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Uzbekistan elects new parliament with no opposition 23 Dec 2019 - 02:53 pm
A woman goes in a polling booth before voting at a polling station in Tashkent on December 22, 2019. AFP / Yuri KORSUNTSEV
Venice faces new exceptional flooding, but below peak 23 Dec 2019 - 01:44 pm
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Winners of world's richest lottery 'El Gordo' celebrate 23 Dec 2019 - 12:43 am
People celebrate at the Aragones Center
Poles help stranded Iranian lorry driver 22 Dec 2019 - 08:20 pm
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Trump invites UK's Johnson to White House in new year: British media 22 Dec 2019 - 06:50 pm
US President Donald Trump and First lady Melania Trump arrive for a signing ceremony on S.1790, the
Death toll in Europe from storm rises to nine 22 Dec 2019 - 05:49 pm
Ajaccio's airport surrounded by water after being flooded next to the Gravona river of Corsica. Frenca. December 22, 2019 / AFP / PASCAL POCHARD
Notre Dame fire wakes the world up to dangers of lead dust 22 Dec 2019 - 03:48 pm
Notre Dame cathedral on April 18, 2019, three days after a fire engulfed the 850-year-old gothic masterpiece. AFP pool / Michel Euler
Big tech could lose financial blessing of the Church of England 22 Dec 2019 - 03:48 pm
Stephen Cottrell, the current Bishop of Chelmsford, poses for photographs inside York Minster in York, northern England on December 17, 2019.  AFP / Oli Scarff
Milestones in Britain's battle over Brexit 21 Dec 2019 - 03:07 am
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking at the opening of the Second Reading of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement)
Johnson's Brexit deal secures first win in new parliament 21 Dec 2019 - 01:37 am
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking at the opening of the Second Reading of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement)
French strike enters third week as govt, unions deadlocked on pension reform 21 Dec 2019 - 01:37 am
Travelers wait to board their train as Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris on December 20, 2019, on the 16th day of a nationwide multi-sector strike against the government's pensions overhaul. / AFP / Martin Bureau
Russia ‘lone wolf’ attack Moscow spy headquarters; 2 dead 20 Dec 2019 - 11:31 pm
Security officers stand guard on a street near the Federal Security Service (FSB) building after a shooting incident, in Moscow, Russia December 19, 2019. Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov
Climate activists escape punishment over London train protest 20 Dec 2019 - 09:57 pm
Protesters hold a banner outside the BlackRock office during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in the City of London, Britain, October 14, 2019. Reuters / Henry Nicholls
JK Rowling backs sacked worker in speech case 20 Dec 2019 - 09:35 pm
JK Rowling (Reuters)
Palace: Prince Philip in hospital as 'precautionary measure' 20 Dec 2019 - 08:02 pm
Philip had been at the royal family's Sandringham estate in eastern England, where the queen and her family usually spend Christmas.
UK charges US diplomat's wife over teen's death in crash 20 Dec 2019 - 06:46 pm
Signs attached to the railings of the US embassy in Grosvenor square in central London on January 12, 2018. AFP  / Daniel Sorabji
Pope, UN issue message on migrants, climate, nuclear weapons 20 Dec 2019 - 06:46 pm
Pope Francis meets with Secretary-General of the United Nations, Portugal's Antonio Guterres, for a private audience at the Vatican, December 20, 2019. Filippo Monteforte/Pool via Reuters
UK's Johnson unveils legislative plan to end Brexit deadlock 19 Dec 2019 - 09:48 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking in the House of Commons in London after the State Opening Of Parliament. (AFP PHOTO / Jessica Taylor /UK Parliament