Macron, Le Pen clash in French election debate
French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen battled on Wednesday over who would be best placed to improve voters’ purchasing power and run France’s foreign policy, ...
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Russia tests nuclear-capable missile that Putin calls world’s best
Russia said on Wednesday it had conducted a first test launch of its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, a new and long-awaited addition to its nuclear arsenal which President Vladimir Putin ...
EC president tells Ukrainians during visit: ‘History will not forget’
European Council President Charles Michel pledged European solidarity with Ukraine during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Wednesday and said justice must be done for alleged Russian war crimes.
Michel, ...
Top officials walk out of G20 meeting as Russians speak
Top finance officials from Britain, the United States and Canada walked out of Wednesday’s G20 meeting as Russian representatives spoke, UK finance minister Rishi Sunak said, exposing deepening divisions ...
Ukraine’s Orthodox church asks faithful to forgo night Easter services
The head of Ukraine’s Orthodox church asked clergy and the faithful on Wednesday to forgo night Easter services in areas of the country affected by fighting, fearing Russian bombardments ...
Greece to raise minimum wage to boost low incomes
Greece will raise the minimum wage from May 1 for a second time this year, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday as rising inflation takes a toll on household incomes.
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Netflix heads for worst day in two decades
Netflix shares lost over a third of their value on Wednesday after the company reported its first drop in subscribers in a decade, leaving Wall Street questioning its growth in ...
UN: Number of refugees fleeing Ukraine war tops 5 million
The number of people fleeing Ukraine to escape Russia’s invasion has passed 5 million in Europe’s worst refugee crisis since the end of World War Two, U.N. refugee ...
Labour Party sets out bid to trigger contempt investigation into PM Johnson
Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Wednesday published details of its attempt to instigate a parliamentary investigation into whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled parliament in his initial response to ...
Russia seeks greater secrecy on military deaths in Ukraine
The Russian defence ministry has proposed that relatives of soldiers killed in Ukraine should have to apply to military rather than civilian authorities for compensation payments, imposing an extra level ...
Wealth shock – property bust in small Chinese cities rattles households
Homeowners in small Chinese cities are battling a rare property market downdraft as buyers keep away, eroding the wealth of millions in a blow to already brittle consumer confidence in ...
Bookmakers see France’s Macron easily winning Sunday’s runoff
French President Emmanuel Macron has a more than 90% chance of winning Sunday’s presidential runoff vote against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen, the odds offered by UK political bookmakers showed ...
EU works to cut cost of Russia oil ban to win over sceptics
The European Commission is working to speed up the availability of alternative energy supplies to try to cut the cost of banning Russian oil and persuade Germany and other reluctant ...
China imports 14 per cent less crude oil from Russia in March
Saudi Arabia exported nearly 13 per cent less oil to China in March than a year earlier but retained its top supplier spot, while shipments from second-ranking Russia slipped 14 per cent, ...
Russian players to be barred from competing at Wimbledon
Russian players will not be allowed to compete at Wimbledon this year due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a report in sports industry news site Sportico on ...
Oil prices rebound after sharp losses as supply concerns dominate
Oil prices rebounded on Wednesday from sharp losses in the previous session as concerns about tighter supplies from Russia and Libya dominated, while industry data showed a drop in US ...
Liberal Russian radio station loses appeal against being taken off air
A Moscow court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by liberal radio station Ekho Moskvy, one of the leading current affairs channels in Russia, against the authorities’ move to take it ...
Continental restarts tyre making at Russian plant to protect workers
German car parts supplier Continental AG (CONG.DE) has temporarily resumed tyre production for passenger cars at its Russian plant in Kaluga, it said on Tuesday, to protect local workers ...
UK rolls out new rules to battle fake reviews, anti-competitive practices
Britain’s competition regulator will directly enforce consumer law and can fine firms up to 10 per cent of their global annual turnover for mistreating customers, the UK government said, as ...
Growing majority of Swedes back joining NATO, opinion poll shows
A growing majority of Swedes are in favour of joining NATO, a poll showed on Wednesday, as policy-makers in both Sweden and Finland weigh up whether Russia’s invasion of ...
Ukraine hopes to evacuate 6,000 women, children and elderly from Mariupol
Ukraine hopes to evacuate 6,000 women, children and elderly people from the besieged city of Mariupol on Wednesday if a preliminary agreement with Russia holds, the city’s mayor said.
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Sri Lanka PM expects police to investigate after anti-government protests turn deadly
Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday said he expects the police to investigate clashes between police officers and anti-government protesters that led to the first death in weeks ...
Blinken, Mideast leaders in talks to quell Israel-Palestinian violence
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Israeli, Palestininan and Jordanian leaders to discuss recent violence in Israel and the West Bank that has escalated tensions in the ...
Soaring battery costs fail to cool electric vehicle sales
Buyers around the world are lining up to purchase electric vehicles this year even with sticker prices surging, flipping the script on a decade and a half of conventional auto ...