Six convicted of murder for 2016 Brussels bombings
A Belgian court convicted six men of murder and two others of terrorism charges on Tuesday after the country’s largest ever trial involving the 2016 Islamist bombings in Brussels that ...
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North Korea celebrates Korean War anniversary with China and Russia
After years of pandemic isolation, North Korea has invited its friends back this week, hosting senior Chinese and Russian delegations for 70th anniversary commemorations of the Korean War and the ...
Nestle, Danone hikes may put them on France’s inflation radar
Nestle (NESN.S) and Danone (DANO.PA) are among firms whose product prices in France have risen by more than 10 per cent this year, data shows, potentially putting them under ...
Cryptoverse: Ripple effect as explosive XRP leads market charge
XRP has become the unlikely white knight of crypto, thwarting its regulatory foes and dragging the market out of the doldrums.
The price of XRP popped 78 per cent after a ...
Three dead in Greece wildfires as firefighters battle the flames (updated)
Three people became the first known fatalities on Tuesday of wildfires that have been raging on the Greek islands for a week, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned of tough ...
China replaces foreign minister Qin after one-month absence
A small group of anti-Islam activists set fire to Korans in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen on Tuesday after similar protests in Denmark and Sweden over ...
Korans burnt in front of Egyptian, Turkish embassies in Denmark
A small group of anti-Islam activists set fire to Korans in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen on Tuesday after similar protests in Denmark and Sweden over ...
Biden attacks curbs on teaching US’ racist history as he honors Emmett Till with monument
U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday honored Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 killing helped galvanize the Civil Rights movement, and his mother with a national monument spanning two ...
Israeli doctors strike, more army reservists balk at service in uproar over judiciary changes
Israeli doctors declared a strike on Tuesday and more army reservists have asked to halt service in a public backlash over the hard-right government’s ratification of the first stage ...
Teenage son of LeBron James in stable condition after cardiac arrest
The 18-year-old son of NBA legend LeBron James suffered a cardiac arrest while practicing with the University of Southern California (USC) basketball team and was in stable condition, ESPN reported ...
‘My life stopped’: local people say they lost all in Greece wildfires
Standing outside the blackened shell of what used to be his restaurant, Dimitris Hajifotis laments a livelihood lost to wildfires raging on the Greek island of Rhodes this week.
“My ...
Music rights giant BMI in renewed talks to sell itself -sources
Broadcast Music Inc (BMI), the music rights company representing top songwriters such as Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Rihanna, is once again exploring options including a sale after it moved ...
Harvard faces federal civil rights probe over legacy admissions
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating whether Harvard racially discriminates by favoring applicants with ties to donors and alumni in its admissions process, according to a letter from ...
French firefighters battle wildfire close to Nice airport
Nearly 100 firefighters were using a helicopter to contain a wildfire in the French municipalities of Cagnes-sur-Mer and Villeneuve-Loubet, close to Nice international airport, officials said on Tuesday.
By late afternoon ...
Storms kill two in northern Italy, government readies state of emergency
Italy suffered a twin pounding from the elements on Tuesday when severe storms battered the north, killing a woman and a 16-year-old girl scout, while southern regions sweltered under a ...
EU looks to cover transport costs for Ukraine grain exports by land
The European Union is ready to export almost all of Ukraine’s farm produce via “solidarity lanes” and help cover costs, EU agriculture commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said on Tuesday, after ...
Football agents lose appeal against FIFA over new regulations
Football agents have lost an appeal to block new FIFA regulations that would cap their transfer commissions and introduce exams to secure a licence after the Court of Arbitration for ...
Russia extends conscription for compulsory military service up to age 30
Russia’s lower house of parliament voted on Tuesday to raise the maximum age at which men can be conscripted to 30 years from 27, increasing the number of young men liable ...
Italian farmer battles frost, floods, heat and hail in epic year
By Claudia Greco
Farmer Andrea Ferrini is on the frontline of climate change in Italy and it is hurting.
First his fruit and corn crops in northern Italy withered in ...
World’s biggest permafrost crater in Russia’s Far East thaws as planet warms
Stunning drone footage has revealed details of the Batagaika crater, a one kilometre long gash in Russia’s Far East that forms the world’s biggest permafrost crater.
In the ...
Paris 2024 runs tests on Seine to create opening ceremony to remember
A flotilla of 39 boats sailed from the Austerlitz Bridge to the foot of the Eiffel Tower as Paris 2024 organisers tested the 6 km (3.7 mile) route along the Seine river that will ...
Wildfires bring death and destruction to sun-scorched Mediterranean (Update 2)
Large areas of the Mediterranean sweltered under an intense summer heatwave on Tuesday and firefighters battled to put out blazes across the region.
In Algeria, at least 34 people have died. ...
Kremlin: Putin and Lukashenko discussed Wagner, cooperation, external threats
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko discussed the Wagner mercenary group, economic cooperation and external threats during two days of talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said ...
Anti-Netanyahu protests mount after Israel passes judicial bill
Israeli doctors began a 24-hour strike and black ads covered newspaper front pages on Tuesday in a furore over the hard-right government’s ratification of initial judicial changes that critics ...