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'Lord of the Rings': Putin gifts to allies spark jokes 28 Dec 2022 - 10:31 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to launch the Titan-Polymer industrial complex in Pskov region, via a video conference in Staint Petersburg on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev / SPUTNIK / AFP) 
Brazil's top court bans guns from capital ahead of Lula inauguration 28 Dec 2022 - 09:50 pm
The Planalto Palace's Noble Hall is being prepared for the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Luiz Inلcio Lula da Silva in Brasilia on December 28, 2022.  (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP)
Tension soars as main Kosovo border crossing with Serbia closed 28 Dec 2022 - 09:23 pm
A pedestrian walks past a new road barricade set up in the divided town of Mitrovica on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Armend NIMANI / AFP)
Ukraine 'helped the West find itself again', Zelenskyy says 28 Dec 2022 - 09:09 pm
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy captures a video to congratulate the Ukrainian Armed Forces amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near the town of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on December 6, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Ukraine shows off Caesar howitzer as French minister visits 28 Dec 2022 - 08:53 pm
Ukrainian servicemen fire with a CAESAR self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions in eastern Ukraine on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
US safety experts dispute aspects of Ethiopia 737-MAX air crash findings 28 Dec 2022 - 08:43 pm
Wreckage is seen at the site of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 11, 2019. File Photo / Reuters
Ship insurers to cancel war cover for Russia, Ukraine from Jan 1 28 Dec 2022 - 08:35 pm
A cargo ship boat model is pictured in front of Ukraine's and Russian's flags in this illustration taken on March 3, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Billionaire Adani says India will add $1 trillion to GDP every 12-18 months 28 Dec 2022 - 08:20 pm
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani addresses delegates during the Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata, India, on April 20, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
‘Atmospheric River’ is set to bring heavy rain and snow to US Northwest 28 Dec 2022 - 08:20 pm
A snow plow travels down a stretch of open highway, working on the side roads following a deadly Christmas blizzard, in Elma, New York, US, December 27, 2022. (REUTERS/Robert Kirkham)
Militia member in Michigan governor kidnapping plot sentenced to over 19 years in prison 28 Dec 2022 - 07:55 pm
Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer reacts during her 2022 U.S. midterm elections night party in Detroit, Michigan, US, on November 9, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
South Sudan to send 750 troops to DR Congo to fight rebels 28 Dec 2022 - 07:46 pm
Soldiers of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) prepare to be deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after their departure ceremony at the SSPDF Headquarters in Juba on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Samir Bol / AFP)
Somalia rejects Genel Energy's "illegal claim" to oil permits 28 Dec 2022 - 07:41 pm
Engineers and visitors explore an exploratory well near Dharoor town, 350 km (217 miles) from the port of Bosasso on the Gulf of Aden in Puntland January 17, 2012. File Photo / Reuters
2022 set to be warmest year on record for Britain 28 Dec 2022 - 07:35 pm
In this file photo taken on August 13, 2022 a woman walks in the heat past the goalposts on the scorched, dry grass on Hackney Marshes in London. (Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP)
Chief of Russia's Gazprom admits 'difficult' year 28 Dec 2022 - 06:43 pm
The logo of Gazprom company is seen at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 15, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
EU, US express concern over situation in north Kosovo 28 Dec 2022 - 06:29 pm
A Kosovo police officer patrols in the northern part of the ethnically-divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, December 28, 2022. REUTERS/Florion Goga
Finland gets floating gas terminal to replace Russian supply 28 Dec 2022 - 06:25 pm
A tugboat and vessel FSRU Exemplar, the floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, chartered by Finland to replace Russian gas, arrives to the Inkoo port, west of Helsinki, December 28, 2022. Lehtikuva/Jussi Nukari via REUTERS
Saudi Arabia seizes 30 tonnes of the narcotic khat 28 Dec 2022 - 05:46 pm
A bundle of khat, or qat, a mildly narcotic shrub, at a market in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on May 1, 2020. Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP
Death toll from South African fuel tanker blast rises to 26 28 Dec 2022 - 05:38 pm
A forensic pathologist collects human remains at the scene where a gas tanker exploded in Boksburg near Johannesburg, South Africa, on December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham