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The governor of Russia’s Astrakhan region told residents not to panic on Wednesday after its main city, close to a huge gas chemical complex that was attacked by Ukrainian ...

President Donald Trump’s jaw-dropping statement that he would like the U.S. to take control of and redevelop the Gaza Strip might have sounded like it came from nowhere, ...

President Donald Trump’s proposal for the U.S. to take over war-ruined Gaza and create a “Riviera of the Middle East” after resettling Palestinians elsewhere has shattered U.S. ...

British consumers received some relief to pressure on their budgets in January as a step-up in supermarket promotions meant grocery inflation edged lower following four straight months of rises, according ...

British businesses turned more pessimistic in January, extending a run of falling corporate confidence to five months, but there were some more hopeful views about trading prospects for the coming ...

British factories reported another tough month in January as output, new orders and employment all fell, with companies hit by higher costs even before payroll taxes and the minimum wage ...

Eleven people were killed in a shooting at an adult education centre on Tuesday, Swedish police said, marking the country’s deadliest gun attack in what the prime minister called ...

China imposed targeted tariffs on US imports on Tuesday and put several companies, including Google, on notice for possible sanctions, in a measured response to the sweeping duties on Chinese ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to counter what he says is the decadence of modern ...

By Kate Abnett Most of European Union surface water bodies are polluted by chemicals, the European Commission said on Tuesday, in a report that revealed the damaged state of Europe’...

By Chad Terhune First there were the fast-moving, devastating fires. Now, amid the ruins of homes burned to the ground in the Los Angeles area blazes this month, workers are ...

Five people were shot on Tuesday in an attack at a school for adults in Sweden, police said, but they declined to comment on local media reports that several people ...

The trial of the man charged with attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie at a New York lecture is due to begin on Tuesday with jury selection. Hadi Matar, 26, ...

When Benjamin Netanyahu meets U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, the Israeli prime minister is expected to try to turn the page on sometimes tense relations with the Biden ...

By Michele Kambas Researchers in Cyprus have discovered a hidden portrait that lay undetected for centuries beneath a 1570 oil painting by Renaissance master Titian, a rendering of which is now ...

El Salvador on Monday offered to house in its jails “dangerous criminals” from anywhere in the world deported by the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said ...

A gunman opened fire on Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, setting off a gunfight that caused multiple casualties before the shooter was killed by Israeli soldiers, ...

US crude prices fell by nearly 2 per cent on Tuesday as US tariffs on China took effect, though President Donald Trump paused for a month a decision on steep levies ...

Britain’s financial watchdog has laid out plans to make it easier for retail investors and wealth managers to buy corporate bonds and for companies to raise capital from these ...

Hundreds of people left Santorini on ferries and planes on Tuesday to reach safety in Athens as a series of quakes kept shaking the famous Greek tourist island. Hundreds of ...

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca labelled his team’s 2-1 win over West Ham United a huge result as they came from a goal down on Monday to boost their hopes ...

The following is a list of major signings during the 2024-25 mid-season transfer window, which closed on Feb. 3 (transfer fees reported by club or media, includes add-ons): ENGLAND Nico Gonzalez: ...

US manufacturing grew for the first time in more than two years in January amid strong orders, but a measure of prices paid by factories for raw materials rose solidly, ...

OPEC+ agreed to stick to its policy of gradually raising oil output from April on Monday and removed the US government’s Energy Information Administration from the sources used to ...