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German health minister voices concern over new Covid variant 05 Jan 2023 - 10:03 am
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EU recommends pre-flight testing of passengers from China, wastewater testing in airports 04 Jan 2023 - 11:55 pm
Travelers arriving from China walk past information banners and receive free Covid-19 self-test kits, at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on January 4, 2023. (Photo by Robin van Lonkhuijsen / ANP / AFP)
Putin sends missile ship to train in Atlantic, Med 04 Jan 2023 - 11:41 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to the report by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Commander of the Admiral Gorshkov frigate Igor Krokhmal before a ceremony to launch the Admiral Gorshkov frigate to the combat mission, via video link in Moscow, Russia, on January 4, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS
Turkey eliminates 107 militants, thwarts 185 terrorist operations in 2022 04 Jan 2023 - 11:10 pm
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Macron promises 'first Western tanks' for Ukraine 04 Jan 2023 - 10:09 pm
File Photo: French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a joint news conference, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 16, 2022. (REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)
France regulator raps Apple over App Store ads 04 Jan 2023 - 10:00 pm
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Criticism mounts in Russia as Ukrainian strike toll rises 04 Jan 2023 - 09:49 pm
This screen grab obtained from a handout video taken and released by the Russian Defence Ministry on January 4, 2023, shows a senior Russian military official, Lieutenant General Sergei Sevryukov speaking during his news conference in Moscow. (Photo by HANDOUT / Russian Defence Ministry / AFP)
British grid hits record 88% zero-carbon electricity generation 04 Jan 2023 - 08:19 pm
A section of gas pipeline is seen at a National Grid facility near Knutsford, Britain, October 11, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
Sunak promises to tackle Britain's most pressing problems 04 Jan 2023 - 06:54 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his first major domestic speech of 2023, at Plexal, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London, on January 4, 2023.  (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP)
Ukraine garage turns beat-up cars into battlefield assets 04 Jan 2023 - 04:12 pm
Mechanics work in a auto repairing shop in Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on December 30, 2022. Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP
Bird flu spreads in Czech Republic's largest outbreak 04 Jan 2023 - 03:31 pm
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Russia blames its soldiers' mobile phone use for deadly missile strike 04 Jan 2023 - 02:57 pm
Workers remove debris of a destroyed building purported to be a vocational college used as temporary accommodation for Russian soldiers, dozens of whom were killed in a Ukrainian missile strike, January 4, 2023. Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko
Speaking with referees is like talking to my microwave, says Liverpool’s Klopp 04 Jan 2023 - 09:05 am
 Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp (right) talks to referee Stuart Attwell after the match. Reuters
Germany rejects Polish demands for WWII compensation 03 Jan 2023 - 10:25 pm
File Photo: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Polish counterpart Jacek Czaputowicz pay respect at the Wall of Remembrance as they commemorate the 75th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising at Warsaw Rising Museum in Warsaw, Poland, August 1, 2019. (Agencja Gazeta/Slawomir Kaminski via REUTERS)
Putin orders screening of Ukraine assault documentaries 03 Jan 2023 - 10:05 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks on the phone with Agatha Bylkova, an eight-year-old girl from the Kurgan region who took part in the New Year Tree of Wishes nationwide charity campaign, in Moscow on January 3, 2023. (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP)
Grief, anger in Russia over troops killed by Ukraine strike 03 Jan 2023 - 09:55 pm
Mourners gather to lay flowers in memory of more than 60 Russian soldiers that Russia says were killed in a Ukrainian strike on Russian-controlled territory, in Samara, on January 3, 2023.  (Photo by Arden Arkman / AFP)
Majority' of EU wants tests on passengers from China 03 Jan 2023 - 09:10 pm
Chairman of the scientific committee on Covid-19, Steven Van Gucht (hidden), Vice-Prime Minister and Public Health and Social Affairs Minister Frank Vandenbroucke and the President of the Risk Management Group (RMG) Stefaan Van Der Borght attend a press conference after a meeting of the RMG concerning visitors from China and the risk of Covid-19 spreading, in Brussels, on January 2, 2023. (Photo by JAMES ARTHUR GEKIERE / Belga / AFP)
French energy suppliers will let struggling bakers renegotiate contracts - Le Maire 03 Jan 2023 - 08:04 pm
A baker shows freshly-baked baguettes at