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French minister urges $16 bn IMF programme for Ukraine 20 Feb 2023 - 03:48 pm
Volodymyr, 55, a gas supply system operator, pulls a trolley with a container holding 40 liters of water after fetching it from a well, in Siversk on February 17, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP)
Navalny documentary wins BAFTA after security row 19 Feb 2023 - 11:20 pm
File Photo: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via a video link from the IK-2 corrective penal colony in Pokrov during a court hearing to consider an appeal against his prison sentence in Moscow, Russia, May 24, 2022. (REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina)
UK police find body in case that led to social media circus 19 Feb 2023 - 09:54 pm
Peninsula
Big tech descends on Munich Conference in support of Ukraine 19 Feb 2023 - 09:03 pm
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
Moldova protesters want energy subsidies, president to quit 19 Feb 2023 - 08:08 pm
Moldova's President Maia Sandu (left) and Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen talk as they attend the Munich Security Conference in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Odd Andersen / AFP)
Beijing wants to meet EU leaders as US ties fray 19 Feb 2023 - 05:38 pm
China's Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023.  (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
Cardiac implants reused from the dead in Romania: prosecutors 19 Feb 2023 - 01:20 pm
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Sunak’s margin for UK tax cuts set to narrow with deficit jump 19 Feb 2023 - 11:55 am
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives a tv interview on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023.
UK PM splashes cold water on prospects of quick trade deal 18 Feb 2023 - 07:37 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives a tv interview on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023.  (Photo by Ben Stansall / POOL / AFP)
Bulgaria detains 7 over deaths of 18 migrants found in truck 18 Feb 2023 - 07:26 pm
This handout photograph released by the Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office on February 18, 2023, shows the abandoned truck, in which eighteen migrants have been found dead inside the day before, near the village of Lokorsko, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) north-east of Sofia.  (Photo by HANDOUT BULGARIAN PROSECUTORS OFFICE / AFP
Finland could join NATO ahead of Sweden: Defence minister 18 Feb 2023 - 05:38 pm
Finland's President Sauli Niinisto (left) shakes hands with Former Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023.  (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
It's time to double down on support for Ukraine, says Sunak 18 Feb 2023 - 04:43 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends a Q&A after his speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023.  (Photo by Ben Stansall / POOL / AFP)
US accuses Russia of 'crimes against humanity' in Ukraine 18 Feb 2023 - 04:37 pm
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023. - The Munich Security Conference running from February 17 to 19, 2023 brings world leaders together ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as Kyiv steps up pleas for more weapons. (Photo by Thomas KIENZLE / AFP)
China blasts US over 'hysterical' balloon claim 18 Feb 2023 - 03:58 pm
China's Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC), on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Odd Andersen / AFP)
UK's Sunak set to say security guarantees need for Ukraine 18 Feb 2023 - 03:52 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gets off his plane after his arrival on February 18, 2023 at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, where he will attend the Munich Security Conference (MSC). (Photo by Ben Stansall / POOL / AFP)
UN says AI poses 'serious risk' for human rights 18 Feb 2023 - 03:47 pm
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18 bodies found in abandoned truck in Bulgaria 17 Feb 2023 - 07:11 pm
A security official gestures as an ambulance moves on the outskirts of the village of Lokorsko, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) north-east of Sofia, after the discovery of eighteen dead migrants in the rear of an abandoned truck. (Photo by NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP)
Russia, Belarus discuss closer military, economic ties 17 Feb 2023 - 06:41 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) meets with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Vladimir Astapkovich / Sputnik / AFP)