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Inside Chernobyl, Ukraine scrambles to repair radiation shield 26 Dec 2025 - 11:32 am
This photograph shows the containment vessel of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) which contains radiation from the remains of reactor 4 of the former Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Chernobyl, on December 22, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by Tetiana Dzhafarova / AFP
Video: In Christmas surprise, UK's Catherine and Charlotte play piano duet 25 Dec 2025 - 03:19 pm
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In Christmas homily, Pope condemns 'open wounds' of Gaza war 25 Dec 2025 - 01:15 pm
Pope Leo XIV performs the Christmas mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on December 25, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana Fabi / AFP)
Turkish President reaffirms support for peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia 25 Dec 2025 - 12:16 am
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Rome pushes Meta to allow other AIs on WhatsApp 24 Dec 2025 - 04:26 pm
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Germany says US visa bans over tech rules 'not acceptable' 24 Dec 2025 - 03:06 pm
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New 20-point US-Ukraine plan to end Russian invasion 24 Dec 2025 - 12:42 pm
This handout photograph taken on December 23, 2025 and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Office on December 24, 2025 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting with journalists in Kyiv. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Office / AFP)
Turkiye recovers black box from crashed plane 24 Dec 2025 - 10:43 am
Rescuers work as search and rescue operations continue at the wreckage site following the crash of a Libya-bound business jet carrying Libyan Chief of Staff General Muhammad Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, found 2 kilometers south of Kesikkavak Village at Haymana district in Ankara on December 24, 2025. (Photo by Adem Altan / AFP)
Explosion injures mother and three young children in France 24 Dec 2025 - 09:52 am
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EU protests UK-Norway deal allowing mackerel overfishing 23 Dec 2025 - 05:00 pm
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Greta Thunberg arrested at pro-Palestinian protest in London 23 Dec 2025 - 04:16 pm
A handout photograph taken on and released by Prisoners for Palestine in London on December 23, 2025 shows Swedish activist Greta Thunberg before her arrest at Plantation Place on Fenchurch Street. (Photo by Prisoners for Palestine / AFP)
Greenland PM says 'our decisions are made here' 23 Dec 2025 - 04:11 pm
(Files) Houses are pictured in Nuuk, Greenland, on June 15, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP)
Louvre installs bars over robbed gallery window 23 Dec 2025 - 04:01 pm
Workers install iron window guards on the window of the Gallerie d'Apollon (Apollo's gallery) of the Louvre Museum, on the Quai Francois Mitterrand side, in Paris on December 23, 2025 a few weeks after thieves used a furniture lift to break into the museum. Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP
Killer in Croatia school attack gets maximum 50-year sentence 23 Dec 2025 - 03:57 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)
Italy fines Ryanair $300mn for abuse of dominant position 23 Dec 2025 - 01:07 pm
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Moscow car blast kills Russian general: investigators 22 Dec 2025 - 11:59 am
In this handout photo released by the Russian Investigative Committee on December 22, 2025, an investigator works at the car bomb site in southern Moscow. (Photo by Handout / Russian Investigative Committee / AFP)
Canada population drops 0.2% in third quarter 22 Dec 2025 - 09:50 am
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France to build new aircraft carrier 21 Dec 2025 - 08:24 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with a soldier during a Christmas diner with troops of the 5th Cuirassier Regiment's base in Zayed Military City, near Abu Dhabi, on December 21, 2025.(Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)