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Queen Elizabeth II, close family celebrate Christmas 25 Dec 2019 - 05:01 pm
(L-R) Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's Princess Charlotte of Cambridge and Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge leave after the Royal Family's traditional Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, eastern Engla
Pope's Christmas message appeals for peace in global flashpoints 25 Dec 2019 - 04:52 pm
Pope Francis celebrates from the balcony of St Peter's basilica during the traditional
15 people injured in helicopter emergency landing in Russia 25 Dec 2019 - 01:09 pm
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British father, two children drown in Spanish pool on Christmas eve 25 Dec 2019 - 12:34 am
Christmas toys and sculptures are seen in the abandoned Park Albanoel in the city of Itaguai, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 20, 2019. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
Don't let Church failings distance you from God, Pope says on Christmas Eve 25 Dec 2019 - 12:33 am
People in need of coats pick from a table of jackets on December 24, 2019 in New York City. New York Cares has collected 50,000 of the 100,000 coats it aims to collect and distribute to its hundreds of school and nonprofit partners in the 31st annual coat
Pope Francis kicks off Christmas celebrations with midnight Mass 25 Dec 2019 - 12:33 am
Pope Francis kisses a figurine of baby Jesus during a mass on Christmas eve on December 24, 2019, at St Peter's basilica in the Vatican. AFP / Alberto Pizzoli
German exchange student says he's told to leave India after joining citizenship protests 24 Dec 2019 - 09:43 pm
Jakob Lindenthal (C), a German student, attends a march to show solidarity with the students of New Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia university after police entered the university campus following a protest against a new citizenship law, in Chennai, India, De
Police sprinting champ nabs Spanish bag snatchers 24 Dec 2019 - 08:45 pm
Police reinforce security before Real Madrid players arrive at their hotel in Barcelona, Spain, December 18, 2019. Reuters/Enrique Calvo
Putin takes first train across Crimea bridge 23 Dec 2019 - 11:12 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) listens to Transport Minister Yevgeny Ditrikh after the opening ceremony of the railway part of the Crimean Bridge, connecting Crimea to mainland Russia in Taman on December 23, 2019. AFP / Sputnik / Alexey Nikolsky
Italian right-to-die activist acquitted of assisting suicide 23 Dec 2019 - 07:03 pm
Marco Cappato Photo courtesy: Mihai Romanciuc / CC BY 2.0
Uzbekistan elects new parliament with no opposition 23 Dec 2019 - 02:53 pm
A woman goes in a polling booth before voting at a polling station in Tashkent on December 22, 2019. AFP / Yuri KORSUNTSEV
Venice faces new exceptional flooding, but below peak 23 Dec 2019 - 01:44 pm
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Winners of world's richest lottery 'El Gordo' celebrate 23 Dec 2019 - 12:43 am
People celebrate at the Aragones Center
Poles help stranded Iranian lorry driver 22 Dec 2019 - 08:20 pm
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Trump invites UK's Johnson to White House in new year: British media 22 Dec 2019 - 06:50 pm
US President Donald Trump and First lady Melania Trump arrive for a signing ceremony on S.1790, the
Death toll in Europe from storm rises to nine 22 Dec 2019 - 05:49 pm
Ajaccio's airport surrounded by water after being flooded next to the Gravona river of Corsica. Frenca. December 22, 2019 / AFP / PASCAL POCHARD
Notre Dame fire wakes the world up to dangers of lead dust 22 Dec 2019 - 03:48 pm
Notre Dame cathedral on April 18, 2019, three days after a fire engulfed the 850-year-old gothic masterpiece. AFP pool / Michel Euler
Big tech could lose financial blessing of the Church of England 22 Dec 2019 - 03:48 pm
Stephen Cottrell, the current Bishop of Chelmsford, poses for photographs inside York Minster in York, northern England on December 17, 2019.  AFP / Oli Scarff