When a rival candidate in Poland's presidential election campaign placed the LGBT community's rainbow flag on Rafal Trzaskowski's lectern during a debate, the
April 23, 2025
Truck maker Volvo lowered its North America market outlook on Wednesday, pointing to increased uncertainty around tariffs and their impact on global trade,
April 23, 2025
Britain's government borrowed 151.9 billion pounds ($202.07 billion) over the course of the 2024/25 financial year, considerably more than the official budget forecasters had
April 23, 2025
Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius said on Wednesday the German automaker was urging the European Union to find an "equitable solution" to create a level-playing
April 23, 2025
German state coffers got a strong boost in March despite weak economic growth, according to fiscal revenue data published by the finance ministry on Wednesday, with
April 22, 2025
Pay increases granted by British employers stayed at 3% in the three months to March, according to figures from human resources data firm Brightmine that are likely to be welcomed by
April 22, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Chinese citizens were working at a drone production site in Russia and suggested that Moscow may have "stolen" drone technology from
April 22, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pushing back at the notion of ceding territory to Russia as part of any potential peace agreement
April 22, 2025
Italy deemed it necessary to set binding conditions before clearing UniCredit's proposed bid for Banco BPM to avoid "even the slightest risk" of aiding Russia's
April 22, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to halt his invasion of Ukraine across the current front line as part of efforts to reach a peace deal with U.S.
April 22, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine would be ready to hold talks with Russia in any format once a ceasefire deal is in place and the fighting has stopped.
April 22, 2025
Zurab Tsereteli, a prominent Georgian and Russian sculptor known for colossal, often controversial, monuments, has died at 91
April 22, 2025
Activist hedge fund Elliott holds 5.006% of voting rights in BP, according to a regulatory notice published on Tuesday, crossing the threshold that requires reporting of big
April 22, 2025
As an Olympic gold medalist and Champions League winner, Almuth Schult was one of the top goalkeepers in women’s soccer
April 22, 2025
The superyacht that sank off Sicily last year, killing British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and six others, will be lifted out of the water next month after its mast
April 22, 2025
Hundreds of people packed into a Barcelona church to mourn a Spanish family of five who died earlier this month in a sightseeing helicopter crash in New York City
April 22, 2025
Denmark will spend about 4 billion crowns ($614 million) on building and procuring 26 navy vessels for patrolling, oil spill response and surveillance of undersea cables,
April 22, 2025
Vatican News has reported that Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter’s Square on Easter, a day before he died
April 22, 2025
A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the spiritual head of the global Catholic Church and the Vatican’s head of state
April 22, 2025
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Britain and the European Union on Tuesday to safeguard multilateral trading systems, as Beijing seeks to rally support from trading partners
April 22, 2025
Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their conclave to elect the Church's 267th pontiff and a successor to Pope Francis on May 7, the Vatican said.
April 22, 2025
Russia has cut its forecast for 2025-2027 oil and gas export revenues, a key source of funding for the state budget, due to weaker oil prices, seeing the
April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
Greece’s prime minister has announced 1 billion euros in financial benefits for lower-income households and the country’s public investment program
April 22, 2025
The Paris Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday the French market watchdog must reconsider whether a mandatory buyout offer is or was necessary when the former media
April 22, 2025
Hedge funds are fleeing the stocks of companies that provide discretionary items and services consumers want but do not need, in a sign they anticipate an economic
April 22, 2025
Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world when he announced his resignation in 2013, the first in 600 years
April 22, 2025
Britain's economic growth forecast for 2025 received the sharpest downgrade of any major European economy from the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday as
April 22, 2025
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its economic growth forecast for the euro zone for this year and next, citing the increase in U.S. tariffs and uncertainty
April 22, 2025
When Pope Francis sat with his head in his hands and listened to accounts of clerical sexual abuse for an hour longer than scheduled during a trip to Dublin in
April 22, 2025
The German army has asked several large firms about whether they could provide logistics support if the country needs to deploy soldiers and equipment to NATO's eastern border
April 22, 2025
A video released by Vatican media shows the moment the pope's death was announced on Monday morning by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo. The camerlengo — or chamberlain — is the acting head of the Vatican in the period between the death or resignation of a pope and appointment of the next leader of the Catholic Church.
