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Big banks in Britain are preparing for any future escalation of Western sanctions on China and have shared their “scenario planning” with the British and US governments, a senior banking ...

Russian investigators detained a lawyer who has worked for jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and searched the homes of two others, allies of Navalny said on Friday. They said ...

Oil prices were up on Friday after the US tightened its sanctions programme against Russian crude exports, raising supply concerns in an already tight market, and global inventories are forecast ...

Britain’s antitrust regulator on Friday cleared Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) acquisition of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O) after the restructured deal addressed its earlier concerns. Activision ...

As Israeli children listened to their teacher over Zoom, the image of a gun-toting man in fatigues appeared on the screen, according to a screenshot shared with Reuters. In another ...

The British government issued a rare rebuke on Thursday to the Football Association (FA) for its decision not to light up Wembley Stadium’s arch in blue and white in ...

Scotland coach Steve Clarke said there is no point prolonging the debate about the controversial VAR decision that denied his side a goal in Thursday’s 2-0 defeat by Spain ...

At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a suspected human smuggler lost control of a van carrying migrants, German police said on Friday. ...

U.S. law enforcement agencies have escalated security measures to safeguard Jewish and Muslim communities ahead of global pro-Palestinian protests expected on Friday but urged members of the public to ...

gazaHuman Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of using white phosphorus munitions in its military operations in Gaza and Lebanon, saying the use of such weapons puts civilians at risk ...

Toyota Motor (7203.T) and Idemitsu Kosan (5019.T) have formed an alliance to develop and mass-produce all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, the companies said on Thursday. The partnership follows an announcement ...

Birkenstock’s (BIRK.N) stock ended more than 12 per cent below its initial public offering (IPO) price on Wednesday in an underwhelming Wall Street debut that signaled investors remain cautious ...

French police used teargas and water cannon to break up a banned rally in support of the Palestinian people in Paris on Thursday, as President Emmanuel Macron urged the French ...

Gaza moved closer to a humanitarian catastrophe on Thursday as the death toll rose and vital supplies ran low, while Israel massed tanks on the enclave’s border ahead of ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned violence against civilians on Thursday in the wake of the devastating attack by Hamas gunmen on Israel and the relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip ...

The Russian Olympic Committee was banned with immediate effect on Thursday for recognising regional organisations from four territories annexed from Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee said. The IOC added the ...

Israeli air strikes have made major cemeteries in Gaza dangerous to reach so mourning families are burying their dead in informal graveyards dug in empty lots amid an intensifying siege ...

Defence ministers at NATO’s Brussels headquarters watched stunned as their Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant on Thursday showed them “shocking” and “horrific” video from the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians, ...

The blockaded Gaza Strip still has some fuel to operate generators such as those in hospitals but it could run out in hours, a Red Cross official said on Thursday, ...

Ex-Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone was spared an immediate prison sentence on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to misleading Britain’s tax authority about overseas assets worth more than 400 million ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, a Central Asian nation with strong ties to Moscow, during what was his first foreign trip since the International Criminal ...

Israel said on Thursday there would be no humanitarian exceptions to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages were freed, after the Red Cross pleaded for fuel ...

Maltese government plans to allow 16-year-olds to serve as mayors have drawn humour, revulsion and little apparent support on the Mediterranean island. The plans were announced on Wednesday by local ...

Finland can’t rule out the possibility that a “state actor” was involved in damaging a Baltic Sea gas pipeline and a parallel telecoms cable, the Finnish Security Intelligence Service ...