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The state fire department said 25.8 centimetres of rain fell within three hours on Tuesday -- almost as much as during the previous 30 days combined.

630,000 people signed a petition calling for the cultivation of the plant to be decriminalised.

The money is part of the Global Gateway plan, which will mobilise up to €300 billion in public and private funds by 2027 - half of it in Africa.

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The Duden dictionary has stated that the word could occasionally be perceived as discriminatory.

The 200-metre-long ship caught fire near the Azores Islands on Wednesday.

Ukrainians defied pressure from Moscow with a national show of flag-waving unity.

"To make better health a reality for refugees and migrants as for everyone else, we need an honest and transparent conversation with everyone represented at the table."

A petition for a referendum on the right to die had collected more than 750,000 signatures last August, well above the threshold required to trigger a vote.

The education minister in North Rhine-Westphalia has urged parents to keep children at home due to high winds.

The election rerun will not change the result, as Antonio Costa's Socialist Party secured a landslide victory.

The area got 25.8 centimetres of rain within three hours Tuesday -- almost as much as during the previous 30 days combined.

UK police have launched an investigation into allegations that donations to Prince Charles' foundation were given to secure honours and citizenship for a Saudi national, Scotland Yard said.

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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said there were not yet signs of de-escalation over Ukraine.

Juan Orlando Hernández was arrested Tuesday at the request of the US government on charges of drug trafficking, using weapons for drug trafficking and conspiracy to use weapons in drug trafficking.

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US President Joe Biden said that a Russian invasion of Ukraine remained "distinctly possible" and expressed scepticism over Russia's claim that their troops would withdraw from the border.

Advocates for victims of sex abuse by Italian clergy launched a campaign on Tuesday to demand an inquiry into the scope of the problem.

Mask wearing and working from home will no longer be required.

The 15 year-old Russian at the centre of the latest Olympic doping controversy scored 82.16 points to put her in first place, ahead of Thursday's free skate.

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A tentative settlement has been reached in a lawsuit accusing Prince Andrew of sexually abusing Virginia Giuffre when she was 17 years old, a court filing said.

The criminal network is accused of using cargo planes, private jets and shipping containers to smuggle cocaine into Europe.

The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner also called on Malta to strengthen the protection of journalists.

The Israeli-owned software was used to hack journalists, activists and politicians in a number of European countries.

Rescue efforts have been hampered by windy, rough seas and reduced visibility.

A total of 852 people died - it was Europe’s worst peacetime maritime disaster.

African governments are, for the most part, making huge efforts to ensure that shots reach arms and doses are not wasted.

The Russian opposition leader is already serving a 2.5-year sentence in a maximum-security detention centre.

Germany's chancellor and the Russian president have spoken after talks in Moscow, seen as a last chance for diplomacy amid mixed messages on Russia's intentions over Ukraine.

The number of COVID-19 infections has doubled in six countries in the WHO Europe region over the past week.

In a new interview, the tennis world number one denies being against vaccination -- a claim which appears to contradict remarks he has made in the past.

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NATO's chief said there was no evidence and the UK's PM said the latest intelligence was "still not encouraging", after Russia claimed its troops were pulling back from Ukraine's border.

It comes after a vote in the Duma.

The report also warned that 2021 has seen a rise in official anti-LGBTI rhetoric that has fuelled a wave of hate crime in every country in Europe.

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The three men on trial are charged with "terrorist criminal conspiracy", suspected of having been aware of the perpetrators' plans, of having shared their ideology or of having tried to travel to Syria.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has invoked emergency powers to try to quell the protests by truck drivers and others over COVID-19 restrictions.

Local authorities in central Poland protested government plans to gift Hungary one of the country's most precious manuscripts.

The US relocated its embassy operations to Western Ukraine due to the threat of Russian military action, while US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson emphasised that there remains "a crucial window for diplomacy."

Russian officials suggested on Monday that diplomacy remains an option ahead of the German chancellor's trip to Moscow.

At least 10 others were injured in the accident near Ebenhausen-Schäftlarn station.

Naftali Bennett's trip to Bahrain was the first public visit by an Israeli prime minister to the Gulf state.

It's six months since the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan, which, for some, prompted a frantic scramble to get out. We caught up with four Afghans who fled and made Europe their new home.

More than 700 post office managers were wrongfully convicted because of a faulty IT system, in one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British legal history.

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Other EU border countries have also warned that thousands of refugees could flee to their country in the event of a Russian attack.