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Mayor Anne Hidalgo is confident that her swimming in the River Seine in June will convince the Parisians that it is safe to bathe in the river. “To the grumpy ...

The global economy is growing faster than expected only a few months ago thanks to resilient US activity while inflation is converging more quickly than expected with central banks’ targets, ...

Rebuilding homes in the Gaza Strip could drag into the next century if the pace follows the trend of previous conflicts, according to a U.N. report released on Thursday. ...

English voters headed to polling stations on Thursday to pick mayors, councillors and a new lawmaker in the last electoral test for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before a national ...

Russia on Thursday denied a U.S. accusation that its forces in Ukraine had violated an international ban on chemical weapons by using substances including a prohibited choking agent. Kremlin ...

When firefighters arrived at a blaze in a pine forest on the Greek island of Rhodes last July, flames were already leaping above the trees into the night sky. The ...

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino expects yet another emotional night when his side take on his former club Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Thursday, but said his focus remains ...

Western tanks and military hardware captured by Russian forces in Ukraine went on display in Moscow on Wednesday at an exhibition the Russian military said showed Western help would not ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he has still not seen a plan for Israel‘s planned offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah that would protect ...

Borussia Dortmund‘s Niclas Fuellkrug fired in a first-half goal to seal a 1-0 victory over visitors Paris St Germain in a compelling Champions League semi-final first leg on Wednesday. ...

Global investors are eyeing European and emerging market assets to protect themselves from further turbulence in US stocks and bonds as stubborn inflation causes bets on the timing of Federal ...

British house prices fell unexpectedly for a second month running during April, figures from mortgage lender Nationwide showed on Wednesday. House prices fell 0.4 per cent month-on-month, after a 0.2 per cent ...

Saudi Arabia’s real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased 1.8 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, flash estimates by the government’s statistical authority showed on Wednesday, as a decline ...

McDonald’s (MCD.N) missed quarterly profit estimates for the first time in two years as budget-conscious consumers looked past its offers and the Middle East conflict weighed on the ...

Police deployed in force on the University of California in Los Angeles campus on Wednesday morning after Israel supporters attacked a camp set up by pro-Palestinian protesters. Witness footage from ...

Walmart WMT.N said on Tuesday it will close all 51 of its health clinics and shut its virtual health care operations, saying it could not see it as a sustainable ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, pushing to get more aid into Gaza, while urging Hamas to accept a deal that ...

Russia‘s defence minister on Wednesday ordered a hike in weapons production and said deliveries needed to be faster for the war in Ukraine, a week after U.S. President ...

France’s foreign minister arrived in Cairo on Wednesday on an unscheduled stop during a Middle East tour as efforts to secure a truce between Israel and Hamas and the ...

Elon Musk’s abrupt decision to lay off employees who ran Tesla’s electric vehicle charging business blindsided automakers gearing up to equip new EVs for customers to use the ...

Bayern Munich were victims of Real Madrid’s lethal efficiency in Tuesday’s 2-2 draw but the Germans are ready to beat them in next week’s Champions League semi-final ...

Coca-Cola raised its annual organic sales forecast on Tuesday after topping first-quarter results as customers in the US and international markets shell out more money for its pricey sodas and ...

The number of mortgages approved by British lenders rose to an 18-month high in March, according to Bank of England data on Tuesday that confirmed a recovery in the housing ...

The German economy skirted a recession at the start of the year, growing more than expected thanks to the construction sector and exports, preliminary data showed on Tuesday. The economy ...