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Biden slaps sanctions on 500 targets in Russia 'war machine' 23 Feb 2024 - 09:00 pm
US President Joe Biden speaks to a bipartisan group of governors in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, during the National Governors Association Winter Meeting, on February 23, 2024. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP)
South Korea issues 'severe' health alert over doctors' strike 23 Feb 2024 - 08:40 pm
Medical workers walk outside a hospital after snowfall in Seoul on February 22, 2024. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
Ex-Pakistan premier Imran Khan wants IMF to link talks with Islamabad to independent audit of vote 23 Feb 2024 - 08:33 pm
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan June 4, 2021. Reuters/Saiyna Bashir/File Photo
Migrant boat capsizes off Malta during rescue operations, killing five 23 Feb 2024 - 06:41 pm
This handout picture released by the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) on February 23, 2024 shows a patrol boat near of boat of migrants off Malta during a rescue operation. (Photo by Handout / Armed Forces of Malta / AFP)
Eiffel Tower to remain closed Saturday morning, unions say 23 Feb 2024 - 05:34 pm
A pedestrian walks past the Eiffel Tower, which is closed to the public on the fourth day of its staff's strike, in Paris on February 22, 2024. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
Kenya mourns marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum during state funeral 23 Feb 2024 - 05:11 pm
President of Kenya William Ruto approaches the coffin of Kelvin Kiptum while attending the funeral proceedings of the late marathon runner in Chepkorio on February 23, 2024. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP)
France, Armenia hail military ties amid Russia tensions 23 Feb 2024 - 05:06 pm
French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his Armenian counterpart Suren Papikyan hold a joint press conference following their talks in Yerevan on February 23, 2024. (Photo by KAREN MINASYAN / AFP)
Ukraine grain spilled again on Polish railway: police 23 Feb 2024 - 04:54 pm
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Eiffel Tower closed for fifth day as strike extended 23 Feb 2024 - 02:32 pm
A tourist tries to protect herself with an umbrella on a rainy day at the Esplanade du Trocadero with the Eiffel Tower in the background, which is closed to the public on the fourth day of its staff's strike, in Paris on February 22, 2024. Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP
Four dead, 14 missing after fire guts Spanish apartment block 23 Feb 2024 - 02:25 pm
A huge fire rages through a multistorey residential block in Valencia on February 22, 2024. Photo by Jose Jordan / AFP
LIVE UPDATES: Gaza’s humanitarian response described as ‘illusion’; MSF warns children prefer death over Israel's war horrors 23 Feb 2024 - 11:03 am
 A man sits amid the debris of destroyed houses in the aftermath of Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern gaza Strip on February 22, 2024. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
4 killed as massive fire engulfs apartment building in Spain 23 Feb 2024 - 10:52 am
The aftermath of a huge fire that raged through a multistorey residential block killing at least four people, in Valencia in eastern Spain, on February 23, 2024. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)
6 Palestinians martyred in Israeli airstrike on house in Rafah 23 Feb 2024 - 09:04 am
Displaced Palestinians stand outside their tents in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 14, 2024. Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP
Commercial US spaceship hours from attempted moon landing 22 Feb 2024 - 11:46 pm
In this photo courtesy of Intuitive Machines, Odysseus passes over the near side of the moon following lunar orbit during the IM-1 mission on February 21, 2024. (Photo by Handout / Intuitive Machines / AFP)
Dutch PM Mark Rutte would make 'excellent' NATO chief: White House 22 Feb 2024 - 11:31 pm
File: Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte (left) shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit, at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, on July 11, 2018.  (Photo by Denis Charlet / AFP)
Senegal president to go on live TV after weeks of turmoil 22 Feb 2024 - 10:07 pm
File: Civil society groups and political groups hold placards as they march calling on authorities respect the election date, in Dakar, on February 17, 2024. (Photo by John Wessels / AFP)
Gaza economy shrank by more than 80% in 4th quarter due to conflict: World Bank 22 Feb 2024 - 08:19 pm
Displaced Palestinian children gather to receive food at a government school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 19, 2024. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
Pakistan blocks X for the sixth day as activists criticize the social media platform's shutdown 22 Feb 2024 - 08:04 pm
Supporters of a party alliance consisting of the Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party, the Balochistan National Party, the National Party and the Hazara Democractic Party chant slogans during protest held outside an Election Commission office in Pishin on February 22, 2024, amid claims of alleged vote-rigging in Pakistan's national elections. (Photo by Banaras Khan / AFP)