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Russia says retook Kursk from Ukraine with North Korean help 26 Apr 2025 - 05:16 pm
An image taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on August 21, 2024, reportedly shows a Russian Mi-35m attack helicopter firing rockets on Ukrainian Armed Forces at the border area of Kursk region in Russia. (Photo by Handout / Russian Defence Ministry / AFP)
Greece unveils major reserve force reform 26 Apr 2025 - 05:01 pm
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Zelensky and Trump to hold second meeting after 'constructive' exchange 26 Apr 2025 - 01:57 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service in Kyiv on April 26, 2025, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) meets with US President Donald Trump (L) on the sidelines of Pope Francis's funeral at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
Crowd claps as funeral of Pope Francis begins at Vatican 26 Apr 2025 - 11:25 am
A general view of Pope Francis' funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square in the Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
EU considers changing minimum corporate tax rate 26 Apr 2025 - 11:08 am
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St Peter's Basilica bells toll ahead of pope funeral 26 Apr 2025 - 11:04 am
Attendees and nuns stand in front of St Peter's Basilica as they wait for late Pope Francis' funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square in The Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
Francis's funeral to be grand farewell to 'Pope of the poor' 26 Apr 2025 - 09:32 am
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Lego block: Dutch court rules mould maker can't use toy trademark 25 Apr 2025 - 11:00 pm
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Zelensky insists Crimea is Ukrainian as US envoy meets Putin 25 Apr 2025 - 10:24 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky talks to the press as diplomats stands behind him near a destroyed residential building following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv on April 25, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Tetiana DZHAFAROVA / AFP)
Bayer says legal woes could force it to pull weedkiller 25 Apr 2025 - 08:35 pm
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'Crimea will stay with Russia' Trump tells TIME magazine 25 Apr 2025 - 07:19 pm
Powerplant under construction in Crimea. File photo for representational purposes only.
VIDEO: US-made parts found in North Korean missile that Russia fired on Kyiv: Zelensky 25 Apr 2025 - 06:42 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on April 24, 2025, shows Ukrainian rescuers operating at the site of a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by Handout / State Emergency Service of Ukraine / AFP.
Ukraine may have to cede land 'temporarily' for peace: Kyiv mayor 25 Apr 2025 - 04:41 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a press conference in Kyiv on April 22, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by Tetiana DZHAFAROVA / AFP.
Spanish police detain mother over sale of newborn daughter 25 Apr 2025 - 03:11 pm
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Ukraine may have to cede land 'temporarily' for peace: Kyiv mayor 25 Apr 2025 - 10:46 am
Local residents take cover in an underground shelter during a Russian missile attack in Kyiv early on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Stringer / AFP)
Vatican releases details of Pope Francis's marble tomb 24 Apr 2025 - 10:01 pm
This photograph shows a view of St Peter's Basilica of The Vatican where the late Pope lies in state, taken from Rome on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli / AFP)
'Vladimir, STOP!': Trump turns on Putin after deadly Kyiv strike 24 Apr 2025 - 07:48 pm
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on April 24, 2025 shows, L-R, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in Murmansk on March 27, 2025 and US President Donald Trump outside the White House in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA and SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Germany expects zero GDP growth this year, blames Trump tariffs 24 Apr 2025 - 06:34 pm
(FILES) US President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order after delivering remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled

Africa

Image used for representation only. Botswana warns diamond oversupply to hit growth
All pictures by Mahmoud Elmazaty/The Peninsula Alexandria leads 2025 safety index for African cities 
File photo of mpox vaccine Madagascar mpox cases hit 111 since outbreak in December 2025
Residents make their way through flood waters, in La Goulette near the capital Tunis, on Januray 20, 2026. (Photo by FethiI Belaid / AFP) Floods kill three as Tunisia sees heaviest rain in decades

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A snow plow moves along Wade Avenue as snow falls on January 17, 2018 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Lance King/Getty Images/AFP 'Extreme cold': Winter storm forecast to slam huge expanse of US
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NASA astronaut Suni Williams laughs before NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 post-flight news conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on March 31, 2025. Photo by Mark Felix / AFP NASA astronaut stuck in space for nine months retires

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