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UN appeals for $5.6 billion for aid to Ukraine in 2023 15 Feb 2023 - 12:23 pm
Residents put their belongings on top of a cage containing a rabit as they evacuate Chasiv Yar on February 14, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP)
French waste collectors urged to create stink over pension reform 14 Feb 2023 - 10:05 pm
Unions protest in Paris at France's pension reform bill to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years.  Alain JOCARD / AFP
Russian businessman guilty in hacking, insider trade scheme 14 Feb 2023 - 09:35 pm
Vladislav Klyushin was detained en route to a ski holiday in Zermatt with his family. Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
Possible war crime as Russia holds thousands of children: US report 14 Feb 2023 - 09:21 pm
In this file photo taken on December 22, 2022 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the US Congress as US Vice President Kamala Harris (left) and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi  applaud at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
Polish mum of seven gives birth to 'miracle' quintuplets 14 Feb 2023 - 07:11 pm
A newborn baby of a set of quintuplets lies in an incubator at the Obstetrics Department of the University Hospital in Krakow, southern Poland, 14 February 2023. Credit:Lukasz Gagulski / Avalon
Troubled French comedian faces charges over car crash 14 Feb 2023 - 06:51 pm
Peninsula
EU to ban fossil fuel cars, slash truck and bus emissions 14 Feb 2023 - 06:48 pm
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola looks on as Latvia's President delivers a speech as part of a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on February 14, 2023. (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP)
Boost for Macron as French unemployment drops to 15-year low 14 Feb 2023 - 06:21 pm
French Labour Minister Olivier Dussopt looks at a political leaflet of President Emmanuel Macron candidate for the 2022 French presidential election on pension reform during a session to discuss on the government's pension reform plan at the National Assembly, French Parliament lower house, in Paris, on February 13, 2023. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
Moldova temporarily closes airspace: Air Moldova 14 Feb 2023 - 04:49 pm
Moldovan President Maia Sandu speaks during the third ministerial conference of the Moldova Support Platform at the Ministerial Conference Centre in Paris, France, 21 November 2022. FILE PHOTO: YOAN VALAT/REUTERS
Norway to donate eight Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine 14 Feb 2023 - 03:43 pm
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere (right) and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda address a press conference after their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Oslo on February 13, 2023. (Photo by Annika Byrde / NTB / AFP) / Norway OUT
NATO chief unfazed about Finland, Sweden joining together 14 Feb 2023 - 03:00 pm
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks to the press as he arrives for a two-day meeting of the alliance's Defence Ministers at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
WHO to hold emergency meeting on E.Guinea Marburg outbreak 14 Feb 2023 - 02:13 pm
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Sweden, Finland joining NATO together not 'main question': Stoltenberg 14 Feb 2023 - 12:52 pm
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks to the press as he arrives for a two-day meeting of the alliance's Defence Ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
Ukraine troops train on Leopard tanks in Poland 13 Feb 2023 - 10:52 pm
Polish and Ukrainian soldiers train on a Leopard 2 tank at the Swietoszow military base in western Poland on February 13, 2023. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)
Russia delays launch to space station while leak is probed 13 Feb 2023 - 10:50 pm
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Hungary FM's Belarus visit 1st from EU country since 2020 13 Feb 2023 - 09:17 pm
Hungarian President Katalin Novak (right) speaks during a joint press conference with the Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov in the presidential palace in Budapest, Hungary, on February 13, 2023. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)
Greenpeace to appeal Spain-Saudi arms deal confidentiality 13 Feb 2023 - 09:12 pm
A Greenpeace activist holds a flare as he stands at the top of a fire truck ladder after activists unfolded a banner reading 'Amazon on fire Macron still complicit' in front of The Elysee Palace in Paris on September 10, 2020. (Photo by Christophe Archambault / AFP)
UK Queen Consort Camilla tests positive for Covid again 13 Feb 2023 - 08:50 pm
It is almost a year since Camilla, 75, tested positive for the virus for the first time. Tolga Akmen / POOL/AFP/File