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'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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Police probe suspect over five murders in northern France 15 Dec 2024 - 05:32 pm
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Cyclone Chido slams into Mozambique 15 Dec 2024 - 12:45 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the General Direction of the civil aviation on December 14, 2024 shows damage in the control tower at the airport in Pamandzi, hours after Cyclone Chido batterred the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte with winds of up to 220 kilometres (137 miles) per hour. (Photo by Handout / DGAC / AFP)
Oldest Miss France clinches crown, aged 34 15 Dec 2024 - 08:33 am
Newly elected Miss France 2025 Angelique Angarni-Filopon celebrates winning the Miss France 2025 beauty pageant, on December 14, 2024. (Photo by Romain Perrocheau / AFP)
Founder of Spain's Mango clothing chain dies in accident 14 Dec 2024 - 11:18 pm
This handout image released by Mango on December 14, 2024 shows an alternative crop of Mango fashion powerhouse non executive chairman and founder Isak Andic who died unexpectedly December 14, 2024 in an accident according to a press release from Mango. (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP)
Georgia ruling party set to install loyalist president amid constitutional crisis 14 Dec 2024 - 12:50 pm
A parliament member casts his ballot during a session to elect a new president in Tbilisi on December 14, 2024. Photo by Vano SHLAMOV / AFP.
Italy grants Argentina's President Milei citizenship 14 Dec 2024 - 12:44 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni welcomes Argentina's President Javier Milei at Palazzo Chigi prior their meeting in Rome on December 13, 2024. Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP.
Herzog says 'stereotypical' AI inferior to human directors 14 Dec 2024 - 10:37 am
German filmmaker, actor, opera director, and author, Werner Herzog, poses during a photo session in Paris, on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Joel Saget / AFP)
'Balancing life and death': Ukrainian activists urge minute of silence 14 Dec 2024 - 09:42 am
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France's Mayotte on highest alert as Cyclone Chido nears 14 Dec 2024 - 08:39 am
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France's Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as PM 13 Dec 2024 - 09:17 pm
France's outgoing Prime minister Michel Barnier (left) applauds newly-appointed Prime Minister and President of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) party Francois Bayrou (right) during a handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Abdul Saboor / POOL / AFP)
Georgia crisis deepens as government set to name far-right president 13 Dec 2024 - 06:10 pm
Anti-government protesters wave a Georgian (L) and European Union (R) flag during a demonstration against the Georgian government's postponement of European Union accession talks until 2028, outside the Parliament in central Tbilisi on December 12, 2024. Photo by Giorgi ARJEVANIDZE / AFP.
German hospitals fear labour shortages if Syrians leave 13 Dec 2024 - 04:54 pm
Members of the Syrian community hols flags of Syria and Germany as they rally on December 8, 2024 in Berlin, Germany, to celebrate the end of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's rule after rebel fighters took control of the Syrian capital Damascus overnight. Islamist-led rebels toppled Syria's longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive that a UN envoy called
Serbian students refuse to end protest over fatal station collapse 12 Dec 2024 - 08:21 pm
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2025 'likely' to be in top three warmest years: UK Met Office 12 Dec 2024 - 03:55 pm
Arborists cut a tree blocking a road in Birkenhead, near Liverpool, on December 7, 2024 as storm Darragh brings winds of nearly 90 mph to the west of Wales and north-west England. (Photo by Paul Ellis / AFP)
EU states agree 'historic' full Schengen accession for Bulgaria, Romania 12 Dec 2024 - 03:23 pm
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Serbian mass shooting gunman jailed for 20 years 12 Dec 2024 - 03:02 pm
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (C) speaks as Angola President Joao Lourenco (L), and Mahmoud Ali Youssouf (R), Chairperson of the African Union Commission, listen on during the closing press conference of the Second Italy-Africa Summit at the Addis International Convention Center (AICC) in Addis Ababa on February 13, 2026. (Photo by Marco Simoncelli / AFP) 'Extermination' of Palestinians must stop: African Union chair
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An aerial view of the city of Toamasina, on the east coast of Madagascar, struck by Tropical Cyclone Gezani on February 11, 2026. (Photo by Tsiky Sikonina / AFP) Cyclone batters Madagascar's second city, killing 31

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File photo of US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at a press conference at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry accompanied by U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks on February 12, 2026 in Otay Mesa, California. Carlos A. Moreno/Getty Images/AFP US ends temporary protected status for Yemeni migrants
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (C), commander, and Jack Hathaway (L), pilot, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot (R), and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev (2ndL) walk out as they prepare to travel to the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft at Space Launch Complex 40 for the Crew-12 mission at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on February 13, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) International crew takes off for space station: NASA feed
An Ariane 6 rocket carrying 32 satellites for the Amazon Leo constellation launches at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, on the French overseas department of Guiana, on February 12, 2026. (Photo by Ronan LIETAR / AFP) Europe's most powerful rocket carries 32 satellites for Amazon Leo network into space
This photograph provided by local journalist Trent Ernst shows the middle school and high school building where a shooting took place, leaving at least nine people dead in the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on February 10, 2026. (Photo by Trent Ernst / AFP) Deadly mass shooting in Canada: What we know

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