April 21, 2025
The Italian national Olympic committee has asked for sports events to be suspended on Saturday, the day of Pope Francis’ funeral
April 22, 2025
Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Tuesday of standing in the way of negotiations on a moratorium on attacking civilian targets, as the warring sides jockey for the favour of a Trump
April 22, 2025
The European Central Bank could hit its 2% inflation target in the coming few months but the broader economic outlook is far too uncertain for the bank to provide any meaningful guidance
April 22, 2025
UniCredit said on Tuesday its ability to make "sound" decisions could be impaired by the conditions Italy set to clear the bank's bid for Banco BPM, and it could not
April 22, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said a landmark ruling that the legal definition of a woman under equality laws should be based on biological sex provided much-needed clarity
April 22, 2025
Sweden, Lithuania, Norway and Finland are considering a coordinated acquisition of hundreds of CV90 infantry combat vehicles made by BAE Systems, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf
April 22, 2025
Russia struck the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with two guided aerial bombs on Tuesday, killing a woman and injuring 26 other
April 22, 2025
Simone Biles, Mondo Duplantis win big at 25th Anniversary Laureus World Sports Awards
April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
The process to find Pope Francis' successor will start soon.
April 22, 2025
The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will gather on May 7 to elect a new pope in one of the most famous buildings in the world, the Sistine Chapel.
April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
Spain will meet NATO's target of spending 2% of gross domestic product on defence this year, much earlier than its previous self-imposed deadline of 2029, Prime Minister Pedro
April 22, 2025
The board of Norway's Equinor must explain how the company's plan to raise oil and gas production aligns with its stated commitment to the Paris agreement on curbing climate change, a
April 22, 2025
Among Pope Francis' final words was a thank you to his nurse, who had helped the pope surprise crowds in St.
April 22, 2025
Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday in St.
April 22, 2025
What happens next after Francis’ death? How the Catholic Church will pick a successor
April 21, 2025
The German government cut its economic forecast for this year and now foresees stagnation instead of 0.3% growth, a source told Reuters on Tuesday, confirming a report by the
April 22, 2025
Helvetia and Baloise plan to merge to create Switzerland's second-largest insurance group with a combined business volume of 20 billion Swiss francs ($24.69 billion),
April 22, 2025
Death should not be seen as the end of life but as the beginning of eternity, Pope Francis said in words he wrote only days before his final hospitalisation in the preface to
April 22, 2025
The plight of migrants was one of Pope Francis’ top priorities
April 22, 2025
Why Pope Francis’ signet ring will be destroyed following his death
April 22, 2025
European shares ended slightly higher on Tuesday on the back of rising financials and post-earnings gains in L'Oreal, though sentiment
April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
Britain is more likely to see lower rather than higher inflation as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, Bank of England policymaker Megan Greene said on Tuesday.
April 22, 2025
A Russian court on Tuesday ordered that the jail sentence of a U.S. citizen convicted of drug trafficking be reduced to 9-1/2 years from 12-1/2, the man's lawyer told Reuters.
April 22, 2025
Pope Francis, who visited more than 60 countries during his papacy, will make his final journey along the road from Vatican City to the Esquiline, one of the seven
April 22, 2025
Sweden's Biotage said on Tuesday that KKR had made a cash offer for the Swedish biotechnology firm, valuing it at around 11.6 billion Swedish crowns ($1.22 billion).
