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Fire near French city of Lyon kills 10, including 5 children 16 Dec 2022 - 10:13 am
Policemen guard a security perimeter as firefighters and rescuers work in a building of the Mas-Du-Taureau quarter where a fire caused many victims, including children, on December 16, 2022 in Vaulx-en-Velin. Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP
UK govt admits antibiotic shortage 15 Dec 2022 - 10:43 pm
British Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay speaks with the media, outside BBC headquarters, in London, Britain, on November 20, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Teen believed to be among four victims of Channel capsizing 15 Dec 2022 - 10:32 pm
Forensics police officers arrive at the marina in Dover, southeast England, on December 14, 2022 to inspect the bodies of migrants believed to be kept inside a tent outside the UK Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) office after they died overnight while attempting to cross the English Channel. (Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP)
UK launches independent probe into Afghan war crimes claims 15 Dec 2022 - 07:57 pm
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Afghan journalists tell London court Britain has "betrayed debt of gratitude" 15 Dec 2022 - 07:17 pm
A general view of the Royal Courts of Justice, more commonly known as the High Court, on November 2, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
ECB hikes by half point as Lagarde warns of more such moves 15 Dec 2022 - 07:10 pm
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde attends a news conference following the ECB's monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, December 15, 2022. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)
UK government takes measures to ease penicillin shortages 15 Dec 2022 - 06:54 pm
Used blister packets that contained medicines, tablets and pills are seen in this picture illustration taken June 30, 2018. (REUTERS/Russell Boyce)
Russia is running out of Missiles, Ukraine security chief says 15 Dec 2022 - 06:23 pm
Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, speaks during a news briefing, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kiev, Ukraine, on November 7, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
14 million tonnes of grain exported from Ukraine: UN 15 Dec 2022 - 04:49 pm
Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) attends a news conference and gives an update on the Black Sea Grain Initiative in Geneva, Switzerland, on December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
UK airports to relax aircraft liquid rules from 2024 15 Dec 2022 - 11:25 am
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'No space': German hospitals overwhelmed by sick kids 15 Dec 2022 - 11:07 am
Director of the pediatric ward of Berlin's Saint Joseph Hospital Beatrix Schmidt speaks during an AFP interview at her desk on December 13, 2022. Photo by John MacDougall / AFP
No Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine, Russia says, as prisoner swap frees American 14 Dec 2022 - 11:25 pm
A local resident walks in front of a destroyed residential building in the town of Lyman, Donetsk region, on December 14, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Ukraine's Zelenskyy opposes idea of Russian athletes at Olympics under neutral banner 14 Dec 2022 - 11:09 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, on October 31, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Germany approves $13.85 bn F-35 jet deal with US 14 Dec 2022 - 08:01 pm
German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht (centre) is flanked by Eberhard Zorn (right), Inspector General of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr, and Ingo Gerhartz, Inspector of the Air Force, as she gives a press conference on December 14, 2022 in Berlin. (Photo by John MacDougall / AFP)
At least four dead, dozens rescued in Channel small boat incident 14 Dec 2022 - 03:51 pm
Rescue workers carry a body bag on a stretcher, as they return to the Port of Dover amid a rescue operation of a missing migrant boat, in Dover, Britain December 14, 2022. Reuters/Peter Nicholls
Thousands without power after snowstorm in Scotland's far north 14 Dec 2022 - 03:12 pm
A man walks a dog in Braemar, Scotland, Britain December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
French court jails suspects in 2016 Nice terror attack 13 Dec 2022 - 09:50 pm
A plaintiff speaks to the press after the verdict of the trial of the Nice attack in Nice, southeastern France on December 13, 2022.  (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP)
Russian businessman asks London court to pause $850mn lawsuit over sanctions 13 Dec 2022 - 08:18 pm
A general view of the Royal Courts of Justice, more commonly known as the High Court, on November 2, 2020. File Photo / Reuters