India’s Tata chooses UK for $5 bln Jaguar Land Rover gigafactory
India’s Tata Group will build an electric vehicle battery plant in Britain to supply its Jaguar Land Rover factories, delivering a major boost for a UK car industry in ...
UK watchdog steps into row over ‘debanking’ of Nigel Farage
Britain’s financial watchdog has stepped into a row over the closure of former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage’s bank accounts, after Farage claimed NatWest’s NWG.L private ...
Kosovo court sentences former spy chief over Turkish arrests
A Kosovo court has sentenced the country’s former secret service chief to four years and eight months in prison for the arrest and extradition to Turkey of six Turkish ...
Kyiv says Russia attacks grain infrastructure with strikes on Ukraine’s Odesa ports
Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of damaging grain export infrastructure in “hellish” overnight strikes focused on two of its Black Sea ports, vowing not to be intimidated from working to ...
Several reported shot as Kenya protesters, police clash in tax hikes unrest
Several people were shot in Kenya, some possibly fatally, as security forces clashed with demonstrators across the country protesting high costs of living and tax hikes, a hospital official and ...
Europe battles heatwave and fires, record temperatures scorch China
Italy put 23 cities on red alert with temperatures set to reach up to 46 Celsius (114 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, one of the global hotspots as a wave of extreme heat, wildfires and ...
Donald Trump loses bid for new trial in E. Jean Carroll abuse case
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s request for a new trial after a jury found the former U.S. president liable for sexually abusing and defaming the ...
Chechen leader’s ‘dear’ nephew made head of seized Danone subsidiary in Russia
A nephew of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has been appointed the new head of Russia’s Danone subsidiary DANO.PA after the Kremlin ordered the state to take temporary control ...
Cyprus and Oman sign double tax treaty
The Cabinet gave its approval on Wednesday to an agreement aimed at preventing double taxation and tackling tax evasion related to income taxes.
The agreement, along with its corresponding protocol, ...
UK’s MI6 boss says Putin under pressure, invites Russians to spy for Britain
The head of Britain’s MI6 foreign spy service said on Wednesday last month’s mutiny by Russian mercenaries showed there were ‘deep fractures’ surrounding the Kremlin, and invited Russians ...
Germany tinkering with the idea of siestas and cold footbaths amid sizzling temperatures
A public health group has recommended the introduction of siestas in Germany as temperatures soar in a sizzling summer heatwave.
Johannes Niessen, the head of the BVOeGD public health officers ...
UK’s high inflation cools, offering some relief to Bank of England
Britain’s high rate of inflation fell by more than expected in June and was its slowest in over a year at 7.9 per cent, according to data that will ease ...
Kombos calls for resumption of Cyprob negotiations at UK parliament event
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos told British MPs and lords that “we are ready to return to the negotiating table tomorrow and we are waiting for the other side [the north] ...
Wildfires continue in Greece as EU allies send aid
Wildfires burned for a third day west of the Greek capital Athens on Wednesday, as authorities braced for a new heatwave stoking tinderbox conditions across the country.
At first light, ...
Fire at military base in Crimea forces evacuations, highway closure
A fire that broke out at the military training grounds in the Kirovske district on the Crimean Peninsula has forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 people and a closure of ...
UK consumer group calls for government action on grocery prices
British consumer group Which? has urged the government to take action to support households when the competition watchdog publishes its review of grocery pricing, saying some food prices have jumped ...
US soldier flees into North Korea in new crisis over the nuclear-armed state
The U.S. military was scrambling to establish the fate of an American soldier who made an unauthorised crossing of the inter-Korean border into North Korea, throwing Washington into a ...
Russia strikes Ukraine grain ports after pulling out of export deal
Russia struck Ukrainian ports on Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a U.N.-backed deal to let Kyiv export grain, and Moscow claimed gains on the ground in ...
France’s Macron slams hire of US economist for EU antitrust role
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday criticised EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager’s decision to hire a U.S. economist over a European to help oversee Big Tech, adding her ...
Wildfires northwest of Athens rage into the night, burn homes
Two wildfires swept uncontrolled through forestlandand towns northwest of Athens for a second day on Tuesday, forcing more residents to flee their homes as authorities fought to stop the flames ...
Switzerland fights to contain forest fire near Italy border as winds pick up
Swiss firefighters on Tuesday were battling a forest fire that has forced more than 200 people to evacuate, and authorities warned winds were making the blaze difficult to contain.
The fire ...
North signs agreement on undersea electricity cable
An agreement signed between Turkey and the north for the construction of a new two-way undersea electric cable was signed by Turkish vice president Cevdet Yilmaz and the north’s ‘...
Turkish lira hits record low ahead of rate decision
The Turkish lira weakened more than 2 per cent to a fresh record low against the dollar on Tuesday over market concerns that the central bank might raise interest rates this ...
Lebanon’s central bank to phase out Sayrafa exchange platform
Lebanon’s central bank will decommission the controversial exchange platform known as Sayrafa after governor Riad Salameh’s 30-year tenure ends this month, one of the institution’s vice governors ...