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Queen Elizabeth funeral cost UK $200 million 18 May 2023 - 06:37 pm
Gentlemen at Arms, the Queen's bodyguard takes part in the State Funeral Service for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022. Ben Stansall/Pool via REUTERS
Japan, Britain strike 'historic accord' on cooperation in defense, clean energy, semiconductors 18 May 2023 - 05:18 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) and Japan's State Minister of Defence Toshiro Ino inspect the guard of honour on board the Japanese aircraft carrier JS Izumo during a visit to the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSF) at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, ahead of the G7 Leaders' Summit, on May 18, 2023. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP)
Crews work to reach Italian towns isolated by floods 18 May 2023 - 02:38 pm
An aerial view taken on May 18, 2023 shows residents clearing mud in a street of Cesena after heavy rains caused flooding across Italy's northern Emilia Romagna region, killing five people. Photo by Alessandro SERRANO / AFP
Train carrying grain derails in Crimea, no victims: official 18 May 2023 - 11:26 am
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UK, US aligned on China, says Sunak 17 May 2023 - 10:09 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a huddle with political journalists on board of a government plane, as he heads to Japan to attend the G7 summit, in Hiroshima, on May 17, 2023. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP)
Russia agrees to extend Ukraine grain deal in a boost for global food security 17 May 2023 - 07:18 pm
File Photo: The Joint Coordination Centre officials board cargo ship Mehmet Bey as she waits to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi during a misty morning in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 31, 2022. (Mehmet Emin Calsikan/Reuters)
Eight dead, Grand Prix postponed after flooding in northern Italy 17 May 2023 - 04:01 pm
A speleological alpine rescuer looks in a car for missing persons near a supermarket in a flooded area in Cesena on May 17, 2023. Photos by Alessandro SERRANO / AFP
UK to end 'no-fault' evictions as housing crisis bites 17 May 2023 - 01:19 pm
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Floods caused by heavy rains kill at least two in Italy 17 May 2023 - 11:45 am
Firemen and civil protection rescuers evacuate a woman with an inflatable boat in Forli on May 17, 2023 after heavy rains have caused major floodings in central Italy, where trains were stopped and schools were closed in many towns while people were asked to leave the ground floors of their homes and to avoid going out. Photo by AFP
Putin, Zelenskyy agree to meet with 'African leaders' peace mission,' says South Africa president 16 May 2023 - 06:44 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.  (Photo by Carl Court / POOL / AFP)
Mishandling of luggage soars as air travel rebounds: Study 16 May 2023 - 03:01 pm
Passengers wait for information about their flights at terminal 3 of Ninoy International Airport in Pasay, Metro Manila on January 1, 2023. (Photo by KEVIN TRISTAN ESPIRITU / AFP)
Philips says sleep respirators 'unlikely' to harm 16 May 2023 - 12:59 pm
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German court sentences 5 over 100-million-euro jewelry heist 16 May 2023 - 12:23 pm
Andreas Ziegel (2nd L), presiding judge at the Higher Regional Court in Dresden, eastern Germany, sits in front of defendants prior to a hearing on May 16, 2023 in the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault (Gruenes Gewoelbe) museum in Dresden's Royal Palace in November 2019. Photo by Sebastian Kahnert / POOL / AFP
Verdict due in spectacular German museum jewel heist 16 May 2023 - 09:53 am
In this file photo taken on January 10, 2023, police officers secure the building of the Higher Regional Court in Dresden, eastern Germany, prior to a hearing in the trial over a jewellery heist on the Green Vault (Gruenes Gewoelbe) museum in Dresden's Royal Palace in November 2019. (Photo by Jens Schlueter / AFP)
WHO shuts specialised Moscow office over Ukraine 15 May 2023 - 08:01 pm
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Girl wounded in Belgrade school shooting dies 15 May 2023 - 03:19 pm
A parent escorts her child following a shooting at a school in the capital Belgrade on May 3, 2023. (Photo by Oliver Bunic / AFP)
Russian missile strike kills four in Ukraine as Zelensky visits UK 15 May 2023 - 02:50 pm
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Prince William's Earthshot Prize to be hosted in Singapore 15 May 2023 - 01:55 pm
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