Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer has said that France has taken an "important step" to tackling bullying and harassment in schools.

The four men were sentenced to a total of 100 years in prison for their involvement in the killing.

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Two women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing them as teens were repeated visitors to his Palm Beach mansion, a former staffer said at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial.

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Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignation of the archbishop of Paris, who unexpectedly offered to step down last week after admitting to an “ambiguous” relationship with a woman in 2012.

The International Olympic Committee said it held a second video call with Peng Shuai but again didn't release any video or transcript.

Pope Francis plans to meet with the leader of Cyprus’ Greek Orthodox Church with the aim of further mending an ideological and political rift between the Catholic West and the Orthodox East that dates back nearly a millennium.

A song by East German-born punk singer Nina Hagen was among those requested by the outgoing Chancellor as she was treated to a traditional sendoff.

Two German citizens were allegedly found smuggling the arachnids in over 200 plastic containers.

In an interview with Euronews, the US Secretary of State says Moscow must understand that attacking Ukraine would not be in Russia's interests.

Cyprus' education minister said he would work with police to prevent similar “common criminal acts”.

Facebook's parent company also said it had removed dozens of fake Polish accounts that posed as migrants.

Many of those present at a company Christmas meal were infected despite being vaccinated.

More than 30 World War II-era artworks that were stolen from a museum in Jajce, in central Bosnia, finally found their way back home after a collector purchased them at a Vienna flea market.

The UN warns that needs are skyrocketing worldwide as the pandemic continues to rage, and climate change and conflicts push more people to the brink of famine.

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Since mid-November, nearly 200,000 Spaniards who were reluctant to get the vaccine at first have now finally taken the step.

The EU border agency aircraft was deployed a week after 27 migrants died when their dinghy deflated in the Channel.

France’s main right-wing political party, the Républicains, picked two candidates to advance to a second-round as party members pick their presidential candidate.

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"The economic priority is the vaccine," said the OECD, warning that the recovery from last year's post-pandemic slump is running out of steam.

Six customers and several employees were stranded by the snowstorm and spent the night sleeping on IKEA's showroom beds.

People without the jab won't be able to access non-essential shops, restaurants, places of culture or leisure -- ahead of a draft law on mandatory vaccination.

Schallenberg says he will go when a new party leader is chosen, while his predecessor as head of government Sebastian Kurz says he is leaving politics.

Pope Francis is expected to raise the issue of migration when he arrives in Cyprus on Thursday on the first leg of the trip.

A regional court found the 43-year-old surgeon guilty of gross negligence.

After a 30-hour lull, scientists recorded some 130 earthquakes early on Wednesday.

The incident is one of the most dramatic breakouts the country has seen in recent years.

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It's one of the most pivotal abortion cases to reach the US Supreme Court in 50 years.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has proposed legislation that would give authorities patrolling the Channel the power to turn away boats carrying migrants.

US defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said that China’s pursuit of hypersonic weapons “increases tensions in the region”.

The CEO of the Women's Tennis Association said they would suspend all China tournaments because Peng Shuai has "seemingly been pressured to contradict her allegation of sexual assault."

Restrictions have been placed on flights from southern African nations after the detection of the COVID variant Omicron.

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The report comes weeks after the murder trial of four Egyptian police officers was suspended.

Regional authorities say the storm damage is the "most significant" they have ever had to deal with.

The explosive device was found outside an apartment building in the Mánatún area of Reykjavík.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken threatened Moscow with 'high-impact economic measures' if President Vladimir Putin attacked Ukraine.

The poll also found that 46% of citizens in North Macedonia believe the virus is being sprayed by aeroplanes.

Paris has welcomed the Channel island's move but says over 100 claims for French boats to operate off Jersey and the UK are still unresolved.

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Under Liviu Dragnea, the Social Democrats became a byword for corruption and graft. Now a new crop of leaders says that the party has changed.

“One-third of the European population is not vaccinated," said the Commission President, calling for countries to discuss together compulsory vaccination.

Experts have confirmed that the death of a 20-year-old woman in September was linked to the jab, said Slovenian health minister Janez Poklukar.

Five candidates are vying to become the presidential candidate for France's Les Républicains party.

At least 80 per cent of critically ill COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated, putting them and others at risk. Europe's intensive care staff need help to tackle this crisis, write the president and president-elect of the European Society of Intensive Ca...

Police said the bomb went off during construction work on a tunnel, adding that there was no further danger.

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