April 22, 2025
More than 80% of German companies in manufacturing and the information technology industry expect a negative impact on the German economy from tariffs imposed by the U.S., according
April 22, 2025
Euro zone firms were reporting improved business momentum in the weeks leading up to the Trump administration's early April tariff announcement, mainly reflecting an incipient
April 22, 2025
Euro zone inflation could be a touch higher this year than earlier thought but will then stabilise at the European Central Bank's 2% target, the bank's Survey of Professional
April 22, 2025
European powers told the United States last week which aspects of a potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia would be non-negotiable for them, ahead of a new round of
April 22, 2025
Spain's trade deficit widened 58% in the first two months of 2025 from the same period a year earlier, to 9.62 billion euros ($11.07 billion), the Economy ministry said on Tuesday.
April 22, 2025
Russian forces launched a mass overnight drone attack on Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odesa, wounding three people and damaging many apartments, local officials said early on
April 21, 2025
Zurab Tsereteli, a Russian-Georgian sculptor, painter and architect known for his large-scale and sometimes divisive works, has died aged 91, Russian state news agency TASS reported on
April 22, 2025
Eighty years after the Holocaust, more than 200,000 Jewish survivors are still alive, but according to a study 70% of them will be gone within the next 10 years
April 22, 2025
Putin says he’s open to direct talks with Ukraine as US pressure builds
April 22, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. There is an old saying that when the U.S. sneezes, the world catches a cold.
April 22, 2025
Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next pope
April 21, 2025
Every pope has his critics
April 22, 2025
An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pontiff and before the election of another
April 22, 2025
China's Nio said on Tuesday it would launch its Firefly electric vehicle in Europe in the third quarter, later than initially forecast, after it underestimated challenges involved
April 22, 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and first lady Janja Lula da Silva will travel to Rome to attend Pope Francis' funeral, the Brazilian government said in a statement
April 21, 2025
Nomura is acquiring Macquarie Group's U.S. and European public asset management businesses for $1.8 billion, marking the Japanese investment bank's most
April 21, 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon are expected to agree to deepen defence and security ties, including stepping up support for
April 21, 2025
Norway's Queen Sonja, 87, was admitted to the National Hospital on Monday evening for examinations due to shortness of breath, the Norwegian royal court said.
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday. He was 88, and had suffered a serious bout of double pneumonia.
April 21, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Monday bilateral talks with Ukraine for the first time since the early days of the war, and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis, voice for the poor who reshaped the Catholic Church, dies at 88, the Vatican has announced.
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis, voice for the poor who transformed the Catholic Church, dies on Easter Monday
April 21, 2025
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April 21, 2025
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April 21, 2025
The world's most decorated gymnast Simone Biles was named the Sportswoman of the Year, while Swedish pole-vaulter Mondo Duplantis captured the men's honour at the
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis gave the traditional Easter blessing on Sunday, appearing from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in front of delighted crowds in what was his last appearance. CNN Vatican correspondent Christopher Lamb reports.
April 20, 2025
Top-flight soccer matches in Italy and Argentina have been postponed after the death of Pope Francis
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis confirmed in his final testament that he wished to be buried in Rome's Basilica of Saint Mary Major and not at St.
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli said in a death certificate released on Monday for the 88-year-old pontiff.
April 21, 2025
Predict who the next pope will be at your peril.
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest,
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis has died at age 88
April 21, 2025
When Pope John Paul II died on the evening of April 2, 2005, the whole world knew it would be coming at any moment.
April 21, 2025
One of Pope Francis’ final encounters before his death was with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who visited the Vatican over the weekend
April 21, 2025
One of the most long-lasting impacts of Pope Francis' pontificate may be his appointment of more women than ever before to top Vatican positions.
