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France's left-wing parties are negotiating to determine if they can form an alliance ahead of the June parliamentary elections.

The lantern parade celebrating Buddha’s birthday returns to the streets of Seoul after three years, as previous ones had been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The US and France promised continuing support to Ukraine to help the country fight the Russian invasion.

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Mino Raiola, the influential and often controversial sports agent to some of football's biggest players, has died. He was 54.

A large destructive tornado swept through an area near the city of Wichita in Kansas, causing damage to as many as 100 buildings, according to media reports.

Cancellations, strikes, staff shortages and delays cause chaos at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport as May holidays get underway

Learning to identify and defuse explosives is something Anastasiia Minchukova never thought she would have to do as an English teacher in Ukraine.

Mattresses, blankets, beds, tables and chairs have been brought underground, where exhausted residents are trying to escape the shelling.

The Conservative party MP admitted to watching pornography in the House of Commons in a "moment of madness".

People come together in solidarity to rebuild "on the ruins of what Russia has been doing" says one volunteer.

Russia staved off a default on its debt by making a last-minute payment using its precious dollar reserves sitting outside the country, US Treasury officials said.

Hundreds of people were arriving in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv after being evacuated from the nearby village of Ruska Lozova. The village had been under Russian occupation for more than a month.

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Thousands of firefighters battled destructive wildfires in the Southwest United States as more residents prepared to evacuate Friday into the weekend in northern New Mexico.

As the Greece-Bulgaria pipeline is set to open in June, Polish and Czech Republic leaders are partnering up to ease Russia's energy influence.

Russia is still facing "considerable challenges" in Ukraine, the UK Ministry of Defence said, with many troops likely suffering from "weakened morale".

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Alexanda Kotey was not facing the death penalty, under the terms of his extradition to the US.

Colleagues have claimed that Neil Parish watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons.

No one has immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.

Human Rights Watch says women and children are particularly at risk from trafficking.

Prosecutors say it is "the first time" a German bank has been involved in a money-laundering probe.

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The former tennis superstar was jailed for hiding assets and illicit money transfers after he was declared bankrupt.

The number of migrants who died or went missing was twice as high as in the previous year, the UN's refugee agency said.

The two NATO countries have long-standing sea and air boundary disputes.

Vietnam launches a new attraction for tourists with a head for heights, with the opening of a glass-bottomed bridge suspended 150 metres (490 feet) above a lush jungle.

On Thursday evening, the centre of Moscow was filled with a wide array of military vehicles, which were seen driving toward Red Square for the first night training of the traditional Victory Day parade, which will be held on May 9th.

Ukrainian citizens demonstrated in front of the European Council building in Brussels on Friday to call on the European Union to stop buying Russian oil and gas.

The government of PM Dritan Abazović secured the support of 46 deputies in the 81-seat parliament in Cetinje on Thursday.

After the end of the Cold War, Sweden demilitarized Gotland island in the Baltic sea. Now, in the wake of Putin’s war in Ukraine, Sweden is accelerating its re-armament.

The cake was presented to 90-year-old Meri Mion in Vicenza, 77 years after one was taken from her windowsill.

Berlin has urged other EU countries to challenge Turkey over the philanthropist's conviction.

The Turkish president's visit to the Gulf Arab state represents a major reset of relations between two regional heavyweights following the Saudi columnist's killing in Istanbul in 2018.

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Palestinians in Gaza City gather a day earlier to mark the yearly al-Quds (Jerusalem) day which falls on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.

Fabrice Leggeri's resignation comes a day after an investigative report said the EU border agency had illegally forced back nearly 1,000 asylum seekers in the Aegean Sea.

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Spain and Germany saw their economies grow by 0.3% and 0.2% respectively in the first three months of the year, quarter-on-quarter -- far smaller than previously projected. France stagnated (0%) and Italy fell (-0.2%).

The islands' PM was arrested at a Miami airport. where he allegedly came to meet Mexican drug traffickers, who in reality were undercover US agents.

Palestinians run as they are removed by Israeli forces from Jerusalem's flashpoint, the al-Aqsa mosque compound, after clashes early on Friday, according to witnesses and the police.

The latest growth and inflation figures put the economy firmly at the heart of the next government's priorities following President Macron's re-election.

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The situation inside the vast Soviet-era Avozstal steel plant has grown more extreme after Russia dropped a series of so-called “bunker buster” bombs and unguided munitions.

A new investigation claims that the EU's border agency, Frontex, has been involved in forcing back over 950 refugees and migrants in the Aegean sea between March 2020 and September 2021.

Dutch police seized more than €1.4 million during the arrest, suspecting that the large sums of money originated from international drug trafficking.