Loan volume for offices plummets, German bank data show
The volume of loans to finance office buildings fell sharply in the first three months of the year, Germany's VDP banking association said on Thursday, a grim sign as the nation's
May 22, 2025The volume of loans to finance office buildings fell sharply in the first three months of the year, Germany's VDP banking association said on Thursday, a grim sign as the nation's
May 22, 2025U.S.
May 21, 2025The European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates once again in June but the case is growing for a pause beyond that as the economy is holding up
May 22, 2025Swiss food giant Nestle is refocusing on the group's core business after straying into segments like health supplements that "weakened the fabric of the organisation," CEO Laurent Freixe
May 22, 2025Israel allowed 100 aid trucks carrying flour, baby food and medical equipment into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said,
May 21, 2025Representatives of NATO-aligned nations will gather starting in the Ohio city where an end to the three-year Bosnian war was brokered 30 years ago
May 22, 2025Finance leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies sought to downplay disputes over U.S.
May 21, 2025The U.N. says it is trying to get the desperately needed aid that has entered Gaza this week into the hands of Palestinians
May 21, 2025Foreign diplomats come under Israeli fire on official West Bank visit, drawing swift international condemnation
May 21, 2025Kneecap rapper charged with terrorism offense over alleged Hezbollah flag
May 21, 2025Tottenham Hotspur wins first trophy in 17 years by beating Manchester United 1-0 in Europa League final
May 21, 2025There has been progress towards a solution on a damaging tariff dispute with the United States but there are more hurdles to overcome, the Bundesbank's
May 21, 2025The top U.N. official for Syria is warning of the “real dangers of renewed conflict and deeper confrontation” in the war-battered country
May 21, 2025Tottenham beat Manchester United 1-0 to win the Europa League final and lift its first European trophy in more than four decades
May 21, 2025US and European authorities crack down on hacking tool used by cybercriminals worldwide
May 21, 2025President Vladimir Putin has visited Russia's Kursk region for the first time since Moscow said that it drove out Ukrainian forces from the area in April
May 21, 2025Police have found a bust of Jim Morrison that was stolen nearly four decades ago from the Paris grave that has long been a place of pilgrimage for fans of the legendary Doors singer and poet
May 20, 2025The European Union must soften its stance toward U.S.
May 21, 2025The British minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Hamish Falconer, said on Wednesday that he had spoken to diplomats who were affected by Israeli soldiers' fire near a
May 21, 2025Russia has announced that its troops have fully reclaimed the Kursk region, nearly nine months after losing chunks of the border territory to a surprise Ukrainian incursion
April 26, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he had spoken by telephone to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and that they had discussed joint steps and the need to put
May 21, 2025NATO will raise the defence spending target for its member nations to between 3.5% and 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) from the current 2% at the
May 21, 2025President Emmanuel Macron convened senior ministers on Wednesday to address a state-commissioned report that accuses the Muslim Brotherhood of waging a covert
May 21, 2025Italian state lender CDP and its partner Macquarie are at odds over the future of their loss-making fibre network operator Open Fiber, sources
May 21, 2025Asset managers at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are fielding more investor enquiries about the resilience of U.S. assets and helping clients move more
May 21, 2025While rising U.S.-Iran tensions over Tehran's uranium enrichment jeopardize nuclear talks, three Iranian sources said on Tuesday that the
May 20, 2025Three allies of Israel used words like “abhorrent” and “monstrous” this week to describe the country’s actions in Gaza
May 21, 2025Italy changes law on right to claim citizenship through great-grandparents
May 21, 2025Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024
May 21, 2025President Donald Trump has chosen Darryl Nirenberg, a lawyer and former U.S.
May 21, 2025Poland's military intervened after a ship from the Russian "shadow fleet" was seen performing suspicious manoeuvres near a power cable
May 21, 2025Federal judge says Trump administration must ‘maintain custody’ of migrants allegedly sent to South Sudan
May 20, 2025Swiss authorities added livestock to the list of evacuees along with about 300 people moved out of a village threatened by a possible landslide from an Alpine mountainside overhead
May 21, 2025The European Commission set out plans on Wednesday to remove barriers to business within the European Union as part of a push to boost competitiveness and
May 21, 2025Britain pledged 4 million pounds ($5.4 million) in humanitarian aid to Gaza, the government said on Wednesday, as its Minister for Development Jenny Chapman visited Israel and the
May 21, 2025The European Union is set to propose a 2 euro ($2.27) handling fee for low-value e-commerce packages coming into the bloc, as it struggles to deal with the billions of goods sold
May 21, 2025European Union ambassadors signed off on Wednesday on a new flagship arms-buying fund, being set up quickly to provide 150 billion euros ($170 billion) in loans for defence
May 21, 2025Portuguese prosecutors have opened a probe into remarks made by far-right leader Andre Ventura against the Roma community, three days after an election in which his
May 21, 2025Prominent British anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon has been charged with harassment causing fear of violence to two men around the time of the nationwide riots last year,
May 21, 2025Russian fighter jet protects ‘shadow fleet’ vessel in first such move by Moscow, officials say
May 20, 2025Sanctioned Ukrainian ex-politician shot dead outside Madrid’s American school
May 21, 2025Finland has completed the first 35 km (22 miles) of a 4.5-metre (15-ft) high fence it is building on its closed eastern border with Russia to stop
May 21, 2025Czech President Petr Pavel granted pardons on Wednesday to four members of the country's special forces, who had been facing prosecution for alleged crimes related to the death of a
May 21, 2025The European Central Bank may need to cut its key interest rate below the neutral level of 1.5%-2% to prevent inflation from falling below its 2% target in a frail economic setting,
May 21, 2025Pope Leo XIV may have offered to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks at the Vatican, but neither the pope nor senior Vatican officials have spoken publicly about
May 21, 2025All the surprising, subversive and rule-breaking looks from Cannes Film Festival
May 14, 2025Hikers stumble across treasure hidden on a mountain trail, sparking an investigation into its origin
May 20, 2025The Lebanese and Palestinian presidents have agreed that Palestinian factions won't use Lebanon as a launchpad for any attacks against Israel
May 21, 2025Some of Spike Lee’s most deeply felt passions — filmmaking and the New York Knicks — have collided at the Cannes Film Festival
May 21, 2025Sergei Sobyanin, Moscow's mayor, said on Wednesday that air defence forces had downed three drones en route to Russia's capital.
May 21, 2025The German Council of Economic Experts cut its forecast for Europe's largest economy on Wednesday, now expecting it to stagnate this year during a "pronounced phase
May 21, 2025Russia on Wednesday rejected Ukrainian and European accusations it was trying to drag out the peace process around Ukraine, but said that no decision had yet been made on a venue for
May 21, 2025Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD's low-cost Dolphin Surf became its 10th model available in Europe on Wednesday, with the Berlin launch increasing pressure
May 21, 2025Unidentified gunmen shot dead a former Ukrainian politician on Wednesday outside a school in a wealthy suburb of Madrid, Spain's Interior Ministry
May 21, 2025German authorities on Wednesday arrested five adolescents suspected of forming a far-right terrorist group and said the charges included attempted murder and
May 21, 2025European Central Bank supervisors are analysing the dollar exposure of euro zone banks but there is no doubt the U.S.
May 21, 2025LVMH-owned Dior has agreed a number of remedies to settle an Italian competition authority investigation into whether the luxury brand and two of its units misled consumers with their
May 21, 2025Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appealed for Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, calling the situation in the Palestinian enclave "yet more worrying
May 21, 2025The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia would defend its ships using the Baltic Sea with all means available and that a failed Estonian attempt to seize a tanker there recently
May 21, 2025Ukraine will ask the EU next week to consider big new steps to isolate Moscow, including seizing Russian assets and bringing in sanctions for some buyers of Russian
May 21, 2025Romania's defeated hard-right presidential contender George Simion said late on Tuesday that he would challenge the ballot's result, alleging interference by France and Moldova, after a
May 21, 2025German police have arrested five teenagers on accusations of involvement with a far-right group that calls itself “Last Defense Wave” and allegedly aims to destabilize Germany’s democratic system by carrying out attacks on migrants and political opponents
May 21, 2025Inflation in the U.K. spiked to its highest level for more than a year in April amid higher domestic bills such as energy and water
May 21, 2025Putin makes first visit to Kursk since Russia claimed to have recaptured the region
May 21, 2025Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft has acquired Tomtor, the country's largest rare earth metal deposit, a companies registry showed on Wednesday, after President Vladimir Putin's
May 21, 2025Buoyant credit and stock markets appear "out of sync" with a world gripped by geopolitical and trade uncertainty, the European Central Bank said on Wednesday.
May 21, 2025Iran's parliament approved a 20-year strategic partnership on Wednesday between Moscow and Tehran, state media reported.
May 21, 2025British sportswear retailer JD Sports posted a 2% fall in first-quarter sales and warned that higher prices in its key U.S. market from President Donald Trump's
May 21, 2025British house prices rose at their fastest pace since the end of 2022 in the 12 months to March, according to official data published on Wednesday.
May 21, 2025Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the western Kursk region for the first time since Russian forces ejected Ukrainian troops from the area last month.
May 21, 2025Two of the navigators in a women-only vintage car rally tearing through France are blind
May 21, 2025For Ukraine and its allies, who spent months trying to win Donald Trump over to their cause in the war started by Russia, it is
May 20, 2025Volvo Cars and Alphabet's Google said on Wednesday the Swedish carmaker was now the lead development partner for Android automotive software, which should give its buyers
May 21, 2025U.K. police say a third suspect has been charged with arson over a series of fires targeting property linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer
May 21, 2025U.S.
May 21, 2025A group of 58 internet providers and industry associations urged EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen on Wednesday to free up additional spectrum for Wi-Fi services, setting
May 21, 2025The European Union plans to provide emergency funds to help keep Radio Free Europe afloat after the Trump administration stopped grants to the pro-democracy media outlet
May 20, 2025Pay settlements granted by British employers stayed at 3% in the three months to April but many firms are now offering smaller raises, according to figures from data firm Brightmine
May 20, 2025Israel launched intense air and ground campaigns that health officials say killed hundreds over the last few days and shuttered the last functioning hospital in the enclave’s north. The Israeli military’s ground operation in northern and southern Gaza comes as international mediators push for progress in ceasefire talks.
May 19, 2025Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic senators have sparred over a wide range of the Trump administration’s foreign policies: Ukraine and Russia, the Middle East, Latin America, the slashing of the U.S. foreign assistance budget, refugee admissions and more
May 20, 2025Omar Marmoush’s stunning long-range strike upstaged Kevin De Bruyne on the Manchester City great’s Etihad farewell
May 20, 2025The leaders of France and Germany have called on the European Union to scrap its new supply chain audit law, worried that it
May 20, 2025Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said in a statement on Tuesday that Pope Leo had confirmed during a phone call with her his willingness to host in the Vatican the next round of
May 20, 2025The European Union will donate 5.5 million euros ($6.2 million) to support Radio Free Europe following a freeze on U.S. federal grants to the media outlet by the Trump
May 20, 2025The EU and Britain announced new sanctions against Russia on Tuesday without waiting for Washington to join them,
May 20, 2025The European Union will review a pact governing its political and economic ties with Israel due to the "catastrophic" situation in Gaza, EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday
May 20, 2025The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it agreed with Israel to allow delivery of urgent humanitarian aid from the Gulf country to Gaza, the state news agency WAM reported.
May 20, 2025Russia's Investigative Committee said on Tuesday that it had launched criminal proceedings against a prominent journalist who heads a publication in neighbouring Latvia providing critical
May 20, 2025A former congressman who sponsored legislation to abolish the IRS and is now the nominee to lead that agency has faced pointed questions from senators
May 20, 2025The British government says it is suspending free trade negotiations with Israel and leveling new sanctions targeting West Bank settlers as it criticizes Israel’s military actions in Gaza
May 20, 2025Israeli forces killed at least 55 Palestinians in airstrikes in Gaza on Tuesday, local medics said, continuing to bombard the enclave
May 20, 2025The EU adopted four sets of sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine on Tuesday, including a 17th package targeting
May 20, 2025The European Union's top diplomat says the EU will lift sanctions on Syria’s economy but keep those in place targeting the former Assad regime
May 20, 2025The European Union executive on Tuesday proposed amending EU law to allow member states to deport rejected asylum seekers to countries with which they have no connection, a move rights
May 20, 2025EU foreign ministers on Tuesday agreed to lift economic sanctions on Syria, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
May 20, 2025The European Union adopted on Tuesday its 17th package of sanctions against Russia over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
May 20, 2025A Russian court on Tuesday extended the pre-trial detention of Vadim Moshkovich, the billionaire founder of Russia's top agriculture company Rusagro who faces charges of embezzlement
May 20, 2025Green card holder from New Hampshire recounts his 'scary' months in ICE custody
May 20, 2025Simon Pagenaud’s career was cut short eight races into the 2023 season when he was badly injured in a crash that caused concussion-related symptoms he’s still battling nearly two years later
May 20, 2025An appeals court in Serbia has released three out of six political activists from jail following international criticism of the populist government which has faced anti-graft protests
May 20, 2025The European Union on Tuesday announced sanctions against three pro-Russia activists whose activities promoting the Kremlin's agenda inside Germany
May 20, 2025Russia has released a Greek-owned oil tanker which was detained in Russian waters on Sunday after leaving an Estonian port, and the vessel has resumed its journey towards the
May 20, 2025Polish authorities have indicted a man charged with planning to help Russian foreign intelligence services prepare a possible attempt to assassinate Ukraine's president, prosecutors
May 20, 2025Over 80 editors from leading European news outlets signed a petition calling for the scrapping of legislation in Hungary that aims to restrict foreign-funded media
May 20, 2025Tuesday was the eighth annual “World Bee Day.”
