Russia’s European neighbors are lifting bans on landmines. Campaigners are horrified
May 11, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed restarting direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, “without preconditions,” an offer that came in response to Ukraine and its allies urging Moscow to commit to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire
May 10, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Istanbul. Following are key quotes translated into English by Reuters.
May 10, 2025
Jayson Tatum had 22 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, Payton Pritchard scored 23 points and the Boston Celtics easily got their first win in the Eastern Conference semifinals by routing the New York Knicks 115-93 on Saturday in Game 3
May 10, 2025
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner has made a solid return from his three-month doping ban by beating 99th-ranked Mariano Navone 6-3, 6-4 before an adoring home crowd at the Italian Open
May 10, 2025
France is consulting with partners on how to potentially support Ukraine in its struggle with Russia with troops, French President Emmanuel Macron told newspaper Le Parisien on
May 10, 2025
Pope Leo XIV took his first trip outside the Vatican on Saturday, heading about an hour's drive east of Rome for a visit to a Catholic shrine and stopping on
May 10, 2025
The German government will stop publishing details of military aid to Ukraine, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Saturday during a visit to Kyiv.
May 10, 2025
Authorities in northeastern Spain say a fire at a chemical factory has forced emergency services to issue health warnings to 150,000 local residents and stay-indoors orders for five nearby towns
May 10, 2025
Major European powers threw their weight behind an unconditional 30-day Ukraine ceasefire on Saturday, with the backing of U.S.
May 09, 2025
The Kremlin accused European countries on Saturday of making contradictory and confrontational statements, after European leaders backed a U.S. plan for a 30-day ceasefire in
May 10, 2025
Turkey is ready to undertake the duty to observe a possible ceasefire in Ukraine, its foreign minister said during a "coalition of the willing" call with Kyiv's partners on Saturday, a
May 10, 2025
European leaders visit Kyiv, and tell Russia: 30-day ceasefire now or face massive sanctions
May 10, 2025
The new German foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, departed for Israel on Saturday for a Middle East trip in which "critical discussions" are expected, he said when leaving Berlin.
May 10, 2025
An order was lifted on Saturday to confine around 160,000 people in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region after a fire at an industrial estate caused a toxic cloud of chlorine over a
May 10, 2025
Ukraine and European leaders agreed on Saturday to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire from May 12 with the backing of U.S.
May 10, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a three-day pause in fighting against Ukraine, but for bloodied Ukrainian
May 10, 2025
Pope Leo XIV signalled on Saturday he would continue with the vision and reforms of Pope Francis, telling the world's Catholic cardinals
May 10, 2025
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday backed a proposed unconditional 30-day ceasefire in the Russian war in Ukraine and said that the EU was ready to
May 10, 2025
Work to recover the late British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht off the coast of northern Sicily has been paused following the death of a diver involved in the
May 09, 2025
Russia would require a halt to U.S. and European arms supplies to Ukraine during any potential ceasefire, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with ABC News.
May 10, 2025
Two months ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine was ready to accept a U.S. proposal for a 30-day cease-fire, provided Russia did the same
May 10, 2025
Church bells rang out for hours in celebration at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia after one of their graduates was elected the first pope from the U.S. in the history of the Catholic Church
May 09, 2025
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Friday his country wanted to develop relations with Russia, and he derided those in the European Union who he said created obstacles to his
May 09, 2025
Federal agents investigating New York City Mayor Eric Adams were still seizing phones and applying for search warrants days before Justice Department leaders ordered prosecutors to drop the corruption case
May 09, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said North Korea’s involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war was justified, calling it an exercise of sovereign rights in defence of a “brother nation,”
May 09, 2025
The Pentagon ordered military educational institutions to pull and review any books that promote what it called "divisive concepts and gender
May 09, 2025
The Trump administration will welcome more than two dozen white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week
May 09, 2025
As Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, he spoke a few words in English.
May 09, 2025
Russia supports the implementation of a 30-day ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict, but only with due consideration of 'nuances' in the more than three-year-old war, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry
May 09, 2025
(This May 8 story has been corrected to say two-thirds of the impact is due to the direct effect of tariffs on demand for UK
May 08, 2025
In contrast to Russia’s celebrations marking 80 years since the surrender of the Nazis, European leaders agreed to set up a tribunal to try Russian leaders for Moscow’s war on Ukraine
May 09, 2025
Thousands of people rallied in Romania's capital, Bucharest, and other cities in support of the European Union on Friday, one week before a presidential election run-off that
May 09, 2025
The U.S. embassy in Kyiv warned on Friday of a "potentially significant" air attack in the coming days. "The U.S.
May 09, 2025
Russia has celebrated the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, with President Vladimir Putin presiding over a massive parade of tanks, missiles and troops through Red Square
May 09, 2025
Protesters have gathered in the Slovak capital to to demonstrate against populist Prime Minister Robert Fico’s latest trip to Russia
May 09, 2025
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has proposed that alliance members meet higher targets for defence spending by 2032, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Friday.
May 09, 2025
Margot Friedländer, a German Jew who survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp and became a high-profile witness to Nazi persecution in her final years, has died
May 09, 2025
Pentagon considers shifting Greenland to US Northern Command, sparking concerns over Trump’s ambitions for the territory
May 09, 2025
Ellen DeGeneres shares a look at her life in the country
May 09, 2025
Pope Leo XIV, the first US leader of the global Catholic Church, is a keen tennis player and a fan of AS Roma soccer club, according to a senior member of his religious order
May 09, 2025
The United States and its European allies are finalising a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine that if refused would see them jointly impose new sanctions on
May 09, 2025
It was fitting that when Pope Leo XIV was elected the Italian Open tennis tournament was being played just up the road from the Vatican
May 09, 2025
Carlos Alcaraz returned from a brief injury layoff with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Serbian qualifier Dusan Lajovic at the Italian Open
May 09, 2025
Pope Leo XIV in 2012 made comments critical of what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass media in promoting acceptance of same-sex relationships that conflicted with Catholic doctrine
May 09, 2025
England will send a record six teams into the Champions League next season
May 09, 2025
US and other allies of Ukraine pile pressure on Putin, threatening fresh sanctions if he refuses 30-day truce
May 09, 2025
A French pro-Palestinian protest group is contesting a government decision to shut it down, saying the move was politically motivated and based on "false" arguments
May 09, 2025
Italy's Moltiply Group said on Friday it was suing Alphabet's Google and seeking damages of 2.97 billion euros ($3.34 billion) for abuse of its dominant market position as previously
May 09, 2025
Cardinal Robert Prevost, of the United States, has been elected as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church and the first American pontiff in history. He will be known as Leo XIV. In his speech, which he delivered in front of a roaring crowd, he called for the Church to “build bridges” and also paid tribute to the late Pope Francis.
May 08, 2025
Ukraine says it has uncovered Hungarian spy network working in border region
May 09, 2025
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on Friday he thought the new U.S. pontiff, Pope Leo, will seek to build bridges with all world leaders, including U.S.
May 09, 2025
German legislators are demanding an explanation from a senior Social Democrat on the parliamentary committee that scrutinises the work of the intelligence services
May 09, 2025
Efforts towards securing an agreed ceasefire in Ukraine are moving in the right direction, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said on Friday, shortly after speaking
May 09, 2025
Ukraine and Hungary said on Friday they were expelling two diplomats each after each side accused the other of engaging in espionage.
May 09, 2025
A small Irish sport has become the latest battleground for female athletes protesting against their dress codes — in this case “skorts.”
May 09, 2025
Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Bush nominee who veered to the left, dies at 85
May 09, 2025
White smoke has risen above the Sistine Chapel, the signal that cardinals have chosen a new pope on the second day of the conclave.
May 08, 2025
Ugandan opposition leader and pop singer Bobi Wine said on Friday he plans to run for president for a second time and criticised the West for not speaking out more against "gross
May 09, 2025
Cardinal Robert Prevost may be the first person from the U.S. to become the head of the Catholic Church but his surprising election by the world's cardinals
May 09, 2025
Ukraine will host a meeting of leaders of the so-called "coalition of the willing" on Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
May 09, 2025
The issue of Russian gas shipments to Europe is being discussed at talks between Russia and the United States, state news agency TASS quoted a Kremlin official as saying on Friday,
May 09, 2025
Robert De Niro will receive an honorary Palme d’Or next week at the Cannes Film Festival, a culmination for the 81-year-old actor whose history with the French film festival stretches back half a century
May 09, 2025
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz did not rule out common European Union borrowing for defence during a trip to Brussels on Friday, but said it
May 09, 2025
Poland's main opposition presidential candidate was facing mounting criticism on Friday over his acquisition of an apartment from a vulnerable pensioner, as a poll showed a dip in
May 09, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S.
May 09, 2025
Pope Leo XIV was natural leader in high school, says Robert Prevost's classmate from Massachusetts
May 09, 2025
Delta Air Lines and Korean Air Lines will acquire an aggregate 25% stake in Canada's WestJet Airlines for $550 million from private equity firm Onex Corp, the U.S. carrier said on Friday.
May 09, 2025
Ukrainian troops have made further attempts to breach the Russian border in the Kursk and Belgorod regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday as President Vladimir Putin
May 09, 2025
Pope Leo has confirmed all top Vatican officials in their current roles on a temporary basis, giving him time to decide before making definitive appointments, the Vatican said
May 09, 2025
Public prosecutors in Germany have moved to strip a politician from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) of his immunity as a lawmaker after initiating a probe into bribery
May 09, 2025
The militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) made "historic decisions" at a congress this week after a call from its jailed leader to dissolve, a linked news agency said on Friday - a
May 09, 2025
The European Union's plans to cut back sustainability reporting rules could expose European companies to more climate change-related lawsuits, 31 legal scholars said
May 09, 2025
France and Poland signed a treaty on Friday to increase cooperation on defence, nuclear energy and other measures, in a sign of growing alliances between
May 09, 2025
Portugal's governing centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) kept its lead in a new opinion poll released on Friday ahead of a May 18 national election, though it
May 09, 2025
Europe threw its support on Friday behind a special tribunal to prosecute President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian officials
May 09, 2025
Two men convicted of felling UK’s famous Sycamore Gap tree
May 09, 2025
Putin, Xi and friendly world leaders celebrate Russia’s Victory Day at Moscow Parade
May 09, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a rare visit to Russia's embassy in Pyongyang with his daughter on Friday and reaffirmed "the invincible alliance" between the two
May 09, 2025
Pope Leo said on Friday he hoped that his election can help the Catholic Church bring light to the "dark nights of this world" as he delivered his first Mass since being
May 09, 2025
Volkswagen's premium brand Audi, which has no production in the United States, expects current trade talks between Brussels and Washington to provide some level of clarity over
May 09, 2025
Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two on Friday with a major military parade
May 08, 2025
Romania's hard-right presidential frontrunner George Simion said in a televised debate that the EU and NATO state should be compensated for the aid it has provided to
May 09, 2025
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday she would only go to the White House for "a solution" on trade tariffs, reacting to a question related to
May 09, 2025
Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur seek to salvage tough domestic seasons in Europa League final
May 09, 2025
Following are reactions from notable figures to the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday.
May 08, 2025
British foreign minister David Lammy will on Friday meet with his Ukrainian counterpart and 17 other foreign ministers in Lviv, western Ukraine, to confirm their support for the
May 09, 2025
Russia on Friday paraded combat drones that its forces use in the war in Ukraine on Moscow's Red Square in what state TV said was a first.
May 09, 2025
Taiwan criticised Russia and China on Friday for distorting World War Two history, saying Chinese communist forces made "no substantial contribution" to fighting
May 09, 2025
The euro zone's fight to bring inflation back to the 2% target is on track but the growth environment is deteriorating, with a global trade war creating a significant risk in the
May 09, 2025
Wirecard fugitive Jan Marsalek and the leader of a British-based Russian spy ring discussed sourcing drones for Russia's war in Ukraine, trading
May 09, 2025
Britain on Friday announced a package of sanctions aimed at Russia, including placing asset freezes on several directors of oil trading company Coral Energy Group, which is now known
May 09, 2025
Commerzbank, fending off a possible takeover by Italy's UniCredit, said on Friday that net profit rose nearly 12% in the first quarter, beating
May 09, 2025
Leon Draisaitl took a pass from Connor McDavid and scored off the rush at 15:20 of overtime to give the Edmonton Oilers a 5-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night and a 2-0 lead in the second-round series
May 09, 2025
The United States is coming round to an understanding of Russia's positions on key issues including the Ukraine conflict, a top Kremlin aide said on Thursday.
May 08, 2025
Ukrainians on front line say Russians keep breaking Putin’s ceasefire
May 09, 2025
For Manchester United or Tottenham, a miserable campaign will end in Europa League glory
May 08, 2025
President Donald Trump says he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job
May 08, 2025
Gaza's tiny Christian community said that they were happy about the election of a new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, adding they were also confident he would give
May 08, 2025
Britain's King Charles said on Thursday the world had a duty to commit to seeking lasting peace and preventing warfare in a speech to mark the end of four days of commemorations for
May 08, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he told U.S.
May 08, 2025
Robert Prevost elected as first American pope and takes the name Leo XIV
May 08, 2025
Two advocacy groups have filed a federal lawsuit asking the courts to halt new Trump Administration vetting procedures for reuniting children who crossed into the U.S. without their parents
May 08, 2025
Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that his government could be relied upon for continued support against Russia's invasion, in
May 08, 2025
U.S.
May 08, 2025
Experts, human rights workers and lawyers criticized reports of plans to deport migrants from the U.S. to Libya
May 08, 2025
Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV
May 08, 2025
Americans in St. Peter’s Square were stunned and joyous when they learned that an American cardinal, Robert Provost, was elected pope and had taken the name Leo XIV
May 08, 2025
Pope Leo XIV's choice of name signals a commitment to social justice, very much in line with the late Pope Francis’ global ministry
May 08, 2025
U.S. law firm Susman Godfrey asked a judge in Washington on Thursday to permanently bar President Donald Trump's executive order against it, calling the
May 08, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday secured a second trade pact in three days through a deal with U.S.
May 08, 2025
British Airways owner IAG plans to place an order for around 30 long-haul jets from Airbus as part of a wide-body order split between the European planemaker and its U.S. rival
May 08, 2025
The following is the full first speech of Pope Leo XIV, given from the central balcony of St.
May 08, 2025
The European drugs regulator said on Thursday its safety panel has confirmed suicidal thoughts as a side effect of anti-hair-loss drug finasteride and its generic versions, following an EU-
May 08, 2025
Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and U.S.
May 08, 2025
Russia and Ukraine have both reported attacks on their forces on the first day of a 72-hour ceasefire called by President Vladimir Putin
May 08, 2025
For Mike Sullivan, the latest coach of the New York Rangers, there will be many priorities in taking over a team that missed the playoffs a season after winning the Presidents’ Trophy
May 08, 2025
The Trump administration announced a trade deal with the United Kingdom Thursday in grandiose terms, but with only limited details about what it achieves
May 08, 2025
Britain's farmers union gave Thursday's U.S.-UK economic deal a mixed reception, welcoming the retention of British food standards on U.S. imports and reciprocal market access for
May 08, 2025
Robert Prevost, the choice of the world's Catholic cardinals to serve as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Church, is the first pope from the United States
May 08, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated new pope Leo on his election on Thursday and said he trusted that constructive dialogue would be maintained, based on Christian values,
May 08, 2025
Italian spirits group Campari, posted a decline in revenue and adjusted operating profit in the first quarter, well below analysts expectations, partly due to the uncertainty about
May 08, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Pope Leo on his election to head the Catholic Church on Thursday, and said it "is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope."
May 08, 2025
The European Union has published a list of U.S. imports to target with retaliatory duties if no solution is found to end President Donald Trump’s tariff war
May 08, 2025
Europe is marking one of its most joyous days in history
May 08, 2025
Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day — the day Nazi Germany surrendered to Allied forces
May 06, 2025
President Donald Trump’s push to eliminate diversity initiatives on college campuses didn’t stop minority students at the University of Kentucky from staging their own celebration
May 08, 2025
White smoke from the Sistine Chapel signals a new pope has been elected.
May 08, 2025
Josaia Raisuqe, Olympic rugby silver medalist from Paris 2024, dies at age 30 in road accident
May 08, 2025
Governments must act now to stop the horrors in Gaza, the director-general of the Red Cross said on Thursday, adding that the suffering there was reaching a point where it "
May 08, 2025
Nestle has hired Rothschild to advise on the sale of its water division later this year, four people familiar with the matter told
May 08, 2025
A bilateral trade deal between India and the United Kingdom could be signed after three months and will take over a year to implement, an Indian government
May 08, 2025
U.S. energy groups are asking President Donald Trump's administration to exempt liquefied natural gas tankers from a new rule
May 07, 2025
The United States and Britain announced a deal to lower tariffs on some goods on Thursday, with U.S. levies on cars and steel being cut and both sides gaining better
May 08, 2025
JP Morgan has bolstered its green finance and advisory offering in Europe with a new division head to support clients across renewable energy and green technology
May 08, 2025
The European Commission opened a public consultation on Thursday on products which could be hit by its new counter-measures to U.S. tariffs should negotiations with
May 08, 2025
Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday in favour of ratifying a minerals deal signed with the United States, an agreement Kyiv hopes will secure
May 08, 2025
Ukraine's foreign minister said on Thursday Russia had repeatedly violated its own 3-day ceasefire hours after it began and called the initiative a "
May 07, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Thursday their two countries should be "friends of steel", as they pledged to raise cooperation to a
May 08, 2025
The European Commission on Thursday proposed countermeasures on up to 95 billion euros ($107.2 billion) of U.S. imports if negotiations with Washington fail to
May 08, 2025
Israel's plans to evacuate Palestinians from Gaza would amount to illegal forceful displacement, would lead to more violence and would undermine efforts to create a
May 08, 2025
With a frost covering Europe's energy relations with Russia, officials from Washington and Moscow have held discussions about the U.S.
May 08, 2025
Jurors have begun deliberating in the case of two men charged with cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree in northern England
May 08, 2025
The X social media platform has blocked access to jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s X social media account in Turkey, complying with a Turkish court order
May 08, 2025
A recovery in the currently subdued U.S. residential construction market will inevitably take longer due to interest rates and inflation potentially staying higher for longer, the
May 08, 2025
The Bank of England cuts interest rates as tariffs endanger global economic growth
May 08, 2025
Germany's domestic spy agency BfV has paused its classification of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist organisation in what the AfD on Thursday called
May 08, 2025
President Donald Trump is adopting a tougher approach towards Russia to secure the ceasefire he promised when he took office after becoming "really aligned" with
May 08, 2025
EU antitrust regulators are seeking feedback from companies and Europeans on their proposed overhaul of merger rules which telecom providers hope will place more
May 08, 2025
Europe's central banks stood in stark contrast to their U.S. counterpart on Thursday, cutting interest rates or hinting at policy easing to
May 08, 2025
Xi and Putin agree to ‘deepen’ China-Russia ties during Moscow talks
May 08, 2025
Bill Gates is pledging 99% of his remaining fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will spend it all within 20 years
May 08, 2025
Slovakia's prime minister embarked on a circuitous route to Moscow on Thursday to attend Russia's World War 2 victory parade after Lithuania shut its airspace to flights carrying him to
May 08, 2025
A 10-carat blue diamond which could fetch $20 million when it goes under the hammer later this month was presented by auction house Sotheby's in Geneva on Thursday.
May 08, 2025
The Ukrainian parliament ratified a milestone minerals deal with the United States on Thursday, lawmakers said.
May 08, 2025
It’s a Champions League final few could have predicted
May 08, 2025
Putin’s 3-day ceasefire comes into effect, but Ukraine claims Russia already broke it
May 07, 2025
Black smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday, signalling that cardinals meeting in a secret conclave did not elect a new pope during
May 08, 2025
Ukraine is starting to consider a shift away from the U.S. dollar, possibly linking its currency more closely to the euro amid the splintering
May 07, 2025
German chipmaker Infineon Technologies reported stable order intake on Thursday but lowered its full-year revenue outlook due to uncertainty over global tariff disputes. U.S.
May 08, 2025
The European Commission said on Thursday it had disbursed the fourth tranche of its exceptional macro-financial assistance (MFA) loan to Ukraine worth 1 billion euros ($1.1
May 08, 2025
Press freedom has been stifled in Greece since Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' conservative government came to power in 2019, with phone malware and aggressive lawsuits used
May 08, 2025
German automotive supplier Robert Bosch said on Thursday it would not be able to estimate the impact of tariffs on its business until late in the year, and predicted 2025 sales to
May 08, 2025
Norway said on Thursday it would seek to deepen security ties with Nordic neighbours and major European allies, bolstering protections against a resurgent Russia and signalling a
May 08, 2025
Foreign workers accounted for much of the euro zone's economic growth since the pandemic and could help the bloc overcome the economic constraints of an ageing and shrinking
May 08, 2025
Ukraine has discussed ways to pressure Russia into agreeing to a 30-day ceasefire with U.S., French, British and German senior officials, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's top aide said
May 08, 2025
Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis
May 08, 2025
The British pound was steady on Thursday after a report said that U.S.
May 08, 2025
German exports rose more than expected in March as U.S. demand increased in anticipation of U.S. tariffs and a gain in industrial production also beat expectations,
May 08, 2025
Instacart head Fidji Simo will step down to join OpenAI as its chief of applications, CEO and co-founder Sam Altman said on Thursday, adding she will report to him and that he will remain
May 08, 2025
Syrian president says his government is holding indirect talks with Israel
May 08, 2025
Taiwan and Europe face the same threat from authoritarianism, President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday, marking 80 years since the end of World War Two in Europe and
May 08, 2025
Hardly any other country marks the end of World War II with the same fanfare and fervor as Russia, for which the victory over Nazi Germany 80 years ago remains a source of immense pride and a defining moment of history
May 08, 2025
Albania’s main opposition leader has hired Trump-linked campaign consultants and a lobbying firm to help him in the country's May 11 parliamentary election
May 08, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to promise on Thursday that his government will deliver a "defence dividend" for voters, framing an increase in military spending
May 07, 2025
Xi Jinping arrives in Moscow as Putin’s ‘guest of honor’ ahead of Victory Day military parade
May 07, 2025
The United States said
May 07, 2025
Anne Frank tree planted at Seton Hill University, "A beautiful symbol of growth and renewal."
May 07, 2025
British Steel said on Wednesday it would hire over 180 new staff as it prepares to ramp up production following the British government's operational seizure of the group from its
May 07, 2025
Ex-model takes the stand in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial. The prior jury never heard about her
May 07, 2025
Paris Saint-Germain weathered one attack after another and showed remarkable adaptability to hold off and defeat an inspired Arsenal 2-1 to reach the Champions League final
May 07, 2025
Federal officials have released images showing a helicopter as it broke apart midair and crashed in New York last month, killing six people
May 07, 2025
Police investigating after hundreds of 'white power' flyers were found
May 07, 2025
In an interview with the BBC, former President Joe Biden criticized President Donald Trump for suggesting Ukraine may have to give up territory in exchange for peace, calling it a “modern-day appeasement,” in reference to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s efforts to appease Adolf Hitler as he sought to annex land in the 1930s.
May 07, 2025
France's president said on Wednesday he would urge the EU to end sanctions on Syria when they come up for renewal in June and lobby the U.S. to
May 07, 2025
One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis
May 07, 2025
Venezuela's interior minister on Wednesday said the exit of Venezuelan opposition members from Argentina's diplomatic residence in Caracas was negotiated, after the opposition said the
May 07, 2025
U.S.
May 07, 2025
Cardinals fail to pick new pope on day one of the conclave
May 07, 2025
President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation designating Thursday as a day for the United States to celebrate victory during World War II
May 07, 2025
Romania's hard-right presidential frontrunner George Simion will win the May 18 run-off vote against centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, an opinion survey showed on Wednesday,
May 07, 2025
The European Commission has proposed listing 15 additional new entities and individuals to its sanctions framework on Russian hybrid threats as well as individuals
May 07, 2025
Vance says Russia ‘asking for too much’ in concessions, while Trump says decisions ‘have to be made’ soon
May 07, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday signed a strategic partnership agreement in a ceremony shown on state TV.
May 07, 2025
Police said on Wednesday they had detained a 22-year-old Polish man after he killed one person with an axe at Warsaw University, in an attack the institution described as a "huge
May 07, 2025
U.S.
May 07, 2025
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa says that his country is holding indirect talks with Israel to prevent recent hostilities from getting out of control
May 07, 2025
A prosecutor says two men who cut down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England did it for a laugh
May 07, 2025
Vice President JD Vance says Russia was “asking for too much” in its initial peace offer as the United States looks to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine
May 07, 2025
Poland will not accept groups of illegal migrants being sent onto its territory, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, after Germany said that it would reject undocumented
May 07, 2025
A federal judge instructed the Trump administration on Wednesday to detail the legal precedent for its plan to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist whose presence in
May 07, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron said he would pursue the progressive lifting of European Union sanctions against Syria if Syria stuck to its current path, and added he would lobby
May 07, 2025
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone on Wednesday with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to convey his solidarity after India hit Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir
May 07, 2025
Russia has never opposed a ceasefire in Ukraine, Russian state-run news agencies reported on Wednesday, citing foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
May 07, 2025
The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat has conceded last November’s election to the Democratic incumbent
May 07, 2025
Israeli authorities have ordered six United Nations schools for the children of Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem to close this week
May 07, 2025
The 2025 ski season may be over but the build-up to next year's Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina continues to ramp up. The torch for the Games has been unveiled and test events have already taken place at some of the venues. Three stars who've tasted the heady success of winning gold at a Winter Olympics – Lindsey Vonn, Eileen Gu and Maria Höfl-Riesch – have all each had their own unique experience of Milan-Cortina. They joined CNN's Amanda Davies at the recent Laureus World Sports Awards in Madrid for a special Winter Olympics panel.
May 07, 2025
The recovery of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's superyacht from the waters off the coast of northern Sicily is expected to
May 07, 2025
Airbus said on Wednesday it delivered 56 aircraft in April, down 8% from the same month of last year.
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Supporters of two French citizens held in Iran for three years staged rallies on Wednesday to demand their release as France's foreign ministry said it would soon file a legal
May 07, 2025
The Republican chairman of the U.S.
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Russian air defence forces downed 12 Ukrainian drones flying towards Moscow, the city's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on Wednesday.
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Russian authorities say drone attacks by Ukraine have caused flight disruption at Moscow’s main airports for a third straight day
May 07, 2025
Friedrich Merz has plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor
May 07, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting heads of states for festivities Friday marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II
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Chinese President Xi Jinping flew into Moscow on Wednesday for talks with President Vladimir Putin and a pomp-filled visit that Kyiv has made clear it
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The doors of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican were closed on Wednesday, signalling the start of a secret conclave where 133 cardinals from around the world will elect a new
May 07, 2025
The European Union's health regulator said on Wednesday it was reviewing French drugmaker Valneva's chikungunya vaccine after reports of serious side effects in older adults.
May 07, 2025
Lithuania has closed its airspace to flights carrying the Slovak and Serbian leaders to Moscow for its World War Two victory parade, President Gitanas Nauseda said
May 07, 2025
Germany's new chancellor Friedrich Merz signalled a new start in relations with European partners France and
May 07, 2025
Carmaker Stellantis will cut up to 500 jobs through voluntary exits at its Melfi assembly plant in southern Italy, which employs around 5,000 people, the Fiom-Cgil union said on Wednesday
May 07, 2025
NYPD investigating release of Palestinian woman’s sealed records to ICE
May 07, 2025
Students at Chicago Catholic school learn valuable lessons in mock conclave
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German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt issued an order on Wednesday to reject undocumented migrants, including asylum seekers, at the country's borders, on the first day of work
May 07, 2025
U.S.
May 07, 2025
Russia marks on Friday the 80th anniversary of the Soviet and allied victory over Nazi Germany, though there are fears that Ukraine may
May 07, 2025
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 42 people convicted of "extremist offences", state news agency BELTA reported on Wednesday.
May 07, 2025
Mistral AI on Wednesday launched its Le Chat chatbot for corporate use, and its CEO said the French startup has tripled its revenue in the last 100 days,
May 07, 2025
An Italian judge has dismissed a case against Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis for alleged rape, his lawyers said on Wednesday.
May 07, 2025
Airlines including United Airlines and Korean Air re-routed or cancelled flights and about a dozen Indian airports
May 07, 2025
After months of negotiations, Bulgaria and Greece have signed a five-year water deal, the Bulgarian foreign ministry confirmed on
May 07, 2025
The European Union renewed an urgent call on Wednesday for Israel to immediately lift the blockade on Gaza, allowing humanitarian aid to reach those in need, and warned against
May 07, 2025
Turkey and the United Kingdom agreed to hold the first round of negotiations to modernize and expand the scope of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between them by end-July, Turkish
May 07, 2025
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday resumed his flight to Moscow for Russia's parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory in World War Two after his plane was halted in Baku
May 07, 2025
Thyssenkrupp's steel unit said on Wednesday that it has reached an agreement in principle with the IG Metall union around the planned restructuring of Germany's largest steel
May 07, 2025
ATHENS - Greece backs an Arab plan for the reconstruction of Gaza once a ceasefire is achieved, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday.
May 07, 2025
Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Estonia are rolling out offline card payment systems to provide a back-up if internet connections are lost, including due to
May 07, 2025
All members of the European Union must boost their defence spending to fill gaps in the bloc's capabilities and secure continued support for Ukraine, Germany's new Chancellor
May 07, 2025
France and Germany are in close contact in their unwavering support for Ukraine and will continue to work towards a 30-day ceasefire, French president Emmanuel Macron said on
May 07, 2025
The European Commission said in a statement it had decided to take the Czech Republic, Spain, Cyprus, Poland and Portugal to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to
May 07, 2025
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia was doing everything necessary to ensure the security of upcoming events to mark the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies in World War
May 07, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Moscow on Wednesday and the two leaders will sign a strategic partnership agreement, the
May 07, 2025
A European Commission spokesperson said on Wednesday that China continues to be the key enabler of Russia's war in Ukraine and that without China's support, Russia would not be
May 07, 2025
Aerospace companies are preparing for the next chapter in a new trade war as the European Union draws up expected counter-measures against Boeing jets in
May 07, 2025
European nations want to spend big on artillery, missiles and drones, but costly military pension commitments risk constraining those ambitious plans, according to
May 07, 2025
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is seeking a drastic increase in the country's annual defence budget to over 60 billion
May 07, 2025
Britain on Wednesday said it was urging India and Pakistan to show restraint and engage in dialogue following the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed
May 07, 2025
‘Proud of you’: Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son earns first call-up for Portugal Under-15 national team
May 07, 2025
A fighter jet belonging to the Finnish Air Force crashed near an airport in northern Finland on Wednesday, the country's military said, adding that the pilot had ejected from the
May 07, 2025
Romanian debt managers curbed local debt sale plans on Wednesday amid a slide in the leu currency since hard-right
May 07, 2025
Three Israeli hostages in Gaza previously thought to be living may be dead, leaving 21 definitely believed to be alive, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday,
May 07, 2025
Activity in Britain's construction sector contracted for a fourth month in a row in April as new work dried up while cost pressures remained high, an industry
May 07, 2025
Italian retail sales fell 0.5% in March from the month before, data showed on Wednesday, following a 0.1% rise in February.
May 07, 2025
New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed concern about Israel's plans to take over the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza and said his new foreign minister would travel
May 07, 2025
BMW expects U.S. car tariffs to decline from July, based on its contacts with U.S. officials, a more upbeat assessment of the trade
May 07, 2025
Jewellery maker Pandora has been gaining market share in the United States and plans to keep investing to win over new customers
May 07, 2025
Former U.S.
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Twenty-three-year-old Joshua Steel found a "great sense of peace" that he couldn't find anywhere else when he started attending Catholic Mass in Britain.
May 07, 2025
Switzerland will host the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time since 1989 next week, amid familiar political criticism over LGBTQ+ rights and the participation
May 07, 2025
German industrial orders rose more than expected in March, posting their first increase this year and potentially pointing to an improvement in the sluggish sector if
May 07, 2025
Mobile group Vodafone said on Wednesday finance chief Luka Mucic will be stepping down from his role by early next year, adding that a search for his successor is ongoing.
May 07, 2025
Twelve of the largest European telecoms firms urged regulators on Wednesday to allocate more spectrum for mobile services, warning Europe risks falling behind the U.S
May 07, 2025
Ukraine attacked Moscow with drones for a third day on Wednesday forcing most of the Russian capital's airports to close just as Chinese President Xi Jinping was due to arrive to
May 07, 2025
India launched strikes on Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday, an assault its neighbour called a "blatant act of war" as tension spirals between the nuclear-armed rivals
May 07, 2025
Russia launched an intense drone and missile attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing a mother and her son in the capital, amid
May 07, 2025
When President Donald Trump returned to the White House, among the numerous immigration-related executive orders he signed was one suspending the country’s refugee program
May 07, 2025
Inter Milan beat Barcelona 4-3 after extra time in another rollercoaster encounter to reach a second Champions League final in three years
May 06, 2025
Nationwide rioting that shook Britain last summer was not coordinated by specific groups, but police must do more to counter false narratives online to avoid similar events in
May 06, 2025
Iran's foreign ministry rejected accusations brought by Britain following the weekend arrest of seven Iranians in two separate counter-terrorism operations, state media reported on
May 06, 2025
Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not end the groundswell of support for it, noting it was key
May 06, 2025
The Trump administration will fold the office that manages Washington's relations with Palestinians into the U.S.
May 06, 2025
A daily newspaper and officials say Turkey’s intelligence service thwarted a remote attack with pagers last year in Lebanon
May 06, 2025
There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.”
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Ukrainian drones attack Moscow, temporarily halting flights ahead of major military parade
May 06, 2025
Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader, Angela Merkel
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German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament on Tuesday in a second round of voting after an unprecedented
May 06, 2025
Malta's government said on Tuesday it would carry out repairs in international waters on a humanitarian aid ship which was reportedly bombed by two drones early on Friday.
May 06, 2025
Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded in becoming Germany’s next chancellor
May 06, 2025
All four international airports around Moscow temporarily suspended flights as Russia said its forces intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones
May 06, 2025
The dollar fell broadly on Tuesday on worries that U.S.
May 06, 2025
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday the people of Greenland should be able to make their own choices free from external pressure, following repeated Trump
May 06, 2025
Authorities in Belarus have opened a criminal case against the 78-year-old activist who became the face of the country’s pro-democracy protests in 2020
May 06, 2025
Merz appointed German chancellor hours after unprecedented parliamentary defeat
May 06, 2025
Tesla sales plunge across Europe
May 06, 2025
Roughly a week after Donald Trump started his second term as president, the U.S. military issued an order to
May 06, 2025
The Tower of London was adorned with a flood of ceramic poppies as part of Britain's commemorations for the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, in a display which was visited
May 06, 2025
Friedrich Merz's unprecedented first-round failure in the vote to make him German chancellor on Tuesday gave a boost to the far-right AfD, which
May 06, 2025
Cardinals have wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings before they enter the conclave to elect a new pope
May 06, 2025
Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has raised doubts about his new government’s ability to carry through on plans to push Europe’s largest economy out of stagnation
May 06, 2025
Skype users are scrambling to find an alternative after Microsoft shut down the pioneering internet phone service which let people make cheap long distance calls and chat with other users
May 06, 2025
Britain and India clinched a long-coveted free trade pact on Tuesday after tariff turmoil sparked by U.S.
May 06, 2025
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament on Tuesday in a second round of voting after his new alliance with the centre-left Social Democrats
May 06, 2025
One of Germany's most senior clerics, part of the conclave gathering to elect a new pope, must pay 26,000 euros ($29,500) to a charity to settle an allegation of perjury linked to a
May 06, 2025
Growing numbers of retailers and consumer brands are shifting their focus to Europe and other markets from the United States, as they expect U.S. tariffs to spark price
May 06, 2025
Workers in Spain may soon have 2.5 more hours of weekly rest after the government approved a bill that would reduce the workweek from 40 hours to 37.5 hours
May 06, 2025
Romania's hard-right presidential frontrunner George Simion said on Tuesday that if elected he would propose compensatory measures to U.S.
May 06, 2025
Ferrari first fully electric model will hit the streets in October 2026, its CEO said on Tuesday as the luxury sports car maker posted a 15% rise in first-quarter
May 06, 2025
Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday swapped 205 prisoners of war each, the Russian Defence ministry said in a statement.
May 06, 2025
Twenty-nine world leaders, including China's Xi Jinping, are expected to attend World War Two Victory Day commemorations in Moscow in the coming days, Yuri Ushakov, a Kremlin
May 06, 2025
Fact check: Trump makes more false claims about Canada in advance of meeting with prime minister
May 06, 2025
The European Commission proposed adding more individuals and over 100 vessels linked to Russia's shadow fleet to its 17th package of sanctions against Moscow, EU
May 06, 2025
The European Union and United Kingdom will agree to hold annual summits to take stock of their bilateral relationship, according to a draft statement prepared for an upcoming
May 06, 2025
The European Union plans to hit about 100 billion euros ($113.26 billion) worth of U.S. goods with additional tariffs if trade talks fail to deliver a satisfactory result for the bloc,
May 06, 2025
In early April, Argentex's chief executive Jim Ormonde and chief financial officer Guy Rudolph were buying shares in the
May 06, 2025
Swiss lender UBS Group and U.S. investment firm General Atlantic have agreed to make a joint push into the booming market for private credit, the companies said on Tuesday in the
May 06, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday discussed the progress talks between Iran and the United States with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, the Kremlin said.
May 06, 2025
Lawyers for Prince Harry were back in court in London on Tuesday, days after he lost a legal fight with the government over his security arrangements
May 06, 2025
Jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is fighting a series of legal battles on charges of corruption, insulting officials and terrorism links amid a widening crackdown on the
May 06, 2025
Vatican to deactivate mobile phone signal ahead of secret meeting to elect new pope
May 06, 2025
Lindsey Vonn says she proved to herself and her doubters that ‘I deserve to be here’ after skiing return
May 06, 2025
ICE and other agents conduct at least 12 recent arrests at courthouses. Experts warn some may stop showing up to court
May 06, 2025
The European Union is under no pressure to accept an unfair tariff deal with the United States, its trade chief said on Tuesday, adding that it was being contacted by other
May 06, 2025
Poland is facing an unprecedented attempt by Russia to interfere in its presidential election, the digital affairs minister said on Tuesday, as the first round of
May 06, 2025
Tesla's new car sales in Britain and Germany plummeted to their lowest in over two years in April, falling 62% and 46% year-on-year respectively, even as demand for
May 06, 2025
German shares trimmed early losses on Tuesday after conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor during a second vote in parliament after an
May 06, 2025
The European Commission will next month propose a ban on new Russian gas deals by the end of this year, and a ban on imports under existing contracts
May 06, 2025
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) supports a second vote in parliament for chancellor taking place on Wednesday, the party co-leader said after conservative leader
May 06, 2025
Tesla's sales volume in Germany nearly halved in April, German road traffic agency KBA said on Tuesday, even as sales of battery electric vehicles rose overall.
