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Sweden’s Social Democrat prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, accepted defeat on Wednesday after a close-fought election, handing the four-party right-wing opposition bloc victory and first go at forming a new ...

The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on ...

The European Union’s executive outlined plans on Wednesday to raise more than $140 billion from energy firms to help shield households and businesses from soaring prices that threaten economic recession ...

New clashes erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia on Wednesday as international peace efforts intensified a day after the ex-Soviet republics witnessed their deadliest violence since 2020. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan ...

King Charles, his sons Princes William and Harry and other senior royals joined a solemn procession taking Queen Elizabeth’s coffin as the late monarch made her final journey from ...

While Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday will be observed across Britain, thousands of people face cancelled doctor appointments, closed food banks and shut supermarkets because of a surprise national ...

British consumer price inflation fell for the first time in almost a year in August as a drop in fuel prices offered some unexpected – and probably brief – respite to households ...

Ukraine said it was trying to extend a counter offensive in the east as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made a surprise visit to a devastated and recently recaptured town on Wednesday, ...

Pope Francis said on Wednesday that God does not guide religions towards war, an implicit criticism of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who backs the invasion of Ukraine and has boycotted ...

US Senator Lindsey Graham proposed new national restrictions on abortion on Tuesday, saying he wanted to help define Republicans on an issue seen as a potential albatross for his party ...

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Ukraine’s ongoing ambitions to join the Western NATO military alliance presented a threat to Russia’s security and highlighted the necessity for Russia ...

Greek actress and singer Irene Papas, who gained international recognition starring in classic 1960s films such as “Zorba the Greek” and “The Guns of Navarone”, has died at the age ...

By Clyde Russell If Europe is serious about ending all imports of Russian crude oil and refined fuels by early next year, the key to success lies in Asia, and ...

Oil prices inched lower on Wednesday on concerns of another US Federal Reserve interest rate hike next week after consumer prices unexpectedly rose in August, outweighing support from a robust ...

Britain’s Anthony Joshua has accepted terms for a Dec. 3 fight with Tyson Fury and is waiting for the WBC world heavyweight champion to respond, his management said on Tuesday. ...

Barcelona head coach Xavi Hernandez criticised his team’s inability to convert their opportunities on Tuesday after losing 2-0 at Bayern Munich in a Champions League game he said they “...

The German government has sold off its 20 per cent stake in Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) acquired during the coronavirus pandemic, it said on Tuesday. The state’s economic stabilisation fund (WSF), ...

Chelsea’s new manager Graham Potter said he will approach a “very different challenge” in the same way as he has throughout a coaching career spent largely out of the ...

Alphabet GOOGL.O unit Google on Wednesday suffered its second setback in less than a year as Europe’s top court agreed with EU antitrust regulators that it had abused ...

Alphabet unit Google (GOOGL.O) will face damages claims for up to 25 billion euros ($25.4 billion) over its digital advertising practices in two suits to be filed in British and Dutch ...

Manchester City’s new forward Erling Haaland can make all the difference in their quest for an elusive Champions League title, midfielder Ilkay Gundogan said on Tuesday as the duo ...

Vladimir Putin’s chief envoy on Ukraine told the Russian leader as the war began that he had struck a provisional deal with Kyiv that would satisfy Russia’s demand ...

Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian gunmen on Wednesday in a clash near the boundary with the occupied West Bank in which an army officer was also killed, a military ...

Ukraine worked on Wednesday to secure territory reclaimed from occupying Russian forces in a swift counter-offensive and reiterated plans to win back all occupied regions, as U.S. President Joe ...