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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a visit to Finchley Memorial Hospital, in North London, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.
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British PM Boris Johnson denies he lied about lockdown party
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied on Tuesday an accusation by his former adviser that he had lied to parliament about a lockdown party, saying nobody had warned him the "bring... (photo: AP / Pool Photo via AP)
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrives in Matera, Italy, for a G20 foreign affairs ministers' meeting Tuesday, June 29, 2021
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 New Statesman 
WATCH: Dominic Raab calls No 10 lockdown drinks a “party” – before frantically backtracking
For the Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, this morning’s media round must have felt like a hangover worthy of a Downing Street staffer on 21 May 2020. Inadvertently,... (photo: AP / Antonio Calanni)
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during the court session in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Poroshenko has returned to Ukraine to face court on treason charges he believes are politically motivated.  Al Jazeera 
Ex-leader Poroshenko returns to Ukraine to face treason case
Ukraine’s former president Petro Poroshenko has returned to Kyiv to face treason charges in a criminal case he claims was fabricated by the allies of his successor, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Poroshenko... (photo: AP / Mikhail Palinchak)
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Kazakhstan's interim President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attends the Nur Otan party congress in Nur-Sultan  Asiatimes 
After protests, what debt will Kazakh leaders owe Russia?
The protests that erupted in Kazakhstan last week, some of the bloodiest in the country’s history, came less than a month after Kazakhs celebrated three decades of independence from the Soviet Union.... (photo: AP / Photo)

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Novak Djokovic (SRB) during press conference after defeating Kei Nishikori (JPN) 63 63 during the Men’s Singles Final at the 2016 Miami Open presented by Itau in Key Biscayne, Florida. Photographer Aaron Gilbert The Times of India
Novak Djokovic lands in Dubai after Australia deportation
DUBAI: Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic landed in Dubai on Monday after his sensational deportation from Australia over his coronavirus vaccination status put his... (photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert)
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Benjamin Netanyahu, left, wears a protective face mask, as he makes his way to attend the swearing in ceremony Press TV
Report: Israel's former premier mulls plea bargain in corruption case to avoid jail, exclusion from politics
Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly negotiating a plea bargain to end his high-profile corruption trial and avoid spending time behind the bars... (photo: AP / Alex Kolomiensky/Yedioth Ahronoth/Pool)
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A residential tower block in Sheffield has some of its exterior panels removed with the cladding exposed for inspection following the Grenfall Tower fire, July 2017 BBC News
Cladding crisis: Norwegian wealth fund urged to pressure firms and builders
Campaigners have urged Norway's giant state investment fund to pressure cladding firms and builders to fix fire safety issues. Grenfell survivors and leaseholders... (photo: GFDL / DrStrauss)
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File - Afghan women chant during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. Around 20 members of Afghanistan Women's Political Participation Network protested in a closed area in Kabul on Sunday or Monday, asking the country's new Taliban leadership for education, work, and political participation. The Observer
‘The Taliban shot my wife in the head’: ex-UK government contractor
Asif* has lost almost everything since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. His wife was shot dead. He fled to Pakistan but has no legal status there and is living in a... (photo: AP / Mohammed Shoaib Amin)
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Novak Djokovic of Serbia holds the trophy aloft during the awarding ceremony after defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain in the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, early Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. Financial Express
It’s no djoke! Novak Djokovic deported after Australian court upholds visa cancellation
Novak Djokovic at Australian Open: Serbian tennis ace Novak Djokovic was deported Australia on Sunday following a weeklong saga after the country’s Federal Court upheld a... (photo: AP / John Donegan)
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