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Vatican says 50 heads of state, 10 monarchs to attend Pope's funeral

VATICAN CITY: The Vatican said on Thursday that at least 130 foreign delegations, including about "50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs", would attend Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday. "There are currently 130...

Nuns after seeing Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican's St Peter's Basilica, in Rome. - Reuters

German airports to be hit by labour strike on Monday

The empty departure terminal of Munich's Franz-Josef-Strauss airport

EU leaders mull N-deterrence, more weapons for Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a European Union leaders' special summit to discuss Ukraine and European defence, in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday. - Reuters

World's sea ice cover hits record low in Feb

February was the lowest monthly level for sea ice in the Arctic, and the fourth-lowest in the Antarctic.

Greenland rejects Trump pledge on the island

Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede holds a press conference in Copenhagen. — AFP file photo

Greece PM vows to fight tragedy censure motion

Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis looks on at the Greek Parliament in Athens. — AFP

Berlin to suspend aid to Rwanda over DRC

M23 members sit on a truck during the escort of captured FDLR members to Rwanda, at the Goma-Gisenyi Grande Barrier border crossing. — Reuters

Ukraine 'determined' to maintain US ties after aid halt

Communal workers stand next to burnt cars in the courtyard of a building damaged as a result of a drone attack in Odesa. — AFP

EU chief unveils 800-billion-euro plan to 'rearm' Europe

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen gives a press conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels. — AFP

Ceasefire without guarantees 'will be failure', says Zelensky

Ukrainian soldiers and relatives of fallen soldiers walk with national flags to the sites of airstrikes, in Kharkiv. — AFP

German chancellor-in-waiting promises swift moves on defence

Friedrich Merz, chancellor-in-waiting and leader of Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), addresses the media, at the CDU headquarters in Berlin. — Reuters

Austria's three-party government takes office

Austria's caretaker Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (L) and the newly sworn-in Chancellor and head of People's Party (OeVP) Christian Stocker make statements, in Vienna. — Reuters

Zelensky and European allies cement cooperation after Trump row

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(Anchor) Ailing pope hails faithful's 'support' and 'affection'

Tourists and pilgrims visit St Peter's square in The Vatican as Pope Francis is still hospitalised. — AFP

UK, France working with Ukraine to end fighting, says Starmer

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) greets France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) as he arrives to attend a summit held at Lancaster House in central London. — AFP

(Short-Take) Finland to release oil tanker suspected of power cable breach

Finnish Border Guard's ship Turva escorts Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S out to sea on the Baltic, near Porvoo, Finland. — Reuters
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