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OPEC oil output fell in December after two months of increases, a Reuters survey found, as a drop from the United Arab Emirates due to field maintenance and from Iran ...

Israeli cybersecurity firms raised $4 billion in 2024, more than double that of 2023, led by firms seeking to protect the cloud along with a surge in artificial intelligence, global venture capital firm ...

Israeli military strikes across Gaza killed at least 27 people on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said, as international mediators stepped up efforts to seal a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal between Israel ...

West Ham United have sacked head coach Julen Lopetegui, the Premier League club said on Wednesday, with the London side 14th in the standings after 20 matches. Graham Potter is in ...

France urged the European Union to use its laws more robustly to defend itself against outside interference and Spain’s prime minister lambasted Elon Musk on Wednesday, as the U....

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has dismissed a suggestion by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that he might use “economic force” to make Canada the 51st U.S. state. “There ...

At least two people were killed as several fast-growing wildfires raged out of control on Wednesday near Los Angeles, destroying hundreds of buildings, scorching hillsides and prompting officials to order ...

Sterling slid for a second day on Wednesday against a generally firmer US dollar, despite British long-term borrowing costs sitting at around their highest since 1998. Solid US data on Tuesday ...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has accused neighbouring Armenia of posing a “fascist” threat that needs to be destroyed, in comments that Armenia’s leader called a possible attempt to justify ...

Lebanon’s parliament will try to elect a president on Thursday, with officials seeing better chances of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel’s war with Hezbollah and ...

Ukraine launched an overnight strike deep inside Russia that set fire to an oil depot in the city of Engels that serves an air base for Russian nuclear bomber planes, ...

Universities and other higher education establishments have joined a retreat among British institutions from Elon Musk’s X social media platform, citing its role in spreading misinformation that fuelled race ...

Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from an exhibition event with Novak Djokovic scheduled for Thursday due to an abdominal strain, casting more doubt on the former Wimbledon finalist’s chances of ...

France coach Didier Deschamps confirmed on Wednesday he will leave the national team after the 2026 World Cup, saying it was time to stop. The French football federation (FFF) told Reuters ...

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou said his team are struggling to such an extent that even in-form Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah would fail to make much of an impression as ...

The European Union will not let other nations attack its sovereign borders, France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday, responding to comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on taking ...

Major central banks in December delivered their biggest policy easing push since the spring 2020 COVID rate-cutting frenzy, with the latest moves making the annual 2024 easing effort the biggest in 15 years ...

Alexander Isak scored his 50th goal for Newcastle United as Eddie Howe’s side took a huge step towards the League Cup final with a 2-0 victory at Arsenal on ...

Over 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet were rescued, Chinese officials said on Wednesday, with an unknown number still unaccounted for after a tremor rocked the Himalayan foothills and ...

The volume of global crude exports in 2024 declined 2 per cent, the first fall since the COVID-19 pandemic, shipping data showed, due to weak demand growth and as refinery and pipeline ...

British house prices dropped unexpectedly last month for the first time since March although they finished the year higher than in December 2023, figures from mortgage lender Halifax showed on Tuesday. ...

Social media platforms should be neutral and not interfere in other nations’ political affairs, the Spanish government’s spokesperson said on Tuesday, after X’s CEO Elon Musk commented on ...

Two men were fatally injured on Tuesday evening after shots were fired at a company in Bad Friedrichshall in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg in southern Germany, local police said in ...

Germany is leading efforts for the European Union to ease sanctions imposed on Syria during the rule of President Bashar al-Assad who was ousted last month, the Financial Times reported ...