Saudi Arabia plans $40 bln push into artificial intelligence
Saudi Arabia’s government plans to create a fund of about $40 billion to invest in artificial intelligence, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing three people briefed on the ...
Easing UK inflation keeps BoE on track for rate cuts later in 2024
British inflation slowed in February, keeping the Bank of England on track to start cutting interest rates in the months ahead and offering some better economic news to Prime Minister ...
Washington pressures Austria’s Raiffeisen to drop Russian tycoon deal
The United States is pressing Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest Western bank in Russia, to drop plans to buy a 1.5 billion euro ($1.6 billion) industrial stake of a Russian ...
Dutch providing Ukraine with F-16 ammunition, drones, minister says
The Netherlands is providing Ukraine with 350 million euros for F-16 fighter jet ammunition and advanced reconnaissance drones, Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren announced in Kyiv on Wednesday.
Speaking to Reuters ...
Netanyahu tells Republicans Gaza war will continue, days after Schumer speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Republican senators on Wednesday that Israel will continue its efforts to defeat Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, senators told ...
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar unexpectedly quits
Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday he would step down as Ireland’s prime minister in a surprise move, saying the country’s coalition government would stand a better chance of ...
UK plan to deport refugees to Rwanda to be delayed
The passage of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s contentious bill to deport refugees to Rwanda may be delayed until at least next month after the upper house of parliament ...
US strains with Israel show as Blinken tours Middle East
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, launching a tour of the Middle East to try to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza war ...
UN says Russia consolidates control of occupied Ukraine with ‘climate of fear’
Russia is illegally consolidating its control over occupied Ukrainian territory by creating a “climate of fear” with practices such as arbitrary detention, killings and torture, the head of a U....
Dani Alves to be freed on bail after rape conviction
Brazilian football player Dani Alves can be released from jail on a one million euro bail while he appeals his rape conviction, after serving about a quarter of his four-and-a-half-year ...
It’s a boy! Athens zoo welcomes birth of rare pygmy hippo
A rare and endangered pygmy hippopotamus has been born in Athens’ Attica Zoological Park for the first time in 10 years, delighting conservationists.
A lack of male pygmy hippos in captivity ...
UK to introduce bill to phase out smoking among young people
The British government will introduce a bill in parliament on Wednesday to fulfill its promise to phase out smoking among young people by banning tobacco sales for future generations.
The ...
Russia says EU frozen assets plan is theft
Russia on Wednesday said a proposal by European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to take 90% of revenues from Russian assets frozen in Europe and transfer them to buy weapons ...
Trump slammed for saying Jews who vote for Democrats hate their religion, Israel
–Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump drew outrage from the White House, Democrats and leaders of Jewish groups for saying Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats hate their religion ...
Biden credits Christodoulides for ‘Amalthea’ initiative
The leadership of President Nikos Christodoulides towards implementation of the humanitarian sea corridor to Gaza was highlighted in a letter by the US president.
The letter from President Joe Biden ...
Tanker capsizes off coast of Japan, seven deaths confirmed, media reports
A South Korean-flagged chemical tanker has capsized off the coast of Yamaguchi prefecture in western Japan, with seven deaths confirmed, public broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday, citing the coastguard.
The ...
Second British royal photograph involving Kate was digitally altered, Reuters says
A second royal photograph issued to the media by Kensington Palace, the office of Prince William and his wife Kate, was digitally altered in eight places, Reuters saidafter an analysis ...
Texas border enforcement law again blocked in legal whiplash
A Republican-backed Texas law that would allow state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border was blocked again by an appeals court ...
Doctors who visited Gaza speak of ‘atrocities,’ collapsing healthcare
The healthcare system in Gaza has essentially collapsed, Western doctors who visited the Palestinian enclave in recent months told an event at the United Nations on Monday, speaking of “appalling ...
NatWest seeks approval to buy more stock to speed privatisation
NatWest (NWG.L) will seek shareholder approval to buy back up to 15 per cent of its stock from the UK government, it said on Monday, as part of efforts to ...
US Supreme Court lets Texas border enforcement law take effect
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect allowing state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of crossing the US-Mexico border illegally, rejecting a ...
Christodoulides meets Curtis Ried
President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday evening met with the head of the United States’ National Security Council Curtis Ried.
No statements were made after the meeting.
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos ...
British royals shrug off speculation about Kate and King Charles
A laughing Prince William was back at work on Tuesday, a day after the first footage emerged of his wife Kate since her surgery two months ago which showed the ...
Washington makes new push for Gaza ceasefire to head off famine, Rafah assault
The United States made a fresh push on Tuesday for a ceasefire in Gaza to avert a manmade famine, while pressing its ally Israel to back away from plans for ...