EU meeting tries to break gas price cap impasse
European Union energy ministers are meeting in Brussels on Tuesday to try to agree on a bloc-wide cap on gas prices after months of deadlocked talks over whether the measure ...
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New Zealand bans future generations from buying tobacco under new laws
Future generations of New Zealanders will be banned from purchasing tobacco as part of a package of new anti-smoking laws that passed parliament on Tuesday and are among the most ...
Erdogan: Turkey’s inflation will fall to 40 per cent in months, 20 per cent in 2023
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday it was “apparent” that inflation would fall to around 40 per cent in a few months, and further to 20 per cent in 2023.
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October was worst month for UK strikes for more than a decade
The United Kingdom recorded the highest number of working days lost to labour disputes in October for more than ten years, official data showed on Tuesday, as employees went on ...
Five Chinese citizens badly injured in Kabul attack, businessman says
Over a dozen Chinese citizens were wounded, five of them seriously, in a gun and bomb attack on a hotel in downtown Kabul, a Chinese businessman in the Afghan capital ...
European Parliament lawmaker denies taking bribes from Qatar
European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili, a suspect in an investigation into money laundering and corruption at the parliament, has denied receiving money from Qatar, one of her lawyers said ...
Don’t expect any man-marking of Messi in semi-final, say Croatia
Croatia will not attempt to stop Argentina superstar Lionel Messi by man-marking him but instead will focus on immobilising the entire team in their World Cup semi-final on Tuesday, they ...
Russia, Ukraine say situation difficult in Donetsk, both claim battlefield successes
Russia and Ukraine said on Tuesday that the situation on the battlefield in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk was difficult and claimed successes in repelling each other’s attacks.
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US Justice Dept is split over charging Binance as crypto world falters
Splits between US Department of Justice prosecutors are delaying the conclusion of a long-running criminal investigation into the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, four people familiar with the matter ...
Former FTX CEO Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas after U.S. files charges
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas at the behest of U.S. prosecutors on Monday, the day before he was due to testify before Congress about the ...
Rare gunfight kills six, including two police officers, in rural Australia
Six people, including two police officers, were killed in a gunfight at a remote property in Australia’s Queensland state, authorities said on Tuesday, after police visited a home there ...
Oil steadies after falls as weak economy offsets supply risks
Oil prices steadied on Monday after several weeks of declines as a weakening global economy offset supply woes stemming from the closure of a key pipeline supplying the United States ...
EU imposes new Iran sanctions, no deal yet on new Russia package
European Union foreign ministers on Monday imposed new sanctions on Iran over its crackdown of anti-government protests and its drone deliveries to Russia, but pushed the adoption of a new ...
Burning through ammo, Russia using 40-year-old rounds, U.S. official says
Russia is turning to decades-old ammunition with high failure rates as it burns through its stockpiles to carry out its nearly 10-month-old invasion of Ukraine, a senior U.S. military ...
Fighting rages in east Ukraine, G7 considers more air defence for Kyiv (Updated)
Russian missiles, artillery and drones hammered targets in eastern and southern Ukraine, Ukraine’s General Staff said on Monday as global economic powers pledged to beef up Kyiv’s military ...
‘Elvis’ and ‘Top Gun’ land Golden Globe nods, many nominees silent (Updated)
“Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Elvis” were nominated for best drama film at the upcoming Golden Globe awards, but few nominees commented on the honors, a ...
Peru’s new president pledges early elections; three die in protests (Updated)
Peru’s new president said early on Monday she would submit a bill to Congress to bring general elections forward by two years, after the ouster of her predecessor sparked ...
G7 to focus on boosting Ukraine’s air defence – leaders’ statement
The Group of Seven (G7) economic powers said on Monday they would work together to bolster Ukraine’s military capabilities, with an immediate focus on air defence systems, according to ...
European Parliament acts on lawmaker accused in Qatar graft probe (Updated)
The European Parliament moved on Monday to strip one of its members of her role as vice president after she and others faced criminal charges over allegations Qatar lavished them ...
Russia’s McDonald’s successor replacing Big Mac with ‘Big Hit’ (Updated)
Starved of Big Macs since McDonald’s Corp MCD.N closed its Russian restaurants in March, Russians will from next year be treated to an alternative from the burger chain’...
Iran carries out second execution linked to wave of popular protests
The Islamic Republic on Monday hanged a man in public who state media said had been convicted of killing two members of the security forces, the second execution in less ...
Can Morocco or Croatia shatter World Cup’s glass ceiling?
Croatia and Morocco are the surprise guests in the World Cup’s final four but, as the Croatians discovered in 2018 and many other long-shot semi-finalists have before them, the two ...
Tearful Ronaldo the lasting image of Portugal World Cup debacle
Cristiano Ronaldo running to the tunnel in tears and as desolate as the football world has ever seen him will be the lasting image for Portugal fans looking back on ...
Heavy snow disrupts UK travel, three boys die after falling into icy lake
Heavy snowfall blanketed parts of Britain on Monday, disrupting airports, train networks and roads, while two coal plants were put on standby in case of a power crunch as the ...