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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)
France in crisis mode as rescuers rush cyclone aid to Mayotte 16 Dec 2024 - 09:02 pm
This handout aerial photograph taken and released by the French Securite Civile on December 15, 2024 shows French Security Civile members removing debris in Combani, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago. (Photo by Handout / Securite Civile / AFP)
Bosnia hits hottest year on record in 2024: meteorologists 16 Dec 2024 - 06:03 pm
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Weight-loss drugmaker Novo Nordisk invests $1.2 bn in new factory in Denmark 16 Dec 2024 - 01:12 pm
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12 die of carbon monoxide poisoning in Georgia 16 Dec 2024 - 10:26 am
Photo used for representational purposes. Georgia; people walk by outside the Georgian parliament after the parliament members elected a new president, in Tbilisi on December 15, 2024. Photo by Giorgi ARJEVANIDZE / AFP.
'Definitely several hundred' killed as Cyclone Chido devastates France's Mayotte 15 Dec 2024 - 07:53 pm
This handout photograph released by the Gendarmerie nationale on December 15, 2024 and taken on that day at an undisclosed location on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte shows French gendarmes near their armored vehicle Berliet VXB-170 (or VBRG) as they work to remove an unrooted tree from a road, a day after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago. Photo by Handout / GENDARMERIE NATIONALE / AFP.
Greek parliament is set to adopt an almost double defence budget 15 Dec 2024 - 05:49 pm
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Africa

Peninsula Egyptian President discusses regional developments with Sudanese Prime Minister
A clinician fills a syringe a dose of the long-acting injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Lenacapavir injection before administering to a client, during its launch marking the first phase of the national rollout at the Riruta Health Centre in Nairobi on February 26, 2026. (Photo by Simon Maina / AFP) Kenya administers first HIV prevention shots
Peninsula More than 23 Al Shabaab militants killed in Somali Military operations
Peninsula Three Egyptians dead, 18 missing after migrant boat inks in Mediterranean

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Peninsula Ramadan in Washington: How Muslim professionals balance faith and the workplace
In this aerial view rescuers search for victims amid the rubble and mud of a house after a landslide triggered by heavy rains in the Paineiras neighborhood in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, on February 25, 2026. Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP Hope fades in search for missing after deadly Brazil rains
FIFA President Gianni Infantino gestures during his visit to the new Concentration Hotel of the Colombian Football Federation in Barranquilla, Colombia, on February 24, 2026. (Photo by David Salazar / AFP) FIFA boss 'very reassured' about World Cup in Mexico despite violence
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