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World / Europe

Observers slam Belarus polls for flouting democratic norms 18 Nov 2019 - 08:31 pm
Local electoral commission members empty a ballot box to count votes at a polling station in the village of Kreva, some 10 km northwest of Minsk, on November 17, 2019. AFP / Sergei Gapon
Prince Andrew sex claim scandal overshadows UK election campaign 18 Nov 2019 - 07:52 pm
Prince Andrew, Duke of York leaves after speaking at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in Bangkok, on the sidelines of the 35th ASEAN Summit on November 03, 2019. AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha
New EU Commission back on course for December start 18 Nov 2019 - 06:44 pm
The European Parliament is expected to give final assent to the assembled team of commissioners next week, paving the way for von der Leyen's executive to take over from Jean-Claude Juncker next month.
Corbyn effect? British utility debt boosted by nationalisation bet 18 Nov 2019 - 05:18 pm
Opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn addresses a gathering of supporters demonstrating in Parliament Square in central London, June 27, 2016. Reuters / Toby Melville
Airbnb becomes a leading Olympic partner to 2028 18 Nov 2019 - 03:39 pm
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach (L) and Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia shake hands at an event in London to announce Airbnb as a leading partner of the Olympics on November 19, 2019. AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
Girl dies, several feared missing in French bridge collapse 18 Nov 2019 - 03:23 pm
A view shows the collapsed Mirepoix-sur-Tarn bridge in France, November 18, 2019, in this image obtained from social media. Olivier le Corre/via REUTERS
United States, EU back Georgia protesters 18 Nov 2019 - 11:29 am
Georgian opposition supporters carry Georgian flags amid coloured smoke as they protest outside the parliament in central Tbilisi on November 17, 2019, to demand the government's resignation and early parliamentary polls.. / AFP / Vano Shlamov
28 arrests after Greek annual anti-junta demo 18 Nov 2019 - 09:58 am
Students shout slogans during the annual march towards the US embassy on November 17, 2019 in Athens, to mark the 1973 students' uprising against the US-backed military junta.  / AFP / ARIS MESSINIS
Switching allegiances? Brexit stirs election doubts around England 18 Nov 2019 - 09:49 am
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses for a selfie photograph with a member of the public during a General Election campaign trail stop at Thornton-Cleveleys railway station in north-west England on November 15, 2019. AFP / POOL / Frank Augstein
Greeks to march to mark 1973 student revolt anniversary 17 Nov 2019 - 04:55 pm
A woman places a red carnations on the monument in memory of the victims of the 1973 student's uprising against the US-backed military junta at the Athens' polytechnic school on November 16, 2019.  AFP / Louisa Gouliamaki
Hip waders on: Venice copes with record 3rd exceptional tide 17 Nov 2019 - 04:55 pm
A man walks in a flooded street in Venice, during
Pope decries that ‘greed of a few’ worsens poverty of others 17 Nov 2019 - 04:55 pm
Pope Francis attends a lunch with the poor after celebrating a Mass marking the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of the Poor, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, November 17, 2019. Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Italy battered by rain, Venice braces for another 'tough day' 17 Nov 2019 - 01:25 pm
People wade through water under arcades at St. Mark's Square during high tide in Venice, Italy November 17, 2019. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
Climate protesters block Geneva's private jet terminal 17 Nov 2019 - 11:48 am
Activists seat in front of police officers to blocking an entrance at Geneva airport's private jet terminal, during a protest by the climate change action group Extinction Rebellion (XR), on November 16, 2019. / AFP / Fabrice Coffrini
Pro-independence protesters take to Barcelona's main train station 16 Nov 2019 - 05:21 pm
A man sits on the ground in front of riot police officers as Catalan separatist protesters attend a demonstration outside the Sants train station in Barcelona, Spain November 16, 2019. REUTERS/Enrique Calvo
Paris police use tear gas, water cannon on 'yellow vest' protests anniversary 16 Nov 2019 - 04:30 pm
Police officers detain a man during clashes with protesters on November 16, 2019, near Place d'Italie in Paris, on the sidelines of a demonstration of the
German woman suspected of IS ties arrested after deportation 16 Nov 2019 - 03:17 pm
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Serbian president hospitalised with heart problems 16 Nov 2019 - 12:33 pm
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic attends a news conference during the Regional Meeting Western Balkans in Ohrid on November 10, 2019. Western Balkan leaders meet on November 10, 2019 to discuss concrete organisation after they signed on October 11, 20