April 21, 2025
One of the Kremlin's most senior hawks, Nikolai Patrushev, said on Monday that trust between the two "great powers" of Russia and the United States should be restored and that
April 21, 2025
Ukainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Kyiv was sending a delegation to talks in London on Wednesday with Western countries on finding a resolution to the more than
April 21, 2025
Jelena Ostapenko has upset No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-1 in the Porsche Grand Prix final in Stuttgart
April 21, 2025
After spending more than five weeks in hospital for a bout of double pneumonia, doctors told Pope Francis he needed two months' rest - but the leader of the
April 21, 2025
Members of the 1.4 billion-member global Catholic community expressed grief on Monday at the death of Pope Francis aged 88, many praising him as a humble man
April 21, 2025
Worshippers coming out of a Catholic church service in the Ukrainian city of Lviv on Monday expressed sorrow at the death of Pope Francis, but also lingering
April 21, 2025
With the death of Pope Francis, announced by the Vatican on Monday, Roman Catholics around the globe will start speculating on who among the red-robed
April 21, 2025
Trump and Francis, both elected as outsiders, sparred from afar on policy and diverged on leadership style
April 21, 2025
Fighting in Ukraine has resumed after the Easter ceasefire, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said on Monday, adding that Moscow was open to any peace initiatives and expected
April 21, 2025
More than 500 trucks drove through the Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Monday, blowing horns in a protest against the government's failure to help the struggling transportation sector
April 21, 2025
Tributes to Pope Francis are pouring in from around the world
April 21, 2025
The head of Ukraine's southern Kherson region says that Russian attacks during the 30-hour Easter ceasefire unilaterally declared by President Vladimir Putin over the weekend killed three people in the region
April 21, 2025
The European Union is determined to enforce its full digital rule book no matter who is in charge of companies such as X, Meta, Apple and Tiktok or where they are based, Commission
April 21, 2025
European equity funds drew massive inflows in the week ended April 16, while U.S. funds faced hefty outflows, as investors continued to shift capital on concerns over U.S. trade tariffs and
April 21, 2025
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April 21, 2025
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April 21, 2025
Ukrainian parliament member Inna Sovsun told CNN Russian forces continued attacks just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a brief Easter truce. There have been no pauses in the conflict since Russia launched its unprovoked full-scale invasion in February 2022.
April 20, 2025
Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, whose annual gathering of business and political leaders in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos became a symbol of
April 21, 2025
The canonisation of the first saint of the millennial generation, Carlo Acutis, has been suspended due to Pope Francis' death, the Vatican said in a statement on Monday.
April 21, 2025
Here are some statistics about Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 was announced by the Vatican on Monday.
April 21, 2025
The Kremlin said on Monday that the position of U.S.
April 21, 2025
The Vatican says the canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, has been postponed due to the death of Pope Francis
April 21, 2025
The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one
April 21, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent his condolences on the passing of Pope Francis, the Kremlin said on Monday.
April 21, 2025
Russia launches deadly aerial barrage on Ukraine as US pushes for peace plan
April 21, 2025
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April 21, 2025
Here is what happens next in the Roman Catholic Church following the funeral of Pope Francis, after his death at the age of 88, and the announcement of the start of the
April 21, 2025
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni mourned Pope Francis on Monday as a friend who had given her comfort in tough times and done his duty to the end.
April 21, 2025
Following are some of the major events of the life and ministry of Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88.
April 21, 2025
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April 21, 2025
The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis had an informal, lighthearted speaking style
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but his attempts to make the
April 21, 2025
With the death of Pope Francis, announced by the Vatican on Monday, the Roman Catholic Church will begin elaborate rituals steeped in tradition that mark the
April 21, 2025
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and finance minister Jens Stoltenberg will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday, the prime minister's office said.
April 21, 2025
The European Union is looking at ways to make it easier for U.S. gas exports to comply with its methane emissions rules, as the bloc attempts
April 21, 2025
A Moscow court has found Alphabet's Google guilty of disclosing personal data of Russian servicemen who died in Ukraine, Russia's TASS news agency reported on Monday, citing court documents
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis has emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless people in St. Peter’s Square and treat them to a surprise popemobile romp through the square
April 20, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of trying to create an “impression of a ceasefire,” saying Russian forces continued attacks after President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of an Easter truce
April 20, 2025
Ukraine's forces reported 2,935 violations of Russia's own Easter ceasefire vow, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said early on Monday.
April 20, 2025
Russia and Ukraine accused each other of thousands of attacks that violated the one-day Easter ceasefire declared by President Vladimir
April 20, 2025
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April 20, 2025
Ukraine proposes that Russia abandon drone and missile strikes on civilian infrastructure for at least 30 days, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday.
April 20, 2025
The U.S.
April 20, 2025
Putin accused of breaching own truce as brief pause to fighting in Ukraine ends
April 20, 2025
Some of the fastest canines on four very short legs have raced for glory in Scotland’s annual Corgi Derby
April 20, 2025
The Zurich Zoo says a 19-year-old Asian elephant has given birth to a male calf
April 20, 2025
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia
April 20, 2025
Pope wishes ‘Happy Easter’ to delighted crowds at Vatican after briefly meeting Vance
April 20, 2025
Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla briefly greeted onlookers after an Easter service at St George's Chapel in Windsor, an important fixture in the calendar of the monarch, who
April 20, 2025
The great-great grandson of 19th-century British prime minister William Gladstone says he “shocked and horrified” to learn about seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and Guyana
April 20, 2025
Aryna Sabalenka takes photo of ball mark to dispute umpire’s call during Stuttgart Open victory
April 20, 2025
Pope Francis entered St.
April 20, 2025
Pope Francis held a private meeting at the Vatican on Sunday morning with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, the Vatican said in a statement.
April 20, 2025
Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday that Ukraine had broken the Easter ceasefire declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin more than a thousand times, inflicting damages to
April 20, 2025
Dozens of Ukrainians gathered at a bombed-out church in the country’s north to celebrate Easter Sunday, doubting a ceasefire with Russia is possible
April 20, 2025
CNN World Sport's Patrick Snell gets the Northern Ireland perspective on Rory McIlroy's historic win at Augusta from Holywood Golf Club men's captain Trevor Heaven.
April 19, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Ukrainians on Easter Sunday not to give up hope that peace will return to their country and to persevere to overcome the difficult path of war on
April 20, 2025
Putin declares brief ‘Easter truce’ but Ukraine says Russian attacks continue
April 19, 2025
Dozens of journalists in Belarus have been imprisoned in recent years under a crackdown by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko
April 20, 2025
President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin joined other worshippers for an Easter service led by the head of Russia's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, a faithful backer of
April 20, 2025
A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit has returned to Earth, Russia's Roscosmos space agency reported on
April 20, 2025
Thousands of protesters rallied in Washington and other cities across the U.S. on Saturday to voice their opposition to President Donald Trump's policies on
April 19, 2025
Britain has urged Russia to commit to a full ceasefire in Ukraine, "not just a one-day pause", its foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
April 19, 2025
The European Union on Saturday reacted cautiously to Russian President Vladimir Putin's declaration of a unilateral 30-hour Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, saying Moscow could stop
April 19, 2025
Ukraine and Russia conducted a swap of more than 500 prisoners of war on Saturday, the latest in a series of exchanges since Russia launched a full-scale invasion more than three years
April 19, 2025
US and Iran express optimism following second round of nuclear talks
April 19, 2025
Fighting continued in Russia's border regions of Kursk and Belgorod despite President Vladimir Putin's declaration of a Eastern ceasefire, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
April 19, 2025
US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, told reporters in Paris that the US could 'move on' in a matter of days if it does not appear possible to end the war in Ukraine. The comments come a day after Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Ukrainian and European allies to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine.
April 18, 2025
Ukraine says it will reciprocate any genuine ceasefire by Moscow, but has voiced skepticism after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter truce in Ukraine starting Saturday
April 19, 2025
Iran and the United States plan to meet over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program again next week, after both sides said they made progress in their talks in Rome
April 19, 2025
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met with the Vatican’s No. 2 official as they the sides spar over the U.S. crackdown on migrants
April 19, 2025
Thousands of trans rights protesters gathered in central London, days after the U.K.‘s Supreme Court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition
April 19, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a surprise one-day ceasefire in Ukraine on Saturday for Easter, but Kyiv said Russian forces continued artillery fire and
April 19, 2025
Vance, Vatican officials engage in ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants
April 19, 2025
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April 19, 2025
Trump administration ready to recognize Russian control of Crimea as part of framework to end Ukraine war, source says
April 19, 2025
Iran and the United States agreed on Saturday to begin drawing up a framework for a potential nuclear deal, Iran's foreign minister said, after talks that a U.S.
April 19, 2025
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April 19, 2025
Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said is set to visit Moscow on Monday, days after the start of a round of Muscat-mediated nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran.
April 19, 2025
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April 19, 2025
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April 19, 2025
Romania is gearing up to hold a presidential election redo next month, a high-stakes test for the European Union member’s democracy after last year’s annulled vote triggered the country’s deepest political crisis since 1989
April 19, 2025
Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea unified Christian doctrine
April 19, 2025
US will abandon Ukraine peace efforts ‘within days’ if no progress made, Rubio warns
April 18, 2025
Russia sentences 19-year-old woman to nearly three years in a penal colony after poetic anti-war protest
April 18, 2025
Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, did not attend an annual procession on Friday at Rome's Colosseum with thousands of Catholic faithful for the third year
April 18, 2025
President Donald Trump says negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are “coming to a head” and insists that neither side is “playing” him in his push to end the grinding war
April 18, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron invited scientists from all over the world to come work in France or Europe, as U.S.
April 18, 2025
Venice has started charging day-trippers to the famed canal city an arrivals tax for the second year, in a measure aimed at combating the kind of overtourism that put the city’s UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status at risk
April 18, 2025
U.S. Vice President JD Vance is in Rome for talks on tariffs with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni
April 18, 2025
Iran believes reaching an agreement on its nuclear programme with the United States is possible as long as Washington is realistic, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday on
April 18, 2025
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April 18, 2025
A Russian court handed down a prison sentence of nearly three years to Darya Kozyreva, a young activist who used 19th-century poetry and graffiti to protest the conflict in
April 18, 2025
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April 18, 2025
Ben Shelton has advanced to his second clay-court semifinals by beating Luciano Darderi 6-4, 6-3 at the BMW Open in Munich
April 18, 2025
Italy and the United States issued a joint statement against "discriminatory" taxes on digital services on Friday, in a possible signal Rome is moving away from a levy that has
April 18, 2025
Following is the complete text of a memorandum of intent signed on Thursday by Ukraine and the United States, confirming their intent to conclude a deal on jointly developing
April 18, 2025
Four months after its reopening, Notre Dame Cathedral hosted an emotional Easter ceremony Friday centered on the Crown of Thorns relic
April 18, 2025
Pope Francis’ Easter is going to look a little different this year. Here’s how
April 18, 2025
The Italian language proved a secret weapon for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as she launched a charm offensive with U.S.
April 18, 2025
A Slovenian court on Friday brought the first-instance ruling to acquit Janez Jansa, a three-time prime minister and the key opposition figure in the Alpine country, and
April 18, 2025
Iran has sought support from Russia over a possible deal with Washington over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, ahead of a second round of talks this weekend in Rome
April 18, 2025
Ukraine imposed sanctions on three Chinese companies on Friday claiming they were involved in production of advanced Iskander missiles, a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy alleged
April 18, 2025
Turkey begins mass trials following protests over Istanbul mayor’s detention
April 18, 2025
The Kremlin said on Friday that some progress had already been made in talks about a possible peace settlement to end the war in Ukraine but that contacts were rather complicated
April 18, 2025
The United States is optimistic it can put an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine, Vice President JD Vance said on Friday as he met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for the
April 18, 2025
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April 18, 2025
Italian fashion house Valentino's operating profit dropped 22% last year, the company said on Friday, as the luxury sector faced a slowdown in global demand for high-end goods,
April 18, 2025
Manchester United pulls off ‘miracle’ comeback to reach Europa League semifinals in historic fashion
April 18, 2025
A Russian drone strike early on Friday hit a bakery in northern Ukraine where traditional Easter cakes were being prepared, killing one man, Ukrainian officials said.
