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Migrants arriving in UK by sea top 10,000 this year 25 May 2024 - 04:08 pm
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine has taken back control in areas of the embattled Kharkiv region 25 May 2024 - 03:51 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service in Kharkiv on May 24, 2024, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky visiting a printing house that was destroyed by Russian shelling the day before. Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP.
First French tourists evacuated from New Caledonia 25 May 2024 - 12:24 pm
People man a roadblock barricade, with Kanak flags, controlling access to a district in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia, on May 24, 2024. (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP)
Swiss return three confiscated artefacts to Iraq 25 May 2024 - 12:19 am
This handout photograph released on May 21, 2024, by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture shows a torso fragment from the monumental statue of a king discovered during excavations carried out in 1959 in Hatra and dated from the second - third centuries AD. (Photo by Handout / Swiss Federal Office of Culture / AFP) 
EU told to tackle food cost differences across the bloc 24 May 2024 - 09:14 pm
European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager addresses a press conference on an antitrust case at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on May 23, 2024. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP)
Eiffel Tower ticket prices to rise by 20 percent 24 May 2024 - 07:57 pm
This photograph taken on December 5, 2023, shows a general view of the Eiffel tower along the Seine River in Paris. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
Four dead in Spanish resort restaurant collapse 24 May 2024 - 01:49 pm
Graphic content / A Police officer investigates one day after a two-storey club-restaurant collapsed, killing four and injuring 16 people on Playa de Palma, south of the Spanish Mediterranean island's capital Palma de Mallorca, on May 24, 2024. Photo by Jaime REINA / AFP
French media progress against X in legal battle over payments 23 May 2024 - 09:03 pm
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IMF warns France to cut debt, sees higher deficit 23 May 2024 - 04:08 pm
An exterior view of the building of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with the IMG logo, is seen on March 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. AFP / Olivier DOULIERY
EU hits Oreo maker Mondelez with 337.5 mn euro antitrust fine 23 May 2024 - 03:45 pm
European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager addresses a press conference on an antitrust case at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on May 23, 2024. Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
World Economic Forum founder Schwab to retire from leadership role 22 May 2024 - 06:41 pm
World Economic Forum (WEF) founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab attends a plenary session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos on January 17, 2024. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP.
'Like a bullet-proof vest': drone jammers in the battle over Ukraine's sky 22 May 2024 - 06:23 pm
Ukrainian serviceman Mykola, 42, jammer specialist of the
First crewed Boeing Starliner flight delayed again 22 May 2024 - 06:16 pm
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Fire at Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk 'under control' 22 May 2024 - 05:49 pm
Plumes of smoke are seen after a fire broke out at an office building belonging to Danish pharmaceutical group Novo Nordisk in Bagsvaerd near Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 22, 2024. Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP
France pays tribute to prison officers, attackers still run 22 May 2024 - 05:05 pm
France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and France's Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti face the prison guard units presenting the flag of France as they attend at the former prison in Caen, northwestern France, 22 May 2024. Photo by Teresa Suarez / POOL / AFP.
Nepal's 'Everest Man' claims record 30th summit 22 May 2024 - 03:42 pm
In this photograph taken on May 2, 2021, Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa poses during an interview with AFP at Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district. Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP
'River of mud' prompts evacuations in northern France 22 May 2024 - 03:31 pm
A resident tries to clean the road from debris in the small town of Sailly Lorette, after violent storms and torrential rain hit the north of France, causing homes to flood and mudslides to pour down streets, in Somme department, northern France, on May 22, 2024. (Photo by Denis CHARLET / AFP)
'Massive' fire at Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk 22 May 2024 - 01:59 pm
Firemen work to extinguish a fire that broke out at the headquarters of Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in Bagsvaerd near Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 22, 2024. Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP