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US cloud giant Oracle to invest $5 bn in AI-hungry UK 17 Mar 2025 - 06:41 pm
US multinational computer technology company Oracle's logo is pictured at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 27, 2024. Photo by PAU BARRENA / AFP
Plastic pellets spotted in water after North Sea ship crash 17 Mar 2025 - 05:52 pm
A photograph taken on March 12, 2025 shows the MV Stena Immaculate tanker at anchor in the North Sea, off the coast of Withernsea, east of England, after it was hit by the MV Solong container vessel on March 10. Photo by AFP
Kremlin confirms Putin, Trump to speak on Tuesday 17 Mar 2025 - 01:52 pm
Collage of Putin and Trump. Photos by AFP.
What we know about N. Macedonia's fatal nightclub fire 17 Mar 2025 - 01:27 pm
Police officers establish a perimeter with caution tape around a nightclub where a deadly fire broke out a day prior, in Kocani on March 17, 2025. (Photo by Robert ATANASOVSKI / AFP)
Russia maintains sanctions on US Secretary of State Rubio 16 Mar 2025 - 08:09 pm
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with reporters following the G7 foreign ministers meeting in La Malbaie, Quebec, on March 14, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)
Trump, Putin to discuss Ukraine this week 16 Mar 2025 - 06:52 pm
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France customs seize 800kg of cocaine from truck 16 Mar 2025 - 05:54 pm
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German police hunt man who set woman on fire in tram 16 Mar 2025 - 04:42 pm
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Greece experiences weather 'rollercoaster' 16 Mar 2025 - 04:38 pm
This photograph shows the sea covered in fog and dust at Palaio Faliro suburb, on the Saronic Gulf coast, south of Athens, on March 15, 2025. (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP)
Blaze during concert kills 59 in North Macedonia 16 Mar 2025 - 03:37 pm
This photograph shows a view of a burnt down establishment inside which a fire broke out and killed 51 people in Kocani, a town some 100 kilometres east of the capital Skopje, on March 16, 2025.Photo by Robert ATANASOVSKI / AFP
Hospitalised Pope says 'facing period of trial', body 'weak' 16 Mar 2025 - 02:59 pm
A general view shows children holding white and yellow balloons gathering by the statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli University Hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalised, in Rome on March 16, 2025. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
Greek PM promises bold action after train disaster anger induces reshuffle 15 Mar 2025 - 05:30 pm
(Files) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses the audience at the Greek Parliament in Athens, on March 5, 2025. (Photo by Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP)
Pope Francis receiving 'surge' in mail, says Italian post 15 Mar 2025 - 04:49 pm
Candles are laid at the statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized with pneumonia, in Rome on March 14, 2025. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli / AFP)
Serbia's capital braces for massive anti-graft rally 15 Mar 2025 - 04:01 pm
Farmers join protesters as they arrive in the capital from cities across Serbia, to take part in the largest protest since the anti-graft movement, in downtown Belgrade on March 15, 2025. (Photo by Andrej Isakovic / AFP)
Ukraine, Russia launch drones as Moscow retakes Kursk villages 15 Mar 2025 - 02:30 pm
In this handout photograph taken on March 13, 2025 and released on March 14, 2025 by the press service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, a Ukrainian serviceman stands among debris in an abandoned area in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / The 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade / AFP)
Putin will have to 'come to the table': UK PM 15 Mar 2025 - 02:26 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts a virtual meeting with international leaders to discuss support for Ukraine inside 10 Downing street in central London on March 15, 2025. (Photo by Leon Neal / POOL / AFP)
Florence out of danger thanks to key floodgate 15 Mar 2025 - 02:00 pm
Residents and volunteers clean up mud and debris in a flooded street in Sesto Fiorentino, on March 15, 2025, one day after heavy rain hit the Florence region. (Photo by Federico Scoppa / AFP)
Dozens evacuated in Italy's flood-hit Tuscany 15 Mar 2025 - 01:06 am
A general view shows the high level of the Arno River near the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, on March 14, 2025. (Photo by Federico SCOPPA / AFP)