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'He thinks he's God': Macron's style fuels French protesters' ire 06 Dec 2018 - 08:28 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he delivers a speech on the European Union in the amphitheatre of the Sorbonne University in Paris on September 26, 2017. AFP/Ludovic Marin
Millions of UK O2 customers hit by data glitch 06 Dec 2018 - 01:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman speaks on her mobile telephone outside an O2 shop in Loughborough, central England January 23, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Staples
Portuguese prison guards stage strike amid prisoner unrest 06 Dec 2018 - 01:50 pm
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UK PM May urges lawmakers to back her Brexit deal but rebels remain unconvinced 06 Dec 2018 - 01:48 pm
Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May, arrives at Downing Street after appearing on the BBC's 'Today' radio programme, in central London, Britain December 6, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Paris fears new protest violence despite Macron's retreat 06 Dec 2018 - 01:26 pm
French riot police face off with youth and high school students during a protest against the French government's reform plan, in Bordeaux, France, December 6, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
In the Balkans, winter cheer is darkened by a toxic smog 06 Dec 2018 - 09:03 am
A woman covers her face during a period of fog and air pollution in Skopje, Macedonia December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski
Putin vows 'support' as Venezuela's Maduro seeks financial aid 05 Dec 2018 - 08:49 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia December 5, 2018. Reuters/Maxim Shemetov
Russian court jails veteran rights activist 05 Dec 2018 - 08:49 pm
Russian human rights advocate Lev Ponomarev attends a press conference in Moscow on February 07, 2013 .AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev
NATO gives Bosnia green light to advance on membership path 05 Dec 2018 - 05:18 pm
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Putin says he won't take Ukrainian leader's calls 05 Dec 2018 - 03:12 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at the International Volunteer Forum in Moscow, Russia December 5, 2018. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin
Swiss president and two new ministers elected 05 Dec 2018 - 02:42 pm
The newly elected Federal Councillors Karin Keller-Sutter (2nd-R), and Viola Amherd (3rd-R) pose with the Federal Council (from left) the Federal President Alain Berset, Federal Councillors Ueli Maurer, Simonetta Sommaruga, Guy Parmelin, Ignazio Cassis an
France bracing for more protests despite retreat on taxes 05 Dec 2018 - 02:33 pm
High school students stand in front of blocked Laetitia Bonaparte high school on December 5, 2018, in Ajaccio on the French Mediterranean Island of Corsica. AFP / PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA
Italy prosecutor admonishes Salvini over mafia arrest tweet 05 Dec 2018 - 02:15 pm
FILE PHOTO: Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini poses with two members of the Central Security Operations Service (NOCS), a SWAT team of the Polizia di Stato, during a visit to celebrate their anniversary in Rome, Italy October 10, 2018. REUTERS/Remo
French govt to look at taxes on high-earners: spokesman 05 Dec 2018 - 11:48 am
French Government's spokesperson Benjamin Griveaux (C) speaks with yellow vests (gilets jaunes) protestors before an official visit of Copelectronic, a company specialised in electronic and electric components, in Mouguerre, southwestern France, on Novemb
May loses control over Brexit endgame in war with parliament 05 Dec 2018 - 11:14 am
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London on December 4, 2018. AFP / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
Massive 7.6 quake prompts tsunami warning off New Caledonia-PTWC 05 Dec 2018 - 07:46 am
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To the tower! UK govt faces contempt motion by MPs 04 Dec 2018 - 03:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators protest against Brexit outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
Italy police arrest mafia's new "boss of bosses" in Sicily 04 Dec 2018 - 12:19 pm
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