May 06, 2025
Friedrich Merz's failure on Tuesday to win the required absolute majority in parliament to be elected chancellor of Germany leaves him weakened but not yet
May 06, 2025
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russian forces still planned to cease fire in Ukraine from May 8-10 as per President Vladimir Putin's orders, but would respond if Ukrainian forces
May 06, 2025
Italian luxury sports carmaker Lamborghini reported on Tuesday a 29.6% jump in revenue to 895.2 million euros, driven by strong global demand for its new hybrid models, the Revuelto and
May 06, 2025
Ukraine has detained a gang, including two border guard officers, suspected of charging men about $15,000 dollars each to get them out of the country to dodge the military draft, law
May 06, 2025
The Swiss National Bank is ready to intervene in the foreign currency markets and cut interest rates even below zero to prevent inflation falling below its price
May 06, 2025
President Xi Jinping said China was ready to work with European Union leaders to expand mutual openness and properly handle frictions and differences, the official news agency
May 06, 2025
Ukraine's military has stabilised the sector of the frontline around the town of Pokrovsk, where Russian forces have been attacking for months, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine's top
May 06, 2025
Italy's services sector expanded for a fifth month running in April and at a faster pace than the month before, driven by a boost in new business, a survey showed on Tuesday.
May 06, 2025
Romania’s interim president has appointed a new prime minister
May 06, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron will host a meeting with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Paris on Wednesday, the French presidency said on Tuesday.
May 06, 2025
European online fashion retailer Zalando reported first-quarter revenue that was stronger than expected thanks to additional customers and a good start to spring and
May 06, 2025
Conservative Friedrich Merz is set to be sworn in on Tuesday as Germany's new chancellor at a critical juncture as the economy battles its longest post-war downturn,
May 06, 2025
Dutch healthcare technology company Philips on Tuesday cut its profit margin forecast for 2025, citing a net impact from tariffs of between 250 and 300 million euros (
May 06, 2025
U.S.
May 06, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Investors are easing off heavy selling of the U.S. dollar after the Taiwan dollar led a dizzying surge in Asian currencies
May 06, 2025
A Ukrainian drone attack forced Moscow to close its airports for several hours, Russian officials said on Tuesday, before President Vladimir Putin will host several leaders to
May 05, 2025
Turkey's Halkbank asked the U.S.
May 05, 2025
Before he died, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be converted into a mobile health unit to serve the children of Gaza, officials said Monday
May 05, 2025
Romania's prime minister has announced his resignation, a day after the governing coalition’s joint candidate failed to advance to the runoff in the rerun of the presidential election
May 05, 2025
Norway's $1.8 trillion wealth fund should divest from all companies that aid Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories, a leader at Norway's powerful LO trade
May 05, 2025
Britain's King Charles and other senior royals joined veterans and crowds to watch a grand military parade and flypast at the start of four days of commemorations marking the 80th
May 05, 2025
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned his post on Monday after the candidate backed by his pro-Western coalition failed to make it to the run-off in a presidential
May 05, 2025
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned on Monday, a day after a far-right opposition leader won the first round of the presidential
May 05, 2025
Trump says he is directing Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz to house ‘ruthless and violent offenders’
May 05, 2025
A 100-year-old Royal Air Force veteran accepted the thanks of a nation Monday as Britain paused to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day
May 05, 2025
Scoring three away goals should make Inter Milan feel confident heading into the return leg of its Champions League semifinal against Barcelona
May 05, 2025
All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican said on
May 05, 2025
Romania faces a wave of online disinformation ahead of a presidential election runoff this month in which
May 05, 2025
Commerzbank employee representatives are calling on staff to protest against a possible takeover by the Italian bank UniCredit, signalling that resistance to any deal
May 05, 2025
Dutch police arrested five pro-Palestine protesters on Monday during a World War Two anniversary event in Wageningen, central Netherlands.
May 05, 2025
Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse conclave in history
May 05, 2025
The top United Nations court has dismissed a case brought by Sudan accusing the United Arab Emirates of breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s deadly civil war
May 05, 2025
Authorities say a 17-year-old Polish student has been arrested in Greece in connection with the killing of a 16-year-old girl in Poland
May 05, 2025
Throughout history, there has been no shortage of outside attempts to influence the outcome of a conclave to elect a new pope, either by European monarchs,
May 05, 2025
Italian fashion group OTB, which owns brands such as Diesel, Jil Sander and Maison Margiela, is assessing the extent of price increases in the United States if trade tariffs are
May 05, 2025
The Czech Republic will expand training for Ukrainian pilots and maintain a programme to deliver artillery ammunition to Ukraine, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Monday, after
May 05, 2025
Three police officers were killed and at least four people were injured when gunmen opened fire on police in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Monday, regional authorities
May 05, 2025
Four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka wins first title since becoming a mother
May 05, 2025
Microsoft Chairman Brad Smith has told the European Commission his company will abide by European rules regardless of whether it agrees with them or not, the
May 05, 2025
Spanish authorities say that thousands of rail passengers in Spain have been hit with delays after copper cables used in the signaling system of a high-speed line traveling south from Madrid to Seville were stolen at five locations
May 05, 2025
George Simion, a nationalist and vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has won Romania’s first-round presidential election after capitalizing on widespread anti-establishment sentiment
May 05, 2025
Minnesota doctor taking prosthetics to amputees in Ukraine
May 05, 2025
British royal family watches military parade marking start of VE Day events in London
May 05, 2025
Volvo Cars' Novo Energy said on Monday it will cut its workforce by 50% to reduce costs after an evaluation of its business following the bankruptcy of Sweden's Northvolt, which
May 05, 2025
Tesla's new car sales in Spain fell 36% in April from the same month in 2024 to 571 vehicles, registration data released by industry group ANFAC showed on Monday, while sales of electric
May 05, 2025
Far-right party Alternative for Germany filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging a decision last week by Germany's domestic intelligence agency to classify the party
May 05, 2025
Two Trump-friendly nationalists are vying to lead Ukraine’s European neighbors
May 05, 2025
Spain's high-speed trains between Madrid and the southern region of Andalusia resumed on Monday after thefts of copper cables brought them to a standstill on Sunday evening, leaving
May 05, 2025
Turkish inflation climbed 3% in April to stand at 37.86% annually, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute data on Monday, slightly lower than a Reuters poll forecast.
May 05, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the country, the Kremlin said on Monday.
May 05, 2025
The Kremlin, asked on Monday about a possible meeting between U.S.
May 05, 2025
The Kremlin said on Monday that Germany's decision to classify the Alternative for Germany party as an "extremist" entity is a restrictive measure against European non-mainstream
May 05, 2025
At Masses across Rome and socioeconomic lines, Catholics prayed the next pope focuses on poverty and peace days before the conclave that will elect Pope Francis’ successor
May 04, 2025
German conservative Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move swiftly to reform Europe's largest economy, a day before he is due to be sworn into
May 05, 2025
European shares extended their winning streak on Monday, with investors focussing on developments from the trade war alongside the U.S.
May 05, 2025
The seventh season of Swedish slow TV hit “The Great Moose Migration” ended after 20 days of 24-hour live coverage
May 04, 2025
President Donald Trump's trade war isn't just about tariffs
May 05, 2025
Investor morale in the euro zone recovered more strongly than expected in May after U.S.
May 05, 2025
Romania's hard-right nationalist George Simion will face a pro-Western reformist in a pivotal runoff in two weeks after decisively winning the most votes in the first round of the presidential election redo
May 05, 2025
Hard-right eurosceptic George Simion won the first round of Romania's presidential election re-run on Sunday, final results showed, after a ballot
May 03, 2025
A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces accidentally sank hours before the mock assault, prompting the drill to be cancelled
May 05, 2025
The European Union will on Tuesday announce a roadmap to phase out the bloc's remaining gas ties with Moscow, but in the absence of sanctions
May 05, 2025
The Russian manufacturing sector saw a slight easing in its downturn in April, with contractions in both output and new orders slowing to a marginal pace, S&P Global reported on
May 05, 2025
Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over the Nazis in an intense fight for the German capital in May 1945
May 05, 2025
Nearly complete electoral data shows that hard-right nationalist George Simion has secured a decisive win in the first round of Romania’s presidential election redo
May 04, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke to his Pakistani counterpart on Sunday and offered Russia's help in resolving tensions between Pakistan and India over Kashmir, the Foreign
May 04, 2025
One of Pope Francis's popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip, fulfilling one of his final wishes, the Vatican's official
May 04, 2025
Incoming German interior minister Alexander Dobrindt suggested on Sunday it was unlikely the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party would be banned after the spy agency
May 04, 2025
Harry Kane can finally celebrate his first career title after Bayern Munich became Bundesliga champion on Sunday with a little help from Freiburg
May 04, 2025
Romanian hard-right candidate George Simion was ahead in a presidential election first round, followed by centrist candidate Crin Antonescu, an
May 04, 2025
The race for Champions League qualification has gotten even tighter in the Premier League after Chelsea beat recently crowned champion Liverpool 3-1 and Newcastle dropped points at Brighton with a 1-1 draw
May 04, 2025
Prison officials in Virginia say five guards have been injured in an attack by inmates who are MS-13 gang members
May 04, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that a ceasefire with Russia in its more than three-year-old war was possible at any moment and called on Kyiv's allies to
May 04, 2025
Rangers opted against giving a guard of honor for newly crowned Scottish champion Celtic ahead of the 1-1 draw between the fierce Glasgow rivals
May 04, 2025
Lebanese have voted in the country’s first local elections in almost a decade, months after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire ended a war between Israel and Hezbollah
May 04, 2025
British counterterrorism officers have arrested four Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target and three others over a national security threat
May 04, 2025
Marine salvage experts on Sunday have began operations to recover from the seabed off Italy’s Sicilian coasts the British-flagged superyacht “Bayesian,” which sank last summer killing UK tech magnate Mike Lynch, his daughter and five others
May 04, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has congratulated Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese's election win in a phone call and the two agreed to bolster defence and security
May 04, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that a ceasefire with Russia in its more than three-year-old war is possible at any moment.
May 04, 2025
Aryna Sabalenka defeats Coco Gauff to win record-equaling Madrid Open title
May 04, 2025
European and U.S. carriers cancelled flights for the next several days after a missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Sunday landed near Israel's Ben Gurion
May 04, 2025
Romanian hard-right politician George Simion on Sunday said that if he wins the country's presidential election, he could restore banned presidential contender Calin Georgescu to
May 04, 2025
The number of asylum seekers in Germany is expected to hit its lowest level in more than a decade this year, outgoing interior minister Nancy Faeser told newspapers on Sunday.
May 04, 2025
An international NGO that intends to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea said on Sunday it was in talks with Malta's government about allowing the
May 04, 2025
President Vladimir Putin said in remarks published on Sunday that Russia had sufficient strength and resources to take the war in Ukraine to its logical conclusion, though he hoped
May 04, 2025
French police have rescued the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a nighttime raid after he was taken hostage for ransom
May 04, 2025
Families of detained Americans plead that they are not forgotten
May 04, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin, the longest serving Kremlin chief since Josef Stalin, said in remarks aired on Sunday that he was always thinking about the succession, and
May 04, 2025
German pop star Dieter Bohlen is asking his fans to return a sign spelling out the name of his hometown of Toetensen
May 04, 2025
The gleaming colonnade of St.
May 04, 2025
British counter-terrorism police have arrested eight men including seven Iranians in two separate operations, officers said, in what the interior minister called some of the biggest
May 04, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make an official visit to Russia from May 7-10 to participate in celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, the Kremlin
May 04, 2025
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May 04, 2025
A Russian overnight drone attack on Ukraine's capital injured at least 11 people, including two children, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Sunday for a real ceasefire
May 03, 2025
Four Iranians among five arrested in UK over alleged terror plot
May 04, 2025
Yussuf Poulsen has scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time for Leipzig to draw with Bayern Munich 3-3 and postpone the Bundesliga leader’s party
May 03, 2025
Britain's King Charles and senior royals will join veterans and crowds to watch a grand military parade and flypast at the start of four days of commemorations to mark the 80th
May 03, 2025
The NCAA has taken disciplinary action against five current or former Iowa State athletic department employees for combining to make more than 6,200 online bets totaling more than $100,000 on professional and college games, including men’s and women’s basketball games involving the Cyclones
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This was not the way Arsenal wanted to prepare for its Champions League semifinal clash with Paris Saint-Germain
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Aryna Sabalenka has beaten Coco Gauff in straight sets to win her record-tying third Madrid Open
May 03, 2025
Alireza Doroudi has been detained in an immigration facility in Louisiana for nearly six weeks
May 03, 2025
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which is campaigning to end Israel’s blockade of Gaza, posted a video on X saying one of its ships off the coast of Malta has been hit by drones. The Coalition told CNN 30 people were onboard its ship when the claimed attack happened. CNN is unable to independently verify the videos.
May 02, 2025
Lando Norris beat McLaren Racing teammate Oscar Piastri to win the sprint race held ahead of qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix
May 03, 2025
President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated photo showing himself as the pope ahead of this week's gathering of cardinals to choose a new leader
May 03, 2025
Zelensky says talks with Trump at pope’s funeral were their ‘best’ yet
May 03, 2025
Ukraine and Russia are at odds over competing ceasefire proposals
May 03, 2025
The Kremlin said on Saturday it wanted a definitive response from Ukraine to Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer of a three-day ceasefire next week, criticising the reaction so
May 03, 2025
The rift between Prince Harry and his family has burst into the open again
May 03, 2025
Woman killed in Greece after bomb explodes in her hands
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Jaguar Land Rover has restarted shipments of vehicles to the United States after pausing them in the face of U.S.
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These Americans quit the US for new lives in Spain. Not all of them loved it
May 03, 2025
Germany’s foreign ministry has hit back at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he criticized the decision to classify the Alternative for Germany party as a “right-wing extremist” organization
May 03, 2025
Teenage prodigy Andrea Kimi Antonelli becomes youngest ever driver to claim an F1 pole
May 03, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he discussed air defence systems and sanctions on Russia with Donald Trump on the sidelines of Pope
May 03, 2025
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said on Saturday that President Donald Trump's assertion that the U.S. had done more than any other country to win
May 03, 2025
Growing numbers of people are making bets on next week’s conclave to elect the next pope
May 03, 2025
Spain will have to raise defence spending to 3% of gross domestic product, the European defence commissioner said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday, as European
May 03, 2025
A 38-year-old woman has been killed in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki while carrying a bomb
May 03, 2025
A 38-year woman was killed after an explosion in northern Greek city of Thessaloniki early on Saturday, police officials said, adding that a criminal investigation is under way.
May 03, 2025
Romanians vote Sunday in one of the EU country’s most important elections in decades after the previous ballot was annulled following allegations of violations and Russian interference
May 03, 2025
New York City’s police department provided federal immigration authorities with information about a Palestinian woman who was arrested at a protest
May 02, 2025
Rubio and German Foreign Ministry spar on X over comments accusing Germany of ‘tyranny in disguise’
May 02, 2025
Russia launched a mass drone attack late on Friday in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, hitting a high-rise apartment block, triggering fires and injuring 46 people, officials said.
May 02, 2025
Ukrainian armed forces will take part in a British military procession on Monday celebrating the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, which marks the end of fighting on
May 02, 2025
Casper Ruud has overcome a rib ailment to defeat Francisco Cerundolo in straight sets and reach the Madrid Open final
May 02, 2025
Tennessee state law enforcement released video showing a 2022 traffic stop involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, one of the incidents the Trump administration officials have used to justify the removal of the Maryland man who the government has admitted was wrongly deported to El Salvador in March. US officials have argued the traffic stop in November 2022, in which Abrego Garcia was not detained or charged, supports their claims that Abrego Garcia was a member of MS-13 and involved in human trafficking. A redacted police report released to CNN by the highway patrol did not address suspicions of human trafficking. Abrego Garcia’s family and his lawyers deny those claims.
May 02, 2025
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April 22, 2025
A Tunisian court on Friday handed down a 34-year prison sentence against former Prime Minister Ali Larayedh, a senior figure in the opposition Ennahda party, on charges
May 02, 2025
The Trump administration said on Friday it was revoking the admittance of Romania to the U.S. visa waiver program that allows visa-free travel to the United
May 02, 2025
Judge declares mistrial for man accused of killing high school grad
May 02, 2025
Britain's Prince Harry said on Friday he would love to be reconciled with his family five years after he stepped down as a working royal and during a period when his relationship
May 02, 2025
Israel's security cabinet approved plans for an expanded operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Friday, adding to signs that attempts to stop the fighting and
May 02, 2025
Several thousand Turkish Cypriots took to the streets of the northern half of ethnically divided Cyprus’ capital Nicosia to protest what they say is Turkey’s attempt to erode their secular roots and to strengthen the hold of political Islam over their society
May 02, 2025
Prince Harry says father, King Charles, no longer speaks to him but hopes to reconcile
May 02, 2025
A slab of Brooklyn wall that the artist Banksy emblazoned with a bandaged, heart-shaped balloon is emerging after more than a decade in storage
May 02, 2025
The United States has sent a team of election observers to Romania ahead of a presidential election rerun, a senior U.S. official said on Friday, amid criticism in Washington of
May 02, 2025
At least eight people were injured, three of them seriously, after a car drove into a crowd in the centre of the southwestern German city of Stuttgart on Friday in what police said
May 02, 2025
Prince Harry said on Friday he wanted reconciliation with the British royal family, but his father King Charles will not speak to him over a row about
May 02, 2025
Aid ship bound for Gaza catches fire after alleged Israeli drone attack off Malta
May 02, 2025
Drones attacked a vessel carrying aid to Gaza in international waters off Malta
May 02, 2025
A Haitian woman who moved to South America nearly a decade ago was finally reunited with her daughter through a local visa program that
May 02, 2025
Britain's Prince Harry said he would love to be reconciled with his family in an interview with the BBC on Friday.
May 02, 2025
Prince Harry on Friday said he was "devastated" to lose his appeal over his security in Britain after stepping down from royal duties, telling the BBC
May 02, 2025
Prince Harry has lost his bid to restore the police protection detail that was withdrawn when he stepped away from royal family duties and moved to the U.S. The Duke of Sussex said Friday he was devastated to lose the court case and said it was a source of friction with his father King Charles III
May 02, 2025
Germany's spy agency on Friday classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as "extremist", enabling it to step up monitoring of the
May 02, 2025
Britain's Marks & Spencer entered a second week unable to take online orders on Friday following a major cyberattack, while food retailer the Co-op
May 02, 2025
A prominent lawyer in Washington who defended Hunter Biden against criminal charges has launched a new law firm to represent former government officials
May 02, 2025
Britain's King Charles will attend Canada's state opening of parliament in Ottawa, Buckingham Palace said on Friday, in a clear show of support for the former British colony of
May 02, 2025
LVMH will focus on its biggest, best known alcohol brands and rein in international ambitions for smaller labels to revive Moet Hennessy, the
May 02, 2025
Dozens of leading writers, filmmakers and historians in Romania have written an open letter calling for voters to back a pro-European candidate against the far-right frontrunner
May 02, 2025
There is reason to be optimistic about the European Central Bank's current phase of rate cuts continuing, Vice President Luis de Guindos said in an interview to be published in the
May 02, 2025
Archaeologists digging up a former fish market in Barcelona in northeast Spain have discovered the wreck of a ship that may have sunk about 500 years ago.
May 02, 2025
A giant digital sign in New York's Times Square told beleaguered Spanish politician Carlos Mazon on his visit to the city that he had "228 reasons not to come home", in reference to
May 02, 2025
Romanian hard-right politician George Simion, poised to win Sunday's presidential election first round re-run, said Russia is not a significant threat to NATO, and
May 02, 2025
NATO chief Mark Rutte has proposed alliance members boost defence spending to 3.5% of GDP and commit a further 1.5% to broader security-related
May 02, 2025
The hard-right party Reform UK led by Nigel Farage has won a seat in Parliament and hundreds of councils in local elections across England
May 02, 2025
The United States should not be "fooled" by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko into offering concessions following the release of a U.S. prisoner freed as a gift
May 02, 2025
Germany's spy agency on Friday classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as "extremist", enabling it to step up monitoring of the
May 02, 2025
Britain's right-wing Reform UK party won a vacant parliamentary seat, two mayoralties and control of several councils on Friday in early
May 02, 2025
For Ethel Caterham, the trick to a long life is not to argue
May 02, 2025
The New York Rangers have hired Mike Sullivan as coach
May 02, 2025
Arbitrators asked to settle a dispute between Britain and the European Union over post-Brexit fishing rights have given a mixed ruling, the Permanent Court of Arbitration said on
May 02, 2025
Tesla's sales plunged across Europe in April, including an 81% drop in Sweden to their lowest level in 2-1/2 years, data showed on Friday, as Europeans buy more Chinese
May 02, 2025
British retailer Marks & Spencer says it's “working day and night” to resolve a cyberattack nearly two weeks ago that has left it unable to process any online orders
May 02, 2025
Russia said on Friday its forces were continuing to create a "security strip" in border areas of Ukraine's Sumy region after driving Ukrainian troops out of the Kursk region, just
May 02, 2025
Fights are erupting over dwindling supplies in Gaza, a United Nations aid official said on Friday, as Israel's total blockade on supplies into the enclave hit the two-month mark.
May 02, 2025
Volkswagen on Friday said its first-quarter operating profit for the core brand group, which includes its best-selling VW brand, declined by 46.3%, impacted by EU carbon provisions and
May 02, 2025
Spain suffered several power glitches and industry officials sounded repeated warnings about the instability of its power grid in the
May 02, 2025
Vance says war in Ukraine ‘not going to end any time soon,’ hours after US signs minerals deal with Kyiv
May 02, 2025
Actor-comedian Russell Brand has been granted conditional bail after appearing in a London court to face charges of rape and sexual assault involving four women
May 02, 2025
European fairytale continues for Bodø/Glimt, the soccer team from inside the Arctic Circle
May 02, 2025
What’s emerged from the Washington-led effort to end the war in Ukraine suggests a deal that seems likely to be favorable to Russia
May 02, 2025
Vitali Klitschko, the former heavyweight boxer who is now mayor of Kyiv, ventured last month into hazardous political territory: he delicately suggested in an
May 02, 2025
TikTok was fined 530 million euros ($600 million) by its lead EU privacy regulator on Friday over concerns on how it protects user information and was ordered to suspend data
May 02, 2025
With the end of a U.S. tariff exemption for small parcels on Friday, some retailers have stopped selling to customers in the United States while others are seeking
May 02, 2025
A ship bound for Gaza carrying humanitarian aid and activists was bombed by drones in international waters off Malta early on Friday, its
May 02, 2025
Euroclear plans to seize and redistribute about 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) of Russia's funds that are frozen at the Belgian clearing firm after Moscow grabbed
May 02, 2025
British actor and comedian Russell Brand appeared in a London court on Friday to face charges of rape and multiple counts of sex assault in cases relating to four
May 01, 2025
The German domestic intelligence service says it has classified the Alternative for Germany party as a “right-wing extremist effort.”
May 02, 2025
A mummy called the ‘air-dried chaplain’ has long been shrouded in mystery. Scientists say they now have answers
May 02, 2025
Russell Brand granted bail in first court appearance over sexual assault charges
May 02, 2025
French anti-terrorism prosecutors will no longer handle the investigation into 30 people suspected of involvement in a spate of prison attacks, saying on
May 02, 2025
Lactalis, the world's largest dairy group, is interested in international investments but has not signed an agreement to buy parts of New Zealand-based dairy giant Fonterra, it said
May 02, 2025
Euro zone prices rose more than expected last month and underlying price pressures accelerated, an unwelcome trend that is still not expected to prevent another
May 02, 2025
Germany's domestic intelligence agency provided very detailed justification for classifying the far-right Alternative for Germany as extremist but possible proceedings to ban the
May 02, 2025
The CEO of German postal services group DHL said on Friday that accusations of anti-competitive conduct brought by smaller rival Deutsche Versand Services GmbH were without any
May 02, 2025
Coco Gauff hands Iga Świątek one of the worst defeats of her career to reach Madrid Open final
May 02, 2025
Spain's manufacturing sector took a sharper downturn in April, with new orders falling at the steepest rate since December 2023 and output declining for the first time since last
May 02, 2025
Euro zone manufacturing output grew at the fastest pace in just over three years in April despite overall factory activity remaining in contraction territory, with the big three
May 02, 2025
Germany's manufacturing sector contracted at the slowest rate in more than 2-1/2 years in April as output rose at the quickest rate for more than three years, a business survey
May 02, 2025
Italy's long-running manufacturing contraction eased greatly in April, a survey showed on Friday, offering some hope of recovery despite the widespread uncertainty linked to U.S. trade
May 02, 2025
France's manufacturing sector posted its first rise in output in nearly three years in April, and expectations of greater military spending could help offset the impact of
May 02, 2025
The papal smoke signals are ready.
May 02, 2025
Italy's jobless rate rose marginally to 6.0% in March from 5.9% in February, national statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Friday, with a loss of 16,000 jobs in the month.
May 02, 2025
European shares surged on Friday, capping off a week filled with earnings across the continent, as signs of a potential de-escalation of trade tensions
May 02, 2025
The presidential candidate backed by Poland's main nationalist opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) Karol Nawrocki met President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday, the
May 02, 2025
Australia's antitrust regulator on Friday began an informal review of Lactalis' proposed bid for Fonterra's assets on the block, even though the
May 02, 2025
The top United Nations court is wrapping a week of hearings on what Israel must do to ensure desperately needed humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank
May 02, 2025
Thousands of people have marked six months since a train station tragedy in Serbia killed 16 people
May 01, 2025
A Russian drone attack late on Thursday set buildings ablaze in Ukraine's southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, injuring 29 people, including a child, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said.
May 01, 2025
Denmark's biggest lender Danske Bank reported forecast-beating first-quarter profits on Friday and said it expects the global trade war to have a
May 02, 2025
As Europe marks Victory Day over Nazi Germany, Londoner John Goldsmith still remembers the rationing, the blackouts and the bombs that devastated his neighborhood in east London
May 02, 2025
Nigel Farage's populist, right-wing Reform UK party won a parliamentary seat in northwest England on Friday by the smallest ever margin in a parliamentary by-election in the
May 02, 2025
The head of the world's banking watchdog said Switzerland's existing rules on bank capital do not unfairly penalise its lenders versus rivals
May 02, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee A possible de-escalation of trade tensions between Beijing and Washington provided a fillip for markets on Friday, boosting
May 02, 2025
The end of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands was exactly 80 years ago on May 5
May 02, 2025
President Lai Ching-te will next week mark for the first time in Taiwan the end of World War Two in Europe and underscore that aggression must be
May 02, 2025
Voters in many areas of England have gone to the polls in local elections
May 01, 2025
Two top U.S. officials have renewed calls on Russia and Ukraine to reach a peace deal, with one saying there was no clear end in sight to the conflict in Ukraine and the other warning that
May 01, 2025
Chinese carmakers including BYD and Chery are selling more
May 01, 2025
The rescue act is on for Manchester United and Tottenham
May 01, 2025
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May 01, 2025
Intelligence suggests Putin’s immediate goals for Ukraine war may have shifted
May 01, 2025
European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said Brussels wants to increase purchases of goods from United States by 50 billion euros ($56.46 billion) to address a "problem" in the trade
May 01, 2025
Charles Kushner, the father of President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, told U.S. senators on Thursday he could be trusted to exercise good
May 01, 2025
The presidential candidate backed by Poland's main nationalist opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) attended the National Day of Prayer at the White House on Thursday, his campaign
May 01, 2025
The financial payoff from a new minerals deal between Ukraine and the U.S. is likely to take a decade or longer as investors face many hurdles
May 01, 2025
LVMH group's wine and spirits business Moet Hennessy will shrink its workforce by more than 10%, about 1,200 employees, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing an internal video
May 01, 2025
Kyiv and Washington on Thursday hailed a deal giving the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals as a milestone that a top U.S. official said would
May 01, 2025
Coco Gauff overpowered defending champion Iga Swiatek 6-1, 6-1 to reach the Madrid Open singles final for the first time
May 01, 2025
Naked man arrested on burglary, trespassing charges after police find him in resident's hot tub
May 01, 2025
Turkish police charged May Day protesters in Istanbul on Thursday, detaining hundreds of people and dragging some away in buses after they tried to defy a ban on public gatherings
May 01, 2025
Counter terror police investigate band Kneecap over controversial videos, as more gigs canceled
May 01, 2025
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May 01, 2025
The United Nations’ emergency relief coordinator is urging Israel to lift its blockade of aid into the Gaza Strip
May 01, 2025
The U.K. saw its hottest start to May on record
May 01, 2025
Hundreds of dachshunds and their owners have gathered in Budapest’s City Park in an attempt to set Hungary’s record for the largest single-breed dog walk
May 01, 2025
A flurry of immigration enforcement activity at courthouses around the country in the past month has renewed a legal battle from President Donald Trump’s first term
May 01, 2025
Do bad people have it coming? Study finds most karma believers think so
May 01, 2025
Opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied protested on the streets of Tunis on Thursday, accusing him of using the judiciary and police to suppress critics, while
May 01, 2025
Apple must pay a U.S. patent holder $502 million for the use of 4G patents in devices including iPhones and iPads, London's Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday, in the latest stage of
May 01, 2025
Former Vogue editor Diana Vreeland transformed what was once a stuffy, high society fundraiser into a global media bonanza.
May 01, 2025
HSBC said on Thursday that Chairman Mark Tucker will retire by the end of this year, after nearly eight years in the role at Europe's biggest bank presiding over
May 01, 2025
This couple dreamed of leaving the United States for a new life in France, but things didn’t turn out how they expected
May 01, 2025
Ryanair on Thursday threatened to cancel orders for hundreds of Boeing aircraft if a U.S.-led tariff war leads to materially higher prices, and
May 01, 2025
This Norwegian soccer team, representing a town of 55,000 people inside the Arctic Circle, has Champions League aspirations
January 30, 2025
Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt face Lazio in UEFA Europa League quarterfinals. Ahead of the first leg, CNN's Patrick Snell speaks with midfielder Ulrik Saltnes.
January 30, 2025
As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive non-Italian pontiffs, to give the papacy
May 01, 2025
A nascent recovery in Europe's real estate market has been derailed by global economic uncertainty in the early months of U.S.
May 01, 2025
The conclave that begins Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46 ½ years for which the Vatican hasn't ordered a new cassock for the new head of the Catholic Church
May 01, 2025
Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that the signing of a minerals deal between Ukraine and the United States meant U.S.
May 01, 2025
Voters across parts of England on Thursday will choose a new lawmaker, mayors and councillors in local elections expected to favour the right-wing populist Reform
May 01, 2025
Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi says talents like Barcelona's Lamine Yamal come around only once in a half century
April 30, 2025
Russian drones attacked Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odesa early on Thursday, killing two people and injuring 15 more, in addition to sparking fires and damaging infrastructure,
April 30, 2025
The sweeping trade tariffs announced by U.S.
May 01, 2025
Harris accuses Trump of abandoning American ideals in first major speech since leaving office
May 01, 2025
Trump administration weighs sending migrants to Libya and Rwanda, sources say
April 30, 2025
Growth in Ireland's manufacturing sector accelerated in April thanks to a robust expansion in new orders amid signs of stock building due to tariff uncertainty, a survey showed on
April 30, 2025
The U.S. and Ukraine have signed an agreement that will give the U.S. access to Ukraine's vast critical mineral resources
April 30, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday and underscored Canada's commitment to supporting Ukraine in achieving lasting
April 30, 2025
Martin Scorsese is producing a documentary featuring Pope Francis’ final on-camera interview
April 30, 2025
Barcelona and Inter Milan have delivered a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal
April 30, 2025
A senior Ukrainian official said on Wednesday that she had signed an agreement on creating a U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund which would allow both countries to expand their
April 30, 2025
British business leaders have turned their most optimistic about the economy since before finance minister Rachel Reeves' autumn budget, according to a survey that suggested U.S.
April 30, 2025
King Charles reflects on ‘darkest moments’ of cancer diagnosis
April 30, 2025
Spain's competition watchdog CNMC approved on Wednesday the proposed acquisition of Banco Sabadell by its larger rival BBVA, though the combined lender will have to
April 30, 2025
Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday it was up to residents of Volgograd to decide whether the city should revert to the name of Stalingrad, as it was called when Soviet forces
April 30, 2025
First Canada, now Australia? Conservatives fear the Trump slump is spreading
April 30, 2025
Twelve European Union countries have requested activation of the "national escape clause" from EU deficit rules in order to boost their defence spending, the European Commission
April 30, 2025
The head of Europe's Airbus called for a return to tariff-free trading for aerospace on Wednesday, joining a chorus of U.S. industry leaders seeking
April 30, 2025
King Charles III has expressed his support to those living with cancer as he described how a diagnosis can be a “daunting and at times frightening” experience
April 30, 2025
Belarus has released a U.S. citizen who had been jailed on allegations of plotting to assassinate the country’s authoritarian leader, charges his supporters and the U.S. government called bogus
April 30, 2025
American detained in Belarus is freed
April 30, 2025
The United States has secured the release from Belarus of an American who was arrested in Moscow and held on coup plot allegations, a senior U.S. official told
April 30, 2025
Britain's King Charles on Wednesday said his cancer diagnosis had been an experience that showed him "the very best of humanity", in a personal message celebrating the work of
April 30, 2025
The European union is preparing a "plan B" on how to keep economic sanctions against Russia should the Trump administration abandon Ukraine peace talks and seek rapprochement with Moscow,
April 30, 2025
Pakistan said on Wednesday it has "credible intelligence" that India intends to launch military action soon, as tensions between the nuclear-armed
April 29, 2025
Iga Swiatek has recovered from losing the first six games of the match to defeat Madison Keys 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 and stay on track to defend her title at the Madrid Open
April 30, 2025
Airbus called on Wednesday for a swift return to a 1979 agreement between more than 30 countries that for decades ensured duty-free trading for aircraft and parts until the recent
April 30, 2025
Eyewear maker EssilorLuxottica, whose brands include Ray-Ban, could move part of its production to the United States as a result of U.S. tariffs, its chief executive said on Wednesday
April 30, 2025
Dutch chip-making equipment supplier ASM International has started local production of tools for U.S. chipmakers in response to the U.S. tariffs backdrop, its Chief
April 30, 2025
Trump’s top DC prosecutor nominee claims not to recall numerous past controversial statements under oath
April 29, 2025
Boston program pairs Gen Z students, older adults for tech support
April 30, 2025
Europe's top steelmakers showed more resilience than expected in their first-quarter earnings, but warned that global trade tensions, weak European prices
April 30, 2025
The next leader of the global Catholic Church needs to put the issue of clerical sex abuse at the heart of their papacy, victims' advocates said on Wednesday,
April 30, 2025
A video showing the final moments in the life of the famous Sycamore Gap tree has been shown to jurors in the trial of two men charged with cutting it down
April 30, 2025
Five people were reported injured after an older man allegedly lost control of his car and crashed near a bridge crossing in Danish capital Copenhagen
April 30, 2025
A deal expected to be signed later on Wednesday gives the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian natural resources deals, but does not automatically hand Washington a
April 30, 2025
TikTok plans to invest 1 billion euros ($1.14 billion) to build its first data centre in Finland as it moves data storage for
April 30, 2025
European satellite company SES is in talks with EU and other governments about complementing services provided by Elon Musk's Starlink, its CEO told Reuters, as the
April 30, 2025
Romanians voted on Sunday for the first round of a closely contested presidential election.
April 30, 2025
Lars Klingbeil, Germany's next vice chancellor and finance minister, is an experienced Social Democrat lawmaker who has sat in parliament for more than 15 years,
April 30, 2025
Local elections in England this week are a key test for Nigel Farage
April 30, 2025
Body of Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian detention returned by Moscow with signs of torture and with missing organs
April 30, 2025
German inflation fell in April, data showed on Wednesday, bolstering the case for policymakers seeking further interest rate cuts at the European Central Bank.
April 30, 2025
Millions of dollars in U.S. grants for Jordan's largest water desalination project abruptly dried up when President Donald Trump announced sweeping cuts to
April 30, 2025
Euro zone consumers are happy to ditch U.S. products if they are hit by tariffs in the course of a tit-for-tat trade war with U.S.
April 30, 2025
Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo on Monday maintained his expectations for solid economic growth in 2025 and 2026 despite the global trade turmoil.
April 30, 2025
The European Court of Human Rights says that Serbia must prevent any potential use of sound devices for crowd control following reports that a sonic weapon was directed at peaceful demonstrators during a huge anti-government rally on March 15
April 30, 2025
Romanians vote on Sunday in a presidential election re-run that could propel ultranationalist George Simion to power, an outcome likely to cause unease in the
April 30, 2025
A 400-year-old tea and coffee shop faces closure in Amsterdam as tourism stokes price rises
April 30, 2025
Ukraine's SBU security agency was responsible for a drone strike on a defence manufacturing facility in Russia, an SBU official told Reuters on Wednesday.
April 30, 2025
Hungary's economy shrank at the start of 2025 for the fourth time in the past six quarters, while household consumption continued to buoy the Czech economy.
April 30, 2025
Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate visited a picturesque Scottish island on Tuesday to celebrate their 14th wedding anniversary and carry out their highest-profile joint
April 28, 2025
Net revenues at Italian luxury group Prada rose 12.5% at constant exchange rates in the first quarter, thanks to a 60% jump in retail sales at its smaller brand Miu
April 30, 2025
China has decided to lift sanctions on members of the European Parliament as well as on its subcommittee on human rights, the parliament's president, Roberta Metsola, said on
April 30, 2025
Microsoft has pledged to fight any U.S. government order to halt data center operations in Europe, as it sought to soothe concerns among European customers that trans-Atlantic tensions would lead to service disruptions
April 30, 2025
Ireland's unemployment rate fell to 4.1% in April from a revised rate of 4.4% a month earlier, data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed on Wednesday.
April 30, 2025
Germany is loosening a regulatory measure designed to soften the blow of a property crisis, a sign that officials are somewhat less worried about fallout from the
April 30, 2025
Raniero Mancinelli, tailor to the last three popes, is leaving nothing to chance as he prepares the white vestments that
April 30, 2025
The German economy grew in the first quarter of the year, escaping a recession thanks to consumption and investment, but the unemployment rate rose to a decade
April 30, 2025
President Vladimir Putin is open to peace in Ukraine and intense work is going on with the United States, but the conflict is so complicated that the rapid progress that Washington
April 30, 2025
‘A new reality’: Novak Djokovic pulls out of Italian Open ahead of French Open
April 30, 2025
Swedish police detained a 16-year-old early on Wednesday on suspicion of murdering three people in a hair salon in the city of Uppsala,
April 30, 2025
Italian EU-harmonised consumer prices (HICP) rose 0.5% month-on-month in April and the annual inflation rate was stable at 2.1%, preliminary figures from official statistics agency
April 30, 2025
A new Swiss law banning Hamas and related organisations will come into force on May 15, the government said on Wednesday, aiming to prevent the Palestinian militant group from using
April 30, 2025
Eurovision lifts ban on Palestinian flags in the audience but puts stricter rules on artists
April 30, 2025
The German economy grew in the first quarter of the year thanks to consumption and investment, escaping a recession after contracting in the last quarter of last
April 30, 2025
Russian forces have significantly increased the intensity of their combat activity in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine's top military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Wednesday.
