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Polish police chief says exploding gift was grenade launcher 17 Dec 2022 - 07:38 pm
A general view of a building of the Polish Police Headquarters, where, according to Poland's interior ministry, top cop was injured by an exploding official gift, in Warsaw, Poland December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki
Russia denounces Moldova's ban of TV channels as 'political censorship' 17 Dec 2022 - 07:06 pm
Moldovan President Maia Sandu delivers a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Germany cuts the ribbon on first LNG terminal 17 Dec 2022 - 06:03 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (centre), German Finance Minister Christian Lindner (fourth left) and German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck (behind Scholz, right) arrive for the opening ceremony of the Uniper Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at the Jade Bight in Wilhelmshaven, northern Germany on December 17, 2022. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP)
Four leaders sign agreement to bring green Azeri energy to Europe 17 Dec 2022 - 03:00 pm
(From left) Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili sign an Agreement on Strategic Partnership in the Field of Green Energy Development and Transmission between the governments, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis are seen in the background, at the presidential Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest on December 17, 2022. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)
Putin sounds out military commanders on Ukraine 17 Dec 2022 - 12:48 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Joint Headquarters of the Russian armed forces involved in military operations in Ukraine, in an unknown location in Russia, in this picture released December 17, 2022. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via Reuters
Russia fires scores of missiles in one of its biggest attacks on Ukraine 16 Dec 2022 - 11:49 pm
Rescuers work at the site of a residential building damaged by a Russian missile, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, December 16, 2022. (REUTERS/Mykola Synelnykov) 
Croatia rejects joining EU mission of Ukrainian military support 16 Dec 2022 - 09:37 pm
Ukrainian service members fire a shell from a howitzer at a front line, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, December 16, 2022. (REUTERS)
France and Morocco mend ties after visa spat 16 Dec 2022 - 08:18 pm
Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita (right) receives his French counterpart, Catherine Colonna, in Rabat, on December 16, 2022. (Photo by Fadel Senna / AFP)
Spain to test cut in work hours to boost companies' productivity 16 Dec 2022 - 04:58 pm
Commuters get on and off their trains at Madrid's Atocha station March 11, 2014. REUTERS/Andrea Comas/File Photo
Global stockpile of cholera vaccines 'empty or extremely low': WHO 16 Dec 2022 - 12:59 pm
Reuters file photo
World's largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium bursts in Berlin 16 Dec 2022 - 12:32 pm
Emergency services work on a street outside a hotel after a burst and leak of the AquaDom aquarium in central Berlin near Alexanderplatz, with water poured out onto the street, in Berlin, Germany, December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Four critically injured after crush at London concert venue 16 Dec 2022 - 12:11 pm
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Fire near French city of Lyon kills 10, including 5 children 16 Dec 2022 - 10:13 am
Policemen guard a security perimeter as firefighters and rescuers work in a building of the Mas-Du-Taureau quarter where a fire caused many victims, including children, on December 16, 2022 in Vaulx-en-Velin. Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP
UK govt admits antibiotic shortage 15 Dec 2022 - 10:43 pm
British Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay speaks with the media, outside BBC headquarters, in London, Britain, on November 20, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Teen believed to be among four victims of Channel capsizing 15 Dec 2022 - 10:32 pm
Forensics police officers arrive at the marina in Dover, southeast England, on December 14, 2022 to inspect the bodies of migrants believed to be kept inside a tent outside the UK Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) office after they died overnight while attempting to cross the English Channel. (Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP)
UK launches independent probe into Afghan war crimes claims 15 Dec 2022 - 07:57 pm
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Afghan journalists tell London court Britain has "betrayed debt of gratitude" 15 Dec 2022 - 07:17 pm
A general view of the Royal Courts of Justice, more commonly known as the High Court, on November 2, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
ECB hikes by half point as Lagarde warns of more such moves 15 Dec 2022 - 07:10 pm
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde attends a news conference following the ECB's monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, December 15, 2022. (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)