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At least 20 people killed in clashes in Somaliland 01 Jan 2023 - 07:11 pm
A general view of downtown Hargeisa on May 16, 2016. File Photo / AFP
Philippines restores air traffic control after power outage 01 Jan 2023 - 06:30 pm
Passengers look at a screen showing flight information at terminal 3 of Ninoy International Airport in Pasay, Metro Manila on January 1, 2023. (Photo by KEVIN TRISTAN ESPIRITU / AFP)
New president vows to steer Swiss through Ukraine fallout 01 Jan 2023 - 06:02 pm
Switzerland's President Alain Berset addresses the Innovation and Industry Forum in Bern, Switzerland, on July 3, 2018. File Photo / Reuters
Xi warns of tough Covid fight with China economy on back foot 01 Jan 2023 - 05:54 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping waves after his speech as the new Politburo Standing Committee members meet the media following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on October 23, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Moroccans cross into Spain's Melilla enclave: rights group 01 Jan 2023 - 05:38 pm
Moroccan soldiers walk on the Moroccan side of a border fence with Spain's north African enclave of Melilla, in this picture taken on the Spanish side of the fence, December 12, 2014. File Photo / Reuters
Lula returns to office in a troubled, divided Brazil 01 Jan 2023 - 05:22 pm
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is carried as he greets his supporters after being released from prison, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, November 9, 2019. (REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli)
UK man runs a marathon every day of 2022 to hit charity goal 01 Jan 2023 - 05:14 pm
Crowds cheered on Gary McKee (centre) as he completed his 365th marathon of the year (Photo: Marathon Man 365 / Elwyn L Evans /Facebook)
Record 45,000 migrants made Channel crossing to UK last year 01 Jan 2023 - 04:40 pm
In this file photo taken on May 3, 2022 migrants, picked up at sea while attempting to cross the English Channel, are helped by a member of the UK Border Force to disembark from a boat, in the Marina at the Dover port, on the south-east coast of England. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP)
Death of former Pope Benedict overshadows New Year at Vatican 01 Jan 2023 - 04:40 pm
Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer, as the Roman Catholic Church marks its World Day of Peace, at the Vatican, January 1, 2023. (Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS)
New Year attacks targeted Ukraine drone production: Moscow 01 Jan 2023 - 04:24 pm
A serviceman collects fragments of missile in a crater left by a Russian strike in front of a residential building in the Ukrainian capita Kiev on December 31, 2022.  (Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV / AFP)
Extinction Rebellion UK to stop protests that disrupt the public 01 Jan 2023 - 04:08 pm
File photo of a Extinction Rebellion protest in UK
Children among nine dead in Uganda New Year stampede 01 Jan 2023 - 03:52 pm
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South Korea warns any North Korean nuclear use attempt would result in its end 01 Jan 2023 - 03:48 pm
This picture taken on December 31, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 1, 2023 shows a ceremony of donating 600mm Super-large Multiple Launch Rocket System in the yard of the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)
Australia to require negative Covid tests for travellers from China 01 Jan 2023 - 03:29 pm
New Year's Eve fireworks light up the sky over the Sydney Opera House (L) and Harbour Bridge during the fireworks display in Sydney on January 1, 2023. (Photo by David Gray / AFP)
Brazil acting president hits out at 'silent' Bolsonaro in New Year speech 01 Jan 2023 - 03:09 pm
File photo of Brazil's acting president, Hamilton Mourao
Hong Kong eyeing Jan 8 to resume cross-border travel with mainland China 01 Jan 2023 - 03:01 pm
Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong, China January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
France urges EU peers to test Chinese travellers for COVID 01 Jan 2023 - 02:18 pm
Travellers queue to board a plane at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport amid a wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China December 30, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Thousands stranded at Philippine airports due to technical glitch 01 Jan 2023 - 02:10 pm
Passengers wait for information about their flights at terminal 3 of Ninoy International Airport in Pasay, Metro Manila on January 1, 2023. (Photo by KEVIN TRISTAN ESPIRITU / AFP)