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UK retains metric system for selling after overwhelming support 27 Dec 2023 - 02:45 pm
Shoppers carry their shopping bags along Oxford Street during the Boxing Day sales in London on December 26, 2023. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
Romania guesthouse blaze kills 7, search for missing ongoing 27 Dec 2023 - 01:38 pm
This handout photo taken and made available by the Inspectorate of Emergency Situations Prahova (ISU Prahova) on December 26, 2023 shows firemen working to extinguish a fire at the site of teh 'Ferma Dacilor' guest house in Tohani, Romania. Photo by Handout / ISU PRAHOVA - Inspectorate of Emergency Situations Prahova / AFP
Former German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble dies at 81 27 Dec 2023 - 12:01 pm
(Files) Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party member and former German Minister of Interior Wolfgang Schaeuble attends his honor festive matinee in Berlin, Germany, January 16, 2023. (Photo by Lisi Niesner / Pool / AFP)
Turkiye close to approving Sweden NATO bid 26 Dec 2023 - 07:35 pm
File photo: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (top center), Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (right) during a meeting, on the eve of a NATO summit, in Vilnius on July 10, 2023. (Photo by Yves Herman / AFP)
France arrests man over murder of wife and four children 26 Dec 2023 - 05:26 pm
Meaux's Public Prosecutor Jean-Baptiste Bladier speaks during a press conference following the discovery of the bodies of a woman and her four children in their flat, in Meaux, eastern Paris, on December 26, 2023. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)
Kremlin confirms Russian warship hit by Ukrainian strike 26 Dec 2023 - 03:36 pm
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France arrests man over murder of wife and four children 26 Dec 2023 - 03:02 pm
People lay flowers just in front of the ground floor flat where the bodies of a woman and her four children where discovered, in Meaux, eastern Paris, on December 26, 2023. (Photo by Alain Jocard / AFP)
Navalny says he's 'fine' after transfer to Arctic penal colony 26 Dec 2023 - 12:42 pm
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Five bodies found in apartment near Paris: prosecutors 26 Dec 2023 - 10:06 am
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Kremlin critic Navalny moved to Arctic penal colony: ally 25 Dec 2023 - 05:51 pm
A screen shows the already imprisoned Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny (2L) as he listens to his verdict over a series of extremism charges at the IK-6 penal colony, a maximum-security prison some 250 kilometres (155 miles) east of Moscow, in the settlement of Melekhovo in the Vladimir region on August 4, 2023. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
Serbian protesters set up road block over alleged vote fraud 25 Dec 2023 - 04:21 pm
Protesters gather in front of Belgrade's city council building during a demonstration in Belgrade, on December 24, 2023. (Photo by OLIVER BUNIC / AFP)
Charter plane grounded in France for trafficking investigation set to leave for India 25 Dec 2023 - 01:19 pm
This photograph taken on December 22, 2023, shows a civil protection vehicle parked outside the Vatry airport. (Photo by Francois Nascimbeni / AFP)
Opposition supporters try to storm Belgrade city hall 25 Dec 2023 - 12:38 pm
A protester uses a metal object against police officers guarding the entrance to the Belgrade's city council building during a demonstration in Belgrade, on December 24, 2023. (Photo by Oliver Bunic / AFP)
Indians held in France over trafficking could leave Monday 24 Dec 2023 - 07:40 pm
This photograph taken on December 23, 2023, shows a gendarmerie vehicle in front of the Airbus A340 which was grounded over suspected
Deal struck to end Geneva airport strike 24 Dec 2023 - 04:59 pm
A commercial plane of low cost airline EasyJet take off behind a sign of Geneva International Airport, after dozens of ground staff went on strike over a wage dispute with their employer, the Dubai National Air Travel Agency (DNATA) delaying flights during the busy holiday season, in Geneva, on December 24, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Ukraine says blockade ends at Poland border point 24 Dec 2023 - 01:56 pm
A Ukrainian truck driver is seen next to Ukrainian trucks on the parking lot near Korczowa Polish-Ukrainian border crossing, on December 5, 2023. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)
Czechs mourn Prague university shooting victims 23 Dec 2023 - 04:18 pm
People mourn at a makeshift memorial for the victims outside the Charles University in central Prague, on December 22, 2023,
Unaccompanied minors on plane held in France over suspected trafficking 23 Dec 2023 - 01:38 pm
This photograph taken on December 22, 2023, shows a civil protection vehicle parked outside the Vatry airport. (Photo by Francois Nascimbeni / AFP)

Africa

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa gives the opening speech as he chairs the G20 Leaders' Summit plenary session at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on November 22, 2025. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya / POOL / AFP) South Africa opens G20 summit by stressing need for 'multilateralism'
(Files) A general view of an empty classroom of a Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School in Lugbe, Abuja, on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Olympia De Maismont / AFP) Christian group says 315 seized in latest Nigerian school kidnapping
An adult and two juvenile Masai giraffes sprint across the savannah after one is darted with a tranquilizer from a helicopter during an exercise to translocate large herbivores from Kedong Ranch due to land subdivisions and corralling that have disrupted wildlife migratory routes in Naivasha, Nakuru County, on November 16, 2025. Photo by Tony Karumba/ AFP 'Stranded, stressed' giraffes in Kenya relocated as habitats encroached
EAA Foundation, FAO launch livestock restocking initiative to strengthen food security in Sudan EAA Foundation, FAO launch livestock restocking initiative to strengthen food security in Sudan

Americas

US President Donald Trump (R) meets with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2025. (Photo by Jim Watson / AFP) Leftist New York mayor-elect faces Trump in White House showdown
Former Brazilian President (2019-2022) Jair Bolsonaro leaves the DF Star hospital in Brasilia on September 14, 2025, after undergoing a series of medical examinations, as he remains under house arrest. Photo by Sergio Lima / AFP Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro sent to prison: Lawyer
(Files) US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, speaks during a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on November 18, 2025. (Photo by Daniel Heuer / AFP) Major MAGA figure Greene resigns from US Congress
Representational file photo of US President Donald Trump Trump to end temporary protected status for Somalis

Gulf

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Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia HRH Mohammed bin Salman and member of the Saudi Arabia at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) Saudi AI firm Humain inks Nvidia deal as US allows chip sales

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin took part in a plenary session at the AI Journey conference by Sber and shared his vision for the development of the main technology of the 21st century, emphasizing that AI is crucial for Russia's development. 

AI-based solutions are crucial to state, technological, and value sovereignty of country