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Sunken village emerges as Greek drought bites 03 Sep 2024 - 03:49 pm
This aerial photograph shows the low water level of the Mornos artificial lake following a drought, near the village of Lidoriki, about 240 km northwest of Athens, on September 1, 2024. Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP
Ex-Volkswagen CEO goes on trial over 'dieselgate' 03 Sep 2024 - 01:45 pm
Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn waves as he arrives for his trial at court in Braunschweig, northern Germany, on September 3, 2024. Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP
Protest in Hungary after principal fired over 'smartphone ban' 02 Sep 2024 - 09:17 pm
A demonstrator holds a banner as teachers, students and their sympathisers protest in central Budapest at the headquarters of the Interior Ministry on September 2, 2024, after the head of the renowned Madach Imre high school was sacked last week for not implementing a government-mandated
Britain says suspending some arms exports to Israel over risk of breaking international law 02 Sep 2024 - 07:34 pm
 Ahmad Abu Amsha, 42, a music teacher who had to flee Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip, walks in a war-devastated area in Khan Yunis on his way to entertain displaced Palestinian children by playing songs on his guitar on September 1, 2024. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
Turkish Olympic shooter aims to trademark viral stance 02 Sep 2024 - 06:23 pm
(FILES) Silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikec poses for a photograph in Ankara on August 9, 2024. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
Russia's Putin arrives in ICC member Mongolia 02 Sep 2024 - 06:21 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits the Kyzyl Presidential Cadet School in Kyzyl on September 2, 2024, on the first day of the new school year, known as the Knowledge Day. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP)
Plan to keep Olympic rings on Eiffel Tower sparks criticism 02 Sep 2024 - 03:13 pm
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Norway's electric car sales set new world record 02 Sep 2024 - 02:51 pm
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Germany's far-right AfD wins first state election: exit polls 01 Sep 2024 - 08:30 pm
Joerg Urban (R) top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party for regional elections in Saxony looks on prior to an election TV debate at the State Parliament in Dresden, eastern Germany on September 1, 2024, after the closure of the polling stations. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
Suspected drug trafficker dies in Spain high-speed boat chase 01 Sep 2024 - 03:06 pm
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Watchman woke captain ahead of Sicily yacht sinking: reports 01 Sep 2024 - 01:19 pm
Italian Carabinieri stand on the quay with health workers look at a Coast Guard boat prepares to search for six others missing after recovering a victim due to a sailboat sank off the coast of Porticello, nosthwestern of Sicily Island, on August 19, 2024. (Photo by Igor Petyx / ANSA / AFP)
Media investigation identifies 66,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine 31 Aug 2024 - 06:24 pm
This photograph taken on August 31, 2024 shows a heavily damaged residential building following a recent missile attack in Kharkiv. (Photo by Ivan SAMOILOV / AFP)
Greek port city in a state of emergency over flood of dead fish 31 Aug 2024 - 11:48 am
A general view shows dead fish fish floating in the Xiria River near Volos, central Greece, on August 28, 2024. Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP.
6 people hurt in a knife attack on a bus in Germany. 31 Aug 2024 - 11:33 am
North Rhine-Westphalia's vice state premier Mona Neubaur, North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier Hendrik Wuest, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Solingen's mayor Tim Kurzbach and North Rhine-Westphalia's Interior Minister Herbert Reul speak to the media at the site of a knife attack in Solingen, western Germany, on August 26, 2024. Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP.
Ukrainian president fires air force commander after fatal F-16 crash 30 Aug 2024 - 11:28 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky takes questions at a news conference on Tuesday in Kyiv. (Phot by Ed Ram for The Washington Post)
Germany deports 28 Afghan nationals to their homeland, the first since the Taliban takeover in 2021 30 Aug 2024 - 04:16 pm
A supporter wears a hat in the colors of the German national flag on August 29, 2024 in the historic center of Dresden, eastern Germany during a campaign event of the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) for the upcoming Saxony state elections. Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP.
British hospitality eyes big bucks ahead of Oasis tour 30 Aug 2024 - 12:45 pm
Gem (L), Noel Gallagher (2L), Andy Bell (2R) and Liam Gallagher, members of the British rock band
Over 100 tons of dead fish collect at Greek port after climate-related mass die-off 29 Aug 2024 - 05:59 pm
A worker loads dead fish on a continer attached to a mobile crane to remove dead fish floating from the Xiria River near Volos, central Greece, on August 28, 2024.  (Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP)