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France to force Paris binmen back to work as trash stacks up 16 Mar 2023 - 02:45 pm
A protestor stands among rubbish bins with burning materiel during a demonstration on the eighth day of strikes and protests across the country against the government's proposed pensions overhaul, in Rennes, western France on March 15, 2023. (Photo by Jean-Francois Monier / AFP)
TikTok facing ban on UK govt devices: media 16 Mar 2023 - 02:25 pm
In this file photo taken with a fish-eye lens on March 1, 2023 in Paris shows the social media application logo TikTok. Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP
'Increased' US spying on Russia led to drone incident: Moscow 15 Mar 2023 - 11:53 pm
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (left) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting of Russia's President Vladimir Putin with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad (both not pictured) at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 15, 2023. (Photo by Vladimir GERDO / SPUTNIK / AFP)
UK court ruled Ukraine can try to avoid repaying $3 billion loan to Russia 15 Mar 2023 - 08:38 pm
The logo for the Supreme court at the entrance to the court in central London on the third and final day of the hearing into the decision by the government to prorogue parliament on September 19, 2019. File photo / AFP
Albania's 'wild river' granted national park status 15 Mar 2023 - 06:36 pm
An aerial view taken on March 14, 2023, shows Vjosa, one of the last wild rivers in Europe, at her natural flow, near the city of Fier. (Photo by ADNAN BECI / AFP)
Hundreds of thousands strike in UK over pay 15 Mar 2023 - 06:14 pm
A demonstrator takes part in a protest called by the British trade union Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) amid a dispute with the government over pay, outside Downing Street in London, on March 15, 2023. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Erdogan hints Turkiye may ratify Finland's NATO membership 15 Mar 2023 - 05:52 pm
Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the party's group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara on March 15, 2023. (Photo by Adem Altan / AFP)
UK Treasury chief predicts no recession in Britain this year 15 Mar 2023 - 04:02 pm
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt poses with the red Budget Box as he leaves 11 Downing Street in central London on March 15, 2023, to present the government's annual budget to Parliament. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Greek journalists strike over rail tragedy 15 Mar 2023 - 03:37 pm
File photo: Protesters run from police into a metro station during a massive demonstration in Athens on March 5, 2023, following the deadly train accident late on February 28. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP)
Germany hits emissions-reduction target in 2022 15 Mar 2023 - 02:45 pm
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Putin to hold talks with Syria's Assad on Wednesday: Kremlin 14 Mar 2023 - 10:34 pm
This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad being received by the Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister and the Russian president's special representative Mikhail Bogdanov upon arrival in Moscow on March 14, 2023. (Photo by SANA / AFP)
Greek trains to resume 'gradually' from March 22 after crash: govt 14 Mar 2023 - 08:41 pm
Police and emergency crew search the debris of a crushed wagon after a train accident in the Tempi Valley near Larisa, Greece, March 1, 2023. (Photo by Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP)
Reform of Spain's contested security law fails 14 Mar 2023 - 08:30 pm
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses a parliamentary session in Madrid on October 22, 2020. File photo / AFP
Bosnia: Protest over draft law to recriminalize defamation 14 Mar 2023 - 07:32 pm
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Hungary to delay vote on NATO membership for Sweden, Finland 14 Mar 2023 - 06:42 pm
Fance's President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, before a working dinner at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on March 13, 2023. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
German court throws out Rosneft case against Berlin 14 Mar 2023 - 06:00 pm
This file photo shows the logo of Russia's oil producer Rosneft on its headquarters in Moscow, Russia, on August 13, 2021.  File photo / AFP
UK recalls cough medicines containing pholcodine on health risk 14 Mar 2023 - 05:40 pm
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UK unemployment at historic low but inflation hits wages 14 Mar 2023 - 03:44 pm
High-rise apartments under construction can be seen in the distance behind a row of residential housing in south London, Britain, August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls