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Fourteen people were killed including at least five children in a rocket attack on a market in the northern Syrian city of Al-Bab on Friday, according...
EU backs changing monkeypox vaccine injection method to boost supply
European countries could stretch out their limited stocks of the monkeypox vaccine by changing the way the shot is administered as a temporary measure, the...
UK cost-of-living crisis prompts warning to ‘buy now, pay later’ lenders
Britain’s financial watchdog has told firms offering ‘buy now, pay later’ loans to spell out the cost of late repayments to customers as the UK...
Bali bomber could be released in days, law official says
An Indonesian man jailed for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings could be released on parole in days after his sentence was reduced, a...
Finnish PM takes drugs test after party video causes stir
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Friday she had taken a drugs test in the wake of video footage published earlier this week that...
Russia jumps to become third-largest market for yuan payments amid sanctions
Russia has charged up to third place in a list of countries outside mainland China using the yuan for global payments, highlighting how it is...
Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in West Bank
A Palestinian man died of his wounds on Friday after Israeli forces shot him, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, during what Israel’s military said was...
Ukraine says Russia plans to disconnect nuclear plant’s power blocks from grid
Ukraine’s Energoatom state nuclear company said on Friday Russian forces planned to switch off the functioning power blocks at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and...
Turkish lira flat after shock rate cut weakening
The Turkish lira was steady against the US dollar on Friday after nearing record lows in the previous session as Turkey’s central bank shocked markets...
Britain faces ‘humanitarian crisis’ as energy costs soar, says health lobby
Britain faces a “humanitarian crisis” this winter when the difficult choices forced upon low-income households by soaring energy bills could cause serious physical and mental...