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Spanish PM seeks safety in numbers before playing Catalonia trump card 04 Oct 2017 - 09:01 pm
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (R) meets with Spain's Ciudadanos (Citizens) centrist party leader Albert Rivera at La Moncloa palace in Madrid on October 2, 2017. AFP / Javier Soriano
First German immigration law on agenda as Merkel seeks coalition 04 Oct 2017 - 08:49 pm
Intendants of the State Opera Juergen Flimm (R) and Matthias Schulz (L) pose with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2L) and her husband Joachim Sauer ahead the re-opening of the State Opera in Berlin, on October 3, 2017.  AFP / John Macdougall
"It's time to talk": EU again urges dialogue in Spain 04 Oct 2017 - 05:11 pm
European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans speaks as members of the European Parliament debate the ongoing situation in Catalonia, three days after the banned referendum on a split from Spain, in Strasbourg, France, October 4, 2017. Still p
Italy investigates possible terror base near Rome 04 Oct 2017 - 05:04 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on December 23, 2016 shows Italian police and forensics experts gathering around the body of suspected Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri after he was shot dead in Milan on December 23, 2016.   AFP / DANIELE BENNATI
Trio takes chemistry Nobel for 'cool' method to study molecules 04 Oct 2017 - 03:30 pm
(L-R) Photos of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson are seen on a screen as Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Goran K. Hansson (not seen) announces the winner of the 20
Recent winners of the Nobel Chemistry Prize 04 Oct 2017 - 03:24 pm
One of the three winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Swiss Scientist Jacques Dubochet smiles during a press conference at the Lausanne University following the prize's announcement on October 4, 2017. AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI
French police identifies Marseille knifeman 04 Oct 2017 - 09:54 am
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Government millions for baseball divides Venezuelans 04 Oct 2017 - 09:16 am
Photo: Reuters.
Tens of thousands protest police violence in Barcelona: AFP 03 Oct 2017 - 04:18 pm
Catalan regional police officers, Mossos d'Esquadra, stand in front of a group of Spanish National Police officers who were shouting towards locals who were protesting the police presence outside their hotel in Pineda de Mar, north of Barcelona, Spain, Oc
Putin calls for better US ties as he meets new envoy 03 Oct 2017 - 04:10 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) looks at Jon Huntsman, the U.S. new ambassador to Russia, after receiving his diplomatic credentials during a ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Pavel Golovkin/Pool
“Just talk”: Belgium offers Spain relationship advice 03 Oct 2017 - 09:59 am
File photo of Belgian prime minister Charles Michel. Reuters
Radicalised person arrested after explosive find in Paris: minister 03 Oct 2017 - 09:41 am
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Uber northern Europe chief departs amid London row 02 Oct 2017 - 05:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: A photo illustration a London taxi passing as the Uber app logo is displayed on a mobile telephone, as it is held up for a posed photograph in central London September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Spain in crisis after Catalan independence vote 02 Oct 2017 - 03:42 pm
People wave an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) during a protest one day after the banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Catalan leader calls for 'international' mediation in crisis with Madrid 02 Oct 2017 - 03:26 pm
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont speaks during a news conference at Generalitat Palace in Barcelona, Spain, October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Madrid vows to stop Catalan independence declaration 02 Oct 2017 - 12:53 pm
Catalan president Carles Puigdemont (C) arrives with Catalan government spokesman, Jordi Turull (R) and leader of the left-wing party Esquerra Republicana (ERC), Catalan regional vice-president and chief of Economy and Finance Oriol Junqueras (C) for a Ca
Five workers killed in Ukraine hostel fire 02 Oct 2017 - 11:50 am
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Catalan leader threatens independence after chaotic vote 02 Oct 2017 - 09:33 am
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