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The opening meeting of the first session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the capital of China, March 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)

PHOTOS: China's top political advisory body starts annual session

Saturday, March 04, 2023

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Over 100 people feared dead in Italy migrant boat shipwreck

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

A visitor passes the TikTok exhibition stands at the Gamescom computer gaming fair in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. The European Union's executive arm said Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 it has temporarily banned TikTok from phones used by employees as a cybersecurity measure, reflecting growing worries from authorities over the Chinese-owned video sharing app. Photo by AP

TikTok banned from EU Commission phones over cybersecurity

Sunday, February 26, 2023

People walk past a damaged building in Mariupol, February 18. Photo by Victor/Xinhua

China calls for resuming peace talks to resolve Ukraine crisis

Saturday, February 25, 2023

The M23 rebel group handing over Rumangabo military camp to the EAC force in DR Congo on Thursday, January 5.

M23 occupies new strategic town in DR Congo: army

Saturday, February 25, 2023

Delegates pose for a group photo at the June 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Commonwealth Secretary-General calls on countries to end institutional care of children

Friday, February 24, 2023

Thomas H. Lee, a US billionaire financier who helped pioneer the debt-fuelled corporate acquisition known as a leveraged buyout, has been found dead

Billionaire commits suicide

Friday, February 24, 2023

The newly excavated trench at the site of the ancient city-state of Lagash. ASAAD NIAZI/AFP

5,000-year-old pub unearthed in Iraq

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Keith Melvin Moses, the suspect in a series of shootings today that left three dead was arrested.

TV journalist shot dead in USA

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Offices could end up deserted on Fridays if four-day work weeks become the norm. Photo: AFP

Four-day working week ‘more productive’: UK study

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

This photo taken on Feb. 18, 2023 shows a herd of Mongolian wild asses in the Urad natural reserve near the China-Mongolia border, in the city of Bayan Nur, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li Yunping)

Rare wild asses spotted in China

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

People react after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit in Antakya, southern Turkey, on Monday. Photo by Reuters

6.4 magnitude earthquake hits southern Türkiye

Monday, February 20, 2023

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Turkey finds new survivor nearly 12 days after earthquake

Saturday, February 18, 2023

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Japan discovers 7,000 new islands

Friday, February 17, 2023

Egyptian Saif al-Adel who is on the US list of 22 most wanted suspected terrorists. He has become the head of Al-Qaeda. Photo. AFP

New Al-Qaeda chief has $10m bounty on his head

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Rwandans who live in areas affected by the earthquake in Turkey are waiting for an assessment of the buildings they stay in before returning to their residences. Internet

Türkiye earthquake: Rwandans wait for assessment before returning to residences

Monday, February 13, 2023

This aerial photo taken on Feb. 12, 2023 shows a scene after the earthquake in Antakya, Hatay Province, Türkiye. The death toll from the twin earthquakes that rocked Türkiye and Syria on Feb. 6 has climbed to 29,605 and 1,414 respectively as of Sunday evening. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

Facts about Türkiye, Syria quake: Death toll tops 33,000

Monday, February 13, 2023

An aerial view of debris of collapsed buildings after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023. (Photo by Ercin Erturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Turkey, Syria earthquake could cost over $4b as UN expects death toll above 50,000

Sunday, February 12, 2023

Rescue operations in Turkey. Internet

Turkey-Syria quakes "worst" disaster of region in century, says UN

Sunday, February 12, 2023

Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei said the country was recording major success in battling Al-Shabaab terror group. Photo by NMG

Kenya calls US, UK terror alerts 'completely unfortunate'

Saturday, February 11, 2023