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French election: Macron faces far-right challenge as France votes
French voters are casting their ballots in the opening round of a presidential race that could become a cliffhanger. Emmanuel…
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Ukraine’s Luhansk region tells civilians to evacuate while they can
Authorities in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk hope to evacuate civilians through five “humanitarian corridors” on Wednesday and urged residents to…
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Ukraine crisis: Germany halts pipeline as nations sanction Russia
Germany has put a stop to a key Russian gas pipeline following Vladimir Putin’s orders to send troops into Ukraine.…
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‘€20m for one village is too much’: Italian mayors agitated over rival’s win
Several Italian mayors have been left seething after a rival hamlet with just 142 residents clinched €20m (£16.9m) as part…
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Secret ballot to elect president of Italy begins as Berlusconi drops out
Italian parliamentarians will begin casting their votes for a new president on Monday after the scandal-plagued Silvio Berlusconi abandoned his…
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Berlin cannibal jailed for murdering engineer
The judge in Berlin said Stefan R, 42, had killed the electrical engineer to “act out his fantasies of cannibalism”.…
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Thousands gather to oppose Dutch virus measures despite ban
euronews– Thousands of people in the Netherlands defied a ban on assembling and demonstrated Sunday against the Dutch government’s coronavirus…
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‘One familiar laugh missing’: Queen laments first Christmas without Prince Philip
sbs– The Queen has reflected on a year of personal grief in a moving Christmas Day message, saying there was…
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Pope Francis condemns domestic abuse as ‘almost satanic’
bbc– Pope Francis has condemned domestic violence against women as “almost satanic”, in some of his strongest language yet on…
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‘Pure evil’ woman is found guilty of murdering her partner’s baby girl
independent.ie– The woman who killed 16-month-old Star Hobson is “pure evil” and “ascended from the bowels of hell”, the toddler’s…
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