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Russia to expel two German diplomats in tit-for-tat move 12 Dec 2019 - 12:15 pm
This photo taken on August 23, 2019 shows forensic experts of the police securing evidences at the site of a crime scene in a park of Berlin's Moabit district, where a man of Georgian origin was shot dead. Germany OUT / AFP / dpa / Paul Zinken
Russia's only aircraft carrier catches fire in northern port - news agencies 12 Dec 2019 - 10:40 am
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Britain votes in 'Brexit election' 12 Dec 2019 - 10:25 am
Council workers attach a polling sign to a lamp post in central London as polling stations open for a general election in London on December 12, 2019. AFP / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS
Greta Thunberg's rise from unknown activist to Time Person of the Year 11 Dec 2019 - 11:02 pm
Greta Thunberg holds a placard reading ‘School strike for the climate’ outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Nov 30, 2018. TT News Agency / Hanna Franzen / Reuters.
Europe launches 'Green Deal' as Thunberg denounces climate inaction 11 Dec 2019 - 06:42 pm
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a session of the European Parliament during which she unveiled Green New Deal plan to fight climate change in Brussels on December 11, 2019.  AFP / Aris Oikonomou
Italy urges donor conference for quake-struck Albania 11 Dec 2019 - 06:42 pm
Emergency personnel put an Albanian flag on top of rubble on the occasion of the Albanian Independence Day during a search for earthquake survivors, November 28, 2019. Reuters / Florion Goga
Pompeo condemns deadly Taliban attack on U.S. military base 11 Dec 2019 - 05:26 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo makes a statement to the press at the State Department in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time' 2019 person of the year 11 Dec 2019 - 04:12 pm
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French workers need to work until age 64 to get full pension 11 Dec 2019 - 03:06 pm
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe looks on before unveiling the details of a pensions reform plan before the CESE (Economic, Social and Environmental Council) in Paris, France December 11, 2019. Thomas Samson/Pool via Reuters
Polls tighten on eve of Britain's Brexit election 11 Dec 2019 - 02:31 pm
Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative leader Boris Johnson walks past a Union flag-themed JCB, with the words
Chemical plant fire in Spain forces authorities to evacuate area 11 Dec 2019 - 01:01 pm
Smoke rises from a fire in a chemical plant outside of Barcelona, Spain December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Albert Gea
French pension tension: Unions protest, police on guard 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
People stand amid tear-gas smoke during a demonstration on December 10, 2019 in Lyon as part of the sixth day of massive strike action over government's plans to overhaul the pension system. AFP / Jeff Pachoud
Alberto Fernández inaugurated as president of Argentina 10 Dec 2019 - 06:20 pm
Argentina's incoming president Alberto Fernandez (L) receives the presidential sash from outgoing president Mauricio Macri .December 10, 2019. / AFP / Ronaldo SCHEMIDT
Russians protest over plans to build road near Soviet-era radioactive waste site 10 Dec 2019 - 05:50 pm
A sign indicating radioactive material is shown in Anaheim, California, March 17, 2011. Reuters / Lucy Nicholson
Six shot dead in Czech hospital attack, suspect shoots himself 10 Dec 2019 - 01:12 pm
This handout image published by the Czech police on their twitter account on December 10, 2019 shows a suspected gunman who opened fire at the Faculty Hospital in Ostrava, eastern Czech Republic, killing six people.
Six shot dead in Czech hospital attack 10 Dec 2019 - 12:26 pm
Police officers stand guard near the site of a shooting in front of a hospital in Ostrava, Czech Republic, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Lukas Kabon
Several killed in shooting at Czech hospital - minister 10 Dec 2019 - 10:51 am
Image taken from @PolicieCZ Twitter handle.
Youth urge adults to stop 'acting like children' on climate change 09 Dec 2019 - 10:07 pm
People attend an Extinction Rebellion protest against climate change as the COP25 climate summit is held in Madrid, Spain December 8, 2019. Reuters/Javier Barbancho