Residents and rescuers search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnaya in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey, on February 6, 2022.

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Florida presses bid to roll back Disney special status

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Thai cadets break world record with mass martial arts ritual

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In this file photo taken on February 01, 2023 British-US influencer Andrew Tate arrives handcuffed and escorted by police at a courthouse in Bucharest on February 1, 2023 to hear the court decision on his appeal against pre-trial detention for alleged human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal group. When Nick Hewlett, head of St Dunstan's College, was told about controversial influencer Andrew Tate by a parent, he had never heard his name before. Yet he soon found out his students were familiar with all of Tate's misogynist posts on social media.

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