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Austrian far-right kicks out scandal-hit ex-leader Strache 13 Dec 2019 - 07:52 pm
 Former head of Freedom Party (FPOe) Heinz-Christian Strache addresses a news conference in Vienna, Austria October 1, 2019. Reuters/Leonhard Foeger
Corbyn calamity: Labour Party implodes, will seek new leader 13 Dec 2019 - 07:52 pm
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn talks to the media as he leaves his home, following the results of the general election, in London, Britain, December 13, 2019. Reuters/Tom Nicholson
Germany: 1 dead, 11 injured in apartment building explosion 13 Dec 2019 - 07:52 pm
A damaged apartment building is pictured in Blankenburg, eastern Germany on December 13, 2019.  AFP / Jens Schlueter
Johnson election victory propels Britain towards swift Brexit 13 Dec 2019 - 05:48 pm
Boris Johnson arrives at 10 Downing Street in central London on December 13, 2019, following an audience with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, where she invited him to become Prime Minister and form a new government.  AFP / Oli Scarff
EU warns of post-Brexit rival Britain after Johnson win 13 Dec 2019 - 05:47 pm
Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pose after a joint news conference at the end of the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium December 13, 201
Putin seeks 'constructive dialogue' with UK's Johnson: Kremlin 13 Dec 2019 - 05:47 pm
UK vote 'reinforces' case for Scottish independence poll: Sturgeon 13 Dec 2019 - 05:47 pm
Scottish National Party leader and Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks in Edinburgh on December 13, 2019.  AFP / Andy Buchanan
Latvian government seizes control of main ports after US sanctions 12 Dec 2019 - 07:04 pm
Latvian national flag flutters next to the Freedom monument in Riga, Latvia, March 16, 2018. Reuters / Ints Kalnins
Eastern European countries threatening to block climate deal 12 Dec 2019 - 07:04 pm
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki arrives for a European Union Summit at the Europa building in Brussels on December 12, 2019. AFP / Kenzo Tribouillard
Russia to expel two German diplomats in tit-for-tat move 12 Dec 2019 - 12:15 pm
This photo taken on August 23, 2019 shows forensic experts of the police securing evidences at the site of a crime scene in a park of Berlin's Moabit district, where a man of Georgian origin was shot dead. Germany OUT / AFP / dpa / Paul Zinken
Russia's only aircraft carrier catches fire in northern port - news agencies 12 Dec 2019 - 10:40 am
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Britain votes in 'Brexit election' 12 Dec 2019 - 10:25 am
Council workers attach a polling sign to a lamp post in central London as polling stations open for a general election in London on December 12, 2019. AFP / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS
Greta Thunberg's rise from unknown activist to Time Person of the Year 11 Dec 2019 - 11:02 pm
Greta Thunberg holds a placard reading ‘School strike for the climate’ outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Nov 30, 2018. TT News Agency / Hanna Franzen / Reuters.
Europe launches 'Green Deal' as Thunberg denounces climate inaction 11 Dec 2019 - 06:42 pm
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a session of the European Parliament during which she unveiled Green New Deal plan to fight climate change in Brussels on December 11, 2019.  AFP / Aris Oikonomou
Italy urges donor conference for quake-struck Albania 11 Dec 2019 - 06:42 pm
Emergency personnel put an Albanian flag on top of rubble on the occasion of the Albanian Independence Day during a search for earthquake survivors, November 28, 2019. Reuters / Florion Goga
Pompeo condemns deadly Taliban attack on U.S. military base 11 Dec 2019 - 05:26 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo makes a statement to the press at the State Department in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time' 2019 person of the year 11 Dec 2019 - 04:12 pm
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French workers need to work until age 64 to get full pension 11 Dec 2019 - 03:06 pm
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe looks on before unveiling the details of a pensions reform plan before the CESE (Economic, Social and Environmental Council) in Paris, France December 11, 2019. Thomas Samson/Pool via Reuters