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China's Zhao Xintong and Zhang Jiankang suspended in snooker fixing probe 03 Jan 2023 - 05:38 pm
Suspended - China's Zhao Xintong.  Photo: Oli SCARFF / AFP
EU offers China free vaccines as COVID-19 infections surge 03 Jan 2023 - 04:47 pm
People wearing protective masks walk in a shopping district as China returns to work despite continuing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks in Shanghai, China, January 3, 2023. (REUTERS/Aly Song)
Hungary's Orban pays respects to Benedict as thousands more bid farewell 03 Jan 2023 - 04:47 pm
This handout picture taken and released on January 3, 2023 shows Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (second left) and his wife Aniko Levai paying their respect to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as his body lays in state at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.  (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)
France urges energy firms to do more to help bakers cope with soaring bills 03 Jan 2023 - 03:27 pm
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Ukraine's young circus artists wow Budapest after training in bomb shelters at home 03 Jan 2023 - 03:26 pm
Ukrainian Mariia Kravchenko, a participant of the Yaskrava Arena Dnipro International Children's Circus Festival practices before the competition in Budapest, Hungary, January 1, 2023. Reuters/Marton Monus
French PM says Covid tests for travellers from China 'will continue' 03 Jan 2023 - 12:08 pm
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French PM says raising retirement age to 65 not set in stone 03 Jan 2023 - 11:53 am
Reuters file photo of French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne
UK medical bodies say winter crisis costing lives 02 Jan 2023 - 10:54 pm
An aerial view of London, Britain, December 12, 2022 as the capital struggled with the aftermath of a heavy snowfall overnight. (REUTERS/Yann Tessier)
Belgium to test wastewater on airliners from COVID-hit China 02 Jan 2023 - 09:31 pm
Chairman of the scientific committee on Covid-19, Steven Van Gucht attends a press conference after a meeting of the Risk Management Group concerning visitors from China and the risk of Covid-19 spreading, in Brussels, on January 2, 2023. (Photo by James Arthur Gekiere / Belga / AFP) 
France fails to end culling of male chicks 02 Jan 2023 - 09:25 pm
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French mayor under fire for fighting Mont Blanc hikers 02 Jan 2023 - 09:06 pm
This aerial view of Mont Blanc (back left) and the dome du Gouter (centre) in France in 2019. (Photo by Eric Feferberg / AFP)
Tesla in pole position in Norway's race to EV goal 02 Jan 2023 - 08:00 pm
People look at a Tesla Polestar 3 electric SUV in a showroom in central Oslo, Norway, on November 18, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Tens of thousands view body of former Pope Benedict 02 Jan 2023 - 06:54 pm
People wait in line to pay respect at the body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI laying in state in the St. Peter's basilica in the Vatican, on January 2, 2023. (Photo by Andreas Solaro / AFP)
Spain confirms first death from 2021 volcano eruption 02 Jan 2023 - 06:15 pm
Lava pours out of a volcano in the Cumbre Vieja national park at El Paso, on the Canary Island of La Palma, September 19, 2021, in this screen grab taken from a video.  File Photo / Reuters
Russia says 63 soldiers killed by Ukrainian strike in Donetsk region 02 Jan 2023 - 05:25 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin poses as he delivers a New Year's address to the nation at the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don on December 31, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP)
UK's Prince Harry: I want my father and brother back 02 Jan 2023 - 04:43 pm
Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, wave as they visit One World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City, US, September 23, 2021. (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly)
Spain sees hottest year on record in 2022 02 Jan 2023 - 03:59 pm
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65% of British people support holding referendum to return to EU 01 Jan 2023 - 11:51 pm
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