Climate activists disrupt five British cities with ‘summer uprising’
Civil disobedience group Extinction Rebellion staged protests in five British cities on Monday, aiming to renew pressure on the government to take bolder action to
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North Macedonia expects NATO membership, EU talks date by year-end
North Macedonia expects to become a member of NATO by the end of this year and hopes to get a date for the start of
Sterling would rise under Labour government, Labour finance chief says
Sterling would rise if the opposition Labour Party won an election, the party’s finance policy chief John McDonnell told the Sunday Times, playing down the
The word for leaving Europe
By David Aitken I HOPED – we all hoped – it would have a short shelf life, a not-too-distant sell-by date. And that it would
European leaders join Macron for Bastille Day parade
European leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday for the traditional Bastille Day military parade in Paris, which this
Bypassing parliament on no-deal Brexit would be unlawful, says campaigner
Legal campaigner Gina Miller said on Sunday any attempt to suspend Britain’s parliament in order to push through a no-deal Brexit would be unlawful, announcing
Ukraine investigates grenade attack on Kiev TV station
Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday they were investigating an attack on a Kiev television station owned by an opposition election candidate, which caused damage but
Merkel’s health is a private matter, Germans say after shaking bouts
Most Germans believe Angela Merkel’s health is a private matter, a poll showed on Saturday, after the chancellor suffered the latest in a series of
Russia delivers more air defence equipment to Turkey
Russia flew a fresh shipment of advanced air defence equipment to Turkey on Saturday, the Turkish Defence Ministry said, continuing to implement a deal that
May says she will leave disappointed after Brexit failure
British Prime Minister Theresa May said she will leave her job this month with a mixture of pride and disappointment after failing in her central
Undocumented migrants storm Pantheon monument in Paris
Hundreds of undocumented migrants calling themselves “black vests” stormed the Pantheon monument in central Paris on Friday demanding the right to remain in France. Police on the
The longest toilet break? Belgian sits for five days in bid for record
A Belgian man sat on a toilet for nearly five days this week in a bid to set a world record. Jimmy De Frenne, a
Greek central bank governor says he will recommend full lifting of capital controls
The Bank of Greece will recommend capital controls in the country be fully lifted the soonest possible, central bank governor Yannis Stournaras said on Friday.
Britain replaces warship in Gulf, to maintain continuous presence
Britain said on Friday it would deploy the destroyer HMS Duncan warship to the Gulf to replace HMS Montrose, maintaining a continuous presence there during
First parts of Russian S-400 system delivered to Turkey
Russia began delivery of an advanced missile defence system to Turkey on Friday, a move expected to trigger U.S. sanctions against a NATO ally and
Female UK student designs chair to stop ‘manspreading’
A British student who built a chair designed to force men to sit with their knees together said on Thursday she hopes her work will
Putin, Zelenskiy discuss ending conflict in eastern Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy held their first telephone conversation on Thursday and discussed settling the conflict in eastern Ukraine and
Merkel sits at public ceremony, following shaking bouts
German Chancellor Angela Merkel sat down rather than standing at a public ceremony on Thursday, a day after a third bout of shaking in three
Ukraine ex-president Poroshenko summoned for questioning
Detectives from Ukraine’s state investigation bureau have summoned former president Petro Poroshenko for questioning, the bureau said on Thursday. “We confirmed that he will be
Ryanair operations chief to step down at end of year
Ryanair’s Chief Operations Officer Peter Bellew is to step down at the end of the year, chief executive Michael O’Leary said in a memo to