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High winds hit UK Christmas travel plans 22 Dec 2024 - 06:34 pm
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France awaits appointment of new government 22 Dec 2024 - 05:02 pm
France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou (C) attends a meeting with the President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet (L), Senate President and party leaders excluding La France Insoumise (LFI) nor Rassemblement National party (RN), to finalise his government at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, on December 19, 2024. Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / POOL / AFP.
Putin says Russia does not lose desire to improve ties with U.S. 22 Dec 2024 - 04:58 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of air and road infrastructure facilities in Russian regions via video link in Moscow on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP)
Germany pledges security inquest after Christmas market attack 22 Dec 2024 - 04:35 pm
People mourn at a makeshift memorial outside the Johanniskirche (Johannes Church), near the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 22, 2024. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP.
Angry questions in Germany after Christmas market attack 22 Dec 2024 - 03:41 pm
The site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market is pictured in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 22, 2024. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Anger and sadness in Croatia after a school stabbing attack 21 Dec 2024 - 08:54 pm
People react next to a makeshift memorial at the playground of Precko primary school, following a stabbing attack at the school which left one dead and several injured, in Zagreb, on December 20, 2024. (Photo by DAMIR SENCAR / AFP)
Thousands greet the sun at Stonehenge solstice celebration 21 Dec 2024 - 04:39 pm
Revellers celebrate the pagan festival of 'Winter Solstice' at Stonehenge in Wiltshire in southern England on December 21, 2024. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Germany says Christmas market attack toll rises to 5 dead, over 200 injured 21 Dec 2024 - 03:39 pm
Debris a closed stalls are seen as a police officers stands on the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 21, 2024. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
Drone attack hits Russian city 1,000km from Ukraine frontier 21 Dec 2024 - 02:13 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released on the official Telegram account of the Mayor's Office of Kazan on December 21, 2024, a Russian rescuer works in the courtyard of a residential building following a drone attack in Kazan, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. (Photo by Handout / Telegram / @kzn_official / AFP)
'Torn from my side': horror of German Christmas market attack 21 Dec 2024 - 08:46 am
Forensics police inspect the car that crashed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 21, 2024. (Photo by John MacDougall / AFP)
Italy fines OpenAI €15 million after ChatGPT probe 21 Dec 2024 - 12:19 am
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Italy's far-right Salvini acquitted in migrant blockade trial 20 Dec 2024 - 11:18 pm
Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini addresses media at the Bunker Courtroom of the Pagliarelli prison in Palermo on December 20, 2024.(Photo by Alberto Pizzoli / AFP)
Macron sees greater role for French military base in Djibouti; withdraws troops from Chad 20 Dec 2024 - 11:00 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron (second left) gives a speech to French soldiers at an airbase in Djibouti on December 20, 2024. (Photo by Nicolas Messyasz / POOL / AFP)
Swedish hip hop star shot dead in car park 20 Dec 2024 - 05:27 pm
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Anger in Germany after Musk backs far right 20 Dec 2024 - 05:13 pm
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Seven-year-old dies in stabbing attack at Croatia school: minister 20 Dec 2024 - 03:52 pm
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Brits kindle Christmas spirit with second-hand gifts 20 Dec 2024 - 03:46 pm
A customer browses Christmas crackers inside an Oxfam charity shop in London, on December 18, 2024. Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP
Serbia shuts schools amid new protests over station collapse 20 Dec 2024 - 03:39 pm
Emergency and rescue teams work at the site where a concrete outdoor roof of a train station collapsed in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad on November 1, 2024. Photo by NENAD MIHAJLOVIC / AFP