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The number of mortgages approved by British lenders rose to an 18-month high in March, according to Bank of England data on Tuesday that confirmed a recovery in the housing ...

The German economy skirted a recession at the start of the year, growing more than expected thanks to the construction sector and exports, preliminary data showed on Tuesday. The economy ...

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday moved to make marijuana use as a less serious crime, a source familiar with the matter said. If finalized, the policy change ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discussed the matter of migration on Tuesday, amid parallel situations faced on the issue at either end of the European Union. ...

The judge overseeing Donald Trump‘s criminal hush money trial fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday and said he would consider jailing him if ...

Israel is waiting for Hamas to respond to proposals for a halt to the fighting in Gaza and a return of Israeli hostages before sending a team to Cairo to ...

A smiling and healthy-looking King Charles returned to public duties on Tuesday for the first time since he was diagnosed with cancer in February, telling patients at a treatment centre ...

The Scottish government will face a no-confidence vote on Wednesday which it is expected to win after First Minister Humza Yousaf said he would resign. Yousaf’s resignation on Monday ...

A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other people were injured after a stabbing in London on Tuesday involving a man with a sword. Police said they did not believe ...

By Francesca Landini Energy ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies agreed on Tuesday to end the use of coal in power generation “during the first half of (...

A 98-year-old Ukrainian woman said she walked 10 km (6 miles) under shelling, supporting herself with sticks and sleeping on the ground, leaving Ocheretyne in Donetsk, now occupied by Russia, and trying ...

About 30 Ukrainian men have died trying to illegally cross Ukraine‘s borders and avoid fighting in the war against Russia which started in 2022, the spokesman for Ukraine‘s border service ...

Columbia University on Monday began suspending pro-Palestinian student activists who refused to dismantle a protest camp on the New York City campus after the Ivy League school declared a stalemate ...

The value of research and development undertaken in Britain each year could be more than 20 per cent higher than estimates currently show, early findings from a revamped Office for National ...

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved $1.1 billion in funding for Pakistan on Monday, the agency said in a statement, amid discussions for a new loan. The funding ...

Sophie, Britain’s Duchess of Edinburgh, has visited Ukraine, meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his wife in the first trip to the country by a British royal since the ...

With the world still divided over how ambitious its first plastics treaty should be, countries are considering launching a series of smaller meetings before a hoped-for agreement in December. Countries ...

Five Republican-led states on Monday filed lawsuits challenging new Biden administration regulations that bar schools and colleges that receive federal funding from discriminating against students based on their gender identity. ...

The U.S. State Department found five units of the Israeli military responsible for gross violations of human rights in incidents that took place outside of Gaza before conflict broke ...

Flash floods and a landslide in central Kenya killed at least 45 people and injured over 110 others on Monday as floodwaters swept away houses and cars in the town of Mai ...

Turkey has told allies that it will back the candidacy of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to be NATO’s next secretary-general, a Turkish official said on Monday, an important ...

England rugby international Billy Vunipola was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and fined 240 euros for assault and battery after being arrested by police in Mallorca, Spain, following an incident at ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Hamas to swiftly accept an Israeli proposal for a truce in the Gaza war and the release of Israeli hostages ...

A man was convicted of involuntary arson on Monday for his role in Greece‘s deadliest wildfire in memory, and five former fire officials found guilty of misdemeanours linked to ...