April 30, 2025
By America Hernandez PARIS - Europe's willingness to buy more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S. to plug a trade gap will boost business for TotalEnergies , said CEO Patrick Pouyanne on
April 30, 2025
Aston Martin will split the costs resulting from U.S. tariffs between the company and its customers, and will sell down its U.S. inventory while limiting shipments there
April 30, 2025
Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) backed a coalition deal with the CDU/CSU conservatives on Wednesday in the final step to forming a government in
April 29, 2025
The Italian economy grew by 0.3% in the first quarter from the previous three months, preliminary data showed on Wednesday, a slightly stronger reading than expected
April 30, 2025
Microsoft respects European laws including landmark legislation seeking to rein in the power of Big Tech, its President Brad Smith said on Wednesday, putting the
April 30, 2025
Bottler Coca-Cola HBC AG reported first-quarter organic revenue growth above market expectations on Wednesday, supported by strong demand in its key
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16-year-old suspect detained after 3 killed in shooting in Sweden
April 29, 2025
The sweeping power outage that hit Spain and Portugal this week has raised questions about the electricity grid in a region not normally known for blackouts
April 30, 2025
French consumer prices have risen more than anticipated in April as a further fall in energy prices was partly offset by the rise in food prices, preliminary data from statistics agency
April 30, 2025
Germany's Rheinmetall and U.S. firm Lockheed Martin have agreed to expand their cooperation and extended a memorandum of understanding signed in 2024, they said in a joint statement on
April 30, 2025
Stellantis on Wednesday suspended its guidance for a moderate recovery this year, after a profit drop in 2024, due to the uncertain impact of
April 30, 2025
Swarms of Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Dnipro late on Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding around 50,
April 29, 2025
UBS on Wednesday posted better than expected first-quarter net profit, but the Swiss bank warned of an uncertain outlook as U.S. tariffs raise global growth fears even as
April 30, 2025
The number of people out of work in Germany rose less than expected in April but the unemployment rate rose to its highest level since the pandemic, as economic
April 30, 2025
Romanians are preparing to cast their ballots in a critical presidential vote redo after last year’s election was annulled
April 30, 2025
British house prices fell by 0.6% in April, a sharper fall than forecast and their biggest monthly decline in more than 18 months, as a discount on property transactions ended, data from
April 30, 2025
Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday pulled its earnings guidance for 2025 amid uncertainty over the impact of U.S.
April 30, 2025
Early one evening in late January, 12 masked men stormed the Damascus home of Um Hassan's family, pointed AK-47 assault rifles in their faces and ordered them to
April 30, 2025
President Donald Trump has celebrated the 100th day of his second term — yet spent much of his rally marking it in campaign mode, fixated on past grudges and grievances
April 29, 2025
British business sentiment fell to its lowest level in three months and employers were concerned about implications of U.S. tariffs and the wider economy as they grapple with higher
April 29, 2025
Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed a decree late on Tuesday renaming the airport in Volgograd as Stalingrad, as the city was known when the Soviet army defeated the Nazi German
April 29, 2025
Trump administration dismisses Doug Emhoff, other Biden appointees from Holocaust Museum board
April 29, 2025
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April 29, 2025
Power has been restored at the Caja Magica tennis complex and the Madrid Open resumed with a packed schedule that included second-ranked Iga Swiatek advancing to the quarterfinals
April 29, 2025
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $12 million that Congress appropriated for Radio Free Europe, a pro-democracy media outlet at risk of going dark for the first time in 75 years
April 29, 2025
Swedish police say that three people are confirmed dead after a shooting in Uppsala, a city near Stockholm, and are investigating the incident as a murder
April 29, 2025
Ousmane Dembele’s early goal gave Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 win over Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal
April 29, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that progress in resolving the more than three-year-old war with Russia depended on Russia taking the first step of agreeing to an
April 29, 2025
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani met with senior U.S.
April 29, 2025
The first major test of Donald Trump’s influence on the affairs of a longtime U.S. ally went badly
April 29, 2025
Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have temporarily closed more than half of the resorts in the scenic Himalayan region following a deadly attack on tourists
April 29, 2025
Ex-agents question role of Trump’s DEA pick in violent overseas incidents
April 29, 2025
British luxury brand Burberry is evaluating potential candidates to succeed Gerry Murphy as chairman, Sky News reported on Tuesday.
April 29, 2025
Three people were killed in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala on Tuesday and a murder investigation has been
April 29, 2025
French lawmakers on Tuesday approved a sweeping counter-narcotics law to equip the state with tougher tools to fight a sharp rise in drug
April 29, 2025
Serbia's bid to join the European Union could stall unless the government speeds up reforms of the judiciary, media and election laws, EU enlargement commissioner Marta Kos said
April 29, 2025
Electricity has returned to Spain and Portugal, but the cause of Monday's widespread blackout remains a mystery
April 29, 2025
Power is back on in Spain and Portugal, but questions remain about Monday’s blackout. Here’s what we know
April 29, 2025
French car parts supplier Valeo said on Tuesday that 90% of the products produced by the group in Mexico and imported into the U.S. are now compliant with the United
April 29, 2025
Supreme Court signals it will revive lawsuit over FBI raid on the wrong house
April 29, 2025
Overheard on mic, Netanyahu’s wife says ‘fewer’ than 24 hostages are still alive in Gaza
April 29, 2025
Britain called on Tuesday for calm between Indian and Pakistani communities in London after lawmakers voiced concerns that tensions over a deadly militant attack in India's Kashmir
April 29, 2025
British prosecutors say a man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson has been told he will not face charges
April 29, 2025
It could very well be the biggest sporting event ever held inside the walls of the Vatican
April 29, 2025
Renault's two factories and Stellantis' three plants in Spain are gradually resuming production after they were impacted by the massive power outage that hit Spain and Portugal on
April 29, 2025
The U.S. administration may want to focus less on protecting Europe, but a military presence is too valuable for securing NATO's flank and projecting influence for
April 29, 2025
Elza van den Heever’s portrayal of Salome sticks to her when she leaves the Metropolitan Opera for a rented apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side
April 29, 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have witnessed the formal exchange of a dozen cooperation agreements including on defense
April 29, 2025
A federal appeals court has paused a judge’s order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England so it can consider an emergency motion filed by the government
April 29, 2025
Georgian prosecutors said on Tuesday they had conducted searches at the apartments of five individuals who helped organise funding campaigns to support street
April 29, 2025
Russian troops are trying to carve out a buffer zone in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, although so far without substantial success, the regional governor said on Tuesday.
April 29, 2025
Ferrari refreshed its hybrid range on Tuesday with the new 296 Speciale and its convertible version as the luxury sports car maker prepares for its first leap into the
April 29, 2025
Italy and Turkey will continue to strengthen cooperation in the defence industry with new projects while also boosting their reciprocal trade, the leaders of the two countries said
April 29, 2025
The final stage of this year's Giro d'Italia will be dedicated to Pope Francis, who died on April 21, with a neutralised start in Vatican City, race organisers said on Tuesday.
April 29, 2025
France's foreign ministry explicitly accused Russia's GRU military intelligence agency on Tuesday of mounting cyber attacks on a dozen entities including ministries,
April 29, 2025
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Monday's huge outage delivered Spaniards and Portuguese a stark reminder of how dependent on power they are in their modern lives, and how in an instant they can
April 29, 2025
On a sunny day in April, hundreds of Romanians queued on the outskirts of Bucharest to visit a tomb bearing a vivid green flag with the insignia of the Iron Guard,
April 29, 2025
A court has been told that the famous Sycamore Gap tree was cut down in an “act of deliberate and mindless criminal damage.”
April 29, 2025
Spain's High Court on Tuesday said it will open an investigation into Monday's huge power outage to find out if a cyberattack against Spanish critical infrastructures may have
April 29, 2025
France's foreign ministry accused Israel's embassy of "unacceptable" behaviour on Tuesday after it banned two French groups, including elected officials, from visiting Israel and
April 29, 2025
Volvo Cars announced 18 billion Swedish crowns ($1.87 billion) in cost cuts and a restructuring of its U.S. operations on Tuesday and withdrew its earnings
April 29, 2025
When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider.
April 29, 2025
Irish rap band Kneecap apologised on Tuesday to the families of two murdered British lawmakers after footage emerged of one of the trio appearing to say "Kill your
April 29, 2025
The hunt has begun for the cause of a massive blackout across Spain, Portugal and parts of France that halted trains, bank machines and traffic lights, in one of
April 29, 2025
Maersk said on Tuesday it had maintained all its scheduled trans-Pacific sailings to date, albeit downsising some vessels, despite the uncertainty caused by
April 29, 2025
Axel Springer and U.S. investment firm KKR have finalized the division of the media group, Springer said on Tuesday.
April 29, 2025
The president of Formula 1’s governing body, the FIA has signaled he’ll make “improvements” to punishments for swearing and criticism which have sparked a backlash from F1 drivers
April 29, 2025
Ferrari Chief Executive Benedetto Vigna said on Tuesday the Italian luxury sportscar maker would always develop key components for its vehicles internally, as it
April 29, 2025
A widespread blackout across Spain and Portugal upended the lives of millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula
April 29, 2025
The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope
April 29, 2025
An Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on Tuesday he would not take part in the secret conclave to elect a
April 29, 2025
Mey, a Belgian shepherd, and her trainer Kenan Muftic learned how to effectively detect mines and unexploded ordnance last week, negotiating various obstacles and scenarios in a
April 29, 2025
A day without power: What 12 hours of darkness looked like in Spain and Portugal
April 29, 2025
Convicted Italian cardinal pulls out of conclave to choose new pope
April 29, 2025
European Central Bank supervisor Sharon Donnery said on Tuesday she saw scope for making banking regulation simpler, but warned against watering it down.
April 29, 2025
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Ukraine had not responded to many offers by Russia President Vladimir Putin to start direct peace negotiations, and that it was unclear whether it
April 29, 2025
From a former police station in a small English town, a handful of right-wing campaigners used little more than a WhatsApp group to
April 29, 2025
The chief executive of AstraZeneca said on Tuesday that the drugmaker will maintain its 2025 sales guidance even if the U.S. levies tariffs on pharma products made in the European
April 29, 2025
German airline Lufthansa stuck to its 2025 financial guidance on Tuesday and said it was optimistic about the key summer season, striking a more
April 29, 2025
Telecom services have been restored to remote communities in Greenland that were cut off from crucial satellite access due to a massive power blackout in far-away Spain, the
April 29, 2025
Woman demands hate crime investigation after threats by pro-Israel mob
April 29, 2025
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that NATO's newer members are now potential targets for Moscow and at risk of possible revenge strikes using nuclear weapons
April 29, 2025
Portugal's government said on Tuesday all 6.4 million electricity clients had power supplies normalised after Monday's country-wide blackout.
April 29, 2025
Moussa Hajj Khalil is among many Syrians rebuilding their homes from the rubble of the historic and economically important city of Aleppo, as Syria's new leaders
April 29, 2025
BP's strategy and sustainability chief Giulia Chierchia, the key architect of the group's ill-fated foray into renewables, will step down on June 1, the company said on Tuesday.
April 29, 2025
Central Europe has limited fiscal space to offset the economic hit from tariffs given high deficit levels across much of the export-reliant region, which must
April 29, 2025
France will not think twice about reimposing United Nations sanctions on Iran if negotiations to reach a deal over its nuclear programme do not succeed, its foreign minister told the
April 29, 2025
Euro zone consumers raised their inflation expectations for the coming years in March, before the U.S. imposed tariffs on most nations, launching a global trade war that could sap
April 29, 2025
A global trade war could lower both economic growth and inflation in the euro zone and it could have an "unambiguously recessionary effect" on the countries involved, ECB board
April 29, 2025
Lending growth to euro zone businesses continued to accelerate in March, indicating that a series of interest rate cuts was bolstering activity before the United States launched a
April 29, 2025
BP on Tuesday reported a deeper-than-expected 48% drop in net profit to $1.4 billion on weaker gas trading and refining results and announced the departure of its
April 29, 2025
European shares extended gains to a sixth session on Tuesday, with financials giving support following earnings from HSBC and Deutsche Bank, though focus
April 29, 2025
Power mostly restored as Spain and Portugal grapple with fallout of massive outage
April 28, 2025
Finnish biofuel maker and oil refiner Neste expects U.S. tariffs will have only a limited direct impact on its business, it said on Tuesday, but warned of continuous oversupply in renewable
April 29, 2025
Porsche's margins plunged in the first quarter, the sportscar maker said on Tuesday, forcing it to cut its outlook due to weakness in its key market China, a
April 28, 2025
Four former Hong Kong lawmakers have been released after spending more than four years in prison for their conviction under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement
April 28, 2025
Luxury sportscar maker Porsche AG on Tuesday said its operating margin fell to 8.6% in the first quarter, below analyst estimates, hit by weaker demand in China as well as U.S.
April 29, 2025
Spain's economic growth slowed down slightly to a still solid 0.6% in the first quarter, staying well ahead of euro zone peers, as the construction and services sectors lost some steam, the
April 29, 2025
British semiconductor company Alphawave IP Group on Tuesday said the UK takeover panel has extended the deadline for a takeover offer by U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm to May 12.
April 29, 2025
Russia's overnight drone attack killed a 12-year-old girl in the Dnipropetrovsk region and injured her parents, Ukraine's emergency service said on Tuesday.
April 29, 2025
Russian drone attacks killed a 12-year-old girl in central Ukraine and wounded three people in the capital Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday.
April 28, 2025
Danish brewer Carlsberg reported on Tuesday a "solid" start to the year in China but warned that U.S. tariffs could affect both
April 29, 2025
ATHENS -Greece will ask the European Commission to exempt its 2026 defence spending from the EU's budget rules as part of the so-called fiscal escape clause, its finance minister said on Tuesday.