May 20, 2025Kyiv’s European allies have slapped new sanctions on Moscow, a day after a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to produce a breakthrough on ending the 3-year-old war in Ukraine
May 20, 2025Harris Dickinson is sitting on a rooftop terrace in Cannes, trying to find all the movie tattoos on his body
May 20, 2025Jim Morrison’s stolen grave bust found after 37 years
May 20, 2025CEO Alberto Nagel plans to present Mediobanca's bid for the private bank Banca Generali to a group of Italian investors on June 4, a source with knowledge of the matter said on
May 20, 2025U.S. singer Chris Brown will again apply for bail on Wednesday, after an English court remanded him into custody over a serious assault charge and threw his upcoming world tour into
May 20, 2025Poland's two presidential hopefuls, who are seeking to broaden their appeal ahead of a June 1 run-off vote, received lists of demands on
May 20, 2025Euro zone consumer confidence rose by 1.4 points in May from the April number, figures released on Tuesday showed.
May 20, 2025Britain's economy will grow a bit faster this year than thought a month ago, a Reuters poll of economists predicted, partly due to unexpectedly strong growth in
May 20, 2025Ireland's two dominant banks are not receiving enough demand from housebuilders to use all the funds they have earmarked for housing projects, executives said on Tuesday,
May 20, 2025Britain on Tuesday paused free trade talks with Israel, summoned its ambassador, and announced further sanctions against West Bank settlers as its
May 20, 2025Blackstone has kicked off the sale of Clarion Events, four people familiar with the matter said, in a test of demand for takeovers
May 20, 2025A series of closely fought elections, the war in Gaza and deepening political polarisation helped drive the number of politically motivated crimes in Germany to a
May 20, 2025Ongoing trade disputes with the United States should be resolved as quickly as possible for the benefit of all, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on
May 20, 2025Russia said on Tuesday that Ukraine had to decide whether or not it would cooperate in discussing a memorandum ahead of a potential future peace accord that Moscow has discussed with
May 20, 2025French automaker Renault is willing to supply technology to other carmakers to help increase the total output of vehicles with shared features that make them cheaper to manufacture,
May 20, 2025The European Union and U.K. have imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, notably targeting almost scores of ships from the shadow fleet illicitly transporting oil to skirt Western restrictions imposed over the war on Ukraine
May 20, 2025Britain's pursuit of trade deals with the European Union and United States, while courting China, has made it a test case for
May 20, 2025Geopolitical and trade tensions stemming from U.S. tariffs pose a risk to the stability of the global financial system and to global economic growth, European Central Bank
May 20, 2025Britain announced wide-ranging new sanctions targeting Russia's military, energy and financial sectors on Tuesday, ramping up pressure on Moscow in coordination with
May 20, 2025The founder of the far-right English Defense League had his prison sentence for contempt of court reduced by the U.K. High Court in London and could be released in coming days
May 20, 2025The next European Union budget, paying for EU policies in 2028-2034, must be more flexible, more focused and funded by new revenues to repay the joint EU
May 20, 2025German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius on Tuesday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of not really being interested in peace in Ukraine, saying he was only playing for time
May 20, 2025Ukraine, Russia say drone strikes continue after Trump-Putin call
May 20, 2025British anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon on Tuesday won a bid to trim his 18-month sentence for contempt of court, meaning he will be released from jail within a week.
May 20, 2025Members of the World Health Organization adopted an agreement on Tuesday intended to improve preparedness for future pandemics following the disjointed global
May 20, 2025First major piece of Bayesian superyacht recovered from seabed
May 20, 2025Look of the Week: Alexander Skarsgård flips the script on thigh-high leather boots
May 20, 2025The wave of new U.S. tariffs has severely dampened the mood among exporters and 42% of companies now expect their export revenues to decline markedly, according to
May 20, 2025European stocks closed at near nine-week highs on Tuesday with utilities and telecom firms leading gains, while some positive corporate
May 20, 2025Roma fans have been driven into a frenzy by Italian media reports that Jürgen Klopp has agreed to be the team coach from next season
May 20, 2025The Tour de France is set for a dramatic finale in July after organizers announced a climb up Montmartre in Paris on the final day
May 20, 2025Israel's easing of humanitarian aid access to Gaza is insufficient, France's foreign minister said on Tuesday, warning its ally that the new offensive on Gaza had to
May 20, 2025A second man has been charged over a series of fires that targeted properties linked to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer
May 20, 2025Hungary's parliament approved a bill on Tuesday that will start the country's year-long withdrawal process from the International Criminal Court, which Prime Minister Viktor Orban's
May 20, 2025The leaders of Britain, Canada and France threatened "concrete actions" against Israel on Monday if it does not stop a renewed military offensive in Gaza
May 19, 2025The United States has sent 68 immigrants from Honduras and Colombia back to their countries in the first government-funded flight of what the Trump administration is calling voluntary deportations
May 19, 2025Donald Trump said after his call on Monday with President Vladimir Putin that Russia and Ukraine will
May 19, 2025Greece’s top diplomat says the world is facing the most turbulent time since World War II, pointing to a crossroads in democracy and saying Europe is facing a “political identity crisis.”
May 20, 2025Denzel Washington sandwiched a whirlwind trip to the Cannes Film Festival in between Broadway performances for the premiere of Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest” and was rewarded with a surprise honorary Palme d'Or
May 19, 2025The U.S.
May 20, 2025Denzel Washington gets a surprise honor from Spike Lee at ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ premiere in Cannes
May 20, 2025The Senate has confirmed real estate developer Charles Kushner, the father of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France
May 19, 2025Portugal’s third general election in three years has failed to deliver the result that could break the worst spell of political instability for decades in the European Union country of 10.6 million people
May 19, 2025The process for Moscow and Kyiv to develop a unified text of a peace and ceasefire memorandum will be complex, so there can be no fixed deadline, Russia's news agencies cited Kremlin
May 19, 2025Moscow is ready to work toward ending the fighting in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday following a two-hour phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump
May 19, 2025Battery materials startup GDI said on Tuesday it has raised an additional $11.5 million in Series A funding to scale up production of silicon anodes for electric
May 19, 2025U.S. actor Denzel Washington received a surprise honorary Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday evening in recognition of his outstanding career, according
May 19, 2025The sheriff who oversees the New Orleans jail where 10 men escaped last week says defective locks were a key factor in the jailbreak
May 19, 2025European leaders agreed to increase pressure on Russia through sanctions after U.S.
May 19, 2025The Kremlin on Monday described Romania's presidential election as "strange", saying the pro-Russian candidate who won an aborted vote last year had been unfairly disqualified.
May 19, 2025Former U.S.
May 19, 2025President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Kyiv and its partners were considering arranging a high-level meeting between Ukraine, Russia, the United States, European Union
May 19, 2025Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump discussed what the U.S. leader called "impressive" prospects for ties between their two countries in a phone call on Monday, the
May 19, 2025U.S.
May 19, 2025European and U.S. leaders spoke on Monday and welcomed U.S.
May 19, 2025Pierpaolo Piccioli is the new creative director of the iconic fashion house Balenciaga
May 19, 2025Russia banned Amnesty International on Monday by classing it as an "undesirable organisation" for backing Ukraine against Russia, drawing a
May 19, 2025Russian authorities have outlawed Amnesty International as an “undesirable organization,” a label that under a 2015 law makes involvement with such organizations a criminal offense
May 19, 2025Akinola Davies Jr.' s “My Father’s Shadow” is making history in Cannes as the first Nigerian film in Cannes’ official selection
May 19, 2025If large urban centres are the core constituency of the liberal government of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, then Sunday's
May 19, 2025Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone on Monday, the third officially announced call this year between the presidents of the United States and Russia.
May 19, 2025Slovakia's COVID-19 vaccine sceptic prime minister said on Monday that his country would challenge the adoption of a potentially groundbreaking global treaty on
May 19, 2025European stocks closed flat on Monday, following a five-week winning streak, as declines from a surprise U.S. credit rating downgrade were offset by
May 19, 2025Russian President Vladimir Putin, after a call with U.S.
May 19, 2025U.S. Vice President JD Vance has extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican
May 19, 2025The euro zone economy will grow more slowly this year and next because of the trade war started by the United States and uncertainty over when and how it will end, the European
May 19, 2025This year's "Choose France" business summit is set to secure 20 billion euros ($22.47 billion) of new investment, French President Emmanuel Macron
May 19, 2025Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called on Monday for Israel's exclusion from international cultural events such as the Eurovision song contest over its military campaign in Gaza
May 19, 2025Britain agreed the most significant reset of defence and trade ties with the European Union since Brexit on Monday after
May 18, 2025Work to build a giant bridge connecting the Italian mainland to the island of Sicily is expected to begin over the summer, the infrastructure
May 19, 2025Gary Lineker, the former England soccer player and now a media celebrity, will step down from his role as a presenter for the BBC after facing criticism for reposting an Instagram story about Zionism which featured a picture of a rat
May 19, 2025Germany's antitrust head Andreas Mundt on Monday addressed mounting concerns about the deviation in approaches between European regulators and their U.S. peers,
May 19, 2025European Union antitrust regulators will decide by June 25 whether to clear Mars' $36 billion takeover of Pringles maker Kellanova, according to a European
May 19, 2025Demand is growing for online retail in Germany, the HDE trade association said on Monday, increasing its forecast for the year despite subdued consumer sentiment, with Chinese
May 19, 2025Citroen has appointed Xavier Chardon as its new CEO, the brand's owner Stellantis said on Monday, as the group's search for its own top executive nears completion.
May 19, 2025Romanian centrist Nicusor Dan may have defied the odds to win the presidency, but now he faces an even more daunting task:
May 19, 2025Britain agreed the most significant reset of relations with the European Union since Brexit on Monday, with both sides hailing deals on everything from trade and migration to security and
May 16, 2025Romania's European allies and markets welcomed centrist Nicusor Dan's presidential election victory over a eurosceptic hard-right rival on Sunday, relieved
May 19, 2025Russian ballet maestro Yuri Grigorovich, considered one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, has died at the age of 98, the Bolshoi Theatre said on Monday.
May 19, 2025Finland will supply 90 million euros ($101.35 million) of ammunition to Ukraine by using proceeds from Russian financial assets frozen by the European Union after
May 19, 2025Italy's data protection agency has fined the developer of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot company Replika 5 million euros ($5.64 million) for breaching rules designed to protect
May 19, 2025Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messaging app, has accused the head of France's foreign intelligence agency of asking him to ban Romanian conservative voices ahead of the
May 19, 2025A man who tried to help a burglar cash in from the theft of a gold toilet was spared prison on Monday after a British judge said he had been taken advantage of by the thieves
May 19, 2025EU antitrust regulators have extended their decision deadline on Italian bank UniCredit's takeover bid for its smaller rival Banco BPM after a national watchdog asked to take over
May 19, 2025British police arrested a third man in an investigation into a series of arson attacks in north London, including a fire at a house belonging to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
May 19, 2025Volkswagen is considering a plan to divest from its design and engineering unit Italdesign, union representatives told Reuters on Monday, as
May 19, 2025Europe and the UK ‘reset’ relations, almost a decade after Brexit nearly broke them
May 19, 2025The European Union and Britain reached a tentative agreement on defence and security, fisheries and youth mobility ahead of a EU-UK summit on Monday, paving the way for British
May 19, 2025China fully respects Denmark's sovereignty and territorial integrity on the Greenland issue, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Danish counterpart on Monday, urging the European
May 19, 2025A pro-European Union centrist pulled off an upset in Romania’s presidential election, beating out a hard-right nationalist who had channeled people’s anger at the political establishment to surge in the polls
May 19, 2025Spain’s government says it has ordered Airbnb to block more than 65,000 holiday listings on its platform for having violated rules
May 19, 2025France planning Supermax-style prison near notorious Devil’s Island penal colony site
May 19, 2025U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff offensive has led European officials to cut their growth forecasts for this year and next, even in a best-case scenario in which the highest rates on most goods could be negotiated away
May 19, 2025Nicusor Dan, the former civic activist and pro-European Union centrist politician who defied odds to decisively defeat a hard-right nationalist in Romania’s critical presidential race, has emerged as a counterforce to the right-wing populist wave sweeping across Eastern Europe Final results from the presidential race showed Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, Dan winning 53.6% of the vote over the hard-right candidate George Simion
May 19, 2025Portugal’s president has convened political parties for consultations after a general election delivered another minority government
May 19, 2025Russia launches massive drone attacks against Ukraine ahead of expected Trump-Putin call
May 18, 2025There’s a long way to go yet in Poland’s presidential election, but Sunday’s first round was a good day for candidates on the right and far right
May 19, 2025Please disregard EU--Portugal-Election, published most recently on May
May 18, 2025The holding company that owns Qatar Airways has reported it earned a $2.15 billion profit in its last fiscal year, its highest-ever profit off the back of record passenger numbers as global aviation bounces back after the coronavirus pandemic
May 19, 2025The centrist and nationalist hopefuls contesting Poland's presidential election runoff began trying to win over the supporters of
May 19, 2025EU countries have in principle agreed on the proposals for a 150 billion euro ($168.3 billion) fund aimed at boosting Europe's defence, known as Security Action for Europe (SAFE),
May 19, 2025Spain has ordered Airbnb to withdraw more than 65,000 listings for holiday rentals which it said violated existing rules from its platform as part of a general
May 19, 2025Ryanair on Monday reported strong demand across Europe and projected that fares would rebound to recover much of the decline that dented profit last year as
May 19, 2025Carlos Alcaraz is clearly the favorite for the French Open
May 19, 2025At a time of constant change for the television news industry, Deborah Norville was a beacon of stability
May 19, 2025Please disregard EU--Portugal-Election, published on May
May 19, 2025Romania’s pro-EU candidate unexpectedly beats hard-right rival to win presidential election
May 18, 2025An exit poll shows that the liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and a conservative historian, Karol Nawrocki, are the front-runners in a presidential election in Poland
May 18, 2025With remarkable regularity, Anderson has been crafting movies uniquely his own since his 1996 debut, “Bottle Rocket.”
May 17, 2025Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan's decision to attend a string of debates last week shunned by his hard-right rival appeared to pay off on Sunday when
May 18, 2025Romania's centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, won the country's presidential election on Sunday in a shock upset over a hard-right, nationalist
May 17, 2025Pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan has won Romania’s closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right nationalist
May 18, 2025Asking prices for homes put up for sale in Britain have risen by the least for the late spring period since 2016, according to data published on Monday that added to signs of a
May 18, 2025Australian actor Nicole Kidman vowed to keep pushing for gender equality in cinema at an exclusive party attended by celebrities like
May 18, 2025Polish liberals performed worse than expected in a presidential election on Sunday, exit polls showed, as Rafal Trzaskowski from ruling centrists
May 18, 2025British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday discussed Russia's war against Ukraine with leaders of the U.S., Italy, France and Germany, a Downing Street spokesperson said.
May 18, 2025After a goalless opening period the United States went on to secure its place in the quarterfinals of the ice hockey world championship with a 6-1 rout of Kazakhstan
May 18, 2025Sergio Garcia has appeared in 10 Ryder Cups and amassed more points than any other European player
May 18, 2025The Austrian government and national broadcaster ORF are grappling with where to host the next Eurovision Song Contest and how to cover the cost, officials said
May 18, 2025Red-clad protesters have marched through the Dutch capital of The Hague demanding their government do more to halt Israel’s campaign in Gaza
May 18, 2025Arsenal has sealed its place in next season’s Champions League
May 18, 2025Russia detained a Greek-owned oil tanker on Sunday after it left an Estonian Baltic Sea port, the Estonian Foreign Ministry said, adding it had alerted NATO allies
May 18, 2025French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau was voted the new leader of the centre-right Republicans (LR) party on Sunday, bolstering his chances ahead of a 2027 presidential election
May 18, 2025There’s only one player who is consistently beating Jannik Sinner
May 18, 2025Any deal between the United States and Iran must include an agreement not to enrich uranium, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday, a comment that drew criticism from
May 18, 2025Russia launched on Sunday its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the war, destroying homes and killing at least one woman a day
May 18, 2025Around 10,000 protesters have gathered in Hungary's capital to oppose a bill by the country's right-wing government that critics say targets free speech and independent media
May 18, 2025Estonia will keep checking Russian "shadow fleet" vessels, Prime Minister Kristen Michal told Reuters on Sunday, days after Russia deployed a SU-35 fighter jet as
May 18, 2025Pope Leo XIV has vowed to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world
May 18, 2025Tens of thousands of protesters marched through The Hague on Sunday demanding a tougher stance from the Dutch government against Israel's war in Gaza.
May 18, 2025Austria’s JJ wins Eurovision 2025 with ‘Wasted Love’
May 17, 2025Max Verstappen takes brilliant win at Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix
May 18, 2025Jasmine Paolini beats Coco Gauff in Italian Open final to become first home winner in 40 years
May 18, 2025A man had heart attack symptoms on a flight. A cardiologist and a pocket-sized tool on board may have helped save his life
May 18, 2025Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met U.S.
May 18, 2025There are plenty of one-euro homes hidden all over Sicily. These brothers want to find them for you
May 18, 2025Ukraine's military intelligence agency said on Sunday Russia planned to conduct a "training and combat" launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile to intimidate Ukraine and the
May 18, 2025Top-ranked Jannik Sinner is dominating men’s tennis and Italy swept both the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup team titles last year
May 18, 2025German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday that he, along with the leaders of Britain, France and Poland, aimed to speak with Donald Trump ahead of the U.S. president's planned call
May 18, 2025Donald Trump has said he will be speaking to the presidents of Russia and Ukraine on Monday about stopping the 'bloodbath' in Ukraine.
May 14, 2025Pope Leo will have a private meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy later on Sunday following the pope's inaugural Mass, the Vatican said.
May 18, 2025Pope Leo XIV formally began his reign on Sunday by reaching out to conservatives who felt orphaned under his predecessor,
May 17, 2025Russia has launched one its most intense drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukrainian officials confirmed to the Associated Press
May 18, 2025The European Central Bank may need to cut interest rates to "slightly below" 2% as global trade tensions pose downside risks to inflation and growth, Belgium's central bank governor, Pierre
May 18, 2025Classically trained countertenor JJ of Austria wins 69th Eurovision Song Contest with his pop-opera song “Wasted Love.”
May 17, 2025Severe storms across parts of the U.S. Midwest and South have left at least 27 people dead
May 18, 2025Trump says he will speak to Putin on the phone Monday
May 17, 2025Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday reaffirmed the country's support for Ukraine in his first face-to-face meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy since
May 17, 2025Jon Rahm is back in contention at a major championship
May 17, 2025Britain hopes to secure a reset deal with the European Union on Monday that would boost defence and security cooperation, and smooth the arrival of people and also
May 17, 2025Five people were killed on Saturday when two helicopters collided and crashed in a wooded area near Eura Airport in southwestern Finland, police said.
May 17, 2025Europe is a long way from talking about deploying troops in Ukraine as all its efforts are currently focused on securing an unconditional ceasefire from Russia, German
May 17, 2025Germany does not expect Italy's UniCredit to launch a full bid for German rival Commerzbank at present, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Saturday.
May 17, 2025U.S.
May 17, 2025Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni warned on Saturday that rigid green policies could devastate Europe's industrial base, and called for a more cautious approach to the ecological
May 17, 2025Crystal Palace has pulled off one of the biggest FA Cup final upsets in recent memory by beating Manchester City 1-0 at Wembley Stadium
May 17, 2025FA Cup final: Crystal Palace wins first major trophy after shocking Manchester City
May 17, 2025U.S. President Donald Trump says he plans to speak by phone Monday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine
May 17, 2025A second man has been arrested on arson charges in connection with a series of fires targeting property linked to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer
May 17, 2025U.S.
May 17, 2025German news agency dpa has reported that a Lufthansa flight to Spain last year went without a pilot for 10 minutes after the co-pilot fainted while he was alone in the cockpit
May 17, 2025The first high-level talks between Russia and Ukraine since the early months of Moscow's 2022 invasion showed they are far from agreement on steps needed for a
May 17, 2025U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that the Vatican can be a venue for Russia-Ukraine peace talks
May 17, 2025Following is a list of the main world leaders who are expected to attend Pope Leo's inaugural Mass on Sunday, according to a Vatican statement.
May 17, 2025Russian attack on bus in Sumy region kills nine, Ukraine says, hours after peace talks
May 17, 2025‘Bare beating’: The annoying public transport trend driving commuters crazy
May 17, 2025Three Iranian nationals appear in court in the UK charged with national security offenses
May 17, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will attend the inaugural Mass of newly elected Pope Leo on Sunday, along with many other world leaders, the Vatican said.
May 17, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Saturday for stronger sanctions on Moscow after a Russian drone killed nine bus passengers in northeastern Ukraine
May 17, 2025Russian negotiators at peace talks in Istanbul demanded Ukraine pull its troops out of all the Ukrainian regions claimed by Moscow before they would agree to a
May 17, 2025British police charged a second American musician on Saturday in connection with an alleged assault in London in 2023, a day after singer Chris Brown was charged over the same
May 17, 2025Pope Leo’s personal trainer reveals shock at learning client became next pontiff
May 17, 2025President Tayyip Erdogan said he believed the United States' 'CAATSA' sanctions on the Turkish defence sector would soon be "overcome" thanks to U.S.
May 17, 2025The Kremlin said on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but only if certain agreements were reached.
May 17, 2025In a rundown neighbourhood of Sicily's capital Palermo, a whitewashed old farmhouse that accommodates pilgrims now offers two rooms to tourists for bed and
May 17, 2025British police say a musician and friend of Chris Brown has been charged alongside the Grammy-winning singer on allegations they beat and seriously injured a music producer at a London nightclub in 2023
May 17, 2025Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is playing a single game against 140,000 people worldwide
May 17, 2025Acts from more than two dozen countries will take the stage in Basel, Switzerland, to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest
May 17, 2025Australia's foreign minister on Saturday condemned a 13-year prison sentence handed by a Russian court to an Australian citizen for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces.
May 17, 2025Russia sentences Australian man to 13 years in prison for fighting for Ukraine
May 17, 2025Street clashes have erupted in Bolivia's capital of La Paz as hundreds of supporters of ex-President Evo Morales marched toward the country's top electoral court to push for their leader’s candidacy in presidential elections later this year
May 16, 2025House Republicans are in the final rounds of negotiations over a sweeping budget plan that has been significantly influenced by President Donald Trump's priorities
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May 16, 2025Police in Slovenia are investigating the disappearance of a bronze statue of U.S. first lady Melania Trump that was sawed off and carried away from her hometown
May 16, 2025U.S. singer Chris Brown was denied bail by an English court over a serious assault charge on Friday, throwing his upcoming world tour into doubt.
May 16, 2025An official appointed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to investigate foreign political interference met with Trump administration
May 16, 2025Ukraine rallied support from its Western allies on Friday after Kyiv and Moscow failed to agree to a ceasefire at their first
May 16, 2025A federal judge in Texas struck down guidance from a government agency specifying protections against workplace harassment based on gender identity and sexual orientation
May 16, 2025Centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan gained a slight lead over hard-right eurosceptic George Simion, an opinion poll on Friday showed, ahead of Sunday's
May 16, 2025Jannik Sinner has gone all the way to the final in his first tournament back from a three-month doping ban
May 16, 2025Poland’s presidential election could end last vestige of populist resistance to PM Tusk
May 16, 2025U.S. senators renewed calls on Friday for Congress to pass sanctions on Russia after Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks showed little progress, but no votes
May 16, 2025Wall Street gained on Friday, as European shares climbed to a fifth straight weekly gain on upbeat earnings that helped sustain the rally
May 16, 2025His plane crashed during WWII; Now his family has answers
May 16, 2025Portuguese political parties were wrapping up their campaigns on Lisbon's streets on Friday ahead of a general election on Sunday - the
May 16, 2025French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed on Friday that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza was unacceptable, and said he hoped to discuss the matter soon with Israeli Prime Minister
May 16, 2025The United States will begin discussions with European allies to reduce U.S. troops in Europe later this year, U.S. ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said on
May 16, 2025Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who was jailed in March in Turkey on terrorism and insult charges, is on his way home, Sweden's Prime Minister said on Friday.
May 16, 2025George Simion, a MAGA-courting populist, could become Romania’s president in controversial election re-run
May 16, 2025The first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks since the early weeks of Moscow’s 2022 invasion ended after less than two hours
May 16, 2025French shipping group CMA CGM will reorganise its global fleet to avoid U.S. port fees on Chinese-built vessels that are due to take effect from October, the company's
May 16, 2025The frontrunner in Poland's presidential election faced questions over a series of online advertisements criticising his rivals on Friday, as he rejected claims that his campaign
May 16, 2025Pope Leo XIV is expected to live in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, unlike the late Pope Francis who shunned the palace in favour of a
May 16, 2025This was a week of reckoning for powerful men in France’s film industry
May 16, 2025Authorities say a woman charged in the January killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont fired the bullet that struck him during a traffic stop
May 16, 2025A secret group of French experts and technocrats that has been discreetly shaping Marine Le Pen's nationalist programme over the past 10 years came
May 16, 2025The European Union is working on a new package of sanctions to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine, EU
May 16, 2025The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, has stepped aside temporarily as an investigation by the United
May 16, 2025European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane argued on Friday that publishing alternative economic scenarios alongside the ECB's economic projections may raise more problems
May 16, 2025U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says European leaders have agreed to press ahead with joint action against Russia over the failure to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine
May 16, 2025For decades, Israel has leveraged its special relationship with the United States to serve as a gatekeeper to Washington
May 16, 2025The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has stepped down temporarily pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct
May 16, 2025When Lionel Messi left Barcelona it looked like generation would have to go by before another player of his incredible talent would don the burgundy and blue
May 16, 2025The Grand Old Lady of English soccer is about to bid farewell to the men's game
May 16, 2025Inditex on Friday announced a new chief financial officer and chief sustainability officer in a top management reshuffle, without detailing any reason for the changes.
May 16, 2025Russia said on Friday that the first direct talks with Ukraine in more than three years had yielded a deal to swap 1,000 prisoners of war
May 16, 2025Boosting defence spending is a task for all NATO members willing to close gaps with allies, ministers from historic low-spenders Italy and Germany said on Friday,
May 16, 2025The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland agreed on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Russia's position in peace talks was "unacceptable" and also
May 16, 2025Here's what to know about Sunday's run-off vote in Romania's presidential election, pitting hard-right eurosceptic lawmaker George Simion against centrist independent Bucharest
May 16, 2025After watching frightening images of a prominent French crypto boss' daughter being attacked on a Paris street during a botched kidnapping, crypto executive
May 16, 2025A group of Russian hackers attacked the websites of the Polish ruling Civic Platform party, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday, two days before a presidential election.
May 16, 2025One song generating a lot of froth at the Eurovision Song Contest is “Espresso Macchiato.”
May 16, 2025Discussions between Novo Nordisk and the Novo Nordisk Foundation that controls the company regarding a CEO change have been ongoing for the past few weeks, the company's board
May 16, 2025Eurosceptic hard-right lawmaker George Simion could be elected Romania's president on Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger over living costs, corruption and the
May 16, 2025Volkswagen's shareholders renewed their criticism of the automaker's corporate governance on Friday, demanding greater board independence and expressing growing
May 16, 2025While his main rival plays up his European credentials, nationalist Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki posts videos of
May 16, 2025Russia and Ukraine agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war from each side, Defence Minister Rustem Umerov told Ukrainian TV on Friday as talks in Istanbul ended.
May 16, 2025Diplomats from Iran and the three European parties remaining in a moribund 2015 nuclear deal met in Istanbul on Friday, Iranian and British officials said, their first round of talks since
May 16, 2025Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, maker of blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy, says its CEO is stepping down
May 16, 2025After meeting Pope Leo XIV, Jannik Sinner leads Italy’s charge at the Italian Open
May 16, 2025The 69th Eurovision Song Contest is approaching its grand final in the Swiss city of Basel
May 16, 2025Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown’s upcoming tour has been thrown into question as a British judge ordered him held in custody while facing allegations he beat a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023
May 16, 2025The number of billionaires in Britain has fallen in 2025, The Sunday Times said on Friday in its annual compilation of the country's richest people, adding that it was the biggest
May 16, 2025A Swedish diplomat who was recently questioned by police on suspicion of espionage has died, the man's lawyer said on Friday.
May 16, 2025Syria plans to print a newly-designed currency in the UAE and Germany instead of Russia, three sources said, reflecting rapidly improving ties with Gulf Arab and
May 16, 2025Microsoft has offered to make its Office product without Teams cheaper than when sold with Teams, EU antitrust regulators said on Friday, which could spare the
May 16, 2025Melania Trump bronze statue disappearance investigated by police
May 16, 2025Britain's long-awaited audit of relations with China is expected to be released in early June, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as
May 16, 2025The fortresses and cobbled streets of the ancient Croatian town of Dubrovnik are often crowded with tourists eager to visit the locations from the Game of
May 16, 2025Investors holding Greece's growth-linked debt instruments have formed a group to represent their interests, they said, after the
May 16, 2025The Kremlin said on Friday that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S.
May 16, 2025The trial of former Northern Ireland politician Jeffrey Donaldson for historical sex offences has been provisionally scheduled to start on November 3, a court heard on Friday.
May 16, 2025Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, the Oxford-educated son of a jazz musician and frontrunner in Sunday's Polish presidential election,
May 16, 2025European Union regulators say they’ll seek feedback on Microsoft’s latest proposed changes to Teams to ease competition concerns
May 16, 2025Pope Leo XIV has affirmed core Catholic teaching on marriage and the unborn in his first meeting with the ambassadors accredited to the Holy See
May 16, 2025‘Fun, crazy and ludicrous’ images of Cannes before camera phones
May 16, 2025President Donald Trump says he may call Russian President Vladimir Putin soon, after Putin skipped peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey
May 16, 2025Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its forces seized two more settlements in their drive through eastern Ukraine, but Kyiv made no such acknowledgement and its top
May 15, 2025U.S.
May 16, 2025Barclays no longer expects the U.S. economy to slip into a recession later this year and has revised up its growth forecasts, given signs of a de-escalation in U.S.-China trade
May 16, 2025New Jersey's commuter rail engineers walked off the job early on Friday after 11th-hour contract talks with the third-largest U.S. public transit system
May 15, 2025U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV, in his first address to world diplomats, said on Friday that the dignity of migrants had to be respected, possibly putting himself on
May 16, 2025The end of preferential trade with the European Union in June could deprive Ukraine of 3.5 billion euros ($3.92 billion) in annual revenue, a hole other markets will be unable to fill
May 16, 2025Swedish police have found no clear motive behind the country's deadliest mass shooting in February, but said on Friday there was no evidence
May 16, 2025U.S. chipmaker Intel on Friday sparred with EU antitrust regulators over a 376 million euro ($421.4 million) fine levied nearly two years ago for excluding
May 16, 2025Ukraine will make securing a ceasefire a priority in expected talks with a Russian delegation in Istanbul on Friday, a Ukrainian diplomatic source said, adding there was also a
May 16, 2025A Ukrainian man appeared in a London court on Friday to face charges of arson following a counter-terrorism investigation into a series of fires all linked to Prime Minister Keir
May 16, 2025The good, the bad and the raunchy: All 26 Eurovision songs, ranked from worst to first
May 16, 2025The World Economic Forum still sees European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde as the top candidate to replace its founder Klaus Schwab as the WEF leader, Bloomberg News reported on
May 15, 2025U.S. oil producer Chevron Corp and several European companies are in talks with the Trump administration to obtain authorizations to keep their stakes in joint ventures with Venezuela's
May 15, 2025Lamine Yamal, 17, scores another stunning goal as Barcelona clinches La Liga title
May 16, 2025Spain’s airport authority will begin limiting access to Madrid’s airport during some parts of the day as a preventive measure to stop more homeless people from sleeping in terminals
May 15, 2025As Romania heads into a critical presidential runoff on Sunday between two starkly different candidates, many view the final vote as a geopolitical choice between East or West
May 16, 2025Gloved and armed with shears, women weave through thorny brambles, clipping and tossing their harvest into wheelbarrows
May 16, 2025Russia's Vladimir Putin spurned a challenge to meet face-to-face with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Turkey on Thursday,
May 14, 2025At least 13 people were hurt when a driver lost control and plowed into a crowd gathered outside a soccer match between RCD Espanyol and city rivals FC Barcelona, police said on
May 15, 2025In the soaring palace of Uruguay’s parliament, left-wing presidents from the region have come to remember former President Jose Mujica as a generous and charismatic leader whose legacy of humility remained an example for the world’s politicians
May 15, 2025Greenland wants to benefit more from a defence deal struck decades ago with the United States, the territory's foreign minister, Vivian Motzfeldt, told Reuters on
May 15, 2025Vladimir Medinsky, the head of Russia's delegation at peace talks on Ukraine in Turkey, said on Thursday that Moscow's aim was to secure a long-lasting peace
May 15, 2025Phillips 66 said on Thursday it will sell a 65% stake in its German and Austrian fuel retail business to a private equity-led consortium, valuing the unit at $2.8 billion, as the U.S.
May 15, 2025U.S.
May 15, 2025U.S. singer Chris Brown has been arrested and charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm in connection with an alleged assault in February 2023, British authorities said on
May 15, 2025France's finance minister criticised on Thursday a decision by French drugmaker Sanofi to invest at least $20 billion in the United States through to 2030, as France aims to get more
May 15, 2025U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani in Turkey on Thursday, the State Department said in a statement.
May 15, 2025Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced the commander of Russia's ground forces, Army General Oleg Salyukov, 69, appointing him deputy secretary of the Security Council,
May 15, 2025An Italian court has placed a unit of fashion brand Valentino under judicial administration for a year after uncovering
May 15, 2025Who are Russia and Ukraine sending to the first direct diplomatic talks between the two warring countries since the spring of 2022?
May 15, 2025Barcelona has clinched its 28th Spanish league title after Lamine Yamal starred in its 2-0 win at crosstown rival Espanyol
May 15, 2025At least 13 people injured as car drives into crowd outside FC Barcelona-Espanyol match. Police say it’s ‘accidental’
May 15, 2025A judge has rescinded an order that would have required the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States
May 15, 2025A day of confusion and chaos as Russia and Ukraine agree to first direct talks in 3 years
May 15, 2025Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, but hopes for a breakthrough are still dim after Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned an offer by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet face-to-face in Turkey
May 15, 2025New York's recently approved budget makes clear that paper routes are not allowed for anyone under 14 years old
May 15, 2025Israel’s Yuval Raphael is keeping a low profile at the Eurovision Song Contest
May 15, 2025Delaware teen recalls hiding and calling 911 during terrifying home invasion
May 15, 2025President Donald Trump says the United States and Iran have “sort of” agreed to terms on a nuclear deal
May 15, 2025Ukraine’s musicians can’t escape war, even at the Eurovision Song Contest
May 15, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he will be present in Turkey for direct negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, telling CNN's Nick Paton Walsh he expects new sanctions to be imposed on Russia if a 30-day unconditional ceasefire isn't agreed upon.
May 14, 2025In comments to reporters aboard Air Force One, President Donald Trump suggested he might travel to Turkey for a high-stakes possible meeting between Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that Putin would “like me to be there” and it remains “a possibility.” Later, White House officials said Trump won’t attend Ukraine-Russia talks, ending speculation sparked by the president’s remarks
May 15, 2025Singer Chris Brown has been arrested in England for allegedly hitting someone with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023
May 15, 2025NATO foreign ministers are debating a U.S. demand for a big increase in defense spending, President Donald Trump's administration wants to focus on security challenges outside of Europe
May 15, 2025Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico held a government meeting under tight security at the site where he was shot a year ago, and accused the opposition
May 15, 2025A group of international lawyers has filed a formal complaint to FIFA claiming the soccer body is failing to uphold its human rights policy with 2034 World Cup host Saudi Arabia
May 15, 2025The Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) free trade deal with Iran went into effect on Thursday, paving the way for increased trade across sectors ranging from agriculture to
May 15, 2025President Tayyip Erdogan told Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Ankara on Thursday that Turkey was ready to host him and Russia's Vladimir Putin for peace talks "when they are ready"
May 15, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday a proposed meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin could be skipped if an agreement on a ceasefire between the two
May 15, 2025The leader of Portugal's far-right party Chega collapsed on Thursday during an open-air campaign rally ahead of Sunday's general election and was rushed to hospital, two days after
May 15, 2025Estonia said on Thursday that Moscow had briefly sent a fighter jet into NATO airspace over the Baltic Sea during an attempt to
May 15, 2025Birkenstock, the German maker of sandals and clogs favoured by several Hollywood celebrities, plans to raise prices globally and look for production
May 15, 2025Bucharest's centrist mayor Nicusor Dan, a quiet mathematician, will face off against the hard-right contender in Sunday's presidential run-off vote, trying to keep
May 15, 2025Margot Friedlaender, a Holocaust survivor who played an important role in Germany's remembrance culture ensuring the country's Nazi past is not played down with the passage of time,
May 15, 2025EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has proposed a
May 15, 2025For many Portuguese, the hope for Sunday's general election is pretty simple: a government that can navigate the challenges
May 15, 2025Following are the main parties running in Portugal's general election on Sunday, its third in just over three years.
May 15, 2025France will file a case at the World Court on Friday against Iran for violating the right to consular protection, foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine said on
May 15, 2025The British government is in talks with unspecified third countries about deals to send them migrants who have been refused the right to stay in Britain and run out of legal
May 15, 2025European leaders descend on Albania on Friday for a meeting sure to be dominated by the war in Ukraine, but small Balkan countries hope talk of
May 15, 2025Portuguese will go to the polls on Sunday in their third general election in just over three years.
May 15, 2025Britain's prime minister says his government is talking with several countries to host rejected asylum seekers as they wait to be deported
May 15, 2025On Cristian Giacobone's farm in the heart of Argentina's Pampas plains, workers in the soy fields have been up since dawn, racing to
May 15, 2025Russian President Vladimir Putin currently has no plans to travel to Istanbul for peace talks with Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Thursday, but the Russian delegation is there and
May 15, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday for a meeting with President Tayyip Erdogan, while in Istanbul Russian and Ukranian
May 15, 2025Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday that Turkey expects the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia to fulfil a deal the group agreed with the Syrian government, under which
May 15, 2025Germany's interior minister said on Thursday that 45% more people had been expelled at Germany's land borders over the past seven days, when the new government stepped up border checks.
May 15, 2025As Russian President Vladimir Putin explores a potential peace settlement to end the war in Ukraine, hawkish anti-Western nationalists at home are waging a campaign to keep
May 15, 2025There’s one word you hear more than any other in Basel during the Eurovision Song Contest: Sauna
May 15, 2025The Cannes Film Festival has barred French actor Théo Navarro-Mussy from attending the premiere of the competition entry “Case 137.”
May 15, 2025Dozens of news outlets, think tanks and rights groups published an open letter on Thursday protesting against planned legislation that they said is meant to silence criticism of
May 15, 2025European Union regulators are accusing TikTok of breaching digital safety rules because of because it’s not being transparent enough about ads shown to users of the video sharing app
May 15, 2025President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday Ukraine would decide on the next steps in talks with Russia after his meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
May 15, 2025The euro zone economy grew slower in the first quarter than initially estimated but employment held up well, indicating that the bloc keeps creating jobs despite years of anaemic
May 15, 2025Adidas has completed the majority of planned cuts to its workforce at the German sportswear retailer's headquarters outside Munich, CEO Bjoern Gulden told shareholders on Thursday.
May 15, 2025Russia's position on a possible peace deal with Ukraine has changed to reflect changes on the frontlines where Russia has been advancing, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria
May 15, 2025A global trade war, financial market volatility and high debt levels are the three key risks facing the euro zone economy, ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Thursday,
May 15, 2025Estonia is warning that Russia appears willing to defend with military force its shadow fleet of aging tankers dodging international sanctions to keep oil revenue flowing
May 15, 2025The British government is planning to make some immigrants living in the country wait up to five years longer to qualify for permanent
May 15, 2025They might look like lost tourists who are unkempt and overloaded with gear
May 15, 2025‘It changed me’: Big wave surfer Garrett McNamara on the wipeout that altered his perspective
May 15, 2025Motorsport’s world governing body dials back driver cursing penalties after major outcry
May 15, 2025Inside the Bayesian’s final moments: extreme winds sank superyacht, interim report finds
May 15, 2025NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the organization’s procurement agency is cooperating with police investigating corruption and fraud allegations involving the purchase of military equipment
May 15, 2025Russia and Ukraine are due to meet. But with Putin a no-show, confusion reigns. Here’s what we know
May 14, 2025Standard Chartered has created a dedicated team covering private equity firms, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds, as part of a wider drive in its investment
May 15, 2025Industrial production in the 20-nation euro zone rose far more than predicted in March, indicating that the sector's two-year recession may finally be coming to an end, data from
May 15, 2025Automaker Stellantis said on Thursday that the production of Maserati sports cars will be moved from Turin's Mirafiori plant to Modena by the end of the year.
May 15, 2025Buyers and sellers are heading into this year's Cannes Film Market under a cloud of uncertainty as the initial shock of U.S.
May 15, 2025Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will travel to China on Saturday for high-level meetings, just days after a visit by former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to
May 15, 2025Video circulating widely on social media shows the horrifying moment the pregnant daughter of a cryptocurrency company executive, accompanied by her 2-year-old child, narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt in Paris. CNN's Saskya Vandoorne reports from the scene of the attempted kidnapping.
May 14, 2025Commerzbank's chief executive and hundreds of employees voiced support for the German lender's standalone strategy as its
May 15, 2025The British economy grew at its fastest rate in a year during the first quarter of 2025, in a welcome boost to the Labour government, which has made lifting the country’s growth its number one priority
May 15, 2025President Vladimir Putin held a late night meeting with some of Russia's most powerful officials to discuss the upcoming peace talks with Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Thursday.
May 15, 2025An end to U.S. sanctions on Syria is expected to mark a new era for an economy devastated by 13 years of war, opening the way for
May 14, 2025Europe Inc has weathered the turbulence sparked by U.S.
May 15, 2025Britain's economy unexpectedly grew in March to push up output over the first quarter of 2025 by the most in a year, according to official data on Thursday that will be welcomed by
May 15, 2025Last weekend saw a flurry of diplomatic activity surrounding the war in Ukraine
May 14, 2025A new museum is opening in the Netherlands focused on migration
May 15, 2025Voters in Poland will cast ballots Sunday in a presidential election to choose a successor to conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda
May 15, 2025Nearly three months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan
May 15, 2025U.S.
May 13, 2025Germany and the Philippines have agreed to enhance defence ties and boost joint activities as Manila builds up a range of alliances to strengthen its position in a longstanding
May 15, 2025Where things stand in 5 of the Trump administration’s highest profile immigration cases
May 12, 2025Britain and Germany will jointly develop a new "deep precision strike" weapon with a range exceeding 2,000 kilometres (1,242 miles), the British government said on Thursday, as
May 14, 2025Britain will step up its efforts to tackle criminal networks across the Western Balkans that facilitate illegal migration, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday, days after
May 14, 2025Crowds have poured into the streets of Uruguay’s capital to bid a poignant farewell to former President José Mujica, a guerrilla fighter-turned-pioneering leader who became an icon of the Latin American left, remembered most for his humility, simple lifestyle and ideological earnestness
May 14, 2025Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he would try to urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend peace talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week in Turkey
May 14, 2025Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the composition late on Wednesday of a delegation of experienced negotiators to conduct direct talks with Ukraine to resolve the ongoing war,
May 14, 2025Key House Republicans threaten to oppose Trump agenda
May 14, 2025Pope Leo XIV has apparently made peace with Jannik Sinner
May 14, 2025The talks took place in the warring capitals of Moscow and Kyiv, from Washington and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to countries across Europe
May 14, 2025Formula 1’s governing body has reduced penalties on drivers for swearing after the new misconduct rules had sparked a backlash
May 14, 2025Community responds after porch pirate steals medical device from family
May 14, 2025The EU is weighing a temporary return to its pre-war trade agreement with Ukraine if a renegotiated deal is not ready to take effect when war-
May 14, 2025The government of NATO-member Finland wants to raise the upper age limit of its army reservists to 65, it said on Wednesday, which would add 125,000 troops to the its wartime
May 14, 2025Iran's top arbitration body has approved a bill that could help remove Tehran from the blacklist of a global financial crime watchdog, state media reported on Wednesday, potentially
May 14, 2025Europe's largest retailers and online retail companies have urged the European Commission to rein in allegedly high fees charged by Visa and Mastercard, saying
May 14, 2025Israel's right-wing government has maintained a diplomatic silence this week as U.S.
May 14, 2025Microsoft is set to stave off a possible hefty antitrust fine as EU regulators are likely to accept an offer on its Office and Teams products, three people
May 14, 2025The Swiss government said on Wednesday it wants the right to restrict free movement of people from the European Union if factors such as net immigration, commuter numbers or welfare
May 14, 2025Israel must respect international law in its military operation in Gaza, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday, calling the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian
May 14, 2025State-owned Dutch power grid operator TenneT has kicked off talks with investors about the sale of a minority
May 14, 2025HSBC plans to cut 348 jobs in France through a voluntary redundancy scheme, amounting to about 10% of its workforce in the country, the bank said on Wednesday.
May 14, 2025U.S. private equity group Carlyle Group is expected to clinch in the coming days an accord to sell Italian fashion brand Twinset to local investment firms Borletti Group and Quadrivio
May 14, 2025Sales of luxury goods worldwide are likely to fall between 2% and 5% this year, consultancy Bain & Co forecast on Wednesday, sharply downgrading its previous estimate for 0-4%
May 14, 2025A fire broke out on Wednesday at a warehouse for chemical product distribution near Seville in southern Spain, sending a plume of dark smoke billowing from the
May 14, 2025U.S.
May 14, 2025Syrian Finance Minister Yisr Barnieh made a call to global investors on Wednesday to come do business with Syria after U.S.
May 14, 2025When U.S.
May 14, 2025A Parisian shop-owner who helped prevent a masked gang from kidnapping the daughter of a French crypto businessman has been hailed as a hero after he rushed at the
May 14, 2025British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said arson attacks on properties linked to him represent “an attack on all of us, on democracy and the values that we stand for.”
May 14, 2025U.S.
May 14, 2025An abrupt loss of power generation at a substation in Granada, followed by failures seconds later in Badajoz and Seville, triggered an unprecedented blackout
May 14, 2025Poles vote in a presidential election on Sunday that the pro-European government in Warsaw says can revive its stalled democratic drive and its
May 14, 2025Austrian advocacy group NOYB will seek an injunction against Meta Platforms, it said on Wednesday, that could lead to substantial claims if the tech giant goes
May 14, 2025Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner had an audience on Wednesday with the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, himself a keen tennis player, the Vatican said.
May 14, 2025Poland said on Wednesday it had uncovered what could be an attempt to interfere in its presidential election campaign using advertisements on Facebook that may have
May 14, 2025The Danish Refugee Council, a major humanitarian group, said on Wednesday it will end its relief programmes in six countries and slash 650 additional jobs after the United States,
May 14, 2025A pro-Trump hard-right lawmaker could win Sunday's presidential election in Romania, while polls put two more MAGA-fans in second and
May 14, 2025Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan has probably never held more global sway: he will host the first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks in three years on Thursday,
May 14, 2025Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday urged the West not to be divided on Ukraine and vowed to provide the financial means needed
May 14, 2025Countries will not be able to fill the gap if the U.S. withdraws its funding for the United Nations peacekeeping mission, Germany's foreign
May 14, 2025Daughter of crypto boss escapes Paris kidnap attempt in latest in series of attacks
May 14, 2025Ukraine's leadership will decide on its next steps for peace talks in Turkey once there is clarity on Russian President Vladimir Putin's participation, a Ukrainian diplomatic source
May 14, 2025Before there was Bond, James Bond, there was Bone, Caffery Bone
May 14, 2025Zelensky insists he will only join Ukraine-Russia talks in Turkey this week if Putin is present
May 13, 2025At 2.09 a.m. on Saturday, Ahmad Subhan, who lives near an air base in the Pakistan military garrison
May 13, 2025British prosecutors will not bring any charges against former Reform UK party lawmaker Rupert Lowe over allegations that he made threats of physical violence against the party's
May 14, 2025European Central Bank policymaker Joachim Nagel on Wednesday underlined the role of the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency for the global system that was needed, though he also
May 14, 2025Pope Leo XIV, the first American to head the global Catholic Church, pledged on Wednesday to make "every effort" for peace and offered the Vatican as a
May 14, 2025The European Union must focus on a new sanctions package to suffocate Russia's economy and force President Vladimir Putin to end the war in
May 14, 2025Russian President Vladimir Putin has an invitation to visit Iran, but the dates have not yet been agreed, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
May 14, 2025Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday called his country's characterisation by U.S.
May 14, 2025The Kremlin on Wednesday criticised comments by French President Emmanuel Macron that Paris is open to deploying nuclear-armed warplanes in other European countries, saying it would
May 14, 2025Celine Dion makes surprise video appearance at Eurovision
May 14, 2025Trump’s movie tariff plot twist: What’s a Hollywood movie anyway?
May 14, 2025Workers at Ford's two car plants in the German city of Cologne went on strike on Wednesday, protesting thousands of planned job cuts across the U.S. automaker's European operations.
May 14, 2025The head of Russia's only independent election watchdog was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in a penal colony after being found guilty of working with an "
May 14, 2025Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party submitted a bill to parliament which would list organisations that receive foreign financing and curtail their activities if
May 14, 2025The EU's General Court annulled on Wednesday a European Commission decision not to disclose text messages Commission President Ursula von der
May 14, 2025Fortress Investment Group has opened an office in Abu Dhabi and appointed a senior executive to build its business in the Gulf region, the U.S
May 14, 2025Pope Leo XIV is vowing to actively promote and protect the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those Catholic communities with origins in the Middle East and North Africa that have been decimated by conflict and persecution
May 14, 2025Premier League striker reportedly placed in an induced coma after ‘urgent’ surgery on serious abdominal injury
May 14, 2025Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is introducing a bill that would allow the government to monitor, restrict, and penalize organizations it deems a threat to national sovereignty
May 14, 2025Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation rate remained at 2.2% in April from the period through March, final data released by the National Statistics Institute, or INE, showed
May 14, 2025In summer 2023, Dimitris Marinelis spent days on the frontline of Europe's biggest wildfire in northern Greece, protecting homes and setting up anti-fire
May 14, 2025French train maker Alstom reported an annual free cash flow well above market expectations on Wednesday, in a sign its cash issues were now solved, but its shares slumped
May 14, 2025France's foreign ministry summoned a senior Algerian diplomat on Wednesday to inform him that Paris was expelling Algerians holding diplomatic passports without visas in a response
May 14, 2025Bank of England interest rate-setter Catherine Mann said she voted to keep borrowing costs on hold last week - having sought a big 50-basis point cut in February - because Britain's
May 14, 2025Kim Kardashian appeared in a Paris courtroom Tuesday to testify in the trial over the 2016 armed robbery that upended her life
May 13, 2025Competition in the Eurovision Song Contest has kicked off with the first of two semifinals
May 13, 2025A federal judge says President Donald Trump can use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan citizens who are shown to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang
May 13, 2025Ukraine has concluded procedures for implementation of a deal with the United States on exploiting minerals, including the operation of an investment fund, the country's first deputy prime
May 13, 2025Carlo Ancelotti is swapping Real Madrid for Brazil in one of the biggest moves in world soccer
May 13, 2025Lawyers for the 2-year-old U.S. citizen who was deported with her mother to Honduras confirmed that the family is lifting its lawsuit against the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump
May 13, 2025Iran will hold talks in Istanbul on Friday with European parties to their now-moribund 2015 nuclear deal, two European and an Iranian diplomatic
May 13, 2025Much of the cinema world, including Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Quentin Tarantino, descended on the Cannes Film Festival as the French Riviera extravaganza got its 78th edition underway Tuesday
May 13, 2025President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he would attend talks with Russia on the war in Ukraine this week only if Vladimir Putin is also there, and
May 12, 2025French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he was in favour of imposing new sanctions on Russia in coming days if Moscow failed to agree to a
May 13, 2025There is room for another rate cut by the European Central Bank by the summer, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said in a French newspaper group interview on Tuesday.
May 13, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that he will be waiting for Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Turkish capital this week to conduct face-to-face talks about the more than 3-year war
May 13, 2025One hundred years after Charlie Chaplin made dinner rolls dance and ate his shoe like it was a fine meal, “The Gold Rush” has been vividly brought back to life in a new restoration that premiered Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival
May 13, 2025Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there is “no way” Israel will halt its war in Gaza, even if a deal is reached to release more hostages
May 13, 2025The Scottish parliament voted on Tuesday in favour of a bill that would allow people living in Scotland with a terminal illness to take their own lives, bringing
May 13, 2025Kim Kardashian says she feared she would be raped and killed during a 2016 armed robbery in Paris
May 13, 2025"Massive" sanctions European leaders threatened to impose on Russia if Vladimir Putin does not agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine face
May 13, 2025The German government has banned the far-right organization “Kingdom of Germany” as a threat to the country’s democratic order and arrested four of its leaders in raids across several states
May 13, 2025Newly named ancient cicada fossil is so well preserved you can see the veins in its wings
May 13, 2025President Donald Trump says he will ease sanctions on Syria and move to normalize relations with its new government to give the country “a chance at peace.”
May 13, 2025Volkswagen's cost-cutting programme in Germany, signed off with unions last December, has so far led to an average cut in factory costs of 13%, brand CEO Thomas Schaefer told the
May 13, 2025Juliette Binoche, head of this year's Cannes Film Festival jury, said on Tuesday U.S.
May 13, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy plans to attend the inaugural Mass of newly elected Pope Leo at the Vatican on Sunday, war commitments permitting, a top
May 13, 2025France's economy will grow only "slightly" in the second quarter although the outlook is clouded by a string of public holidays in May and by international trade tensions, the central
May 13, 2025President Donald Trump is holding out Saudi Arabia as a model for a reimagined Middle East
May 13, 2025The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization has found Russia responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives more than a decade ago
May 13, 2025The trade deal struck last week between the United States and Britain is probably not going to serve as a template for a trade agreement between the U.S. and
May 13, 2025Reality TV star Kim Kardashian told the alleged mastermind of a jewel heist in which she thought she was going to die that she forgives him,
May 13, 2025Poland will ban Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik from entering its territory, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, amid a political crisis in the Balkan state where he
May 13, 2025A Gustav Mahler festival featuring all his symphonies and other major works is taking place at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam through May 18
May 13, 2025Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander returns to Israel after Hamas release
May 12, 2025The European Union is ready to impose tougher sanctions on Russia if progress on ending the war in Ukraine is not made this week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday,
May 13, 2025British police charged Myanmar's former ambassador to the United Kingdom with trespassing on a diplomatic residence in London that he has refused to leave since
May 13, 2025Sweden said on Tuesday it would propose that the European Union join a Pacific rim-based trading group with the aim of forming the world's biggest free trade area to help counter
May 13, 2025The speaker of the Bulgarian national assembly Nataliya Kiselova has dismissed President Rumen Radev's proposal for a national referendum on adopting the euro, saying it violated the
May 13, 2025Albanian Prime minister Edi Rama has secured an unprecedented fourth term in power after his Socialist Party sailed to victory in Sunday's election, official results
May 13, 2025You can’t keep Stanley Tucci from his beloved Italy just like you can’t keep cheese from lasagna
May 13, 2025Pope Leo XIV has met with members of his Augustinian religious order during a visit to the congregation’s headquarters outside St. Peter’s Square
May 13, 2025Trial of gang accused of robbing Kim Kardashian underway
May 13, 2025Novak Djokovic is splitting with coach Andy Murray, just two weeks ahead of the French Open
May 13, 2025French movie star Gérard Depardieu has been convicted of sexually assaulting two women on a set and received an 18-month suspended prison sentence
May 13, 2025Kardashian tells court she ‘absolutely thought’ robbers would kill her in $10 million heist
May 13, 2025Celebrity billionaire Kim Kardashian gave evidence on Tuesday in the trial of a gang dubbed the "grandpa robbers", who are accused of stealing jewellery worth millions of euros from
May 13, 2025British police said on Tuesday they had arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of arson after counter-terrorism officers launched an investigation into three fires,
May 13, 2025Turkey is embarking on a hazardous path to ensure the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group implements its decision to disband after 40
May 13, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he wanted to negotiate an unconditional 30-day ceasefire face-to-face with Vladimir Putin at this week's talks in Istanbul
May 13, 2025A leaning medieval tower in the centre of Bologna that was cordoned off due to the risk of its collapse is expected to be stabilised and restored by late 2028, the
May 13, 2025The 78th Cannes Film Festival got underway Tuesday, kicking off two weeks of French Riviera frenzy
May 13, 2025For President Donald Trump, accepting a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar is a no-brainer
May 12, 2025With their ancestral homeland at the heart of future peace talks with Russia, Crimean Tatars are fighting to keep their language and practices
May 13, 2025The United Nations has information that over 100 Venezuelans deported from the United States are being held at a high-security centre in El Salvador, where
May 13, 2025European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday she does not think Russia is truly interested in establishing peace in Ukraine.
May 13, 2025Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray end coaching partnership after six months
May 13, 2025Russia will announce who is attending proposed peace talks in Turkey on ending the war in Ukraine when President Vladimir Putin sees fit to, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, declining
May 13, 2025Families of victims from the Jeju Air plane that crashed in December have filed a criminal complaint against 15 people including South Korean government officials and airline safety
May 13, 2025"Let's shoot," said Karol Nawrocki, before a heavy rock soundtrack kicked in and the camera switched to scenes of the presidential candidate
May 13, 2025The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected as biased a ruling by the U.N. aviation council that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine in 2014 that killed
May 13, 2025Romania's hard-right nationalist George Simion and centrist Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan are neck-and-neck ahead of a May 18 presidential run-off that could have far-reaching
May 13, 2025Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket group, has no plans to source American beef despite last week's U.S.-UK trade deal giving the product access to the UK market.
May 13, 2025Carlo Ancelotti wants to remain fully focused on his job with Real Madrid before taking over Brazil’s national team in two weeks
May 13, 2025European Council President António Costa has criticized the trip by Serbia's president to Russia’s Victory Day parade last week
May 13, 2025A top official says Turkey is closely monitoring any attempts to undermine its peace initiative with the PKK following the militant Kurdish group’s announcement that it is ending its decades-long armed conflict with the Turkish state
May 13, 2025A Paris court on Tuesday found actor Gerard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set and handed him an 18-month suspended sentence, with the
May 13, 2025Police arrested four members of a radical group seeking to replace the modern German state, the interior minister and prosecutors said on Tuesday, in the latest operation against a
May 13, 2025Serbia remains committed to its plan to join the European Union and wants to speed up its membership bid, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday after his recent trip to
May 13, 2025Tariffs, wars and economic worries in powerhouse economies such as Germany and China led the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to cut its
May 13, 2025Coco Gauff makes history with dominant victory over Emma Raducanu to advance to Italian Open quarterfinals
May 13, 2025British police say they have arrested a man on suspicion of arson for a fire at the London house where U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer lived before he was elected to lead the country
May 13, 2025Human rights groups launched a court fight challenging the British government’s decision to supply parts for F-35 fighter jets, saying they are being used by Israel in Gaza in violation of international law
May 13, 2025Czechs will hold parliamentary elections on October 3-4, President Petr Pavel said on Tuesday, setting the stage for a contest between the unpopular, centre-right governing
May 13, 2025German investor morale rose more than expected in May, recovering from its sharp decline the previous month, the ZEW economic research institute said on Tuesday.
May 13, 2025Britain's jobs market cooled again last month, according to data that showed the impact of a tax hike on employers and Donald Trump's trade
May 13, 2025The European Central Bank will stand by its aggressive stimulus policy of the last decade in a strategy review, side-stepping calls for self
May 13, 2025President Donald Trump is on his way to the Middle East, where he had intended to focus on pressing wealthy Gulf nations to pour billions in new investment into the United States
May 12, 2025British shoppers overcame their worries about a global trade war and sharply increased their spending in April with Easter and sunny weather boosting sales of food, gardening
May 12, 2025Ukraine's air force says Russia launched more than 100 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks
May 12, 2025Zelensky challenges Putin’s offer to meet after Russia ignores ceasefire demand
May 11, 2025Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke on Monday and agreed to strengthen trade, commercial, and defence ties, according to a statement
May 12, 2025Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan spoke on Monday to discuss Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's proposal to hold direct Russian-
May 12, 2025U.S.
May 12, 2025Some conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV
May 12, 2025Brazil’s soccer confederation has said it has a deal with Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti to lead the national team at the 2026 World Cup
May 12, 2025The U.N. aviation council on Monday ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine that killed all 298 passengers and crew, including 196 Dutch
May 12, 2025The European Commission is analysing the trade deal struck last week between the United States and Britain for implications for the 27-nation European Union and global trade,
May 12, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Russia was continuing its attacks on Ukraine and had made no response to a proposal for direct talks in Turkey this week in a "
May 12, 2025Jannik Sinner says it’s “a good thing for us tennis players” that the new pope likes to play the sport
May 12, 2025France said on Monday that leaders at a meeting on Ukraine this weekend had asked the European Commission to put together new "massive" sanctions targeting Russia's oil
May 12, 2025EU antitrust regulators, who are examining European satellite company SES's $3.1-billion bid for Intelsat, have asked the two companies' customers whether Elon
May 12, 2025Six Bulgarian nationals have been sentenced in a London court to up to nearly 11 years in prison for spying for Russia
May 12, 2025British police are investigating a fire that damaged the door of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s house in north London
May 12, 2025What could be a better memorial to Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, than a pod of faintly psychedelic giant lily pads
May 07, 2025Triad mom pregnant with twins delivers early following cancer diagnosis
May 12, 2025The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is perhaps the most rigidly controlled red carpet in the world
May 12, 2025The PKK Kurdish militant group says it will disband and end its armed struggle as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of armed conflict
May 12, 2025EU antitrust regulators will decide by June 10 whether
May 02, 2025The Eurovision party is officially underway
May 12, 2025A power outage has disrupted multiple lines on the London Underground network
May 12, 2025Top-ranked Jannik Sinner overcame a brief lapse during the first set of a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Dutch qualifier Jesper De Jong in his second match back on tour in front of his home crowd at the Italian Open
May 12, 2025The leader of a British-based Russian spy ring which prosecutors said carried out surveillance for the Kremlin was sentenced in a London court on Monday to nearly 11 years in jail,
May 12, 2025Polestar will focus more on profitable Europe rather than the U.S and China, the company's CEO said on Monday, as the Swedish EV maker seeks to pull
May 12, 2025British police are investigating an overnight fire at a house belonging to Prime Minister Keir Starmer in north London in which nobody was hurt.
May 12, 2025Euro area benchmark Bund yields hit a fresh one-month high and markets reduced bets on European Central Bank interest rate cuts on Monday as an easing in trade and
May 12, 2025Britain sets out plan to toughen rules on migration, as Starmer combats surge in support for populists
May 12, 2025Russia and Ukraine may be on the point of holding peace talks for the first time since the early weeks of the war.
May 12, 2025Russia is "completely ignoring" a 30-day ceasefire proposed by Ukraine and European powers that was to have begun on Monday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
May 12, 2025President Emmanuel Macron's office has accused France's enemies of spreading fake news by suggesting that he and other European leaders had taken
May 12, 2025Iran's foreign minister warned Britain, France and Germany on Monday that a decision to trigger a U.N. mechanism reimposing sanctions on Tehran could lead to an
May 12, 2025The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with Turkey for more than four decades, has
May 12, 2025Instability in Syria could pose security risks for Europe, according to a draft internal EU counter-terrorism document seen by Reuters warning that the overall
May 12, 2025A Russian prosecutor on Monday requested six years in prison for Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of an independent monitoring group that has criticised the conduct of Russian
May 12, 2025British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he would end the country's "failed experiment in open borders" with a sweeping set of reforms to significantly drive down net
May 12, 2025Poland summoned the Russian ambassador and said it would close the Russian consulate in Krakow after evidence showed Moscow was responsible for a huge fire that
May 12, 2025The Kremlin said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was serious about trying to find peace at talks he has proposed in Turkey but his spokesman said he could say no
May 12, 2025Sharing online was second nature for Kim Kardashian, an extension of her fame
May 12, 2025Poland's foreign minister says he's ordering the closure of Russia’s Consulate in the southern city of Krakow
May 12, 2025Boston nurse with terminal cancer keeps helping patients because "I love what I do"
May 12, 2025Automaker Stellantis aims to start producing the hybrid version of its Fiat 500 city car in November, it said on Monday.
May 12, 2025France will respond to Algeria's "unjustified" decision to expel 15 French officials, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday, as relations between the countries worsened
May 12, 2025Ford workers at the U.S. automaker's two plants in Cologne, Germany, will go on strike on Wednesday, their works council head said on Monday, as tensions rise over planned job
May 12, 2025THE HAGUE - Israel has asked judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) to withdraw arrest warrants against its prime minister and defence minister while the ICC reviews Israeli challenges to
May 12, 2025Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised on Monday to cut net migration to Britain significantly over the next four years, saying the country risked
May 11, 2025Iran is preparing for a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iran's government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani was quoted by Russia's state RIA news agency as saying on Monday
May 12, 2025Pope Leo XIV had a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday and spoke about ceasefire proposals, Zelenskiy said, in the first known conversation between the newly-
May 12, 2025Ukraine and its European allies have called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a 30-day ceasefire, which could start as early as Monday, after the leaders of Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Poland arrived in Kyiv on Saturday. CNN international security correspondent Nick Paton Walsh reports from Kyiv.
May 10, 2025A dilapidated industrial site in the Czech Republic where German businessman Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews during the World War II is coming back to life
May 12, 2025Danish shipping group Maersk said on Monday that the agreement between China and the United States to introduce a 90-day pause on tariffs and reciprocal duties was a step in the
May 12, 2025Pope Leo XIV, in his first address to the media, urged journalists on Monday to focus on reporting the truth instead of engaging in
May 12, 2025Kurdish PKK militants announce decision to dissolve after decades of conflict with Turkey
May 12, 2025Runaway goat attempts to ram cyclist off bike in freak incident during Giro d’Italia
May 12, 2025European Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius on Monday called for more integration between the European and Ukrainian defence industries.
May 12, 2025U.S.
May 11, 2025Bank of England Deputy Governor Clare Lombardelli said on Monday that there were signs that inflation pressures in Britain would continue to weaken but she was still cautious and
May 12, 2025Spanish telecoms company Telefonica has hired Citi as an adviser to sell its Chilean business, news website El Confidencial reported on Monday, citing unidentified market sources.
May 12, 2025Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama was on course for an unprecedented fourth term in office on Monday as partial results showed his Socialist Party with a commanding lead in Sunday's
May 12, 2025Bernard Arnault's son Alexandre has been handed a daunting task: reviving LVMH's worst-performing unit, the famed Moet Hennessy drinks business,
May 12, 2025U.S.
May 12, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has challenged Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to meet him personally in Turkey on Thursday
May 11, 2025Britain's foreign minister will host European peers on Monday to discuss support for Ukraine and greater regional defence cooperation in the run-up to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's
May 11, 2025Dozens of boxes of Nazi material confiscated by Argentinean authorities during World War II were recently rediscovered in the Supreme Court's basement, the court said on Sunday
May 11, 2025U.S.
May 11, 2025A group of 49 white South Africans has departed their homeland for the United States on a private charter plane having been offered refugee status by the Trump administration
May 11, 2025Mikko Rantanen’s NHL playoffs-record streak of consecutive goals involved in has ended at 13 for the Dallas Stars
May 11, 2025Arsenal and Newcastle set up a Premier League showdown next weekend as the race for the remaining Champions League spots intensifies
May 11, 2025Barcelona took a huge step to securing the Spanish league title with a 4-3 win over Real Madrid despite Kylian Mbappé’s hat trick in a mesmerizing “clasico” and opened a seven-point lead over its second-placed rival with three matches remaining
May 11, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was ready to meet Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday after U.S.
May 11, 2025Albanians voted in parliamentary elections on Sunday with prime minister Edi Rama seeking an unprecedented fourth term after a campaign
May 10, 2025Voting has ended in Albania’s parliamentary election after a boisterous campaign dominated by the country’s uphill effort to join the European Union and Prime Minister Edi Rama’s bid for a fourth term
May 11, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he would agree to meet Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday after U.S.
May 10, 2025The U.S. and China ended high-stakes trade talks on a positive note on Sunday, with U.S. officials touting a "deal" to reduce the U.S. trade deficit,
May 11, 2025Russian secret services were behind a massive fire that nearly completely destroyed a Warsaw shopping centre in May 2024, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Sunday after a
May 11, 2025The United States has routed newcomer Hungary 6-0 for its second shutout victory at the ice hockey world championship
May 11, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he would be ready to meet Vladimir Putin for talks in Istanbul on Thursday after U.S.
May 11, 2025After fending off attacks during a three-day weekend ceasefire declared by Russia, some Ukrainian soldiers fighting near
May 11, 2025American Danielle Collins stuns world No. 2, ending her reign at Italian Open
May 11, 2025Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday blessing of his pontificate exactly at noon
May 11, 2025Russia’s European neighbors are lifting bans on landmines. Campaigners are horrified
May 11, 2025U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the informal NATO foreign ministers meeting in Turkey on May 14-16 to discuss ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
May 11, 2025‘Never again war!’ Pope Leo calls for peace in Ukraine and Gaza in first Vatican address since his election
May 11, 2025The conflict in Gaza cannot be solved by military means and a political solution must be found to end the war permanently, German Foreign Minister Johann
May 11, 2025Turkey is ready to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul again, President Tayyip Erdogan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Sunday,
May 11, 2025Pope Leo XIV appealed to the world's major powers for "no more war" in his first Sunday message to crowds in St.
May 11, 2025Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposed peace talks with Ukraine will take into account an abandoned 2022 draft deal between the two countries and the reality of Russia's
May 11, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Russia on Sunday to confirm an unconditional ceasefire beginning on May 12, saying Ukraine would then be ready to meet for direct
May 11, 2025The new pope, Leo XIV, is scheduled to deliver his first such prayer on Sunday from the loggia where he first appeared in public after being elected three days ago
May 11, 2025Russian 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, 2025Russian 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, 2025Jayson 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, 2025Top-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, 2025France 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, 2025Pope 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, 2025The German government will stop publishing details of military aid to Ukraine, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Saturday during a visit to Kyiv.
May 10, 2025The 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, 2025Turkey 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, 2025Authorities 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, 2025The 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, 2025Major European powers threw their weight behind an unconditional 30-day Ukraine ceasefire on Saturday, with the backing of U.S.
May 09, 2025European leaders visit Kyiv, and tell Russia: 30-day ceasefire now or face massive sanctions
May 10, 2025An 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, 2025Ukraine and European leaders agreed on Saturday to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire from May 12 with the backing of U.S.
May 10, 2025Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a three-day pause in fighting against Ukraine, but for bloodied Ukrainian
May 10, 2025Pope Leo XIV signalled on Saturday he would continue with the vision and reforms of Pope Francis, telling the world's Catholic cardinals
May 10, 2025European 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, 2025Russia 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, 2025Work 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, 2025Slovak 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, 2025Two 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, 2025Church 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, 2025Federal 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, 2025North 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, 2025Ellen DeGeneres shares a look at her life in the country
May 09, 2025The Pentagon ordered military educational institutions to pull and review any books that promote what it called "divisive concepts and gender
May 09, 2025Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Bush nominee who veered to the left, dies at 85
May 09, 2025US and other allies of Ukraine pile pressure on Putin, threatening fresh sanctions if he refuses 30-day truce
May 09, 2025A small Irish sport has become the latest battleground for female athletes protesting against their dress codes — in this case “skorts.”
May 09, 2025Russia 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, 2025As 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(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, 2025The Trump administration will welcome more than two dozen white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week
May 09, 2025In 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, 2025Margot 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, 2025Thousands 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, 2025The U.S. embassy in Kyiv warned on Friday of a "potentially significant" air attack in the coming days. "The U.S.
May 09, 2025Russia 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, 2025Protesters have gathered in the Slovak capital to to demonstrate against populist Prime Minister Robert Fico’s latest trip to Russia
May 09, 2025NATO 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, 2025Ukraine and Hungary said on Friday they were expelling two diplomats each after each side accused the other of engaging in espionage.
May 09, 2025Pentagon considers shifting Greenland to US Northern Command, sparking concerns over Trump’s ambitions for the territory
May 09, 2025Pope 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, 2025The 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, 2025It 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, 2025Carlos 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, 2025Pope 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, 2025England will send a record six teams into the Champions League next season
May 09, 2025New 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, 2025A 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, 2025Italy'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, 2025Cardinal 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, 2025Ukraine says it has uncovered Hungarian spy network working in border region
May 09, 2025German legislators are demanding an explanation from a senior Social Democrat on the parliamentary committee that scrutinises the work of the intelligence services
May 09, 2025Ugandan 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, 2025Ukraine will host a meeting of leaders of the so-called "coalition of the willing" on Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
May 09, 2025Efforts 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, 2025White 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, 2025Cardinal 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, 2025German 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, 2025The 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, 2025Robert 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, 2025Poland'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, 2025Delta 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, 2025Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S.
May 09, 2025Pope Leo XIV was natural leader in high school, says Robert Prevost's classmate from Massachusetts
May 09, 2025Ukrainian 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, 2025Portugal'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, 2025Pope 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, 2025Public 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, 2025The 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, 2025The 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, 2025France 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, 2025European 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, 2025North 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, 2025Europe threw its support on Friday behind a special tribunal to prosecute President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian officials
May 09, 2025Two men convicted of felling UK’s famous Sycamore Gap tree
May 09, 2025Putin, Xi and friendly world leaders celebrate Russia’s Victory Day at Moscow Parade
May 09, 2025Pope 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, 2025Volkswagen'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, 2025Following are reactions from notable figures to the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday.
May 08, 2025Russia 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, 2025Romania'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, 2025Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur seek to salvage tough domestic seasons in Europa League final
May 09, 2025British 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, 2025Russia 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, 2025Taiwan criticised Russia and China on Friday for distorting World War Two history, saying Chinese communist forces made "no substantial contribution" to fighting
May 09, 2025The 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, 2025Wirecard 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, 2025Britain 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, 2025Commerzbank, 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, 2025Leon 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, 2025The 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, 2025Ukrainians on front line say Russians keep breaking Putin’s ceasefire
May 09, 2025For Manchester United or Tottenham, a miserable campaign will end in Europa League glory
May 08, 2025Ukraine'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, 2025President 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, 2025U.S. energy groups are asking President Donald Trump's administration to exempt liquefied natural gas tankers from a new rule
May 07, 2025Gaza'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, 2025Britain'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, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he told U.S.
May 08, 2025Robert Prevost elected as first American pope and takes the name Leo XIV
May 08, 2025Two 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, 2025Americans 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, 2025The 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, 2025Germany'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, 2025Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and U.S.
May 08, 2025U.S.
May 08, 2025Experts, human rights workers and lawyers criticized reports of plans to deport migrants from the U.S. to Libya
May 08, 2025Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV
May 08, 2025Pope 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, 2025U.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, 2025British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday secured a second trade pact in three days through a deal with U.S.
May 08, 2025British 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, 2025The following is the full first speech of Pope Leo XIV, given from the central balcony of St.
May 08, 2025Putin’s 3-day ceasefire comes into effect, but Ukraine claims Russia already broke it
May 07, 2025Russia 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, 2025The 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, 2025For 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, 2025Britain'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, 2025Robert 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, 2025Russian 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, 2025The 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, 2025Italian 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, 2025U.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, 2025Europe is marking one of its most joyous days in history
May 08, 2025Governments 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, 2025Ukraine 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, 2025Cities 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, 2025President 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, 2025White smoke from the Sistine Chapel signals a new pope has been elected.
May 08, 2025Josaia Raisuqe, Olympic rugby silver medalist from Paris 2024, dies at age 30 in road accident
May 08, 2025Nestle has hired Rothschild to advise on the sale of its water division later this year, four people familiar with the matter told
May 08, 2025A 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, 2025The 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, 2025The 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, 2025With a frost covering Europe's energy relations with Russia, officials from Washington and Moscow have held discussions about the U.S.
May 08, 2025JP 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, 2025Chinese 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, 2025The 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, 2025Hardly 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, 2025President 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, 2025Europe'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, 2025Ukraine'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, 2025Israel'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, 2025Jurors have begun deliberating in the case of two men charged with cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree in northern England
May 08, 2025The 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, 2025A 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, 2025The Bank of England cuts interest rates as tariffs endanger global economic growth
May 08, 2025Germany'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, 2025EU 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, 2025The Ukrainian parliament ratified a milestone minerals deal with the United States on Thursday, lawmakers said.
May 08, 2025Xi and Putin agree to ‘deepen’ China-Russia ties during Moscow talks
May 08, 2025Bill Gates is pledging 99% of his remaining fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will spend it all within 20 years
May 08, 2025German 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, 2025Slovakia'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, 2025The 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, 2025German 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, 2025A 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, 2025It’s a Champions League final few could have predicted
May 08, 2025Black 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, 2025Instacart 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, 2025Syrian president says his government is holding indirect talks with Israel
May 08, 2025Press 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, 2025Norway 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, 2025Foreign 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, 2025Ukraine 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, 2025Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis
May 08, 2025The British pound was steady on Thursday after a report said that U.S.
May 08, 2025Taiwan 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, 2025German 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, 2025Albania’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, 2025British 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, 2025Xi Jinping arrives in Moscow as Putin’s ‘guest of honor’ ahead of Victory Day military parade
May 07, 2025British 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, 2025The United States said
May 07, 2025Anne Frank tree planted at Seton Hill University, "A beautiful symbol of growth and renewal."
May 07, 2025Ex-model takes the stand in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial. The prior jury never heard about her
May 07, 2025Paris 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, 2025President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation designating Thursday as a day for the United States to celebrate victory during World War II
May 07, 2025Federal officials have released images showing a helicopter as it broke apart midair and crashed in New York last month, killing six people
May 07, 2025Police investigating after hundreds of 'white power' flyers were found
May 07, 2025In 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, 2025France'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, 2025One 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, 2025Venezuela'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, 2025U.S.
May 07, 2025U.S.
May 07, 2025Syrian 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, 2025Cardinals fail to pick new pope on day one of the conclave
May 07, 2025Friedrich Merz has plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor
May 07, 2025Russia has never opposed a ceasefire in Ukraine, Russian state-run news agencies reported on Wednesday, citing foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
May 07, 2025Romania'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, 2025The 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, 2025Vance says Russia ‘asking for too much’ in concessions, while Trump says decisions ‘have to be made’ soon
May 07, 2025Russian President Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday signed a strategic partnership agreement in a ceremony shown on state TV.
May 07, 2025Police 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, 2025Israeli authorities have ordered six United Nations schools for the children of Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem to close this week
May 07, 2025A prosecutor says two men who cut down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England did it for a laugh
May 07, 2025Vice 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, 2025Poland 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, 2025The Republican chairman of the U.S.
May 07, 2025A 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, 2025French 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, 2025Turkish 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, 2025The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat has conceded last November’s election to the Democratic incumbent
May 07, 2025The 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, 2025The recovery of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's superyacht from the waters off the coast of northern Sicily is expected to
May 07, 2025Airbus said on Wednesday it delivered 56 aircraft in April, down 8% from the same month of last year.
May 07, 2025The 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, 2025Supporters 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, 2025German 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, 2025Russian air defence forces downed 12 Ukrainian drones flying towards Moscow, the city's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on Wednesday.
May 07, 2025Russian authorities say drone attacks by Ukraine have caused flight disruption at Moscow’s main airports for a third straight day
May 07, 2025Russian 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
May 07, 2025Carmaker 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, 2025Aerospace 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, 2025Chinese 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
May 06, 2025The 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, 2025Lithuania 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, 2025Germany's new chancellor Friedrich Merz signalled a new start in relations with European partners France and
May 07, 2025NYPD investigating release of Palestinian woman’s sealed records to ICE
May 07, 2025Students at Chicago Catholic school learn valuable lessons in mock conclave
May 07, 2025U.S.
