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Germany to spend up to $5 billion on air-defense systems 13 Jun 2023 - 05:27 pm
(FILES) German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius stands in front of a Puma tank as he addresses troops of the German armed forces Bundeswehr at a military training area in Altengrabow near Moeckern, eastern Germany, on January 26, 2023. (HARTMANN / AFP)
Not ending use of fossil fuels is 'death sentence', says Greta Thunberg 13 Jun 2023 - 05:25 pm
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (right), Climate justice organizer from Kenya, Eric Njuguna (3rd left) and other participants address a press conference of youth activists, scientists and negotiators who call for an equitable fossil fuel phase out, in Bonn, western Germany on June 13, 2023. (Photo by Andre Pain / AFP)
Seeking to dodge French police, migrants eye UK shores 13 Jun 2023 - 02:31 pm
Migrants run up the dunes near Gravelines Nuclear Power Station to hide the smuggling boats from French National Police in Gravelines, northern France on June 12, 2023. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
Spotify fined $5 mn for breaching EU rules on user data  13 Jun 2023 - 02:29 pm
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UK's Nottingham locked down after three found killed: police 13 Jun 2023 - 12:45 pm
A police officer stands by a cordon outside the Theatre Royal on Upper Parliament Street in Nottingham, central England. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP)
Positive results for potential first chikungunya vaccine 13 Jun 2023 - 11:29 am
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Emergency services respond to 'serious incident' in Nottingham 13 Jun 2023 - 11:22 am
Peninsula
Erdogan demands recognition of northern Cyprus 12 Jun 2023 - 08:12 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) shakes hands with the leader of the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Ersin Tatar, during an official visit in Nicosia, on June 12, 2023. (Photo by Birol Bebek / AFP)
Prayers and tears: Silvio Berlusconi's death draws tributes, even from his critics 12 Jun 2023 - 08:07 pm
A mourner touches a picture of Italian businessman and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, during a tribute following his death, outside of his residence Villa San Martino, in Arcore, northern Italy, on June 12, 2023. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP)
NATO begins unprecedented air drill in 'show of strength' 12 Jun 2023 - 03:49 pm
Two Airbus A400M military aircrafts of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr approach during the Air Defender Exercise 2023 in the military air base in Wunstorf, northern Germany, on June 12, 2023. (Photo by Ronny Hartmann / AFP)
Cyprus farmer jailed for sparking deadly wild fire 12 Jun 2023 - 03:44 pm
(Files) Trees burn in a forest on the slopes of the Troodos mountain chain, as a giant fire rages on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, during the night of July 3, 2021. (Photo by Georgios Lefkou Papapetrou / AFP)
Italian media mogul Silvio Berlusconi dies at 86 12 Jun 2023 - 12:04 pm
Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP
Scotland ex-FM Nicola Sturgeon says 'innocent' after arrest 11 Jun 2023 - 10:32 pm
(FILES) Scotland's First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP)
Montenegro votes in parliamentary elections 11 Jun 2023 - 06:27 pm
A citizen of Montenegro holds a document at a voting station in Podgorica, on June 11, 2023. (Photo by SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP)
EU offers Tunisia over €1bn to boost economy, reduce migrant flows 11 Jun 2023 - 06:18 pm
This handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency Press Service shows Tunisia's President Kais Saied (right) shaking hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at Carthage Palace in Carthage on the eastern outskirts of the Tunisian capital on June 11, 2023. (Photo by Tunisian Presidency / AFP) 
Ex-Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon arrested by police investigating governing party's finances 11 Jun 2023 - 06:00 pm
(FILES) Scotland's First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon, reacts as she delivers her speech to delegates at the annual SNP Conference in Aberdeen, Scotland, on October 10, 2022. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP)
Ukraine retakes village in southeast, first gain of offensive 11 Jun 2023 - 05:28 pm
File Photo: Ukrainian service members walk on the road near the town of Soledar, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Donetsk region, Ukraine June 8, 2022. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
Third of Germany men find violence against women 'acceptable': survey 11 Jun 2023 - 02:54 pm
File photo of car traffic on a road in front of the illuminated Brandenburg Gate, in central Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo