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Eyes on Belgium as some EU states push for Russian diamond ban 25 Sep 2022 - 09:32 pm
Diamonds are pictured during an official presentation by diamond producer Alrosa in Moscow on Ferbuary 13, 2019.  File Photo / Reuters
Meloni tipped to be prime minister as Italians vote 25 Sep 2022 - 08:10 pm
Leader of Italy's nationalist Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) party and frontrunner to become prime minister Giorgia Meloni, holds a closing rally in Naples, Italy, on September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
Ukraine mocks Russia's partial mobilisation on Twitter 25 Sep 2022 - 07:42 pm
A person shows a passport to a Russian law enforcement officer during a rally, after opposition activists called for street protests against the mobilisation of reservists ordered by President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow on September 24, 2022. REUTERS/REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER
Swiss voters OK plan to raise retirement age for women to 65 25 Sep 2022 - 07:26 pm
A Swiss flag is pictured on the Mont-Blanc bridge in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 8, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
Police clash with people opposed to mobilisation in Russia's Dagestan 25 Sep 2022 - 07:07 pm
Men drafted into the Russian army during partial mobilisation say goodbye to their relatives and acquaintances outside a military commissariat in Moscow on September 23, 2022. Moscow News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Moscow pledges 'full protection' to any areas annexed by Russia 25 Sep 2022 - 06:01 pm
Local residents wait before receiving ballots from members of an electoral commission and casting their votes into a mobile ballot box on the third day of a referendum on the joining of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) to Russia, in Mariupol, Ukraine on September 25, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
British PM Truss tells allies to stand firm on Ukraine 25 Sep 2022 - 05:31 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain, on September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo
Fire breaks out at world's biggest produce market in Paris 25 Sep 2022 - 05:24 pm
A general view of the fruits and vegetables pavilion at Rungis International wholesale food market following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Rungis, south of Paris, on May 15, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
UK's Truss to review visa schemes to ease labour shortages: FT 25 Sep 2022 - 02:23 pm
British Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng visit Berkeley Modular, in Northfleet, Kent, Britain, September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/Pool/File Photo
Swiss on course to reject initiative to ban factory farming 25 Sep 2022 - 02:17 pm
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Switzerland on course for mild start to winter, easing energy supply fears: Paper 25 Sep 2022 - 01:10 pm
The Mont Blanc mountain is seen from Finhaut, Switzerland, August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
UK's Kwarteng says he is focused on growth, not market 25 Sep 2022 - 12:34 pm
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng attends an interview with Laura Kuenssberg from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, in the London studio, Britain September 25, 2022. Jeff Overs/BBC/Handout via REUTERS
Britain's Labour vows to reintroduce top 45% rate of income tax 25 Sep 2022 - 12:07 pm
British leader of the Labour Party Kier Starmer arrives at a hotel with his wife Victoria ahead of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 24, 2022. Reuters/Henry Nicholls
Putin allies express concern over mobilisation 'excesses' 25 Sep 2022 - 10:51 am
Russian law enforcement officers detain a person during a rally against the mobilisation of reservists ordered by President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, Russia September 24, 2022. Reuters
Right-wing alliance seen as likely winner as Italians vote 25 Sep 2022 - 09:25 am
A man drops ballots into boxes at a polling station during the snap election, in Rome, Italy, September 25, 2022. Reuters/Remo Casilli
Europe’s first cold snap is early test for continent in crisis 24 Sep 2022 - 11:45 pm
Pipes at the landfall facilities of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, Germany, on March 8, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Russia's Lavrov accuses Washington of 'playing with fire' around Taiwan 24 Sep 2022 - 10:58 pm
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2022.  REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
EU candidate Serbia and Russia sign foreign policy agreement 24 Sep 2022 - 10:02 pm
Serbian President  Aleksandar Vučić speaks after the results of the presidential election, in Belgrade, Serbia, on April 3, 2022. File Photo / Reuters