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China media plays down COVID severity as WHO seeks detail on variants 03 Jan 2023 - 11:22 pm
A passenger wearing a face shield and mask amid the Covid-19 pandemic boards a domestic flight at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai on January 3, 2023. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP)
US News to change law school rankings after Yale, Harvard quit 03 Jan 2023 - 10:46 pm
Students walk on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Germany rejects Polish demands for WWII compensation 03 Jan 2023 - 10:25 pm
File Photo: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Polish counterpart Jacek Czaputowicz pay respect at the Wall of Remembrance as they commemorate the 75th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising at Warsaw Rising Museum in Warsaw, Poland, August 1, 2019. (Agencja Gazeta/Slawomir Kaminski via REUTERS)
Biden, Japan's Kishida expected to meet in Washington as soon as January 13  03 Jan 2023 - 10:20 pm
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden disembark Air Force One with their grandchildren Natalie and Hunter at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 2, 2023. - The Bidens are returning to the White House following a holiday vacation in the US Virgin Islands. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Putin orders screening of Ukraine assault documentaries 03 Jan 2023 - 10:05 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks on the phone with Agatha Bylkova, an eight-year-old girl from the Kurgan region who took part in the New Year Tree of Wishes nationwide charity campaign, in Moscow on January 3, 2023. (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP)
Grief, anger in Russia over troops killed by Ukraine strike 03 Jan 2023 - 09:55 pm
Mourners gather to lay flowers in memory of more than 60 Russian soldiers that Russia says were killed in a Ukrainian strike on Russian-controlled territory, in Samara, on January 3, 2023.  (Photo by Arden Arkman / AFP)
Tanzanian president lifts ban on opposition political rallies 03 Jan 2023 - 09:10 pm
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan. (AFP File photo)
Majority' of EU wants tests on passengers from China 03 Jan 2023 - 09:10 pm
Chairman of the scientific committee on Covid-19, Steven Van Gucht (hidden), Vice-Prime Minister and Public Health and Social Affairs Minister Frank Vandenbroucke and the President of the Risk Management Group (RMG) Stefaan Van Der Borght attend a press conference after a meeting of the RMG concerning visitors from China and the risk of Covid-19 spreading, in Brussels, on January 2, 2023. (Photo by JAMES ARTHUR GEKIERE / Belga / AFP)
Huge crowds bid football star Pele farewell in Santos 03 Jan 2023 - 08:27 pm
In this aerial picture fans of the late Brazilian football star Pele gather on the street as a firetruck transports Pele's coffin to the Santos' Memorial Cemetery in Santos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on January 3, 2023.  (Photo by Miguel SCHINCARIOL / AFP)
Spain court opens probe into alleged E.Guinea torture 03 Jan 2023 - 08:20 pm
Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo attends a plenary session of the Paris Peace Forum, France November 12, 2019. File Photo / Reuters
Winter storm threatens heavy snow in US Midwest, tornadoes in South 03 Jan 2023 - 08:11 pm
An ambulance passes an abandon car during a winter storm that hit the Buffalo region, in Amherst, New York, US, on December 26, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
French energy suppliers will let struggling bakers renegotiate contracts - Le Maire 03 Jan 2023 - 08:04 pm
A baker shows freshly-baked baguettes at
Three years on, Iran vows revenge for commander slain by US 03 Jan 2023 - 07:26 pm
People attend the ceremony to mark the third anniversary of the killing of senior Iranian military commander General Qassem Soleimani in a US attack, in Tehran, Iran, January 3, 2023. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Spain busts criminals smuggling e-waste to Africa 03 Jan 2023 - 06:05 pm
Reuters file photo
Eastern Ukraine ice arena destroyed in Russian attack, hockey federation says 03 Jan 2023 - 05:55 pm
A Ukrainian serviceman bids farewell to his partner at Kramatorsk train station in eastern Ukraine on January 3, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
Philippines' Marcos heads to Beijing, talks with Xi to include South China Sea 03 Jan 2023 - 05:44 pm
The national flags of the Philippines and China are seen together near the Tiananmen Gate as Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr visits, in Beijing on January 3, 2023. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
China's Zhao Xintong and Zhang Jiankang suspended in snooker fixing probe 03 Jan 2023 - 05:38 pm
Suspended - China's Zhao Xintong.  Photo: Oli SCARFF / AFP
South Korea fines Tesla $2.2 million for alleged false advertising 03 Jan 2023 - 05:09 pm
Image: That Tesla Channel