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Italy Finance Minister defends new bank tax, confirms 1% growth 03 Sep 2023 - 05:33 pm
File photo: Italy's new Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti shakes hands with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during the swearing-in ceremony at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Italy, October 22, 2022. (Italian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS)
French wages tipped to rise by about 5% in 2023 03 Sep 2023 - 05:16 pm
A man rides his electric scooter or trottinette past the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris on August 23, 2023. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
Motorist fleeing police kills pedestrian in Paris 03 Sep 2023 - 01:41 pm
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Minnows blamed for algae-filled French, Spanish lakes 03 Sep 2023 - 08:57 am
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz falls while jogging and bruises his face 02 Sep 2023 - 10:27 pm
(FILES) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz looks on prior to the start of the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Nobel Foundation cancels Russian ambassador invite to prize ceremony 02 Sep 2023 - 03:38 pm
(Files) Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov speaks during the auction of his 2021 Nobel Peace Prize medal in New York, on June 20, 2022. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)
Russia declares Nobel-winning editor Dmitry Muratov to be a foreign agent 01 Sep 2023 - 10:35 pm
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov of Russia poses with the Nobel Peace Prize diploma and medal during the gala award ceremony for the Nobel Peace prize on December 10, 2021 in Oslo. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
Putin tells schoolchildren Russia is 'invincible' 01 Sep 2023 - 06:17 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by Sputnik agency Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with schoolchildren during a lecture called
Mont Blanc tunnel closing postponed amid Alpine bottlenecks 01 Sep 2023 - 03:01 pm
A truck gets out of the tunnel of the Mont-Blanc from Italy as a car enters on January 12, 2017 in Chamonix Mont-Blanc during the presentation of the new computerized safety control system of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, southeastern France. Photo by JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT / AFP
Rented electric scooters vanish from Paris streets 01 Sep 2023 - 01:48 pm
A man rides his electric scooter or trottinette past the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris on August 23, 2023. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
Children in war-torn Ukraine go back to school 01 Sep 2023 - 12:37 pm
Pupils gather with their relatives and teachers for a ceremony to mark the start of the new school year, known as the 'Day of Knowledge' in Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, on September 1, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by Roman Pilipey / AFP
Iceland to resume whaling under stricter conditions 31 Aug 2023 - 07:35 pm
This aerial picture taken on August 2, 2021 shows a humpback whale diving in Hestfjorour (Westfjords), Iceland. (Photo by Tom Grove / AFP)
Wagner second-in-command buried in quiet Moscow ceremony 31 Aug 2023 - 05:27 pm
A view shows the grave of Wagner private mercenary group military commander Dmitry Utkin, who was killed in a private jet crash in the Tver region last week, at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery in the Moscow region on August 31, 2023. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
Microsoft bows to EU competition concerns over Teams 31 Aug 2023 - 12:12 pm
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Sweden rocked by four blasts in one night 31 Aug 2023 - 12:10 pm
Police is seen at the site of an explosion in Olskroken in Gothenburg, Sweden, August 31, 2023. (Photo by Adam IHSE / TT News Agency / AFP)
Grant Shapps named new UK defence secretary: PM's office 31 Aug 2023 - 12:05 pm
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UK defence secretary Ben Wallace resigns 31 Aug 2023 - 11:27 am
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Five maintenance workers killed in Italy train accident 31 Aug 2023 - 10:29 am
Rescue vehicles are seen along the railway outside the train station of Brandizzo where five railway workers died after being hit by a train during overnight maintenance on August 31, 2023. Photo by Tino ROMANO / AFP