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Residents in two areas near Athens were ordered to evacuate on Sunday as dozens of firefighters battled to contain blazes fuelled by strong winds and hot temperatures. Near the village ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine had launched an incursion into Russian territory to “restore justice” and pressure Moscow’s forces, in his first acknowledgement of Kyiv’s surprise offensive into ...

A climber scaled the north face of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday, the last day of the Olympics, before he was met by police mid-way up, French media ...

There was no ‘Miracle on the Seine’ at the Paris Olympics on Saturday night as the United States men’s basketball team did as expected by grinding out a 98-87 ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that Ukrainian forces were fighting in the surprise offensive in Russia’s Kursk, as the border region’s authorities rushed ...

Shares of Airbnb (ABNB.O) slumped nearly 14 per cent on Wednesday after the online travel company forecast third-quarter revenue below estimates, citing slowing demand in the United States and shorter ...

Japan’s Honda Motor (7267.T) reported a 23 per cent increase in first-quarter profit this week as the automaker benefited from a weaker yen, higher pricing and growing hybrid vehicle sales ...

Shares of Germany’s Commerzbank (CBKG.DE) fell as much as 6 per cent earlier this week after it reported larger than expected loan loss provisions in the second quarter. The ...

WK Kellogg (KLG.N) plans to completely shut down its Omaha, Nebraska, plant by the end of 2026 under a reorganization that will also reduce the cereal maker’s headcount by ...

Winning athletes in Paris have received their medals on Louis Vuitton trays before being handed a Samsung flip phone to take a “victory selfie”, heralding a new era of product ...

Los Angeles, a city famous for its passionate car culture and notorious for its traffic, will strongly emphasise the use of public transportation when it hosts the Olympic Games in 2028, ...

Greek police have arrested on an international warrant a 36-year-old fugitive convicted of robbery in Israel and under investigation over a bomb attack there after a tip-off by Israeli authorities, ...

Serbia cruised to men’s basketball bronze by defeating Germany 93-83 at the Paris Olympics on Saturday after they missed out on a chance for gold by losing by four ...

Much has been made of equality of sexes at the Paris Olympics, the first Games with a 50-50 male-female split among athletes, but there is a gender gap in official ...

Russia was fighting intense battles on Saturday against thousands of Ukrainian troops as deep as 20 km (12 miles) inside the Kursk region after Ukraine’s biggest attack on Russian sovereign territory ...

A man convicted in the killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has been discharged from jail after signing a contract to join the military operation in Ukraine, state-run news ...

An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school compound housing displaced families killed around 100 people, the Hamas-run Gaza government said on Saturday, while the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas militants ...

By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt US Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in a packed arena in Arizona on Friday, hoping to put Republican candidate Donald Trump on the back ...

YouTube’s former chief executive and long-time Google executive Susan Wojcicki died on Saturday at the age of 56 after a two-year battle with lung cancer. “It is with profound sadness ...

Apple’s (AAPL.O) lucrative deal with Google (GOOGL.O) could be under threat after a US judge ruled that the Alphabet-owned search giant was operating an illegal monopoly. A ...

Continental (CONG.DE) delivered better-than-expected results this week and said the second half of the year would be even stronger as cost-cutting and restructuring measures underway at the German car ...

Robinhood (HOOD.O) beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter earnings this week, as interest in meme stocks and cryptocurrencies soared, and said it continued to gain retail trading market share ...

Ralph Lauren (RL.N) beat first-quarter profit estimates on Wednesday as steady demand for its pricey denims and polo shirts in Europe and China offset slower sales in the US. ...

 King Charles has called for mutual respect and understanding after racist riots targeting Muslims and migrants in Britain, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said on Friday, marking the first intervention by ...