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The European Central Bank cut interest rates again on Thursday as inflation slows and economic growth falters, but provided almost no clues to its next step, even as investors bet ...

A crew of four aboard a SpaceX capsule embarked on the world’s first private spacewalk on Thursday, as an astronaut eased out of the Crew Dragon spacecraft on a ...

An inexorable decline in the number of working age Europeans will put a huge strain on welfare systems and public finances in coming decades, according to a report that will ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised on Thursday to deliver a 10-year plan to fix the National Health Service, saying there would be no more money without reform to a ...

All three candidates running to become the next secretary-general of the Commonwealth, a 56-nation club headed by Britain’s King Charles, said on Wednesday they supported reparations for transatlantic slavery ...

Russia should clearly state its willingness to use nuclear weapons against countries that “support NATO aggression in Ukraine”, according to an influential foreign policy hawk who is pressing President Vladimir ...

Oil prices rose more than 1 per cent on Thursday, extending a rebound spurred by concern over Hurricane Francine’s impact on US output, though a gloomy demand outlook capped gains. ...

The European Central Bank is almost certain to cut interest rates again on Thursday, but with inflation risks simmering despite anaemic growth, investors will be combing its message for clues ...

Australian Olympic hockey player Tom Craig has been banned for 12 months, with six months suspended, after he was arrested in Paris for buying cocaine during the Games. Governing body Hockey ...

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard could face several weeks on the sidelines after injuring his right ankle during Norway’s Nations League victory against Austria on Monday, according to the Norwegian ...

Former England manager Gareth Southgate said he was in no rush to find a new role but he will keep an open mind as he weighs up opportunities in the ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that increased migration flows cannot be addressed by unilaterally scrapping the Schengen zone. Germany this week announced plans to impose tighter checks ...

Three Southern California wildfires torched dozens of mountain homes, tore through a ski resort and forced thousands to evacuate in towns and cities east of Los Angeles on Wednesday. Around 40 ...

The U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said six staffers were killed after two airstrikes hit a school in central Gaza on Wednesday, marking what it said was the highest ...

Turkey said it condemned this week’s signing of a roadmap to boost two-way defence co-operation between the United States and the Republic of Cyprus. The move came amid United ...

Several Hanoi districts remained flooded on Thursday with the weather agency forecasting little change in water levels of the Red River over the next 24 hours, as floods and landslides continued ...

The U.S. and British foreign ministers met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on a visit interrupted by air raid warnings, unveiling new support but no breakthrough on the long-range strikes into ...

Britain’s economy stagnated for a second month running in July as manufacturing output dropped sharply, an inauspicious start for the new government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer who wants ...

The Bank of England will keep its main interest rate at 5.00 per cent next week but reduce it in November even though inflation is expected to stay above the central ...

US cryptocurrency shares fell in early trading on Wednesday after Democratic candidate Kamala Harris put her Republican rival and crypto supporter Donald Trump on the defensive in a combative presidential ...

A lack of accountability for the killing of United Nations staff and humanitarian aid workers in the Gaza Strip is “totally unacceptable,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Reuters in ...

European Union lawmakers are backing calls for new rules around the use of “dynamic pricing” when selling online goods, after Oasis fans complained about massively inflated ticket prices for a ...

Germany’s foreign ministry mocked U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s false assertion about immigrants eating pets in a post on the social platform X on Wednesday while ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday a “victory plan” he wants to present to U.S. President Joe Biden this month would strengthen Kyiv and have a “psychological” ...