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Britain’s economy slowed in the second quarter of 2025 after a strong start to the year, official figures showed this week, highlighting the challenges facing finance minister Rachel Reeves as ...

Back-to-back race wins for Max Verstappen have added a bit of spice to the Formula One title race and McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris will be desperate for ...

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk called for improvement and an end to silly errors after his side went down 1-0 at Galatasaray in the Champions League on Tuesday and suffered ...

The international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza said Israeli vessels approached some of its boats and engaged in “dangerous and intimidatory manoeuvres” on Wednesday as it neared the ...

Mitchell Marsh scored a quickfire half-century as Australia crushed New Zealand by six wickets in the series-opening T20I despite a maiden century from home batter Tim Robinson in Mount ...

The US Department of the Treasury has granted a special licence delaying full sanctions on Serbia’s Russian-owned oil company NIS and allowing its operations to continue until October 8, NIS ...

External power must be restored to the vast Soviet-built Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine which is being cooled by emergency diesel generators after an external line was severed ...

Hamas’ review of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan stretched into a third day on Wednesday, a source close to the militant group said, as other Palestinian factions ...

Banks borrowed 5.085 billion pounds ($6.84 billion) from the Bank of England at its weekly indexed long-term repo for six-month funds on Tuesday, the greatest amount since March 2020 when there was a ...

Jannik Sinner was back to his best in a 6-2 6-2 victory over American teenager Learner Tien in Wednesday’s China Open final, as the world number two picked up ...

Rescue teams in the Philippines searched for survivors in mud and rubble on Wednesday and authorities urged help for hospitals inundated with the injured after the deadliest earthquake in more ...

The U.S. government shut down much of its operations on Wednesday as deep partisan divisions prevented Congress and the White House from reaching a funding deal, setting off what ...

US President Donald Trump warned congressional Democrats on Tuesday that allowing the federal government to shut down at midnight would allow his administration to take “irreversible” actions including shutting down ...

Romania hopes to quickly set up production on its territory of defensive drones with Ukraine for domestic use as well as by European Union and Nato allies, Foreign Minister Oana ...

Atalanta came from behind to beat Belgium’s Club Brugge 2-1 at home in the Champions League on Tuesday with Mario Pasalic netting the winner after earning the penalty that ...

Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid eased to a 5-0 victory over Champions League debutants Kairat Almaty on Tuesday, bouncing back emphatically from their weekend LaLiga defeat. Real, ...

A powerful 6.9-magnitudeearthquake struck off the coast of Cebu City in the Philippines late on Tuesday, leading to power outages and damaging buildings in the region. The United States Geological ...

The French Navy said on Tuesday that authorities were investigating a possible infraction by the oil tanker Boracay, a vessel suspected of belonging to the so-called “shadow fleet” involved in ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday the situation at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station had become critical, with Russian shelling preventing restoration of power needed to cool the ...

Nine workers were killed in an accident at a thermal power plant that is under construction in the southern Indian city of Chennai, officials said on Tuesday. The incident occurred ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Pfizer will cut the price of all prescription drugs in the Medicaid program for low-income Americans and sell new prescription drugs at a “most ...

The European Union is on a high-level charm offensive in Ukraine this week, meeting the Hungarian minority in the west of the country to try to ease tensions between neighbours ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer appealed directly to working-class voters on Tuesday, calling on Labour’s traditional supporters to reject the “snake oil” peddled by the populist Reform UK party and ...

Around 15% of Italians consider physical attacks on Jewish people “entirely or fairly justifiable”, according to a survey published on Tuesday, as protests against Israel’s offensive in Gaza continue across ...