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Putin drops cryptic hint on 2024 exit in press marathon 19 Dec 2019 - 06:27 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual press conference in Moscow on December 19, 2019. / AFP / SPUTNIK / Alexei Druzhinin
UK election generates 15 million tweets 19 Dec 2019 - 12:17 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 10, 2019 The Twitter logo is seen on a phone in this photo illustration. AFP / Alastair Pike
Scotland mulls law to end 'nightmare' rules for changing gender 18 Dec 2019 - 11:34 pm
Flags of Scotland and the Union hang from flagpoles in Edinburgh, Scotland, on April 11, 2019. AFP / Andy Buchanan
Climate activists found guilty over London train protest by 'regretful' jury 18 Dec 2019 - 11:33 pm
Police take away a protestor during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration outside the Treasury building in London, Britain October 3, 2019. Reuters / Simon Dawson
Infant abandoned inside garbage dumpster in Greek city 18 Dec 2019 - 06:57 pm
Reuters file photo / Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Cheesed-off neighbour kicks up stink in Alpine village 18 Dec 2019 - 06:57 pm
AFP file photo /  Charly Triballeau
French strikers angry about pension reform cut power to homes, companies 18 Dec 2019 - 03:28 pm
Commuters cross an intersection at Porte de Vanves in Paris on December 18, 2019, during an ongoing transport strike in France. (AFP / AURORE MESENGE)
Ex-PM Blair tells Britain's Labour: Change or you will disappear 18 Dec 2019 - 03:06 pm
Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair (AFP / Tolga AKMEN/filephoto)
What is a Queen's Speech and why does it matter for Britain? 18 Dec 2019 - 03:02 pm
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth hangs on a wall at a  British restaurant in Manhattan on June 24, 2016. AFP / Getty Images
US deports murder parolee to Germany; he says he's innocent 17 Dec 2019 - 06:08 pm
Jens Soering celebrates with supporters after his arrival at Frankfurt airport, Germany, December 17, 2019.  Reuters/Thorsten Wagner
A fractured kingdom: Scotland's paths to independence 17 Dec 2019 - 01:03 pm
A street performer stages a show on The Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland on April 11, 2019. AFP / Andy Buchanan
No school, no trains, no Eiffel Tower: France on strike 17 Dec 2019 - 11:42 am
:A woman passes by the windowshop of a toys store in Paris on December 16, 2019. / AFP / Aurore MESENGE
Pro-Brexit candidate jailed for harassing pro-EU opponent 16 Dec 2019 - 10:50 pm
File photo: Anti-Brexit seat cover is seen outside the Houses of Parliament in London January 30, 2018. Reuters / Toby Melville
Estonia apologises after minister taunts Finnish PM as "sales girl" 16 Dec 2019 - 08:22 pm
Estonia's Interior Minister Mart Helme speaks to media. Estonia. April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
Scots' independence hopes roar back to life following UK election 16 Dec 2019 - 08:05 pm
Flags of Scotland and the Union hang from flagpoles in Edinburgh, Scotland on April 11, 2019. AFP / Andy Buchanan
British journalist Ian Bailey faces extradition hearing over 1996 murder 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm
Ian Bailey arrives at the High Court in Dublin on December 16, 2019 for a hearing following the issue of a European Arrest Warrant by the French authorities over the murder of filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier. AFP / Damien Eagers
Copyright probe, raids stoke fear in Russian IT 16 Dec 2019 - 05:04 pm
Alexei Vlasov a 28-year-old falconer of the Kremlin ornithological service holds Alpha, a 20-year-old female goshawk while patrolling in Moscow on March 21, 2019. AFP / Alexander Nemenov
Cars torched near US embassy in Athens 16 Dec 2019 - 10:45 am
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