April 29, 2025
Upcoming changes in the way Britain calculates the country's inflation rate would have produced slightly lower headline figures for the year to June 2024, figures from the Office for
April 29, 2025
Deutsche Bank on Tuesday posted a 39% rise in first-quarter profit after its global investment banking division generated a big increase in
April 29, 2025
By Mathieu Rosemain and Bertrand De Meyer PARIS -Amundi, Europe's biggest fund manager, posted quarterly inflows in line with expectations on Tuesday, as more people continued to put money into funds
April 29, 2025
German consumer sentiment improved further heading into May as the prospect of a new government appeared to soothe households, countering some of the uncertainty unleashed by
April 29, 2025
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projects that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won Canada’s federal election
April 28, 2025
A blackout has brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, affecting millions of people
April 28, 2025
The Kremlin has declared a 72-hour ceasefire in Ukraine next week as Russia marks Victory Day in World War II
April 28, 2025
An SUV crashed into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver over the weekend, killing 11 people and injuring dozens of others in the latest vehicle attack around the world
April 28, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised Ukraine's foreign intelligence service on Monday for the killing of top Russian military figures since the start of the war, but made no mention of a
April 28, 2025
British food price inflation jumped to its highest in nearly a year in April, according to a survey published on Tuesday that said higher costs for retailers could
April 28, 2025
A massive blackout that hit most of the Iberian Peninsula on Monday was due to a sudden, large drop in power supply that caused the grid interconnection between Spain and France to
April 28, 2025
Foreign nationals convicted of a sexual offence will be blocked from seeking refugee status in Britain as part of government efforts to tighten rules ahead of local
April 28, 2025
Power started returning to parts of the Iberian peninsula late on Monday after a huge outage brought most of Spain and
April 28, 2025
Play at the Madrid Open has been suspended Monday due to a major power outage reported in Spain and Portugal
April 28, 2025
Man accused of killing estranged wife in Spain found dead in jail, attorney confirms
April 28, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in May in the war with Ukraine to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its
April 28, 2025
Spain's Interior Ministry on Monday declared a state of emergency after a nationwide power blackout hit most of the Iberian Peninsula.
April 28, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the world did not want to wait until May 8 for Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's announced ceasefire in the more than three-year-
April 28, 2025
In his second term, President Donald Trump asserted new control over the press − as Hungary’s strongman leader Viktor Orbán had urged him to do.
April 28, 2025
Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong and Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia will be among the jury members at this year’s Cannes Film Festival deciding the Palme d’Or winner
April 28, 2025
Bulgaria will ask for defence spending to be excluded from its budget deficit, BTA news agency quoted its prime minister as saying on Monday, as Sofia tries to meet key requirements for
April 28, 2025
Iran has proposed meeting the European parties to a 2015 nuclear deal possibly in Rome this Friday if talks resume with the United States, four
April 28, 2025
Mike Sullivan’s nearly decade-long tenure running the Pittsburgh Penguins is over
April 28, 2025
Russia's ejection of Ukrainian troops from the Kursk region ends the biggest incursion into Russian territory since World War Two, removing another barrier to a
April 28, 2025
A major power outage in Spain and Portugal left people trapped in lifts and stuck on trains, while others stocked up on basics in supermarkets or began long walks home from work.
April 28, 2025
The Vatican says the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on May 7
April 28, 2025
A violin made in 1941 inside the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau was found to contain a hidden note from its maker, Polish Jewish prisoner Franciszek Kempa
April 28, 2025
The chief executive of generic drugmaker Sandoz said a proposal by the CEOs of Novartis and Sanofi to introduce a Europe-wide list price for new medicines is "deeply
April 28, 2025
Mediobanca on Monday struck back in the takeover war gripping Italian finance with a 6.3 billion euro ($7 billion) offer for wealth manager Banca
April 28, 2025
Euro zone government bonds edged higher on Monday, as the unusual absence of U.S. tariff-related headlines left investors waiting for direction from economic data due
April 28, 2025
Denmark's King Frederik on Monday pushed back by one day a visit to Greenland planned to underscore unity with the Danish territory in response to U.S.
April 28, 2025
Hungary's parliament voted on Monday to temporarily "banish" six opposition lawmakers from the building and cut their salaries after they used smoke flares during a protest in the
April 28, 2025
The British and Indian trade ministers began two days of talks on Monday to conclude more than three years of negotiations on a trade pact, under additional
April 28, 2025
A trade war with the United States could extinguish the euro zone's fledgling recovery and the bloc could struggle under tariffs, uncertainty and waning confidence, two European
April 28, 2025
Britain has proposed a broad statement of shared values with the European Union that emphasises support for Ukraine's territorial integrity, the Paris Climate
April 28, 2025
The European Central Bank may cut interest rates below the neutral level that keeps the economy in balance, ECB policymaker Olli Rehn said on Monday, adding that that euro zone
April 28, 2025
A trial has begun in Paris over the 2016 heist in which armed robbers tied up Kim Kardashian and stole millions of dollars’ worth of jewelry during Fashion Week
April 28, 2025
Conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor set to start on May 7
April 28, 2025
Three teenagers were convicted in Sweden on Monday of being involved in a shooting attack on an office of Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems in Gothenburg last year.
April 28, 2025
Ukraine is ready to support a lasting, durable and full ceasefire, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Monday, adding that if Russia truly wanted peace, it should immediately halt
April 28, 2025
Roman Catholic cardinals begin their conclave to elect the Church's 267th pope on Wednesday.
April 22, 2025
A group of men dubbed the "grandpa gang" were among 10 suspects who went on trial on Monday on charges of robbing reality TV star Kim Kardashian at gunpoint and
April 28, 2025
Its actions are in keeping with Project 2025, which questions whether any public-sector unions should exist.
April 28, 2025
(This April 28 story has been corrected to clarify that the entire train fleet on the main rail axis, not the entire train network, will be equipped with ETCS by September, in paragraph 3) ATHENS (
April 28, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its
April 28, 2025
Alex Zverev given warning after using phone to take photo of disputed ball mark in Madrid Open victory
April 28, 2025
Germany's new coalition government will be sworn in on May 6, with chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz picking close allies and corporate executives to tackle the
April 28, 2025
British retail sales volumes fell by the smallest amount since October this month but stores expect conditions to worsen next month, according to a survey on Monday that reflected
April 28, 2025
Roman Catholic cardinals will meet in a secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church starting from May 7, a senior Vatican source said on Monday.
April 28, 2025
Sweden's Liberal Party leader Johan Pehrson will step down from his post, he said on Monday, adding that the timing of his resignation will give a new candidate a chance to boost
April 28, 2025
There is a hole in the heart of the rolling hills of northern England
April 28, 2025
In a spectacular procession through the city of Rome, Pope Francis’ coffin was transported from St. Peter's Basilica to his final resting place at Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
April 26, 2025
India signed a deal with France on Monday to buy 26 Rafale fighter aircraft worth 630 billion rupees ($7.41 billion) for its navy, an official from the Indian defence ministry told Reuters.
April 28, 2025
The European Commission has approved €321.2 million in restructuring aid granted by Germany for Condor under EU State aid rules, it said on a statement on Monday.
April 28, 2025
Airbus finalised an agreement on Monday to take over some plants from Spirit AeroSystems in a carve-up of the struggling
April 28, 2025
Liverpool has won the Premier League again. This time, fans can finally celebrate properly
April 28, 2025
Putin thanks North Korea for help in Kursk, as Germany criticizes US plan for Ukrainian concessions
April 28, 2025
Estonia has released the oil tanker Kiwala, which is on an EU sanctions list, having detained it for sailing without a valid country flag.
April 28, 2025
Germany has asked the European Commission for an exemption from European Union borrowing limits in order to increase defence spending in the
April 28, 2025
Economic growth in the six Western Balkans countries is projected to moderately slow in 2025 due to weaker external demand and global economic uncertainty, the World Bank said in a
April 28, 2025
U.N. and Palestinian representatives at the International Court of Justice accused Israel of breaking international law by refusing to let aid into Gaza, on the
April 28, 2025
At least 25 suspects were arrested on Monday on terrorism charges related to a spate of attacks against French prisons earlier this month, France's national anti-terrorism
April 28, 2025
The 69th Eurovision Song Contest is taking place in May in Basel, Switzerland
April 28, 2025
Liverpool has been crowned Premier League champion after a 5-1 win against Tottenham
April 27, 2025
The European Central Bank's next policy meeting will be complex, as policymakers need to balance the uncertainty around inflation risks from U.S. tariffs, Dutch central bank
April 28, 2025
Ukraine has agreed that the past U.S. aid provided to Kyiv will not be part of a minerals deal it aims to sign with Washington, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Sunday.
April 28, 2025
U.S.
April 28, 2025
The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Francis
April 28, 2025
Leon Draisaitl scored on a power play at 18:18 of overtime and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Sunday night in Game 4 to tie the first-round playoff series
April 28, 2025
Kim Kardashian expected to testify about violent 2016 Paris robbery as alleged ‘Grandpa Gang’ faces trial
April 27, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
April 28, 2025
The euro has unexpectedly surged since U.S.
April 28, 2025
Men in short leather pants and embroidered suspenders risked dislocated digits as they vied for the top prize at Germany’s championship in the sport of fingerhakeln or finger wrestling
April 27, 2025
Pictures show US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meeting in the heart of the Vatican minutes before the start of the funeral of Pope Francis, as the White House mounts an increasingly urgent push to strike a peace deal in Ukraine.
April 26, 2025
President Donald Trump urged Russia on Sunday to stop its attacks in Ukraine and suggested Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
April 27, 2025
\World military expenditure reached $2.72 trillion in 2024, an increase of 9.4% from 2023 and the steepest year-on-year rise since at least the end of the Cold War, according to a
April 27, 2025
Russia has launched a sweeping drone assault and airstrikes across Ukraine overnight, killing at least four people
April 27, 2025
Mohamed Salah posed for a selfie with Liverpool fans as the Merseyside club headed toward securing the Premier League title
April 27, 2025
Russia says ‘Ukrainian special services agent’ detained in connection with car blast that killed a Russian general
April 26, 2025
Sabastian Sawe of Kenya won the London Marathon for his biggest career victory after making a solo breakaway with about 10 kilometers left
April 27, 2025
Tens of thousands of people streamed past the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, packing the Roman basilica where he had chosen to be buried in a
April 27, 2025
He has launched an unprecedented
April 27, 2025
New Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen says that the U.S. isn’t showing Greenlanders proper respect
April 27, 2025
Late March of last year, Pope Francis visited Rebibbia women's prison, where the pope washed the feet of twelve prisoners in a centuries-old ritual. One inmate recounts this experience.
April 26, 2025
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April 27, 2025
Russia will continue to target sites used by Ukraine's military, Russia's foreign minister said in an interview broadcast on Sunday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
April 27, 2025
London Marathon: Two protestors arrested for throwing powdered paint onto the course
April 27, 2025
Romanians are confronting a deluge of online disinformation ahead of a fraught presidential election redo next week, including ominous claims that the EU and NATO member country is surging toward “imminent war” with Russia
April 27, 2025
Russian military turns to motorbikes to evade Ukrainian drones on frontlines
April 27, 2025
Greenland and Denmark agreed on Sunday to strengthen their ties in response to U.S.
April 27, 2025
Russia claims recapture of Kursk border region but Ukraine says fighting continues
April 26, 2025
Hundreds of thousands gathered in St.
April 27, 2025
President Vladimir Putin has ordered several planes to be sent to Iran to help deal with the aftermath of a blast at Iran's port of Bandar Abbas, Russia's emergency ministry said on
April 27, 2025
Jordan Bardella plans to be the French far-right National Rally's presidential candidate in 2027 if the party's leader Marine Le Pen remains barred from running, he told Le Parisien
April 27, 2025
One of the suspects in the 2016 armed robbery of Kim Kardashian said he plans to take responsibility for his role in the heist
April 27, 2025
A peace proposal by the Trump administration that includes recognizing Russian authority over Crimea shocked Ukrainian officials
April 27, 2025
Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor
April 27, 2025
Trump criticizes Putin after meeting with Zelensky: ‘Maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war’
April 26, 2025
Hollywood-backed Wrexham is now just one division below the Premier League after securing yet another promotion
April 26, 2025
President Donald Trump says he doubts Russia’s Vladimir Putin wants to end his war in Ukraine
April 26, 2025
European Central Bank policymakers are becoming increasingly confident about cutting interest rates in June as inflation continues its march lower, but there
April 26, 2025
U.S.
April 26, 2025
Romans cheered, clapped and cried on Saturday as they watched the simple, open-topped, white "pope-mobile" carry Francis' coffin from the Vatican to his chosen
April 26, 2025
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April 26, 2025
Google DeepMind staff in Britain plan to unionise to challenge the company's decision to sell its artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to defence groups with ties to the Israeli
April 26, 2025
They came from around the world to rejoice in the naming of the first millennial saint but ended up bidding farewell to Pope Francis instead
April 26, 2025
All Ukrainian troops have been forced from parts of Russia’s Kursk region, which Moscow lost control of last year to a surprise Ukrainian incursion, Russia’s top general said in a Kremlin meeting Saturday
April 26, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed on Saturday what he said was the complete failure of an offensive by Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region after Moscow said they had been
April 26, 2025
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April 26, 2025
Francis celebrated as ‘pope among the people’ in Vatican funeral attended by massive crowd
April 26, 2025
Dutch town hall says it may have accidentally thrown out Andy Warhol work
April 26, 2025
Presidents, royalty and simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday at a solemn funeral ceremony, where a
April 26, 2025
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April 23, 2025
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April 23, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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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
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
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
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
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April 22, 2025
Putin says he’s open to direct talks with Ukraine as US pressure builds
April 22, 2025
Why Pope Francis’ signet ring will be destroyed following his death
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Every pope has his critics
April 22, 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
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
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