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India, Poland, Hungary make spaceflight comeback with ISS mission 25 Jun 2025 - 10:57 am
Pictures of the mission astronauts are seen as SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft sit on the pad of Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of the launch of Axiom Space Mission 4 on June 24, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Giorgio VIERA / AFP)
Heatwave hits Italy as major cities issue highest health alerts 24 Jun 2025 - 10:08 pm
At Bioparco di Roma Zoo in Italy, animals are served frozen meat to cool off. File photo/AFP
France ordered to compensate family of jogger killed by toxic algae 24 Jun 2025 - 06:28 pm
This aerial photograph shows the Saint-Michel-en-Greves beach, western France, covered in green algae on May 24, 2024. Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP
Bears get paws on the honey in UK wildlife park escape 24 Jun 2025 - 06:17 pm
A handout picture released by Wildwood Devon wildlife park on June 24, 2025 shows two bears Misha and Lucy, both 4, in their enclosure at Wildwood Devon in Ottery St Mary, southwestern England. Photo by Handout / WILDWOOD TRUST / AFP
EU lawmakers vote to bar carry-on luggage fees on planes 24 Jun 2025 - 03:48 pm
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Italy fines oil giant Eni over bioplastic market abuse 24 Jun 2025 - 12:06 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. A man reads a newspaper as he walks in a narrow street of venice, on June 24, 2025. Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP.
Norman Foster to design Queen Elizabeth II memorial 24 Jun 2025 - 12:02 pm
A handout picture released by Foster + Partners on June 24, 2025 shows an artist's impression of a sculpture depicting Britain's late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip as part of the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial to be designed by renowned British architect Norman Foster in St James's Park next to Buckingham Palace. (Photo by Handout / FOSTER + PARTNERS / AFP)
Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro dies aged nearly 99 23 Jun 2025 - 04:18 pm
A view shows the 'Sphere within a sphere' by italian artist Arnaldo Pomodoro in the Vatican Museum on its reopening day to the public on February 1, 2021 in Vatican City. Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP
France detains two after gunmen kill bride at wedding: source close to the case 23 Jun 2025 - 03:40 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. Armed police officers patrol the grounds of Akershus Fortress ahead of the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron (not in picture) who will meet with Norwegian Prime Minister in Oslo, Norway, on June 23, 2025. Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP.
Spain publishes NATO letter to back spending exemption claim 23 Jun 2025 - 02:12 pm
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, speaks during a debate on preparations for the June 24-25 NATO summit in The Hague, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on June 18, 2025. (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP)
In Norway's Arctic, meteorologists have a first-row seat to climate change 23 Jun 2025 - 12:26 pm
Norwegian Trond Robertsen (1st L), 65, patrols between barracks with a rifle in case of polar bear attack, at the weather station at the North Coast of remote Norwegian territory Bear Island (Bjornoya) on April 5, 2025. (Photo by Olivier Morin / AFP)
Olympic balloon rises again in Paris 22 Jun 2025 - 07:03 pm
The Paris 2024 Olympic cauldron tethered to a balloon, designed by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur, flies above the Tuileries garden at sunset during France's annual street music festival, the Fete de la Musique, in Paris on June 21, 2025. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)
Winds fuel fears of new Croatia wildfires 22 Jun 2025 - 05:11 pm
Croatian firefighters operate water hoses and other equipment during a wildfire near the coastal town of Omis on June 21, 2025. (Photo by ELVIS BARUKCIC / AFP)
Humanity crying out for peace, pope says after US strikes Iran 22 Jun 2025 - 01:54 pm
Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd for the Angelus prayer in The Vatican on June 15, 2025. Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP.
Gunmen kill two, including bride, at France wedding party 22 Jun 2025 - 12:53 pm
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France arrests five over cryptocurrency kidnapping 21 Jun 2025 - 01:23 pm
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Olympic balloon to rise again in Paris 21 Jun 2025 - 08:46 am
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Putin says recession in Russia 'must not be allowed to happen' 20 Jun 2025 - 06:44 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives a speech at the plenary session during the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg on June 20, 2025. Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP.