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Spain seeks curbs on sugary drinks in schools 19 Dec 2024 - 07:43 pm
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Putin ready to meet Trump to talk Ukraine deal 19 Dec 2024 - 06:35 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow on December 19, 2024. Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP.
No French please: Train conductor's 'bonjour' causes stir in Belgium 19 Dec 2024 - 06:13 pm
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UK court hikes sentences of presumed youngest knife murderers 19 Dec 2024 - 04:57 pm
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Scent of success? Samaranch bids to emulate father in IOC presidency race 19 Dec 2024 - 03:12 pm
This photograph shows the Olympic rings displayed in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on September 27, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
Italy govt makes 700-mn-euro offer for Telecom Italia unit 19 Dec 2024 - 01:26 pm
The Tim logo is seen at its headquarters in Rome, Italy November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Russian oil spill contaminates 50km of Black Sea beaches 18 Dec 2024 - 11:37 pm
In this grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry on December 17, 2024, rescuers respond to an oil spill along the coastline of the Black Sea, caused by the wreck of two oil tankers, with the one which broke apart, in a storm in the Kerch Strait between Crimea and southern Russia's Krasnodar region on December 15. (Photo by Handout / Russian Emergencies Ministry / AFP)
Google Maps helps unlock Spain murder mystery 18 Dec 2024 - 10:42 pm
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France races to find survivors in cyclone-hit Mayotte 18 Dec 2024 - 10:39 pm
This undated handout photograph taken in the wake of Cyclone Chido and released by the Gendarmerie Nationale on December 17, 2024 shows French Gendarme clearing a fallen tree on a road at an undisclosed location on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. Photo by Handout / GENDARMERIE NATIONALE / AFP.
Not guilty pleas entered for suspect in killing of three UK girls 18 Dec 2024 - 08:19 pm
A police officer lays floral tributes brought by wellwishers on Hart Street in Southport, northwest England, on July 29, 2024, following a knife attack. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP)
Pokemon is back with a hit new gaming app 18 Dec 2024 - 04:19 pm
(Files) People trade Pokemon cards during the first day of the 2019 Pokemon World Championships at the Washington Convention Center August 16, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
London's Heathrow announces airport upgrade 18 Dec 2024 - 04:15 pm
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Climate change made Cyclone Chido stronger: scientists 18 Dec 2024 - 04:11 pm
This photograph shows a sinked boat and in background damages and smoke on hills near the city of Mamoudzou, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on December 17, 2024, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)
Denmark will not extradite anti-whaling activist Watson to Japan 17 Dec 2024 - 02:20 pm
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson arrives for a court hearing in Nuuk, Greenland, on October 2, 2024. Photo by Leiff Josefsen / AFP
UK consults over AI copyright law to help artists 17 Dec 2024 - 01:41 pm
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Macron to visit France's cyclone-battered Mayotte 16 Dec 2024 - 11:27 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) looks on with the logo of Air Corsica on an aircraft in the background as he attends the Pope's departure ceremony at the Ajaccio airport, on the French island of Corsica, on December 15, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)
Italian population keeps ageing in 2023 16 Dec 2024 - 10:19 pm
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Germany's Scholz loses confidence vote, triggering early elections 16 Dec 2024 - 09:29 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is pictured next to an exist sign during a vote of confidence against himself in a plenary session at the Bundestag (Lower house of Parliament) in Berlin on December 16, 2024. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)