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Scotland's First Minister and leader of the SNP Nicola Sturgeon says Boris Johnson has 'no mandate whatsoever to take Scotland out of the European Union', adding she would push for another independence referendum after losing a 2014 vote.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson goes back to Downing Street after going to Buckingham Palace to receive formal instructions from Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government.

Videographic about shale gas and how fracking is used to extract it. To accompany an AFP feature on fracking in Argentina.

Supporters of Algeria's newly-elected president Abdelmadjid Tebboune celebrate his victory at his campaign headquarters in the capital Algiers. Former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune has won Algeria's widely unpopular presidential election wit...

A man who threatened police officers with a knife has been shot and killed in the business district of La Défense, near Paris, authorities said.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives in Buckingham Palace to receive formal instructions from Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government.

The United Kingdom's Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is 'humbled' by the majority win for a Conservative government and thanks voters who voted 'to get Brexit done'. With almost all results declared for the 650-seat parliament, Johnson's Cons...

Jubilant Bougainville residents celebrate days after they voted to secede from Papua New Guinea.

European leaders arrive in Brussels for the second day of a summit where the bloc's plans to tackle climate change will be one of the key topics of debate. After the resounding victory of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's party, EU leaders say they w...

Under yellow metal legs stretching beneath the sea, billions of dollars lie buried. As the world tries hard to halt global warming, a huge oil field breathes new life into Norway's oil sector.

"Don't push!" In the overcrowded corridors of Châtelet metro station, in the middle of rush hour, overwhelmed commuters are trying desperately to get to work. Transport provider RATP is providing a minimum service on just a few metro lines on the ...

After more than six months of protests in Hong Kong, some local residents of the financial hub are not in the mood to celebrate Christmas.

European leaders arrive in Brussels for the second day of a summit where the bloc's plans to tackle climate change will be one of the key topics of debate. After the resounding victory of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's party, EU leaders say they w...

Videographic on Britain's political system. Britain will leave the European Union on January 31 as planned, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised on Friday after winning a sweeping election victory.

Videographic explaining how a country goes about leaving the EU. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday hailed a political "earthquake" in Britain after a thumping election victory which clears the way for the country to finally leave the EU next ...

Videographic illustrating and explaining how the European Union works. EU leaders said Friday they were ready for the next phase of Brexit, just hours after the resounding victory of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's party that all but seals Britain'...

Videographic illustrating and explaining how the European Union works. EU leaders said Friday they were ready for the next phase of Brexit, just hours after the resounding victory of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's party that all but seals Britain'...

Videographic examining Britain's troubled relationship with the European Union. EU leaders said Friday they were ready for the next phase of Brexit, just hours after the resounding victory of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's party that all but seals...

EU Council President Charles Michel says the bloc is ready to embark on trade talks with Britain and will do the utmost to protect European priorities after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's resounding election victory.

After an artist made headlines by eating a $120,000 banana artwork taped to a gallery wall in Miami, a Singaporean durian seller has responds with his own funky art piece.

Britain will leave the European Union on January 31 as planned, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promises after winning a sweeping election victory.

Newly elected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says "getting Brexit done is now the irrefutable, irresistible, unarguable decision of the British people" in victory speech to supporters.

The body-folding, sharp-elbowed techniques of Thai massage were added Thursday to UNESCO's list of "Intangible Cultural Heritage". From upscale Bangkok spas and Phuket beach fronts to modest street-side shophouses, "nuad Thai" -- or Thai massage -...

Elite soldiers retrieved six bodies from New Zealand's volatile White Island volcano on Friday, winning praise for their mission carried out under the threat of another eruption. Completes VIDI_1N11RYN°1N127S