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Russia has proposed holding the next round of direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2 with a view to achieving a sustainable peace settlement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ...

Four-time champion Iga Swiatek of Poland made light work of British Grand Slam winner Emma Raducanu in their French Open second round on Wednesday, notching up a 6-1 6-2 victory ...

Italians Jasmine Paolini and Lorenzo Musetti lit up a damp day at Roland Garros as they both surged into the third round of the French Open with commanding victories, while ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel had eliminated Hamas Gaza chief Mohammad Sinwar, one of its most wanted targets and the younger brother of the deceased ...

Greece has prepared legislation that will introduce tougher penalties for rejected asylum seekers and speed up returns to their home countries, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. The Mediterranean ...

Italy’s mafia is turning away from violent turf wars to collaborate in drug trafficking, prostitution rings and money laundering, the national anti-mafia agency (DIA) said in an annual report ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday reaffirmed his wish to see a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict and said there were no double standards in French policy towards the ...

Chelsea and Real Betis have come from starkly different starting points to get to Wednesday’s UEFA Europa Conference League final. Chelsea, twice Champions League winners and six times English ...

The second round of the French Open begins on Wednesday with holder Iga Swiatek seeking to maintain her 100% record against Emma Raducanu in a meeting of former U.S. Open ...

The United States and Russia quarrelled in public on Wednesday over the intensifying Ukraine war after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that President Vladimir Putin was “playing with fire” ...

The world is expected to experience more record temperatures over the next five years, with Arctic warming predicted at more than three times the global average, a new report by ...

The International Monetary Fund nudged up its growth forecast for Britain this year in a regular assessment of the country’s economy, and it urged finance minister Rachel Reeves to ...

Turkey’s economy is expected to have grown by 2.3 per cent in the first quarter and by 3 per cent for 2025 as a whole, lower than government forecasts, a Reuters poll ...

Israel’s credit rating is unlikely to be upgraded until the war in Gaza ends, since the conflict weighs on the Israeli economy and its fiscal position, S&P ...

One of the three Argentine judges presiding in the trial of seven members of Diego Maradona’s medical team charged with negligent homicide in the soccer star’s 2020 death stepped ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed into law a bill requiring Apple and Alphabet’s Google to verify the age of users of their app stores, putting the second-most-populous ...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Vladimir Putin was “playing with fire” by refusing to engage in ceasefire talks with Kyiv as Russian forces made gains in Ukraine’s ...

Coco Gauff forgot to take her rackets to the court but reminded her rivals of her French Open title ambitions with a commanding first-round win, while Daniil Medvedev was unable ...

Elon Musk on Tuesday postponed by a few hours an expected update on SpaceX’s plan to launch missions to Mars, saying it will take place after a Starship test ...

The Israeli military said on Tuesday that its forces did not direct aerial gunfire towards an aid distribution centre set up by a US-backed aid foundation in the Gaza city ...

King Charles, speaking during a symbolic visit to show support for Canada at a time it has faced U.S. annexation threats, on Tuesday expressed his love for Canada and ...

By Kate Abnett The European Union is facing further pressure from member countries to delay and weaken its upcoming law to restrict deforestation, with 11 governments demanding changes, a document seen ...

By Stelios Misinas Off the Greek island of Alonissos in the eastern Aegean Sea, volunteer divers grab decaying plastic bottles, a tyre and a rusted anchor chain from the seabed ...

By Tim Cocks Until the last half-decade, the majestic lesser flamingo had four African breeding sites: two salt pans in Botswana and Namibia, a soda lake in Tanzania, and an ...