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Second senior Russian-appointed Kherson official injured in his car 12 Dec 2022 - 09:27 pm
A local woman speaks on her mobile phone in a window of a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kherson, Ukraine December 1, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
Dutch foreign ministry apologises for 'institutional racism' 12 Dec 2022 - 08:40 pm
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Wopke Hoekstra speaks at a press conference, at the Ukraine Accountability Conference in The Hague, Netherlands, July 14, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Lockerbie bombing suspect to appear in US court 12 Dec 2022 - 07:33 pm
This handout photo obtained on December 12, 2022, courtesy of the Alexandria Sheriff's Office shows a mugshot of Abu Agila Mohammad Masud. (AFP)
Snow, blizzards and tornadoes will sweep the US this week 12 Dec 2022 - 07:16 pm
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Chinese, Indian troops injured in fresh border 'face-off' 12 Dec 2022 - 07:11 pm
A signboard is seen from the Indian side of the Indo-China border at Bumla, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, November 11, 2009. Picture taken November 11, 2009. File Photo / Reuters
Kabul hotel attack ends as three gunmen killed; two foreigners injured 12 Dec 2022 - 05:39 pm
Members of the Taliban security forces walk near a site of an attack at Shahr-e-naw which is city's one of main commercial areas in Kabul on December 12, 2022. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
Goods pile up in North Korea after trains resume from Russia, think-tank says 12 Dec 2022 - 05:27 pm
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un addresses the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament, which passed a law officially enshrining its nuclear weapons policies, in Pyongyang, North Korea, September 8, 2022 in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).  File Photo / Reuters
Heavy snow disrupts UK travel; three boys die after falling into lake 12 Dec 2022 - 04:56 pm
A person with a dog walks through frost and mist alongside a frozen lake in Bushy Park in London, Britain, December 11, 2022. (REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska)
Attack in Kabul hotel popular with Chinese nationals 12 Dec 2022 - 03:51 pm
Smoke rises from a site of an attack at Shahr-e-naw which is city's one of main commercial areas in Kabul on December 12, 2022. Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP
Three boys die after falling into frozen lake in UK: police 12 Dec 2022 - 03:48 pm
A police officer walks on the street as cold weather continues, in London, Britain, December 12, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Beijing choked by worst air pollution in more than a year 12 Dec 2022 - 01:47 pm
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Loud blast, shots near China guest house in Afghan capital 12 Dec 2022 - 01:42 pm
Peninsula
UK economy rebounds from royal funeral hit, outlook remains bleak 12 Dec 2022 - 10:57 am
A dog walker makes their way through fog on a frosty morning at Primrose Hill in north London on December 11, 2022. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)
New Zealand offers nurses residency to meet shortfall 12 Dec 2022 - 10:45 am
Peninsula
Businesses in China's Wuhan face fresh worries after COVID easing 12 Dec 2022 - 10:30 am
A person walks past shops, after the government eased curbs on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) control, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China December 10, 2022. REUTERS/Martin Pollard
Protests spread against Peru's new president 11 Dec 2022 - 11:56 pm
People take part in a protest demanding the closure of Congress after Peruvian leader Pedro Castillo was ousted and detained in a police prison, in Lima, Peru, on December 10, 2022. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda
Lockerbie: mid-air blast led to worldwide probe 11 Dec 2022 - 11:32 pm
In this file photo taken on December 22, 1988 policemen and firemen look at the scene of devastation in Lockerbie, after a 747 Pan Am Jumbo jet exploded and crashed over the town the day before on the route to New-York, with 259 passengers on board. (Photo by ROY LETKEY / AFP)
Volcano erupts in Guatemala, forcing airport closure 11 Dec 2022 - 11:09 pm
Fuego volcano, as seen from Alotenango, a municipality in Sacatepequez department 65 kilometres southwest of Guatemala City, erupts on December 11, 2022. (Photo by Johan ORDONEZ / AFP)