Climate activists glue themselves to Berlinale’s red carpet
A man and a woman glued themselves to the red carpet at the opening of Berlin’s film festival on Thursday, calling on the German government and society to take ...
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Tesla recalls 362,000 U.S. vehicles over Full Self-Driving software
Tesla Inc TSLA.O said it would recall 362,000 U.S. vehicles to update its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software after U.S. regulators said on Thursday the driver assistance system ...
Russia expels four Austrian diplomats in tit-for-tat move
Russia said on Thursday it was expelling four Austrian diplomats in a tit-for-tat move after Vienna expelled four Russian diplomats in a case which appeared to be related to spying.
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Israeli foreign minister promises Zelenskiy more aid, rebuilding help
Israel will expand existing aid to Ukraine and help rebuild the country, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Thursday during the first official Israeli visit to Kyiv since Russia’s ...
Soros says Russian defeat in Ukraine would trigger dissolution of ‘Russian empire’
Billionaire financier George Soros said on Thursday that if Russia was defeated in the Ukraine war it would result in the dissolution of what he called the ‘Russian empire,’ something ...
Serbia arrests three after nationalist calls for riots over Kosovo plan
Hundreds of hardline Serb nationalists and pro-Russia activists rallied in downtown Belgrade, threatening riots if Serbia accepts a Western-backed plan aimed at mending ties with Kosovo, its former mainly Albanian ...
FTX customers sue financiers for giving bankrupt crypto exchange an ‘air of legitimacy’
Former customers of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX have sued three venture capital and private equity firms, accusing them in a proposed class action of fraudulently promoting the cryptocurrency exchange before ...
Greece and Bulgaria to consider reviving oil pipeline project
Greece and Bulgaria will consider reviving a pipeline project to transport crude oil from the Greek port of Alexandroupolis on the Aegean Sea to Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of ...
Teenager pulled from rubble in Turkey; anger smoulders
A teenage girl was pulled alive from the rubble in Turkey on Thursday more than 10 days after a devastating earthquake hit the region, but such rescues have become increasingly rare, ...
Ukraine pounded by missiles (Update)
Russia rained missiles across Ukraine on Thursday and struck its largest oil refinery, Kyiv said, while the head of the Wagner mercenary group predicted the long-besieged city of Bakhmut would ...
Germany’s oldest companies face fresh break-up calls
Activist investors are renewing their years-long efforts to break up some of Germany’s most venerable companies, seeing streamlining as a promising route to reviving share prices as Europe’s ...
Greek government and British Museum looking to strike deal over Parthenon marbles
The UK is working on a new arrangement with Greece through which the Parthenon Sculptures could be seen both in London and in Athens, British Museum chair George Osborne said ...
Sticky inflation prompts EBRD to trim 2023 growth outlook for its region
High gas prices and persistent inflation eroding real wages will limit growth in emerging Europe, central Asia and north Africa, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said in ...
Founder of WallStreetBets, which helped ignite meme stock frenzy, sues Reddit
The founder of WallStreetBets, which has been credited with helping ignite investors’ frenzy into “meme” stocks, sued Reddit Inc on Wednesday, accusing it of wrongly banning him from moderating the ...
Mercedes back to black and ready to reclaim titles
Mercedes went back to black on Wednesday with a sleek new Formula One car they hope will allow Lewis Hamilton and George Russell to fight for wins and titles after ...
Man United v Barca clash will make both teams better, says Ten Hag
Manchester United and Barcelona needed a reboot but are now in a good position to make each other better, United coach Erik Ten Hag said ahead of the first leg ...
Turkey earthquake could result in loss of up to 1 per cent of country’s GDP in 2023
The potential economic effects of the earthquake in Turkey could result in a loss of up to 1 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product this year, the European ...
One killed, three wounded in Texas mall shooting
One person was killed and three were wounded on Wednesday in a shooting at an El Paso, Texas, shopping mall, police said.
A police spokesman, Robert Gomez, told reporters one ...
EY expects ‘massive approval’ in vote to split up company
Partners in EY are expected to give approval for spinning off the company’s consulting arm and listing it on the stock market by the end of the year, a ...
Barclays shares tumble 9 per cent as profit disappoints
Barclays (BARC.L) reported a 14 per cent fall in full-year pretax profit on Wednesday as earnings were poleaxed by surging costs, a collapse in deal fees and multi-million dollar fines ...
Adeyemi solo strike earns Dortmund 1-0 win over Chelsea, visitors Benfica defeat Brugge by 2-0
Borussia Dortmund snatched a 1-0 victory over Chelsea in the Champions League round of 16 first leg on Wednesday courtesy of Karim Adeyemi’s superb goal to extend their winning run ...
Ruthless Man City hit top with 3-1 win at Arsenal
Manchester City knocked Arsenal off their Premier League perch as second-half goals by Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland earned the champions a 3-1 victory in a feisty top-of-the-table clash at ...
Actress Raquel Welch, sex symbol of 1960s, dead at age 82
Actress Raquel Welch, who helped reshape the traditional image of the Hollywood sex symbol in an era when the movie industry was still overtly defining an idealized version of sensuality ...
Bird flu spreads to new countries, threatens non-stop “war” on poultry
Avian flu has reached new corners of the globe and become endemic for the first time in some wild birds that transmit the virus to poultry, according to veterinarians and ...