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Police are investigating after the designer’s body was discovered dumped at the roadside.

A unilateral Russian ceasefire ordered by President Vladimir Putin was supposed to come into force along the entire front as of noon Moscow time (10am Paris time), Russian state… Read More »Live: Shelling heard in frontline Ukrainian city as Russia announces ceasefire

China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month’s Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of… Read More »China seeks to minimise Covid outbreak during Lunar New Year travel rush

Former Juventus, Chelsea and Italy striker Gianluca Vialli has died aged 58 of pancreatic cancer, his former club Sampdoria announced on Friday.

The last surviving African soldiers who fought for colonial-era France will be able to live out their final days in their home countries following the French… Read More »‘Tirailleurs’: France’s forgotten colonial soldiers step out of the shadows

For a long and frustrating third day, divided Republicans kept the speaker’s chair of the US House sitting empty Thursday, as party leader Kevin McCarthy… Read More »Still without a “speaker”, US Congress remains paralyzed

Israeli and Palestinian envoys to the United Nations on Thursday traded heated barbs at a Security Council meeting over the controversial visit by an Israeli minister… Read More »Israeli and Palestinian envoys spar at fiery UN session over Al-Aqsa visit

A Belarusian court on Thursday opened the trial of jailed human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. 

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

With winter temperatures plummeting, energy prices soaring and power cuts a daily occurrence, people in the Gaza Strip are increasingly turning to burning firewood to… Read More »Gaza: People turn to firewood to survive as energy prices soar