Paris protest against police violence banned after riots
Paris police banned a planned protest on Saturday against violence by the force, a week after France was rocked by riots sparked by the killing of a teenager in a ...
Turkey’s Erdogan to host Putin, hopes for Black Sea grain deal extension
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he was pressing Russia to extend a Black Sea grain deal by at least three months and announced a visit by ...
Yellen urges China to support existing institutions to fight climate change
By Andrea Shalal
The United States and China, as the world’s two largest economies, must work together to combat the “existential threat” of climate change, U.S. Treasury Secretary ...
Two suspects arrested in Texas shooting at Fourth of July festival
Police on Friday arrested two men aged 19 and 20 on suspicion of murder in the shooting at a Texas street festival on the eve of the Fourth of July that killed ...
At least eight dead after apartment building crumbles in Brazil
– An apartment building collapsed in northeastern Brazil on Friday, leaving at least eight people dead and five missing, according to officials, as rescue workers scoured the rubble in a frantic ...
Airbus books record India orders, confirms higher deliveries
Record demand from India sharply increased Airbus (AIR.PA) orders in June to leave the European planemaker with 1,044 net orders in the first half of the year, data showed on ...
Japan protests to South Korea over military drills on disputed islands
Japan has lodged protests with South Korea over military drills by the latter on disputed islands, calling the move “extremely regrettable.”
Japan’s foreign ministry in a statement on Friday ...
Dutch government to resign over asylum policy -ANP
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will hand in the resignation of his cabinet after failing to agree on measures to curb immigration, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Friday.
ANP ...
Shooter who killed 23 at Texas Walmart sentenced to 90 life terms -local media
A federal judge on Friday sentenced a white supremacist to 90 consecutive life terms in prison for a 2019 shooting in which he killed 23 people and wounded 22 others at a Texas Walmart ...
St. John Coombes receives MBE for ‘outstanding service to the British community
St. John Coombes has received the honour of being made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s first Birthday Honours list.
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Christodoulides optimistic about upcoming Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will discuss the Cyprus issue with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the upcoming Nato summit despite it not being on the official agenda, ...
NATO makes membership pledge as Zelenskiy drums up support
The head of NATO said on Friday the military alliance would unite at a summit next week on how to bring Kyiv closer to joining, while Ukraine’s president drummed ...
Deputy Lebanon central bank governors’ threat to collectively resign ‘dangerous’, deputy premier says
Deputy premier Saade Chami said on Friday that deputy governors of Lebanon’s central bank should run it if no governor is appointed by the end of the month, calling ...
AI robots could play future role as companions in care homes
Nadine, a social robot powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) with human-like gestures and expressions, could have an important future role to play in tending to the sick and elderly, according ...
June was world’s hottest on record, EU scientists say
Last month was the hottest June globally on record, with abnormally high temperatures recorded on both land and sea, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said.
Last month ...
Zelenskiy, Erdogan to discuss grain deal, prisoner swaps
The presidents of Ukraine and Turkey will discuss on Friday the potential extension of the Black Sea grain deal and a possible prisoner exchange between Moscow and Kyiv, a senior ...
UK house prices post biggest annual drop since 2011
British house prices fell last month in annual terms at the fastest rate in 12 years and soaring interest rates are likely to herald more weakness in the housing market, mortgage ...
Ukraine reports new advances near eastern city of Bakhmut
Ukrainian troops have advanced by more than a kilometre in the last day against Russian forces near the eastern city of Bakhmut, a military spokesperson said on Friday.
His comments ...
Lukashenko: I have veto over use of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that he would have a veto over any use of the tactical nuclear weapons that Russia is stationing on his territory, and goaded the West’...
Fire in Milan retirement home kills 6 people, injures more than 60
Six people have died and at least 68 have been injured following an overnight fire in a retirement home in Milan, Italian emergency services said on Friday.
Luca Cari, spokesman for ...
US plans to send Ukraine cluster munitions
The United States plans to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to help it battle Russian invaders, U.S. officials said on, a move opposed by human rights groups but which ...
‘Strategic’ relations highlighted at US Independence Day event
Cyprus-US relations have reached new heights and are no longer viewed solely through the lens of the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday.
The president was speaking at ...
Eurozone retail sales flat in May, still down year-on-year
Retail sales in the eurozone were unchanged in May, Eurostat said on Thursday, as increased spending on non-food items offset declines for food and automotive fuel.
Retail sales volumes in ...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize commercial ship in Gulf – U.S. Navy
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards “forcibly seized” a commercial ship in international waters in the Gulf on Thursday and the vessel was possibly involved in smuggling, a U.S. Navy spokesperson ...