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Khalil al-Sawadi holds Afraa, a baby girl who was born under the rubble caused by an earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey, on Monday in the town of Jinderis, Aleppo province, Syria.

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A newborn delivered in the rubble of Turkey's earthquake is adopted by her relatives

12:44pm February 21, 2023

by The Associated Press

Her mother died in the quake, along with her father and four siblings. Her aunt and uncle in Syria have taken her in, and named her Afraa after her mom.

Botswana says it lost 138 rhinoceros to poachers over the past five years.

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Botswana has seen a huge spike in rhinoceros poaching over the past 5 years

12:29pm February 21, 2023

by Ish Mafundikwa

There's been increased demand for the endangered species' horn by some east Asians who believe it has medicinal properties.

Chinese foreign affairs Minister Wang Yi speaks during the Munich Security Conference earlier this month.

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China's top diplomat visits Moscow as Russia's war on Ukraine nears 1 year

10:58am February 21, 2023

by Emily Feng

Trade between China and Russia has increased over the past year, especially with Chinese purchases of Russian oil and gas.

So Seong-uk, left, speaks at a press conference while his partner Kim Yong-min looks on in February 2021 as they file a lawsuit against South Korea's National Health Insurance Service at the Seoul Administrative Court.

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In a first, a South Korean court says same-sex partners should get government benefits

9:10am February 21, 2023

by Se Eun Gong

The appeals court ruled Tuesday that So Seong-uk can't be denied spousal benefits by the National Health Insurance Service just because his partner is the same gender as him.

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address at the Gostiny Dvor conference centre in Moscow on February 21, 2023.

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Putin says Russia will stop participating in its last nuclear treaty with the U.S.

7:41am February 21, 2023

by Charles Maynes

President Vladimir Putin delivered his remarks to a joint session of Russia's parliament. The annual address was canceled last year when the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine began to falter.

The Soyuz MS-22 rocket is launched to the International Space Station with Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos onboard, on Sept. 21, 2022, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Russia is launching a mission to give stranded space station crew members a ride home

5:00am February 21, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The Russian spacecraft that brought the three crew members to the ISS in the fall later experienced a leak in its radiator cooling loop. A replacement ship is set to be launched on Friday.

This photo released by the Union Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC), shows jewelry on display at a room of Latchford family in London on Feb. 14, 2023.

A collection of rare centuries-old jewelry returns to Cambodia

4:37am February 21, 2023

by The Associated Press

Cambodia's government said the pieces of jewelry that arrived back in their homeland included items "... precious metal pieces from the Pre-Angkorian and Angkorian period."

Soldiers unload a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in Riga, Latvia, on Sept. 26, 2022. The U.S. provided Ukrainian forces with 38 HIMARS in 2022.

Biden says he'll back Ukraine as long as it takes. But some take aim at the price tag

6:21pm February 20, 2023

by Franco Ordoñez

Polls show a growing number of Americans feel the United States is giving too much aid to Ukraine. That's helped lead to calls for more scrutiny of how the aid is being used.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy went from comedian to icon of democracy. This is how he did it

6:20pm February 20, 2023

by Frank Langfitt

As Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, expectations were low for Ukraine's president. But Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confounded both his allies and his enemies with his performance.

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Musicians in New Orleans and Cuba explore their shared heritage and similar sounds

6:11pm February 20, 2023

by Debbie Elliott

Musicians in New Orleans and Cuba are exploring their shared heritage and similar sounds. High school musicians from New Orleans are finding common ground with students at a Havana conservatory.

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