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Putin announces plan for 'Intervision' music contest this year 03 Feb 2025 - 09:16 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at the monument 'Rubezhny Kamen' (Boundary Stone) in Kirovsk, Leningrad region, on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Vyacheslav Prokofyev / POOL / AFP)
Russian air defenses destroy 70 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory 03 Feb 2025 - 06:25 pm
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Norway nears 100% goal of all-electric cars 03 Feb 2025 - 05:59 pm
(FILES) Oslo Taxi's Tesla model Y (L) and the NIO ET5 electric vehicle from Nio Inc, a Chinese multinational electric car manufacturer, drive through the Norwegian capital Oslo, on September 27, 2024. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
Belgium moves to right as new PM De Wever sworn in 03 Feb 2025 - 12:56 pm
N-VA chairman Bart De Wever is seen behind a window as he arrives in his car for a meeting with King Filip of Belgium to discuss the negotiations to form a federal government at the Royal Palace in Brussels on January 31, 2025. Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP.
Fresh tremors shake top Greek tourist island Santorini 03 Feb 2025 - 11:02 am
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EU slams Trump tariffs, says will 'respond firmly' if targeted 02 Feb 2025 - 07:15 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on January 31, 2025. Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP
Falling boulders strand scores of motorists in France 02 Feb 2025 - 05:55 pm
A couple sits on a boulder dyke at sunset along the Atlantic Ocean in Lacanau, southwestern France on February 1, 2025. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)
Ceiling collapse at abandoned home kills three in Kosovo 02 Feb 2025 - 05:25 pm
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UK's Catherine, princess of Wales, to launch early childhood project 02 Feb 2025 - 04:18 pm
Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales reacts upon arrival during a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital in west London on January 14, 2025. (Photo by Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP)
Girl, 11, stabbed to death in the Netherlands 02 Feb 2025 - 03:15 pm
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Injuries after football 'ultras' ambush rivals' train in Italy 02 Feb 2025 - 01:39 pm
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UK to become first country to criminalise AI child abuse tools 02 Feb 2025 - 01:19 pm
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Greece orders schools to close as quakes shake Santorini island 02 Feb 2025 - 12:27 pm
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King Charles III teams up with Amazon for documentary 01 Feb 2025 - 08:16 pm
Britain's King Charles III speaks to dignitaries as he arrives at Apia Airport for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Apia, capital of Samoa, on October 23, 2024. (Photo by POOL / AFP)
Greece awards first compensation over Tempi train disaster 01 Feb 2025 - 06:07 pm
Police and emergency crews search through the debris of a crushed wagon for second day after a train accident in the Tempi Valley near Larissa, Greece, March 2, 2023. (Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP)
German ex-president Horst Koehler dead at 81 01 Feb 2025 - 03:07 pm
(Files) United Nations (UN) envoy for the Western Sahara Horst Koehler attends a press briefing on December 6, 2018 in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Putin approves Goldman Sachs' Russia exit 31 Jan 2025 - 08:06 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Transport Minister at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP)
German MPs start debate on immigration bill backed by far right 31 Jan 2025 - 05:19 pm
Leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz (front row L) looks on as his parliamentary group and of the Bavarian conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party applaud while members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) look on during a debate at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) focusing on immigration, on January 31, 2025 in Berlin. Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP.