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Kyiv's forces to liberate all Ukraine, regardless of timeframe: Kuleba 17 Aug 2023 - 12:00 pm
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks to a journalist during an interview with AFP, in Kyiv, on August 16, 2023. (Photo by Roman Pilipey / AFP)
Russian ruble steady after rate hike 16 Aug 2023 - 10:46 pm
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Children, pregnant woman among latest UK 'small boats' arrivals 16 Aug 2023 - 05:49 pm
A man carrying a child in his arms, is followed by a migrant pregnant woman (2nd R), as they walk on the beach at Dungeness on the southeast coast of England, on August 16, 2023. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
Volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland ends: met office 16 Aug 2023 - 03:58 pm
People watch flowing lava during an volcanic eruption near Litli Hrutur, south-west of Reykjavik in Iceland on July 10, 2023. Photo by Kristinn Magnusson / AFP
Netherlands slips into 'mild recession': early figures 16 Aug 2023 - 03:36 pm
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UK annual inflation drops to 15-month low 16 Aug 2023 - 01:11 pm
A customer looks at some vegetables at the Asda supermarket, in Amesbury, England, on August 15, 2023. Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
European heat wave expands as French citizens told to stay home 16 Aug 2023 - 12:29 pm
A woman sits in the shade of a tree to protect herself from the sun during a heatwave in Lyon on August 15, 2023. Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP
Georgia landslide death toll climbs to at least 26 15 Aug 2023 - 09:54 pm
Peninsula
35 dead after blast at Russian fuel station 15 Aug 2023 - 08:02 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by Russian Emergency Ministry on August 14, 2023, shows rescuers pushing out a fire at a gas station in the city of Makhachkala. (Photo by Handout / Russian Emergency Ministry / AFP)
Russia launches test phase for digital ruble 15 Aug 2023 - 07:54 pm
This photograph taken on August 15, 2023, shows the logo of a new Russian digital ruble displaying on the laptop screen in Moscow. (Photo by Sergei Gapon / AFP)
Sweden to donate ammo, spare parts worth $300 million to Ukraine 15 Aug 2023 - 02:53 pm
A view taken through a shattered window pane shows the crater of a missile that fell between residential buildings and a kindergarten in the city of Lviv, western Ukraine, on August 15, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP
American tourists found sleeping it off atop Eiffel Tower 15 Aug 2023 - 01:49 pm
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UK unemployment rises to 4.2 percent: official data 15 Aug 2023 - 11:46 am
A man, reflected in a building, walks on the Southbank of the River Thames, with London Bridge on the background , central London, on August 14, 2023. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
French fire near Spanish border contained but dangerous: officials 15 Aug 2023 - 11:36 am
A firefighter puts out fires after the blaze that ravaged the commune of Saint-André, Pyrénées-Orientales, France on August 15, 2023. Photo by RAYMOND ROIG / AFP
27 killed in petrol station fire in Russia's Dagestan 15 Aug 2023 - 10:01 am
This handout photograph taken and released by Russian Emergency Ministry on August 14, 2023, shows rescuers pushing out a fire at a gas station in the city of Makhachkala. Photo by Handout / RUSSIAN EMERGENCY MINISTRY / AFP
Italy's clam farmers fear blue crab 'invasion' 15 Aug 2023 - 09:23 am
Picture of a dish of pasta with blue crab meat harvested in the Scardovari lagoon, taken at Chef Luca Faraon's holiday farm restaurant in Eraclea, near Venice, Italy on August 11, 2023. (Photo by Piero Cruciatti / AFP)
Latvian Prime Minister announces resignation 14 Aug 2023 - 07:25 pm
Peninsula
Germany stands by Ukraine, says minister in surprise Kyiv visit 14 Aug 2023 - 05:22 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Emergency Service on August 14, 2023, shows rescuers pushing out a fire in a supermarket after a night strike in Odesa on August 14, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE / AFP)