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Spanish authorities report at least 51 dead from devastating flash floods 30 Oct 2024 - 12:32 pm
Cars piled due to mudslide following floods are pictured in Picuana, near Valencia, eastern Spain, on October 30, 2024. Floods triggered by torrential rains in Spain's eastern Valencia region has left 51 people dead, rescue services said on October 30. Photo by Jose Jordan / AFP.
Putin launches drills of Russia's nuclear forces simulating retaliatory strikes 29 Oct 2024 - 11:08 pm
This grab from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry press service on October 29, 2024, shows the launch of a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile during drills of the strategic deterrence forces. (Photo by Handout / Russian Defence Ministry / AFP) 
UK, EU, Canada unveil new sanctions on Myanmar military 29 Oct 2024 - 05:36 pm
This photo taken on August 10, 2024 shows destroyed and damaged buildings in Lashio in Myanmar's northern Shan State, following fighting between Myanmar's military and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in the region. (Photo by AFP)
Runaway tram crashes into Oslo store, injures four 29 Oct 2024 - 04:58 pm
An overall view shows a derailed tram that has driven into a building in a busy street in the center of Oslo, Norway on October 29, 2024. Photo by Terje Pedersen / NTB / AFP
Global police shut down malware group 'targeting millions' 29 Oct 2024 - 03:52 pm
This general view shows the logo of EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) at the entrance to Eurojust headquarters in The Hague on February 8, 2023. Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
Georgia to partially recount votes in disputed poll 29 Oct 2024 - 01:08 pm
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and visiting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrive for a joint briefing at the state chancellery in Tbilisi on October 29, 2024. (Photo by Vano SHLAMOV / AFP)
Spain seeks ground-breaking law for great apes 29 Oct 2024 - 11:04 am
A chimpanzee is pictured at the Pridadomus recovering centre, founded by Dutch association AAP, in Villena, near Alicante. (Photo by Jose Jordan / AFP)
Grieving parents fight to make Bulgaria's killer roads safer 29 Oct 2024 - 11:01 am
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World's first green energy island sails into cost storm 29 Oct 2024 - 10:45 am
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Tens of thousands rally in Georgia after contested vote 28 Oct 2024 - 11:52 pm
Georgian opposition supporters rally to protest results of the parliamentary elections that showed a win for the ruling Georgian Dream party, outside the parliament building in central Tbilisi on October 28, 2024. (Photo by Giorgi Arjevanidze / AFP)
French PM Barnier 'operated on for cervical lesion': office 28 Oct 2024 - 11:18 pm
France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier looks on as he waits for entering the set of the political TV show
Gunman suspected of killing mayor in Austria on the run: police 28 Oct 2024 - 06:27 pm
A police helicopter is pictured near Rohrbach, Upper Austria, on October 28, 2024, after at least one person was shot dead in the Muehlviertel region in the morning, according to Austrian media reports. Photo by Daniel BAYER / various sources / AFP
Tommy Robinson, UK's far-right rabble-rouser linked to riots 28 Oct 2024 - 05:54 pm
(FILES) Founder and former leader of the anti-Islam English Defence League (EDL), Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in central London on April 22, 2024, following his arrest at a march against antisemitism in November last year. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
Carbon cuts 'miles short' of 2030 goal: UN 28 Oct 2024 - 02:50 pm
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Ship with suspected toxic waste returns to Albania 28 Oct 2024 - 01:51 pm
Turkish-flagged Moliva container ship is seen anchored in Durres about one kilometre from the port on October 28, 2024. Photo by Adnan Beci / AFP
Small German-registered plane crashes in Moldova, killing lone pilot on board 27 Oct 2024 - 07:45 pm
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Migrant dies attempting to cross Channel to UK: French authorities 27 Oct 2024 - 12:34 pm
(FILES) This aerial picture taken on September 16, 2023, from a police aircraft belonging to the French Police Aux Frontieres (PAF) shows migrants onboard of a dinghy used for smuggling as they attempt to cross the English Channel to Britain from a beach at Le Touquet, northern France. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
Tbilisi residents divided over future as Georgia votes 26 Oct 2024 - 05:36 pm
Georgian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili votes in the country's parliamentary elections at a polling station in Tbilisi on October 26, 2024. (Photo by Giorgi ARJEVANIDZE / AFP)