April 18, 2025
The Russian rouble strengthened past 81 to the U.S. dollar, supported by rising oil prices, reaching its highest level since June 28, 2024.
April 18, 2025
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April 18, 2025
Kyiv said on Friday it aims to complete talks by the end of next week about a deal with Washington on jointly exploiting Ukrainian mineral
April 18, 2025
China's foreign ministry dismissed as "groundless" on Friday an accusation by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that the country had been supplying weapons to Russia.
April 18, 2025
Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Friday that disinflation would continue despite some recent deterioration in expectations, adding that the
April 18, 2025
A Russian missile attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv killed one man inside his home and wounded at least 112 others, including nine children, on Friday, officials said
April 18, 2025
Hungary expects to sign a business deal with the U.S. in six months that could help to offset the likely impact of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, Hungarian Prime
April 18, 2025
Four people died and one suffered life-threatening injuries after a cable car crashed to the ground near Naples in southern Italy on Thursday, mountain rescue services and firefighters
April 17, 2025
Trump finds kindred European spirit in Meloni
April 18, 2025
Manchester United blew a two-goal lead and then came back from 4-2 down in extra time to secure a place in the Europa League semifinals
April 17, 2025
U.S.
April 17, 2025
Ukraine and the United States on Thursday signed a memorandum as an initial step towards the clinching of an agreement on developing minerals in Ukraine, Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine's first
April 17, 2025
Officials in southern Italy say that a cable car carrying tourists south of Naples has crashed after the cable snapped, killing at least four people and critically injuring one
April 17, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S.
April 17, 2025
President Donald Trump says he's in “no rush” to reach any trade deals because he views tariffs as making the United States wealthy
April 17, 2025
Four people killed, one injured as cable car plunges into a ravine in Italy
April 17, 2025
U.S.
April 17, 2025
US, Ukraine and European officials hold ‘excellent exchange’ in Paris, in highest level talks in weeks
April 17, 2025
France has hosted high-level talks on Ukraine and its security
April 17, 2025
Ukrainian tennis player Lesia Tsurenko has filed an amended lawsuit that accuses the WTA Tour and its chairman, Steve Simon, of a breach of contract, negligence and the “negligent infliction of emotional distress."
April 17, 2025
Talks in Paris between U.S. officials Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, Ukraine and Europe's top three powers were excellent and started a process where Europeans are involved in talks
April 17, 2025
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to visit Italy.
April 17, 2025
L'Oreal reported a rise in first-quarter sales on Thursday, beating expectations for slower growth, as strong demand for its creams and perfume in Europe helped
April 17, 2025
Ukrainian officials say Russian forces launched a massive drone attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, killing three people, including a child
April 17, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Russia has reduced the number of its strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, but is attacking civilian infrastructure instead.
April 17, 2025
Farmers in Colombia, the world's fifth-largest banana grower, are looking to boost shipments to the European Union this year on the lucrativeness of shipping to the region, an
April 17, 2025
Traders saw the all-clear on Thursday from the European Central Bank to bet on even steeper interest rate cuts ahead, confident the central bank
April 17, 2025
U.S.
April 17, 2025
Gold, which traders have been flying to New York since December as a precaution against the possibility of broad U.S. tariffs hitting bullion imports, is being shipped back to
April 17, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday China was supplying weapons and gunpowder to Russia, the first time he
April 17, 2025
The head of the U.K. Equality and Human Rights Commission says a Supreme Court ruling will exclude transgender women from women’s toilets, hospital wards and sports teams
April 17, 2025
Judges at the International Criminal Court have asked Hungary to explain why it failed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest earlier this month
April 17, 2025
Pope Francis has visited Rome’s main prison and kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least fortunate
April 17, 2025
Russia's richest people saw their wealth rise by more than 8% to $625.5 billion over the past year, with at least 146 billionaires listed by the Forbes Russian-language list of the
April 17, 2025
Some European Central Bank policymakers see a high chance of a further interest rate cut in June as a trade war and the associated market turmoil dent the economic outlook, four
April 17, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron is to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's past with its former Caribbean colony, but he made no mention of the possibility of
April 17, 2025
Four teams are left in the Champions League
April 17, 2025
Rafael Nadal will be honored at the French Open with a tribute on Court Philippe-Chatrier during the opening day on May 25
April 17, 2025
Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, paid a surprise visit on Thursday to Rome's Regina Coeli, one of Italy's most overcrowded prisons, to
April 17, 2025
Swiss engineering group ABB is expanding its local production in the United States and other countries to mitigate the impact of tariffs imposed by U.S.
