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Ukrainian defense minister says to retain his position

February 16, 2023

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov (right) points to his hankerchief as European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell (left) looks on as they arrive for a meeting of the NATO alliance's defense ministers at the NATO Headquarter in Brussels on Feb 14, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) KIEV — Ukrainian Defense...

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One killed, three wounded in Texas mall shooting

February 16, 2023

A Department of Homeland Security patrol car is pictured outside the federal building in El Paso, Texas, Feb 8, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) One person was killed and three others wounded in a shooting at an El Paso, Texas, shopping mall on Wednesday, police said. One suspect was in custody...

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‘Warm water melts weak spots on Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier’

February 16, 2023

This undated photo courtesy of NASA shows Thwaites Glacier in Western Antarctica. (PHOTO / AFP) MEXICO CITY — Scientists studying Antarctica's vast Thwaites Glacier - nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier - say warm water is seeping into its weak spots, worsening melting caused by rising temperatures, two papers published in Nature...

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‘Republicans cool on Trump, Democrats cooler on Biden’

February 16, 2023

In this file photo dated Jan 20, 2021, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden exit the east steps of the US Capitol following the inauguration in Washington. (PHOTO / AP) Democratic US voters express less support for President Joe Biden running for a second term 2024 than Republicans...

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Moscow denies claim that it poses security threat to Moldova

February 16, 2023

This photo shows a view of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 29, 2021. (PHOTO / AFP) MOSCOW - Russia does not pose a threat to Moldova's national security, and has no intention of destabilizing the situation in the country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday....

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South Africa bus crash kills 20, dozens taken to hospital

February 14, 2023

JOHANNESBURG - A head-on collision between a bus and a cash-in-transit van left 20 people dead on Monday on a major road in South Africa's northern Limpopo province, with dozens taken to hospital, transport officials and an emergency medical company said. Emergency medical care company ER24 said police were investigating...

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Toronto mayor resigns after admitting to affair with staffer

February 11, 2023

In this Feb 12, 2016 photo, Toronto Mayor John Tory walks the red carpet at the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario. (PHOTO / AP) Toronto Mayor John Tory resigned abruptly on Friday, shortly after the Toronto Star newspaper reported that he had an affair with...

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Biden, Lula project unity on democratic values, climate change

February 11, 2023

US President Joe Biden crosses his fingers as he meets with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb 10, 2023, in Washington. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden met on Friday with Brazilian leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula...

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South Africa invokes disaster law to tackle energy crisis

February 10, 2023

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his speech during the 2023 State of the Nation Address at the Cape Town City Hall in Cape Town on Feb 9, 2023. (PHOTO / POOL / AFP) CAPE TOWN - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday declared a national "state of disaster"...

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Nicaragua’s Ortega frees, expels political prisoners to US

February 10, 2023

Nicaraguan opposition leader Felix Maradiaga is reunited with his wife Berta Valle and daughter Alejandra, in Chantilly, Virginia on Feb 9, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) MANAGUA/WASHINGTON – More than 200 Nicaraguan political prisoners were freed and flown to the United States on Thursday, nearly all of them prominent government critics...

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EU assures Ukraine of support as Zelensky visits Brussels

February 10, 2023

President of the European Council Charles Michel (right), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (left) and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands following a press conference after a round-table meeting as part of a EU summit in Brussels, on Feb 9, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BRUSSELS - European Commission...

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Kremlin says those behind Nord Stream blasts must be punished

February 9, 2023

This handout picture released on Sept 27, 2022 by the Danish Defence Command shows the gas leak at the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as it is seen from the Danish Defence's F-16 rejection response off the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm, south of Dueodde. (PHOTO / DANISH DEFENCE COMMAND/...

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Brazil minister: Bolsonaro destroyed cultural policies

February 9, 2023

A reveller takes part in the "Desliga da Justiça" street carnival group parade, which has superheroes as a theme, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BRASILIA — Brazil's former far-right president dismantled all government cultural programs and blocked funding for institutions and artists, the...

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WHO: Risk to humans from bird flu is low but we must prepare

February 9, 2023

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press conference at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, on Dec 14, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON - The recent spread to mammals of H5N1 influenza - commonly known as bird flu - needs to be monitored, but the risk...

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Putin proposes revising Russia’s tech development strategy

February 9, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Council for Science and Education via a video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Feb 8, 2023. (PHOTO / POOL / AP) MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that it is necessary to revise the country's current strategy...

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France, Germany protest US green subsidies on Washington trip

February 9, 2023

Robert Habeck (right), German Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, and Bruno Le Maire, French Minister of Finance, Economy, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, hold a joint press conference at Gallup in Washington, DC, on Feb 7, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON – France and Germany's...

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At least 24 killed in second day of fighting in Somaliland

February 8, 2023

In this photo taken on May 18, 2016, a soldier of the army of Somalia's breakaway territory of Somaliland stands guard during an Independence day celebration parade in Hargeisa. (MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB / AFP) BOSASO, Somalia - At least 24 people were killed and another 53 injured in a second day...

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State of the Union: Biden pledges to work with Republicans

February 8, 2023

US Vice-President Kamala Harris (back left) and US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy listen as US President Joe Biden (front) delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Feb 7, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON - President Joe...

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Venezuela govt, opp making progress on humanitarian fund

February 7, 2023

Opposers of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hold a demonstration demanding a leveling of salaries in line with the raising inflation and the high cost of the basic family basket in Caracas on Jan 23, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) CARACAS - Venezuela's governing and opposition parties are making...

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Pope Francis: Laws criminalizing LGBT are sin and injustice

February 6, 2023

Pope Francis arrives to address the media while aboard the plane from Juba to Rome on Feb 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis said on Sunday that laws criminalizing LGBT people are a sin and an injustice because God loves and accompanies people with...