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G7 commits to $32 billion in budget support for Ukraine in 2023 22 Dec 2022 - 07:34 pm
This photograph taken on December 22, 2022, shows a destroyed building in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
Afghan women stage street protest against university ban 22 Dec 2022 - 05:18 pm
Afghan women chant slogans in protest against the closure of universities to women by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022. (REUTERS)
More Ebola trial vaccines arrive in Uganda 22 Dec 2022 - 04:35 pm
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BioNTech ships 11,500 doses of COVID vaccine to China 22 Dec 2022 - 03:26 pm
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In retaken Ukraine village, ruins, hungry cats and few residents 22 Dec 2022 - 01:02 pm
This photograph taken on December 20, 2022, shows destruction at a school in the village of Bohorodychne, eastern Ukraine. Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
Sysmex says Japan approves blood test for Alzheimer's marker 22 Dec 2022 - 11:56 am
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'The Serpent' Charles Sobhraj due to be freed from Nepal prison 22 Dec 2022 - 11:06 am
Nepal police personnel stands guard at the entrance of Central Jail where Charles Sobhraj is kept in Kathmandu, Nepal December 22, 2022. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
France fines Microsoft 60 million euros over advertising cookies 22 Dec 2022 - 10:55 am
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Ukraine's Zelensky flies to US and wins more military support 21 Dec 2022 - 11:37 pm
US President Joe Biden meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, December 21, 2022. (REUTERS/Leah Millis)
Russian lawmakers back long jail terms for 'saboteurs' 21 Dec 2022 - 11:35 pm
(From left) Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov attend an expanded meeting of the Russian Defence Ministry Board at the National Defence Control Centre in Moscow, on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Sergey Fadeichev and Sergey FADEICHEV / Sputnik / AFP)
Griner urges supporters to contact Whelan, help Americans detained abroad 21 Dec 2022 - 11:20 pm
US basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, stands inside a defendants' cage before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow on August 4, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
Russia readies for another UN fight over Syria aid deliveries 21 Dec 2022 - 09:54 pm
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the 77th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on August 6, 2022, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
US confirms ambassador to Russia after three-month gap 21 Dec 2022 - 09:50 pm
Lynne Tracy testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during her confirmation hearing to be the next ambassador to Russia on November 30, 2022 (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images NA / AFP)
US slaps new sanctions on Iranian officials over protest crackdown 21 Dec 2022 - 09:12 pm
US President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, on December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
World Cup winners parade debacle triggers blame game in Argentina 21 Dec 2022 - 08:52 pm
General view of the Obelisco as Argentina fans are seen ahead of the victory parade in Buenos Aires on December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
WHO chief 'very concerned' about Covid situation in China 21 Dec 2022 - 08:09 pm
An elderly woman receives a Covid-19 vaccine in Danzhai, in China's southwestern Guizhou province province on December 21, 2022. (AFP) 
Bird flu situation is worsening in France, says ministry 21 Dec 2022 - 08:00 pm
A view shows the colony of northern gannets on the Rouzic island of the Sept-Iles archipelago, a bird reserve affected by a severe epidemic of bird flu, off the coast of Perros-Guirec in Brittany, France, September 5, 2022. (REUTERS/Stephane Mahe)
Free bus fares are coming to Washington as soon as July 2023 21 Dec 2022 - 07:14 pm
A bus is seen in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2022. The Washington government voted to institute free bus rides for all starting in the summer of 2023. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP)