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Croatia president wins election in first round: exit poll 29 Dec 2024 - 09:28 pm
Croatia's outgoing President and Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate Zoran Milanovic casts his ballot to vote in the country's presidential elections at a polling station in Zagreb on December 29, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Spain arrests traffickers accused of killing asylum seekers 29 Dec 2024 - 05:55 pm
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Azerbaijan accuses Russia of trying to hide causes of plane crash 29 Dec 2024 - 04:19 pm
(FILES) In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states leaders' summit in Astana on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Sergei SAVOSTYANOV / POOL / AFP)
Georgia's new president sworn in amid political showdown 29 Dec 2024 - 12:30 pm
Mikheil Kavelashvili, elected by lawmakers as Georgia's new President, takes the oath during his swearing-in ceremony at the parliament in Tbilisi, on December 29, 2024. (Photo by Irakli Gedenidze / Pool / AFP)
Croatia elects president as incumbent looks favourite 29 Dec 2024 - 09:41 am
A car drives past an election poster of Presidential candidate of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party, Dragan Primorac that reads
Carlsen quits chess championship after jeans row 28 Dec 2024 - 08:14 pm
Magnus Carlsen. File photo for representational purposes only.
Thousand people march against air pollution in Skopje 28 Dec 2024 - 06:35 pm
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Putin apologizes to Azerbaijan for plane crash 28 Dec 2024 - 05:40 pm
In this handout picture released by Kazakhstan's emergency situations ministry, emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. Photo by Handout / Kazakhstan's emergency situations ministry / AFP).
Police officer shot dead in Norway 28 Dec 2024 - 05:18 pm
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Putin tells Azerbaijan leader Russian air defence active at time of plane landing: Kremlin 28 Dec 2024 - 05:05 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. Photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin on December 26, 2024. Photo by Alexei Danichev / POOL / AFP.
Thousands in Georgia human chain as pro-EU protests enter 2nd month 28 Dec 2024 - 04:39 pm
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Tax cuts, debt reined in as Italy adopts 2025 budget 28 Dec 2024 - 04:25 pm
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WHO chief says narrowly escaped death in Israeli strikes on Yemen airport 28 Dec 2024 - 03:42 pm
A member of Yemen's security forces walks past a damaged building at Sanaa international airport on December 27, 2024, following Israeli strikes at the site the previous day. (Photo by Mohammed Huwais / AFP)
EU universal charger rules come into force 28 Dec 2024 - 03:14 pm
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Cyberattacks target Milan airport websites: Italy police 28 Dec 2024 - 02:56 pm
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Russia says oil spill 'critical' as Crimea declares emergency 28 Dec 2024 - 02:43 pm
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Germany says latest undersea cable cut a 'wake-up call' 28 Dec 2024 - 01:58 pm
A photo taken on December 28, 2024 off Porkkalanniemi, Kirkkonummi, in the Gulf of Finland, shows oil tanker Eagle S (R), which flies under the flag of the Cook Islands, next to Finnish border guard ship Uisko (back C) and tugboat Ukko (front L). (Photo by Jussi Nukari / Lehtikuva / AFP)
Surgery for French skier Sarrazin 'went well': federation 28 Dec 2024 - 01:56 pm
French skier Cyprien Sarrazin during a training session before crashing ahead of the Men's downhill race of the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup event, in Bormio on December 27, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)