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Netherlands PM Rutte apologises for role of Dutch state in slavery 19 Dec 2022 - 06:08 pm
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologizes as he responds to recommendations from a panel of experts to accept the role of the Netherlands in the history of slavery and its current consequences in The Hague, Netherlands, on December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
COVID-19 still Spain's leading cause of deaths this year 19 Dec 2022 - 04:05 pm
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UK's Rwanda asylum seeker deportation plan is lawful, court rules 19 Dec 2022 - 03:12 pm
Protesters demonstrate outside the High Court over the legal challenge against the government's policy to deport illegal immigrants to Rwanda in London, Britain December 19, 2022. Reuters/Peter Nicholls
France bans disposable packaging, utensils in fast-food restaurants 19 Dec 2022 - 02:45 pm
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Greek PM pledges 10-percent food subsidy for families 17 Dec 2022 - 11:53 pm
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives for a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium, on December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
Fog-shrouded Kiev recovers after Russia strikes, power restored to 6 million 17 Dec 2022 - 11:20 pm
People walk past a Christmas tree during heavy fog at the Sofiyska square, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kiev, Ukraine December 17, 2022. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Polish police chief says exploding gift was grenade launcher 17 Dec 2022 - 07:38 pm
A general view of a building of the Polish Police Headquarters, where, according to Poland's interior ministry, top cop was injured by an exploding official gift, in Warsaw, Poland December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki
Russia denounces Moldova's ban of TV channels as 'political censorship' 17 Dec 2022 - 07:06 pm
Moldovan President Maia Sandu delivers a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Germany cuts the ribbon on first LNG terminal 17 Dec 2022 - 06:03 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (centre), German Finance Minister Christian Lindner (fourth left) and German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck (behind Scholz, right) arrive for the opening ceremony of the Uniper Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at the Jade Bight in Wilhelmshaven, northern Germany on December 17, 2022. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP)
Four leaders sign agreement to bring green Azeri energy to Europe 17 Dec 2022 - 03:00 pm
(From left) Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili sign an Agreement on Strategic Partnership in the Field of Green Energy Development and Transmission between the governments, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis are seen in the background, at the presidential Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest on December 17, 2022. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)
Putin sounds out military commanders on Ukraine 17 Dec 2022 - 12:48 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Joint Headquarters of the Russian armed forces involved in military operations in Ukraine, in an unknown location in Russia, in this picture released December 17, 2022. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via Reuters
Russia fires scores of missiles in one of its biggest attacks on Ukraine 16 Dec 2022 - 11:49 pm
Rescuers work at the site of a residential building damaged by a Russian missile, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, December 16, 2022. (REUTERS/Mykola Synelnykov) 
Croatia rejects joining EU mission of Ukrainian military support 16 Dec 2022 - 09:37 pm
Ukrainian service members fire a shell from a howitzer at a front line, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, December 16, 2022. (REUTERS)
France and Morocco mend ties after visa spat 16 Dec 2022 - 08:18 pm
Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita (right) receives his French counterpart, Catherine Colonna, in Rabat, on December 16, 2022. (Photo by Fadel Senna / AFP)
Spain to test cut in work hours to boost companies' productivity 16 Dec 2022 - 04:58 pm
Commuters get on and off their trains at Madrid's Atocha station March 11, 2014. REUTERS/Andrea Comas/File Photo
Global stockpile of cholera vaccines 'empty or extremely low': WHO 16 Dec 2022 - 12:59 pm
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World's largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium bursts in Berlin 16 Dec 2022 - 12:32 pm
Emergency services work on a street outside a hotel after a burst and leak of the AquaDom aquarium in central Berlin near Alexanderplatz, with water poured out onto the street, in Berlin, Germany, December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Four critically injured after crush at London concert venue 16 Dec 2022 - 12:11 pm
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A general view of the Presidential Palace in Bissau on November 26, 2025. (Photo by Patrick MEINHARDT / AFP) Guinea-Bissau rocked by coup, president's arrest
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President Donald Trump participates in a call with U.S. service members from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Thanksgiving Day on November 27, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Pete Marovich/Getty Images/AFP Trump says to 'permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries'
Secret Service uniformed division officers patrol in Lafayette Square across from the White House, in Washington, DC on November 27, 2025. Two National Guard troops were shot November 26 in a FBI launches terror probe after Washington shooting
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Representational file photo. Omani oil prices rise to $64.1 a barrel
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