (Andrew Milligan/Pool via REUTERS)
Senegal institute wins $50m in boost to Africa's vaccine capacity 19 Jan 2023 - 04:57 pm
A health worker preapres a dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Dakar, Senegal on February 23, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
India says BBC documentary on India PM Modi is "propaganda" 19 Jan 2023 - 04:43 pm
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a bilateral meeting on November 16, 2022 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. (eon Neal/Pool via REUTERS)
Meta slapped with €5.5 mn fine for EU data breach 19 Jan 2023 - 04:36 pm
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India editors warn 'fake news' proposal akin to censorship 19 Jan 2023 - 03:55 pm
File photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Bird statue fetches $100,000 as Musk auctions Twitter HQ items 19 Jan 2023 - 03:12 pm
This undated handout photo courtesy of Heritage Global Partners (HGP) shows a neon Twitter bird light electrical display. Photo by Heritage Global Partners / AFP
Davos 2023: South Korea's Yoon calls for strengthening resilience of global supply chains 19 Jan 2023 - 03:01 pm
Reuters file photo