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Boakai vows to tackle graft as he takes oath as Liberia president 22 Jan 2024 - 06:39 pm
File photo of Liberia's president Joseph Boakai 
Crypto firm Terraform Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection 22 Jan 2024 - 06:37 pm
File photo: South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur, co-founder of Terraform Labs (Terra Luna), Do Kwon (L), is taken to court in Podgorica on May 11, 2023, following his arrest on March 24 at the Montenegrin capital's international airport. (Photo by SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP)
EU pushes for Palestinian statehood, rejecting Israeli leader's insistence it's off the table 22 Jan 2024 - 04:05 pm
European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell (R) talks with Belgium's Minister of Foreign Affairs Hadja Lahbib (L) at the EU headquarters in Brussels on January 22, 2024. (Photo by John Thys / AFP)
Saudi Arabia reveals specializations needed for Special Talent Residency 22 Jan 2024 - 03:42 pm
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WHO chief warns pandemic accord hangs in the balance 22 Jan 2024 - 02:09 pm
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UN migration agency needs $7.9 billion in 2024 22 Jan 2024 - 01:36 pm
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Malaria jab rollout in Cameroon a 'turning point': Gavi 22 Jan 2024 - 12:43 pm
Chief programme officer of the Gavi Vaccine Alliance, Aurelia Nguyen, gestures during an interview with AFP in Geneva on January 18, 2024, ahead of the rollout of malaria vaccine at across Africa, starting firstly in Cameroon. Photo by Elodie LE MAOU / AFP
Benito the giraffe leaves extreme weather at Mexico's border heads to congenial home 22 Jan 2024 - 12:17 pm
Benito the giraffe is fed before his transfer from Ciudad Juarez Central Park to African Safari Zoo in Puebla State, central Mexico, on January 21, 2024. (Photo by Herika Martinez / AFP)
Health situation in Gaza catastrophic, painful: Health Ministry 22 Jan 2024 - 11:36 am
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LIVE UPDATES: Israel bombs Gaza's southern city; health system struggles 22 Jan 2024 - 11:20 am
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Jan. 21, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
Storm Isha's rain and winds expected to batter parts of UK and Ireland and disrupt travel 22 Jan 2024 - 08:08 am
The departure board at Manchester Airport shows many flights cancelled or delayed due to high winds caused by Storm Isha on January 21, 2024. (Photo by Paul Ellis / AFP)
47 buried in southwest China landslide 22 Jan 2024 - 07:50 am
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DeSantis ends struggling presidential bid, endorses Trump 22 Jan 2024 - 12:38 am
(FILES) Florida Governor and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis speaks at a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa, on January 13, 2024. (Photo by Christian MONTERROSA / AFP)
Hundreds of thousands in Germany protest far right 21 Jan 2024 - 08:17 pm
A participant holds up a placard during a demonstration against racism and far right politics in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany on January 21, 2024. (Photo by CHRISTIAN MANG / AFP)
Did Biden blunder with New Hampshire primary snub? 21 Jan 2024 - 07:03 pm
US President Joe Biden waves while stepping out of a restaurant after breakfast with First lady Jill biden (out of frame) in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on January 21, 2024. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
Sisi says Egypt will not allow threats to Somalia 21 Jan 2024 - 05:46 pm
File photo of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Staff, students visit Prague faculty month after shooting 21 Jan 2024 - 04:17 pm
A police officer cordon off an area near the university in central Prague, on December 21, 2023. (Photo by Michal CIZEK / AFP)
Seoul police chief charged over deadly Halloween crush 21 Jan 2024 - 04:11 pm
A bystander attaches a handwritten note next to others left on a wall in an alleyway in Seoul late October 28, 2023, which was the site of the October 29, 2022, tragic crowd crush that killed 159 people during Halloween celebrations, in Seoul's popular Itaewon nightlife area. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)