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Former Pope Benedict has died - spokesman 31 Dec 2022 - 12:55 pm
File photo: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI gestures at the Munich Airport before his departure to Rome, June 22, 2020. Sven Hoppe/Pool via Reuters/File Photo
France to impose mandatory Covid tests for travellers from China 30 Dec 2022 - 10:51 pm
In this file photo taken on February 1, 2021, travellers queue at the immigration desk of Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle international airport in Paris, France, as new Covid-19 border restrictions come into effect. (Photo by Christophe Archambault / AFP)
Belarus official: 'Unlikely' downed Ukrainian missile entered by accident 30 Dec 2022 - 06:21 pm
A view shows a fragment of a munition, what Belarus' defence ministry said was part of a Ukrainian S-300 missile downed by Belarusian air defences outside the village of Harbacha in the Grodno region, Belarus, December 29, 2022. (Vadzim Yakubionak/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS)
Putin tells Xi he wants to ramp up military cooperation 30 Dec 2022 - 04:36 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 30, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev / SPUTNIK / AFP)
Spain to require travellers from China test negative for COVID or be fully vaccinated 30 Dec 2022 - 12:34 pm
Travellers wait with their luggage at Beijing Capital International Airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
UK house prices end 2022 on a weaker note after pandemic boom 30 Dec 2022 - 11:11 am
High-rise apartments under construction can be seen in the distance behind a row of residential housing in south London, Britain, August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Surging UK energy bills spark tensions among tenants 30 Dec 2022 - 09:27 am
In this file picture taken on February 4, 2022, a smart energy meter, used to monitor gas and electricity use, is pictured in a home in Walthamstow, east London. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)
Russian president, Chinese counterpart to hold video conference tomorrow 29 Dec 2022 - 10:01 pm
File photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. (REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina)
Kosovo's main border crossing with Serbia open as tensions ease 29 Dec 2022 - 09:47 pm
Journalists film as Kosovo Serbs remove trucks from a road barricade set up by ethnic Serbs in the village of Rudare near the town of Zvecan on December 29, 2022.  (Photo by Armend NIMANI / AFP)
Italy PM Meloni determined to bring Expo 2030 world fair to Rome 29 Dec 2022 - 08:40 pm
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni holds her end-of-year news conference in Rome, Italy, on December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Italy's rightist government tightens rules for migrant rescues 29 Dec 2022 - 07:13 pm
 Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addresses journalists during her year-end press conference in Rome, on December 29, 2022. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
Belarus says its air defense shot down Ukrainian missile 29 Dec 2022 - 06:01 pm
A Ukrainian service member is seen at a position near the border with Belarus, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zhytomyr region, Ukraine, December 27, 2022. (REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi)
Bulgaria protests to Russia after journalist Grozev put on wanted list 29 Dec 2022 - 05:31 pm
Bellingcat report author Christo Grozev gives a press conference opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, on October 9, 2018. Picture taken October 9, 2018.  File Photo / Reuters
'You have lung cancer' UK patients told in Xmas error 29 Dec 2022 - 05:04 pm
Peninsula
Spain vows more vigilance, protection as murders of women spike in December 29 Dec 2022 - 04:31 pm
A view of the Spanish Constitutional Court building in Madrid, Spain, December 29, 2022. (REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura)
Italy urges divided EU to test China arrivals for Covid 29 Dec 2022 - 03:30 pm
Peninsula
Explosions rock Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities as Russia fires scores of missiles 29 Dec 2022 - 12:28 pm
Rescuers work at a site of private houses heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 29, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential aide Kyrylo Tymoshenko via Telegram/Handout via Reuters
Pope urges prayers for 'very ill' ex-pontiff Benedict 29 Dec 2022 - 12:28 am
This photo taken and handout on November 28, 2020 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Francis (R) greeting Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI following a consistory to create 13 new cardinals, on November 28, 2020 in The Vatican. (Photo by Vatican Media / AFP)