April 17, 2025
Russian forces are trying out a new tactic of larger-scale assaults involving several hundred troops, according to Ukraine's military, as Kyiv girds for
April 17, 2025
German police raid home of teenage boy suspected of making highly toxic warfare agent
April 17, 2025
European governments urgently need to ease tensions with the United States over President Donald Trump's tariffs, LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault said
April 17, 2025
The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the seventh time in a year on Thursday and warned that economic growth will take a big hit
April 16, 2025
It happens every spring along a section of road north of Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg: Volunteers, some in yellow vests, patrol near the Sestroretsk Bog natural reserve, and become crossing guards for thousands of toads and frogs
April 17, 2025
Restaurant chain faces outrage after carving up 500-year-old oak tree
April 17, 2025
Barcelona player Mapi León banned for two matches after appearing to touch the groin of an opponent
April 17, 2025
The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the seventh time in a year on Thursday, looking to prop up an already struggling euro zone economy that will take a knock from U.S.
April 17, 2025
Ukraine's central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at 15.5% on Thursday and said it expected consumer price inflation to start declining this summer.
April 17, 2025
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani told Russian President Vladimir Putin at talks in the Kremlin on Thursday that Syria's new leader was keen to build
April 17, 2025
European shares closed slightly lower on Thursday after the European Central Bank eased borrowing rates as expected, while investors
April 17, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with U.S.
April 17, 2025
Italy will meet NATO's 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) target on defence spending this year through a series of accounting changes, Economy
April 17, 2025
The European Central Bank cut interest rates Thursday for the seventh time to counter worries about economic growth fueled by President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught
April 17, 2025
European Central Bank cuts interest rates as tariffs threaten the economy
April 17, 2025
The European Central Bank cut interest rates as expected on Thursday, easing for the seventh time in the past year as U.S. tariffs and faltering business confidence sap already
April 17, 2025
LVMH shareholders on Thursday voted to allow Bernard Arnault, 76, to remain at the helm of the world's largest luxury group until he's 85.
April 17, 2025
Jonathan Anderson will create the June collection for Dior Men's Fashion, LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault said on Thursday at the group's annual meeting with shareholders.
April 17, 2025
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets As the Federal Reserve takes a hawkish turn in the face of another Wall Street
April 17, 2025
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that Estonia's adoption of legal amendments allowing the country's navy to use force against foreign vessels
April 17, 2025
Moldova's parliament voted on Thursday to hold parliamentary elections in September, a poll that is expected to be closely fought and could significantly reduce the number of
April 17, 2025
The year started well but worsened from March due to economic turmoil linked to tariffs, the head of French luxury group LVMH said on Thursday.
April 17, 2025
The German parliament has kept the ambassadors of Russia and Belarus off its guest list for a special sitting on May 8 marking the 80th
April 17, 2025
The Kremlin on Thursday said that a meeting between the U.S., Ukraine and European countries in Paris was a chance for U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff to inform them of the current
April 17, 2025
‘I will die in there before anything happens’: Why this region of Russia produces so many MMA champions
April 17, 2025
Worries about economic growth fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught will likely push the European Central Bank to cut interest rates on Thursday for a sixth straight time to make credit more affordable for business and consumers
April 17, 2025
The Czech Republic has become fully independent of Russian oil supplies for the first time in its history, government officials said on Thursday, following the completion of
April 17, 2025
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