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Belgian government bans TikTok on official phones 10 Mar 2023 - 05:07 pm
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Schools shut, drivers stuck as gales and blizzards batter UK 10 Mar 2023 - 01:20 pm
A runner braves the snow on Bidston Hill, near Birkenhead, in north west England on March 9, 2023. Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP
Russia, UN set for Ukraine grain deal renewal talks 09 Mar 2023 - 09:38 pm
This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service on March 8, 2023, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) welcoming Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres prior to their meeting in Kyiv. (Photo by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP) 
Spain confirms three dead in mine collapse 09 Mar 2023 - 08:57 pm
A fire helicopter flies over the potassium mine where three people were trapped after a collapse, in Suria, 75 km from Barcelona, on March 9, 2023.  (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP)
Qataris first to avail UK's new electronic border scheme 09 Mar 2023 - 05:02 pm
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Several bodies found after Swiss house explosion 09 Mar 2023 - 03:32 pm
Smoke billows from the roof of a residential house that caught fire after a large explosion in Yverdon-les-Bains, western Switzerland, where
Georgia withdraws foreign agent bill after days of protests 09 Mar 2023 - 10:35 am
Protesters clash with police in Tbilisi late on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Zurab Tsertsvadze / AFP)
NATO chief warns Bakhmut may fall 'in coming days' 08 Mar 2023 - 11:33 pm
Ukrainian servicemen fire with a 105mm howitzer towards Russian positions near the city of Bakhmut, on March 8, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP)
Ukraine first lady Olena Zelenska in UAE amid Russia's war 08 Mar 2023 - 08:40 pm
Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska attends the Forbes 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi on March 8 2023 in celebration of International Women's Day. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP)
Germany cautious over Nord Stream pipeline attack reports 08 Mar 2023 - 07:09 pm
In this file photo taken on September 27, 2022 this handout picture released by the Danish Defence Command shows the gas leak at the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as it is seen from the Danish Defence's F-16 rejection response off the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm, south of Dueodde. (Photo by Handout / DANISH DEFENCE / AFP)
France, Britain working on new migration deal ahead of summit: French aide 08 Mar 2023 - 07:02 pm
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman (right) listening as Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons in London on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Handout / PRU / AFP)
UK regulator orders Heathrow to reduce airline fees 08 Mar 2023 - 05:18 pm
In this file photo taken on November 30, 2021 people arrive at Heathrow's Terminal 5 in west London. (AFP/Adrian Dennis)
4 more acquitted over Brussels heist; diamonds still missing 08 Mar 2023 - 04:49 pm
Baggage carts make their way past a Helvetic Airways aircraft from which about $50 million worth of diamonds were stolen on the tarmac of Brussels international airport, on Feb. 19, 2013.
Undersea graveyard for imported CO2 opens in Denmark 08 Mar 2023 - 04:40 pm
(L-R) David Bucknell, CEO INEOS Energy, Mads Gade, CEO INEOS Energy Danmark, Brian Gilvary, chairman of the board INOES Energy, Denmark's crown prince Frederik, Lars Aagaard Moller, Denmark's Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Mario Mehren, CEO Wintershall Dea and Hugo Dijkgraaf, CTO Wintershall Dea, applaud on stage during the launch of the Greensand Project, an offshore carbon dioxide storage, in Esbjerg on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Bo Amstrup / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP)
Nord Stream sabotage 'not our activity': Ukraine defence minister 08 Mar 2023 - 12:11 pm
Ukraine's Minister of Defence Oleksiy Reznikov is pictured as he visits the Aleris Rehab Station outside Stockholm, Sweden on March 7, 2023, where Ukrainian soldiers receive rehabilitation. (Photo by Fredrik Sandberg / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP)
Bakhmut's capture key to 'further offensive' in Ukraine: Russia 07 Mar 2023 - 05:32 pm
Ukrainian servicemen light a fire with gun powder to get warm near the city of Bakhmut in the region of Donbas on March 5, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP)
Mug-size hair mass snipped from Czech with rare syndrome 07 Mar 2023 - 03:12 pm
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Pension strike snarls France as unions vow to press protest 07 Mar 2023 - 02:20 pm
Screens display information above empty forecourts and platforms at the Gare de l'Est railway station in Paris, on March 7, 2023 (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)

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Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting of United Development Company approves the purchase of ‘Perlita Villas’ project and amends its Articles of Association