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France's Sarkozy blasted for call to compromise with Russia 17 Aug 2023 - 02:40 pm
(Files) Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and French Minister of Public Action and Accounts Gerald Darmanin attend the national tribute to French-Armenian singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour at the Invalides in Paris on October 5, 2018. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP)
Spain Socialists win first parliamentary battle, securing speaker role 17 Aug 2023 - 02:14 pm
Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez claps as he arrives to attend the Parliament's constitutive sitting at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid on August 17, 2023. (Photo by Javier Soriano / AFP)
German storm causes flight cancellations, floods 17 Aug 2023 - 12:15 pm
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Kyiv's forces to liberate all Ukraine, regardless of timeframe: Kuleba 17 Aug 2023 - 12:00 pm
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks to a journalist during an interview with AFP, in Kyiv, on August 16, 2023. (Photo by Roman Pilipey / AFP)
Russian ruble steady after rate hike 16 Aug 2023 - 10:46 pm
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Children, pregnant woman among latest UK 'small boats' arrivals 16 Aug 2023 - 05:49 pm
A man carrying a child in his arms, is followed by a migrant pregnant woman (2nd R), as they walk on the beach at Dungeness on the southeast coast of England, on August 16, 2023. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
Volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland ends: met office 16 Aug 2023 - 03:58 pm
People watch flowing lava during an volcanic eruption near Litli Hrutur, south-west of Reykjavik in Iceland on July 10, 2023. Photo by Kristinn Magnusson / AFP
Netherlands slips into 'mild recession': early figures 16 Aug 2023 - 03:36 pm
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UK annual inflation drops to 15-month low 16 Aug 2023 - 01:11 pm
A customer looks at some vegetables at the Asda supermarket, in Amesbury, England, on August 15, 2023. Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
European heat wave expands as French citizens told to stay home 16 Aug 2023 - 12:29 pm
A woman sits in the shade of a tree to protect herself from the sun during a heatwave in Lyon on August 15, 2023. Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP
Georgia landslide death toll climbs to at least 26 15 Aug 2023 - 09:54 pm
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35 dead after blast at Russian fuel station 15 Aug 2023 - 08:02 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by Russian Emergency Ministry on August 14, 2023, shows rescuers pushing out a fire at a gas station in the city of Makhachkala. (Photo by Handout / Russian Emergency Ministry / AFP)
Russia launches test phase for digital ruble 15 Aug 2023 - 07:54 pm
This photograph taken on August 15, 2023, shows the logo of a new Russian digital ruble displaying on the laptop screen in Moscow. (Photo by Sergei Gapon / AFP)
Sweden to donate ammo, spare parts worth $300 million to Ukraine 15 Aug 2023 - 02:53 pm
A view taken through a shattered window pane shows the crater of a missile that fell between residential buildings and a kindergarten in the city of Lviv, western Ukraine, on August 15, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP
American tourists found sleeping it off atop Eiffel Tower 15 Aug 2023 - 01:49 pm
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UK unemployment rises to 4.2 percent: official data 15 Aug 2023 - 11:46 am
A man, reflected in a building, walks on the Southbank of the River Thames, with London Bridge on the background , central London, on August 14, 2023. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
French fire near Spanish border contained but dangerous: officials 15 Aug 2023 - 11:36 am
A firefighter puts out fires after the blaze that ravaged the commune of Saint-André, Pyrénées-Orientales, France on August 15, 2023. Photo by RAYMOND ROIG / AFP
27 killed in petrol station fire in Russia's Dagestan 15 Aug 2023 - 10:01 am
This handout photograph taken and released by Russian Emergency Ministry on August 14, 2023, shows rescuers pushing out a fire at a gas station in the city of Makhachkala. Photo by Handout / RUSSIAN EMERGENCY MINISTRY / AFP