European court backs Italy in Greek statue dispute with Getty Museum
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled in favour of Italy’s long-standing demand that the Getty Villa Museum in the United States return an ancient Greek ...
California police flatten pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, arrest protesters
Hundreds of helmeted police swarmed the site of a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California at Los Angeles early on Thursday, firing flash bangs, arresting defiant demonstrators and dismantling ...
OECD upgrades global growth outlook as US outperforms
The global economy is growing faster than expected only a few months ago thanks to resilient US activity while inflation is converging more quickly than expected with central banks’ targets, ...
Rebuilding bombed Gaza homes may take 80 years, UN says
Rebuilding homes in the Gaza Strip could drag into the next century if the pace follows the trend of previous conflicts, according to a U.N. report released on Thursday.
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Voters head to polls in last test for Sunak before national election
English voters headed to polling stations on Thursday to pick mayors, councillors and a new lawmaker in the last electoral test for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before a national ...
Russia denies US accusation it violated chemical weapons ban in Ukraine
Russia on Thursday denied a U.S. accusation that its forces in Ukraine had violated an international ban on chemical weapons by using substances including a prohibited choking agent.
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Greek summer wildfire threat nears, outpacing plans to contain it
When firefighters arrived at a blaze in a pine forest on the Greek island of Rhodes last July, flames were already leaping above the trees into the night sky. The ...
Golden Dawn leader released from jail
Former leader of the banned far-right ‘Golden Dawn’ Party Nikos Michaloliakos will be released from prison in Greece, it emerged on Thursday, as he was found to meet the conduct ...
Russians throng to display of Western ‘trophy’ tanks captured in Ukraine
Western tanks and military hardware captured by Russian forces in Ukraine went on display in Moscow on Wednesday at an exhibition the Russian military said showed Western help would not ...
US says it cannot support Rafah assault without humanitarian plan
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he has still not seen a plan for Israel‘s planned offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah that would protect ...
US lawmakers table bill to extend lifting of Cyprus arms embargo
A group of United States congressmen on Wednesday night tabled a bill which would extend the waiver renewal period for the country’s arms embargo on Cyprus from one year ...
UK house prices fall unexpectedly in April
British house prices fell unexpectedly for a second month running during April, figures from mortgage lender Nationwide showed on Wednesday.
House prices fell 0.4 per cent month-on-month, after a 0.2 per cent ...
Saudi Arabia’s Q1 GDP falls 1.8 per cent as oil sector weighs
Saudi Arabia’s real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased 1.8 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, flash estimates by the government’s statistical authority showed on Wednesday, as a decline ...
Pro-Palestinian student camp in Los Angeles attacked by Israel supporters
Police deployed in force on the University of California in Los Angeles campus on Wednesday morning after Israel supporters attacked a camp set up by pro-Palestinian protesters.
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Walmart to shut all health clinics in US over lack of profitability
Walmart WMT.N said on Tuesday it will close all 51 of its health clinics and shut its virtual health care operations, saying it could not see it as a sustainable ...
UK begins detaining migrants set to be deported to Rwanda
British authorities have started to detain migrants in preparation for them to be sent to Rwanda in the next nine to 11 weeks, the government said on Wednesday, laying the groundwork ...
In Israel, Blinken set to push Netanyahu for sustained aid into Gaza
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, pushing to get more aid into Gaza, while urging Hamas to accept a deal that ...
Russia ramps up arms production as US boosts support for Ukraine
Russia‘s defence minister on Wednesday ordered a hike in weapons production and said deliveries needed to be faster for the war in Ukraine, a week after U.S. President ...
UK mortgage approvals hit 18-month high in March, Bank of England says
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 ...
German economy skirts recession, helped by construction and exports
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.
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Biden administration takes step to make marijuana use a less serious crime
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 ...
Christodoulides and Sunak talk amid migration parallels
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.
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Judge fines Trump $9,000 for contempt, threatens jail
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 awaits Hamas response on proposed halt to fighting
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 ...