Venture capital investment in UK start-ups falls in Q1 2024
Venture capital investment in UK companies fell in the first three months of 2024, in the worst quarter for UK fundraising since the early months of the COVID pandemic, a report ...
Israeli tanks push back into northern Gaza, warplanes hit Rafah, say residents
Israeli tanks pushed back into parts of the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday which they had left weeks ago, while warplanes conducted air strikes on Rafah, the Palestinians’ last refuge ...
Trump returns to New York criminal court for jury selection
Donald Trump arrived at a Manhattan courthouse for the second day of his historic hush-money trial on Tuesday, as lawyers try to choose 12 jurors to consider the guilt or innocence ...
Greece to spend €780m to protect marine biodiversity: PM
By Renee Maltezou
Greece is pushing ahead with 21 initiatives worth 780 million euros to protect marine biodiversity and tackle coastal pollution, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday ahead of an ...
Israeli war cabinet to meet for third time on response to Iran’s attack
Israel’s war cabinet was set to meet for the third time in three days on Tuesday, an official said, to decide on a response to Iran’s first-ever direct ...
Wars set to dominate G7 talks as foreign ministers seek path to peace
Efforts to end wars in the Middle East and Ukraine will dominate this week’s meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers, host Italy’s top diplomat Antonio Tajani said ...
Israel still imposing ‘unlawful’ restrictions on Gaza aid – UN
Israel is still imposing “unlawful” restrictions on humanitarian relief for Gaza, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday, despite assertions from Israel and others that barriers have eased.
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Ukraine ‘ran out of missiles’ to stop Russian strike ruining power station
A lack of air defense missiles prevented Ukraine from thwarting a Russian missile attack last week that destroyed the biggest power plant in the region around the capital Kyiv, President ...
Dubai’s high-end property sales rise on overseas demand
Sales of homes in Dubai worth $10 million or more rose 6 per cent in the first quarter versus last year, an industry report showed on Tuesday, as demand from the international ...
Copenhagen’s stock exchange: 400 years of Danish cultural heritage up in flames
A fire ripped through Copenhagen‘s Old Stock Exchange, one of the Danish capital’s most famous landmarks, on Tuesday, engulfing its spire which collapsed in a scene reminiscent of ...
Sydney church stabbing was terrorist act say Australian police
Australian police on Tuesday said a knife attack on an Assyrian church bishop and some followers in Sydney was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, as the country ...
Israeli military vows response to Iran attack as calls for restraint mount
Israelis awaited word on how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would respond to Iran’s first-ever direct attack as international pressure for restraint grew amid fears of an escalation of the ...
Israel inflation rate accelerates to 2.7 per cent in March, above consensus
Israeli inflation accelerated in March, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Monday, in data that could delay further interest rate reductions.
The annual inflation rate rose by a higher-than-expected 2.7 ...
Government denies involvement in Israeli air exercise
The government has categorically denied any involvement in a reported Israeli air exercise last week aimed at simulating a response to an Iranian airstrike, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...
Several people injured in a stabbing in Sydney church
A number of people were wounded in a stabbing incident during a service at a church in a suburb of Sydney on Monday, police said.
It was the second reported ...
Trump makes history with New York hush money criminal trial
Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president to stand criminal trial on Monday when he appeared in a Manhattan court to face charges stemming from a hush-money payment ...
Russian man sentenced to 14 years in prison for collaborating with Ukraine
A Russian military court handed down a 14-year sentence to a man it found guilty of cooperating with a foreign state and “justifying terrorism,” Russian media reported on Monday.
Investigators ...
Sunak’s Rwanda scheme set to pass parliament but challenges await
The British parliament is set to finally approve a divisive law this week to pave the way for asylum seekers to be deported to Rwanda, but further legal hurdles could ...
Europe joins US in urging restraint by Israel
Israel’s European allies urged it on Monday to show restraint over Iran’s weekend missile and drone attack, calling on Israeli leaders to step away from “the edge of ...
We don’t all smoke weed in Germany, Scholz assures Chinese students
Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday reassured Chinese students in Shanghai that they did not have to smoke cannabis if they studied in Germany and that Germany had legalised cannabis hoping ...
UK’s Cameron urges Israel not to retaliate against Iran, France steps up security around synagogues and Jewish schools
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron urged Israel not to retaliate after Iran’s drone and missile attack, saying it should “think with head as well as heart” because Tehran’s ...
Sydney knife attacker may have targeted women, say police
The man who fatally stabbed six people at a mall in Sydney’s beachside suburb of Bondi may have targeted women, police said on Monday, as the attacker’s father ...
ECB’s confidence in fight against inflation growing, Villeroy says
The European Central Bank (ECB) is increasingly confident that it is winning the fight against inflation, which makes an interest rate cut in June very likely, according to ECB policymaker ...
UK economy’s growth points to exit from recession
Britain’s tepid economy is on course to exit a shallow recession after output grew for a second month in a row in February, and January’s reading was revised ...