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Climate activist Thunberg urges EU to double carbon reduction targets 21 Feb 2019 - 11:20 pm
16 year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and Belgian students gather to call for urgent measures to combat climate change during a demonstration in Brussels, Belgium, 21 February 2019. AFP / Aris Oikonomou
Hungarian opposition cries hypocrisy over Venezuelan refugees 21 Feb 2019 - 11:19 pm
This picture taken on February 21, 2019 shows a building of the VVSI Sport Hotel in Gardony town, about 60 km west from Hungarian capital Budapest, where Venezuela's refugees are hosted. AFP
Pope, at crisis conference, vows "concrete" steps against sex abuse by priests 21 Feb 2019 - 08:05 pm
Members of Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA), a global organization of prominent survivors and activists who are in Rome for this week’s papal summit on the sex abuse crisis within the Catholic Church, hold a protest gathering on February 21, 2019 by the Castel S
Estonians kick off online voting for March election 21 Feb 2019 - 08:05 pm
Representative image (Saul Martinez /Getty Images/ AFP)
Austrians united in complaint -- over a new public holiday 21 Feb 2019 - 06:02 pm
The Austrian government had come up with the plan as a way of conforming to a ruling by the European Court of Justice last month that it was illegal for Good Friday to be a full holiday for members of certain Christian churches only.
Germany's Merkel offers Juncker solidarity in Hungary spat 21 Feb 2019 - 04:51 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel waits prior to welcome Georgian President for a meeting on February 20, 2019 in Berlin.  AFP / Wolfgang Kumm
Russia questions US intention behind Venezuela aid move 21 Feb 2019 - 04:13 pm
Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Maria Zakharova
Dublin Airport says flights resume after drone sighting suspension 21 Feb 2019 - 03:16 pm
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UK lawmakers could vote on revised Brexit deal next week: Hammond says 21 Feb 2019 - 10:35 am
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond is seen outside of Downing Street in London, Britain, February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Portugal nurse protest leader goes on hunger strike 20 Feb 2019 - 07:07 pm
A nurse prepares a H1N1 flu vaccine shot at a hospital in Budapest, Hungary, November 20, 2009. Reuters/Karoly Arvai
French Senate demands probe into Macron aides over bodyguard scandal 20 Feb 2019 - 06:08 pm
Senate Law Commission rapporteurs Jean-Pierre Sueur (L), Muriel Jourda (R) and President of France's Senate Law Commission Philippe Bas (C), release on February 20, 2019 at the Senate in Paris, the results of an inquiry in the case of former top president
Putin says Russia will target US if it puts missiles in Europe 20 Feb 2019 - 04:15 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal Assembly, including the State Duma parliamentarians, members of the Federation Council, regional governors and other high-ranking officials, in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2019. Mikhail Klimentyev
Microsoft detects hacking targeting Europe democracy groups 20 Feb 2019 - 02:35 pm
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French senators call for perjury investigation against ex-Macron aide Benalla 20 Feb 2019 - 02:12 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 19, 2018, Former Elysee senior security officer Alexandre Benalla sits before a Senate committee in Paris. AFP / Bertrand Guay
Microsoft says discovers hacking targeting democratic institutions in Europe 20 Feb 2019 - 12:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: General view of Microsoft's logo at Microsoft Corporation headquarters at Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, France, April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
Eighth MP jumps ship in crisis for UK Labour 20 Feb 2019 - 10:57 am
Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during the National Manufacturing Conference in London on February 19, 2019. AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
Macron's ex-bodyguard detained 19 Feb 2019 - 09:56 pm
In this file photo taken on September 19, 2018, Former Elysee senior security officer Alexandre Benalla raises his hand as he takes the oath before a Senate committee in Paris. AFP/Alain Jocard
Hungary's ruling party doesn't belong in Europe's centre-right: Juncker 19 Feb 2019 - 07:46 pm
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker