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Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:44:40 +0200
French presidential election: Who's who in the race to replace Macron?
Incumbent Emmanuel Macron has not yet officially declared he is running, Nevertheless, polls put him in the lead.

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:42:25 +0200
Watch live: MEPs debate EU-Poland legal crisis
It comes after a Polish court ruled that domestic laws had primacy of those of the European Union, plunging the country's relationship with Brussels into crisis.

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 08:09:02 +0200
US Congress pushes back as Donald Trump sues over Capitol riots probe
As the defeated president challenges the investigation into the January 6 insurrection by a violent mob of his supporters, a House committee is moving to hold ex-White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt.

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 07:25:57 +0200
North Korea: Tensions revived as Pyongyang fires new ballistic test missile into sea
Pyongyang resumed its weapons tests hours after the US reaffirmed its offer to resume diplomacy on the North’s nuclear weapons programme.

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 07:03:13 +0200
Afghanistan: US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad steps down after chaotic troop withdrawal
Zalmay Khalilzad will leave the post this week after more than three years on the job under both the Trump and Biden administrations.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 20:45:48 +0200
French teacher receives death threat containing photo of slain colleague Samuel Paty
Prosecutors in Marseille say they are investigating but add that there is no evidence the teacher was deliberately targeted.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 20:27:27 +0200
Portugal seizes cocaine worth €200m from yacht in Atlantic Ocean
The haul is reported to be one of the largest hauls in Europe in recent years and the biggest in Portugal for 15 years.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 20:10:38 +0200
Centre-left candidate claims victory in Rome’s mayoral election
Partial results indicated that former finance minister Roberto Gualtieri had a wide advantage over his right-wing challenger.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:52:18 +0200
After seven years, a rare trial for EU-funded Kosovo war crimes court
The court has indicted six former KLA figures for war crimes, torture and murder Hysni Gucati and Nasim Haradinaj are charged with leaking documents.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:23:03 +0200
Russia will suspend its mission to NATO over expelled envoys, says foreign minister
Sergey Lavrov said that the move is in response to last week's expulsion of eight members of Russia's mission to NATO.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:35:14 +0200
'No one is illegal': Poles protest migrant pushbacks at Belarus border
"It is simply shameful," said one protester.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:23:05 +0200
Sir David Amess: UK's parliament pays tribute to murdered MP
He died on Friday after being stabbed multiple times during meetings with constituents.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:58:42 +0200
Two men on trial accused of murdering Dutch crime reporter Peter R De Vries
Both suspects were present for Monday's preliminary hearing at Amsterdam District Court.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:38:30 +0200
Norway attack: Victims were not killed with a bow and arrow, say police
Five people were murdered in the rampage in Kongsberg near Oslo last Wednesday. At least three others, including an off-duty police officer, were seriously injured.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:16:36 +0200
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell dies from COVID complications, his family announce
The first black American to head the US armed forces, Powell is remembered by many for his controversial support for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 12:04:03 +0200
Myanmar: Junta leader says over 5,000 anti-coup protesters to be freed
Coup leader General Min Aung Hlaing was speaking for the first time since being excluded from the upcoming ASEAN summit of south-east Asian leaders.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:42:23 +0200
Romania's Dacian Cioloș unveils new cabinet ahead of parliamentary vote
Romania's prime minister designate is going to ask MPs to vote in favour of a government made entirely of members of his own USR party, which has just 80 seats in parliament.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:05:22 +0200
Emiliano Sala: Man who organised footballer's fatal flight admits charge at trial
David Henderson was accused of acting in a reckless or negligent manner that could have endangered the plane, which crashed into the English Channel in January 2019.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:35:22 +0200
Facebook plans to hire 10,000 workers in EU to build 'metaverse'
Facebook says the five-year investment in a new computing platform is "a vote of confidence in the strength of the European tech industry."

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 07:53:47 +0200
French ambassador ordered to leave Belarus, embassy says
France's embassy did not give a reason for Nicolas de Bouillane's expulsion by the Belarusian foreign ministry.

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 07:11:59 +0200
Hungary's opposition chooses conservative Peter Márki-Zay to run against Orbán next spring
The independent mayor won Sunday's opposition primary race, heading a six-party opposition coalition to lead a challenge to Hungary's right-wing populist leader.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 19:57:14 +0200
Hope, conflicted morality as Newcastle fans welcome Saudis
It was a day of celebration even before kickoff against Tottenham on Sunday at St. James’ Park with Newcastle under Saudi ownership.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 19:30:57 +0200
March commemorates massacre of Algerians in Paris
Demonstrators in Paris marked 60 years since the police killed dozens of Algerian protesters.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 18:18:34 +0200
German Greens vote to support formal coalition talks in party congress
Germany's Greens voted in a party congress to support formal coalition talks with the Social Democrats and Liberals.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 17:11:20 +0200
Kosovo's municipal election: Centre-right opposition lead after early results
With almost all of the vote counted, preliminary results show that over half of Kosovo's communes will need a runoff in a month to elect their mayors.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:55:24 +0200
Austrian and Czech patients share Europe's first cross-border medical centre
Where the iron curtain once prevailed, doctors and interpreters now care for patients from both Austria and the Czech Republic.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:10:58 +0200
Heavy rains, landslides leave 18 dead in south India
Torrential rains swept through villages and flooded roads in the southern Indian state of Kerala.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:00:27 +0200
Iranian court upholds new 1-year sentence for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
An Iranian appeals court has upheld a verdict sentencing an Iranian-British woman long held in Tehran to another year in prison, her lawyer said on Saturday.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 15:26:14 +0200
US religious group says 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
A group of 17 U.S. missionaries including children was kidnapped by a gang in Haiti, a religious group said.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 13:49:04 +0200
Russia reports highest daily number of COVID-19 cases
Russia reported its highest daily number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic as the epidemic worsens in the country.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 13:01:59 +0200
Spotlight on politicians' safety after fatal stabbing of British MP
Amess was stabbed at a constituent meeting known as a surgery in Leigh-on-Sea on Friday and died at the scene. In 2016, MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed while on her way to a surgery.

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 09:38:35 +0200
Robert Durst hospitalised with COVID-19, his lawyer says
New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who was sentenced in a two-decade-old murder case, has been hospitalised after contracting COVID-19.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 19:30:01 +0200
NASA spacecraft takes off to visit asteroids around Jupiter in 12-year mission
A NASA probe called Lucy was launched into the sky to start a 12-year mission to explore asteroids, believed to be "fossils" of the early Solar System.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 19:15:50 +0200
Macron condemns as 'inexcusable' 1961 police crackdown on Algerian protest
French President Emmanuel Macron said the deadly police crackdown on a 1961 Algerian protest was "inexcusable" but did not issue a formal apology.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:48:00 +0200
Hungary's opposition vote to select who will run against Viktor Orbán
The political catchphrase amongst the opposition parties in the run-up to the spring election is "anyone but Orbán".

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 16:44:45 +0200
Tens of thousands demonstrate in Rome against neo-fascists
The protest comes a week after right-wing extremists forced their way into the headquarters of Italy's most powerful labour confederation.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 16:29:34 +0200
Turkey's Erdogan bids farewell to Merkel after 16 years
Angela Merkel’s final visit to Turkey as German chancellor saw two of Europe’s longest-serving leaders pay tribute to one another.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 15:01:59 +0200
CDU leader Armin Laschet takes 'responsibility' for election loss
The Christian Democrats obtained the worst result in their history in Germany's September legislative elections.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 13:31:46 +0200
Romania's hospitals overwhelmed with unvaccinated patients
"Some 90 per cent of the hospitalised patients are not vaccinated," Adrian Marinescu, medical director of the Matei Bals Infectious Diseases Hospital said.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 13:17:30 +0200
France pays tribute to beheaded teacher Samuel Paty one year on
French government officials paid tribute to teacher Samuel Paty who was beheaded last year by an 18-year-old Chechen refugee.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 11:28:27 +0200
Russia reports record 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day
Russia's COVID-19 deaths and cases have been mounting for weeks, reaching record highs since the beginning of the pandemic.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 10:37:07 +0200
U.S. vows to pay relatives of Afghans killed in drone strike
The US Pentagon said that it is committed to offering condolence payments to relatives of the 10 people who were killed in an errant drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 09:55:12 +0200
Islamic State claims mosque bombing in south Afghanistan
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that killed 47 people and wounded scores more.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 09:49:29 +0200
Norway’s newly-elected prime minister visits bow-and-arrow killings scene
It was a sombre first full day in office for Norway’s new prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre as he visited the close-knit former mining town of Kongsberg - that’s been torn apart by a bow and arrow attack that left five people dead.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 09:39:14 +0200
Suspect in fatal stabbing of British MP detained under terrorism act
Conservative MP David Amess was fatally stabbed during a meeting with constituents in Leigh on Sea.

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 06:14:57 +0200
It’s time to make a commitment to protect the media | View
Four years after Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder, journalists in Europe are still under threat, writes Article 19's Europe division chief Sarah Clarke.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:43:20 +0200
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo is Socialists' presidential candidate for 2022
Hidalgo has been the mayor of Paris since 2014 and is one of a handful of women bidding to become France's first female president.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:01:56 +0200
Spanish Parliament begins debate on 'Only Yes is Yes' sexual consent law
The law would strengthen the country's penal code against rape by requiring explicit consent for sex acts, a move long demanded by assault survivors and women's rights groups.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:29:01 +0200
Afghanistan: Over 35 killed in suicide attack on Shi'ite mosque in Kandahar
IS is suspected of carrying out the attack on the Fatimiya mosque in southern Afghanistan, which comes a week after another deadly attack in the north.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:07:07 +0200
Cyprus to revoke 'golden passports' granted to 45 people after probes expose corrupt scheme
Procedures have begun to revoke the citizenships after an investment-for-passports scheme was cancelled in the wake of corruption revelations.



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