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Russian lawmakers back long jail terms for 'saboteurs' 21 Dec 2022 - 11:35 pm
(From left) Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov attend an expanded meeting of the Russian Defence Ministry Board at the National Defence Control Centre in Moscow, on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Sergey Fadeichev and Sergey FADEICHEV / Sputnik / AFP)
Griner urges supporters to contact Whelan, help Americans detained abroad 21 Dec 2022 - 11:20 pm
US basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, stands inside a defendants' cage before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow on August 4, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Bird flu situation is worsening in France, says ministry 21 Dec 2022 - 08:00 pm
A view shows the colony of northern gannets on the Rouzic island of the Sept-Iles archipelago, a bird reserve affected by a severe epidemic of bird flu, off the coast of Perros-Guirec in Brittany, France, September 5, 2022. (REUTERS/Stephane Mahe)
France faces wave of transport strikes on Christmas weekend 21 Dec 2022 - 07:00 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron (centre) visits the archaeological site of Jerash, Jordan on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Eliot BLONDET / POOL / AFP)
Guardian newspaper hit with suspected ransomware attack 21 Dec 2022 - 06:51 pm
The Guardian's headquarters in London. Image: Wikimedia Commons
Ukraine's Zelensky to meet Biden, address Congress in Washington 21 Dec 2022 - 05:47 pm
In this handout picture taken and released on December 20, 2022 by the Ukrainian Presidential press services Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) hands out the State Award to a soldier during a medal giving ceremony to Ukrainian servicemen who have been holding back a fierce and months-long Russian military campaign for the city, as part of Zelensky's visit in the eastern frontline city of Bakhmut, now the epicentre of fighting in Russia's nearly 10-month invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by STRINGER / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
Investigators to probe failed Italian Vega C rocket launch 21 Dec 2022 - 05:19 pm
A logo of Arianespace is seen at the company's booth, at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups, at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 17, 2022. (REUTERS/Benoit Tessier)
Germany sends first batch of BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to China 21 Dec 2022 - 04:35 pm
A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US, September 8, 2022. (REUTERS/Hannah Beier)
German climate activists cut off top of Christmas tree 21 Dec 2022 - 02:21 pm
Thousands of UK ambulance staff strike as public urged to avoid risks 21 Dec 2022 - 01:59 pm
Ambulances are parked outside the Waterloo ambulance station in London on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Niklas Halle'n / AFP)
UK orders oligarch-linked fund to sell internet firm 20 Dec 2022 - 09:32 pm
Grant Shapps walks outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, on October 25, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Spain to ask for more than $89bn in fresh EU funds 20 Dec 2022 - 09:02 pm
In this handout image released by La Moncloa on December 20, 2022, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gives an institutional statement in Madrid. (Photo by Borja Puig de la Bellacasa / LA MONCLOA / AFP)
Norway queen says King Harald 'very well' in hospital 20 Dec 2022 - 05:34 pm
Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT
Germany convicts 97-year-old woman of Nazi war crimes - media 20 Dec 2022 - 12:43 pm
(Files) This file photo taken on December 6, 2022 shows defendant Irmgard F as she waits for the continuation of her trial at court in Itzehoe, northern Germany. (Photo by Marcus Brandt / POOL / AFP) / GERMAN COURT
London Arabic bookshop to shut after 45 years 20 Dec 2022 - 10:29 am
Bookshop director Salwa Gaspard poses for pictures at Middle Eastern specialist bookshop, Al Saqi Books, in Bayswater, west London, on December 14, 2022. (Photo by Isabel Infantes / AFP)
EU countries agree gas price cap to contain energy crisis 19 Dec 2022 - 11:49 pm
The gas compressor station, a part of Polish section of the Yamal pipeline that links Russia with western Europe which is owned by a joint venture of Gazprom and PGNiG but it is operated by Poland's state-owned gas transmission company Gaz-System, is seen in Gabinek near Wloclawek, Poland on May 23, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Swedish spy sibling faces life term 19 Dec 2022 - 11:11 pm
Police officers stand outside the Stockholm District Court on November 25, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
UN chief believes Ukraine-Russia war 'will go on' 19 Dec 2022 - 09:34 pm
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers remarks during the End of Year Press Conference at the UN headquarters in New York City on December 19, 2022. (Photo by Ed Jones / AFP)

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File photo Trump says pardoning Honduras ex-president days before vote
President Donald Trump participates in a call with U.S. service members from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Thanksgiving Day on November 27, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Pete Marovich/Getty Images/AFP Trump says to 'permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries'
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