May 07, 2025Russia marks on Friday the 80th anniversary of the Soviet and allied victory over Nazi Germany, though there are fears that Ukraine may
May 07, 2025Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 42 people convicted of "extremist offences", state news agency BELTA reported on Wednesday.
May 07, 2025Mistral 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, 2025An Italian judge has dismissed a case against Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis for alleged rape, his lawyers said on Wednesday.
May 07, 2025Airlines including United Airlines and Korean Air re-routed or cancelled flights and about a dozen Indian airports
May 07, 2025After months of negotiations, Bulgaria and Greece have signed a five-year water deal, the Bulgarian foreign ministry confirmed on
May 07, 2025The 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, 2025Turkey 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, 2025Serbian 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, 2025Thyssenkrupp'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, 2025ATHENS - Greece backs an Arab plan for the reconstruction of Gaza once a ceasefire is achieved, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday.
May 07, 2025Finland, 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, 2025All 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, 2025European nations want to spend big on artillery, missiles and drones, but costly military pension commitments risk constraining those ambitious plans, according to
May 07, 2025France 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, 2025The 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‘Proud of you’: Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son earns first call-up for Portugal Under-15 national team
May 07, 2025The 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, 2025Russian 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, 2025A 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, 2025German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is seeking a drastic increase in the country's annual defence budget to over 60 billion
May 07, 2025Britain 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, 2025Italian retail sales fell 0.5% in March from the month before, data showed on Wednesday, following a 0.1% rise in February.
May 07, 2025A 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, 2025Romanian debt managers curbed local debt sale plans on Wednesday amid a slide in the leu currency since hard-right
May 07, 2025Three 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, 2025Activity 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, 2025Jewellery maker Pandora has been gaining market share in the United States and plans to keep investing to win over new customers
May 07, 2025New 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, 2025Twelve 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, 2025BMW 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, 2025German 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, 2025Former U.S.
May 07, 2025Twenty-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, 2025Switzerland 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, 2025Mobile 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, 2025Ukraine 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, 2025India 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, 2025Russia 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, 2025When 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, 2025Inter Milan beat Barcelona 4-3 after extra time in another rollercoaster encounter to reach a second Champions League final in three years
May 06, 2025Nationwide 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, 2025Iran'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, 2025Germany'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, 2025Roughly a week after Donald Trump started his second term as president, the U.S. military issued an order to
May 06, 2025The Trump administration will fold the office that manages Washington's relations with Palestinians into the U.S.
May 06, 2025The dollar fell broadly on Tuesday on worries that U.S.
May 06, 2025A daily newspaper and officials say Turkey’s intelligence service thwarted a remote attack with pagers last year in Lebanon
May 06, 2025Merz appointed German chancellor hours after unprecedented parliamentary defeat
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May 04, 2025There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.”
April 30, 2025Who will be the next pope? Here are some possible candidates
April 22, 2025Ukrainian drones attack Moscow, temporarily halting flights ahead of major military parade
May 06, 2025Friedrich 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
April 09, 2025Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded in becoming Germany’s next chancellor
May 06, 2025German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament on Tuesday in a second round of voting after an unprecedented
May 06, 2025German shares trimmed early losses on Tuesday after conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor during a second vote in parliament after an
May 06, 2025Malta'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, 2025All four international airports around Moscow temporarily suspended flights as Russia said its forces intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones
May 06, 2025EU 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, 2025Cardinals have wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings before they enter the conclave to elect a new pope
May 06, 2025Tesla sales plunge across Europe
May 06, 2025Authorities 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, 2025The 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, 2025The 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, 2025Friedrich 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, 2025Skype 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, 2025Friedrich 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, 2025Britain and India clinched a long-coveted free trade pact on Tuesday after tariff turmoil sparked by U.S.
May 06, 2025German 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, 2025One 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, 2025Growing 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, 2025Workers 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, 2025The 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, 2025Romania's hard-right presidential frontrunner George Simion said on Tuesday that if elected he would propose compensatory measures to U.S.
May 06, 2025Ferrari 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, 2025Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday swapped 205 prisoners of war each, the Russian Defence ministry said in a statement.
May 06, 2025Twenty-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, 2025Fact check: Trump makes more false claims about Canada in advance of meeting with prime minister
May 06, 2025The 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, 2025In early April, Argentex's chief executive Jim Ormonde and chief financial officer Guy Rudolph were buying shares in the
May 06, 2025Swiss 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, 2025Tesla'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, 2025Russian 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, 2025Italian 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, 2025Tesla'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, 2025Lawyers 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, 2025The 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, 2025Jailed 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, 2025Vatican to deactivate mobile phone signal ahead of secret meeting to elect new pope
May 06, 2025Lindsey Vonn says she proved to herself and her doubters that ‘I deserve to be here’ after skiing return
May 06, 2025ICE and other agents conduct at least 12 recent arrests at courthouses. Experts warn some may stop showing up to court
May 06, 2025The 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, 2025Poland 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, 2025President 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, 2025The 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, 2025Friedrich 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, 2025The 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, 2025Ukraine 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, 2025Ukraine'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, 2025The 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, 2025Italy'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, 2025Romania’s interim president has appointed a new prime minister
May 06, 2025U.S.
May 06, 2025French 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, 2025European 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, 2025Conservative 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, 2025A 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, 2025Dutch 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, 2025A 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, 2025Turkey's Halkbank asked the U.S.
May 05, 2025Trump says he is directing Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz to house ‘ruthless and violent offenders’
May 05, 2025Before 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, 2025Romania'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, 2025Norway'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, 2025Britain'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, 2025Romanian 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, 2025European shares extended their winning streak on Monday, with investors focussing on developments from the trade war alongside the U.S.
May 05, 2025Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned on Monday, a day after a far-right opposition leader won the first round of the presidential
May 05, 2025A 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, 2025Scoring three away goals should make Inter Milan feel confident heading into the return leg of its Champions League semifinal against Barcelona
May 05, 2025All 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, 2025Romania faces a wave of online disinformation ahead of a presidential election runoff this month in which
May 05, 2025Commerzbank 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, 2025Dutch police arrested five pro-Palestine protesters on Monday during a World War Two anniversary event in Wageningen, central Netherlands.
May 05, 2025George 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, 2025Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse conclave in history
May 05, 2025The 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, 2025Authorities 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, 2025Throughout 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, 2025Italian 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, 2025The 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, 2025Three 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, 2025Four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka wins first title since becoming a mother
May 05, 2025Tesla'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, 2025Microsoft 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, 2025Spanish 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, 2025Minnesota doctor taking prosthetics to amputees in Ukraine
May 05, 2025British royal family watches military parade marking start of VE Day events in London
May 05, 2025Two Trump-friendly nationalists are vying to lead Ukraine’s European neighbors
May 05, 2025Volvo 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, 2025Far-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, 2025The Kremlin, asked on Monday about a possible meeting between U.S.
May 05, 2025The 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, 2025Spain'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, 2025Turkish 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, 2025Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the country, the Kremlin said on Monday.
May 05, 2025At 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, 2025German 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, 2025The seventh season of Swedish slow TV hit “The Great Moose Migration” ended after 20 days of 24-hour live coverage
May 04, 2025President Donald Trump's trade war isn't just about tariffs
May 05, 2025Investor morale in the euro zone recovered more strongly than expected in May after U.S.
May 05, 2025Romania'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, 2025Hard-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, 2025A 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, 2025The 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, 2025The 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, 2025Central 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, 2025Nearly 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, 2025Russian 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, 2025One 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, 2025Incoming 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, 2025Harry Kane can finally celebrate his first career title after Bayern Munich became Bundesliga champion on Sunday with a little help from Freiburg
May 04, 2025Romanian hard-right candidate George Simion was ahead in a presidential election first round, followed by centrist candidate Crin Antonescu, an
May 04, 2025The 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, 2025Prison officials in Virginia say five guards have been injured in an attack by inmates who are MS-13 gang members
May 04, 2025Ukrainian 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, 2025President 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, 2025Rangers 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, 2025Lebanese 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, 2025British 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, 2025Marine 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, 2025British 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, 2025Ukrainian 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, 2025Aryna Sabalenka defeats Coco Gauff to win record-equaling Madrid Open title
May 04, 2025Four Iranians among five arrested in UK over alleged terror plot
May 04, 2025European 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, 2025Romanian 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, 2025The 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, 2025An 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, 2025French police have rescued the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a nighttime raid after he was taken hostage for ransom
May 04, 2025Families of detained Americans plead that they are not forgotten
May 04, 2025Russian 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, 2025German pop star Dieter Bohlen is asking his fans to return a sign spelling out the name of his hometown of Toetensen
May 04, 2025The gleaming colonnade of St.
May 04, 2025British 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, 2025Chinese 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, 2025A 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, 2025Yussuf 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, 2025Britain'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, 2025Zelensky says talks with Trump at pope’s funeral were their ‘best’ yet
May 03, 2025The 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
May 02, 2025This was not the way Arsenal wanted to prepare for its Champions League semifinal clash with Paris Saint-Germain
May 03, 2025Aryna Sabalenka has beaten Coco Gauff in straight sets to win her record-tying third Madrid Open
May 03, 2025Alireza Doroudi has been detained in an immigration facility in Louisiana for nearly six weeks
May 03, 2025The 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, 2025Lando Norris beat McLaren Racing teammate Oscar Piastri to win the sprint race held ahead of qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix
May 03, 2025President 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, 2025The rift between Prince Harry and his family has burst into the open again
May 03, 2025Germany’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, 2025Teenage prodigy Andrea Kimi Antonelli becomes youngest ever driver to claim an F1 pole
May 03, 2025These Americans quit the US for new lives in Spain. Not all of them loved it
May 03, 2025Ukraine and Russia are at odds over competing ceasefire proposals
May 03, 2025The 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, 2025Woman killed in Greece after bomb explodes in her hands
May 03, 2025Jaguar Land Rover has restarted shipments of vehicles to the United States after pausing them in the face of U.S.
May 03, 2025Dmitry 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, 2025Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he discussed air defence systems and sanctions on Russia with Donald Trump on the sidelines of Pope
May 03, 2025Growing numbers of people are making bets on next week’s conclave to elect the next pope
May 03, 2025Spain 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, 2025A 38-year-old woman has been killed in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki while carrying a bomb
May 03, 2025A 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, 2025Romanians 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, 2025New York City’s police department provided federal immigration authorities with information about a Palestinian woman who was arrested at a protest
May 02, 2025Rubio and German Foreign Ministry spar on X over comments accusing Germany of ‘tyranny in disguise’
May 02, 2025Russia 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, 2025Ukrainian 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, 2025Prince Harry says father, King Charles, no longer speaks to him but hopes to reconcile
May 02, 2025The 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, 2025A 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, 2025Casper Ruud has overcome a rib ailment to defeat Francisco Cerundolo in straight sets and reach the Madrid Open final
May 02, 2025Tennessee 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, 2025Judge declares mistrial for man accused of killing high school grad
May 02, 2025Britain'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, 2025Israel'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, 2025Several 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, 2025Prince 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, 2025A 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, 2025The 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, 2025At 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, 2025Prince 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, 2025Aid ship bound for Gaza catches fire after alleged Israeli drone attack off Malta
May 02, 2025Drones attacked a vessel carrying aid to Gaza in international waters off Malta
May 02, 2025A 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, 2025Britain's Prince Harry said he would love to be reconciled with his family in an interview with the BBC on Friday.
May 02, 2025Prince 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, 2025Germany'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, 2025European 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, 2025Britain'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, 2025A prominent lawyer in Washington who defended Hunter Biden against criminal charges has launched a new law firm to represent former government officials
May 02, 2025Britain'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, 2025LVMH will focus on its biggest, best known alcohol brands and rein in international ambitions for smaller labels to revive Moet Hennessy, the
May 02, 2025Dozens 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, 2025There 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, 2025Tesla'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, 2025What’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, 2025The 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, 2025Archaeologists 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, 2025A 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, 2025Romanian 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, 2025Fights 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, 2025NATO 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, 2025A ship bound for Gaza carrying humanitarian aid and activists was bombed by drones in international waters off Malta early on Friday, its
May 02, 2025The 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, 2025Germany'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, 2025Britain's right-wing Reform UK party won a vacant parliamentary seat, two mayoralties and control of several councils on Friday in early
May 02, 2025With 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, 2025For Ethel Caterham, the trick to a long life is not to argue
May 02, 2025The New York Rangers have hired Mike Sullivan as coach
May 02, 2025Spain suffered several power glitches and industry officials sounded repeated warnings about the instability of its power grid in the
May 02, 2025Arbitrators 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, 2025British 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, 2025Russia 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, 2025Euroclear 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, 2025Volkswagen 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, 2025Vance says war in Ukraine ‘not going to end any time soon,’ hours after US signs minerals deal with Kyiv
May 02, 2025Actor-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, 2025A mummy called the ‘air-dried chaplain’ has long been shrouded in mystery. Scientists say they now have answers
May 02, 2025European fairytale continues for Bodø/Glimt, the soccer team from inside the Arctic Circle
May 02, 2025Germany'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, 2025Vitali 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, 2025TikTok 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, 2025Euro 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, 2025British 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, 2025The German domestic intelligence service says it has classified the Alternative for Germany party as a “right-wing extremist effort.”
May 02, 2025Coco Gauff hands Iga Świątek one of the worst defeats of her career to reach Madrid Open final
May 02, 2025Russell Brand granted bail in first court appearance over sexual assault charges
May 02, 2025Spain'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, 2025French 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, 2025Two 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, 2025Lactalis, 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, 2025The 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, 2025Chinese carmakers including BYD and Chery are selling more
May 01, 2025Euro 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, 2025Germany'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, 2025Italy'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, 2025France'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
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