UK unions split over government pay offer for health workers
British healthcare and ambulance workers belonging to the GMB trade union have voted to accept a government pay offer, the union said on Friday, hours after members of another union ...
Spain’s former king Juan Carlos denies having secret daughter
Spanish former King Juan Carlos denied claims made in a new book that he had a secret daughter in comments to Spanish news agency Efe on Friday.
It is rare ...
Deal reached in principle to resume Ukraine grain transit with 5 EU countries
The European Commission said on Friday it had reached a deal in principle to allow the transit of Ukrainian grain to resume through five European Union countries that had imposed ...
Unending ‘hell’: Sudan war rages despite truce pledges (Update)
Strikes by air, tanks and artillery rocked Sudan’s capital Khartoum and the adjacent city of Bahri on Friday, witnesses said, mocking a 72-hour truce extension announced by the army ...
Saudi Arabia, Iran to reopen embassies ‘within days’
Saudi Arabia and Iran will reopen embassies in each other’s capitals “within days,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Friday in a sign of warming relations after the ...
U.S. confiscates Iran oil cargo on tanker amid Tehran tensions -sources
The U.S. confiscated Iranian oil on a tanker at sea in recent days in a sanctions enforcement operation, three sources said, and days later Iran seized another oil-laden tanker ...
Pope Francis in Hungary, warns of rising nationalism in Europe
Pope Francis, starting a trip to Hungary, on Friday pointedly warned of the dangers of rising nationalism in Europe and told the Budapest government that accepting migrants along with the ...
ChatGPT is available again to users in Italy, spokesperson says
Access to the ChatGPT chatbot has been restored in Italy after its maker OpenAI “addressed or clarified” issues raised by Italy’s data protection authority, an OpenAI spokesperson said on ...
Ukraine vows ‘iron fist’ counterattack; Russian strikes kill 25
Ukraine said on Friday it was nearly ready to launch a huge ground assault to retake occupied land, after Russia hurled missiles at cities as people slept overnight, killing at ...
Vessel ‘attack’ off south Yemen downgraded to ‘incident’
Britain’s Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said on Friday a vessel off Yemen’s southern coast was involved in an “incident” with a government boat, downgrading the event from ...
Germany’s Turks start voting in critical Turkish elections
Turkish citizens based in Germany began voting on Thursday in Turkey’s elections at a record number of polling stations aimed at boosting their participation in a vote that is ...
Historic Stone of Scone moved to London for King Charles’ coronation
The historic Stone of Scone, the ancient coronation stone upon which monarchs in Britain have been crowned for centuries, has left Scotland for London under tight security ahead of next ...
Crafting wheelchairs for pets (video)
It took Youhao some time to adjust to the metal cart that was attached to his hind legs, but soon enough, the dog was running cheerfully to his owner for ...
BBC chairman Sharp resigns after breaching rules over Boris Johnson loan
BBC Chairman Richard Sharp resigned on Friday after an independent report found he had breached public appointment rules by not disclosing potential conflict of interest in his role in securing ...
Russia kills 12 in biggest Ukraine air strikes for nearly two months
Kyiv said on Friday it was nearly ready to launch a huge ground assault to retake occupied land, after Russia hurled missiles at cities as people slept overnight, killing at ...
Bosch says to expand investment in China’s resilient, innovative market
As the Chinese market is resilient and innovative, Bosch will expand its investment in China, said the leading German engineering and technology company.
“The (Chinese) market is not only resilient. ...
UK PM Sunak faces first test of comeback credentials in local polls
Rishi Sunak faces his first big electoral test as prime minister next week in local polls where the opposition Labour Party hopes to capitalise on a year of chaos for ...
EU study finds underrepresentation of women designers
A recent study published by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has highlighted the significant gender gap and wage disparity in the design industry within the EU.
The study, ...
US plane flew through Taiwan Strait, French lawmaker confirms ship transit
A U.S. Navy patrol plane flew through the Taiwan Strait on Friday as a senior French lawmaker confirmed a warship from his country had also recently transited the sensitive ...
Trump paints doomsday scenario if Biden wins White House again
Donald Trump will use his first campaign event since President Joe Biden officially entered the 2024 election race to portray their differences in stark and apocalyptic terms, arguing a Biden re-election ...
U.S. targets Russia’s FSB, IRGC members over wrongful detention of Americans
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Russia’s domestic security service FSB and the intelligence unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) accusing them of being responsible ...
U.S. military leak suspect to appear in court; had arsenal, prosecutors say
A U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking military secrets appeared in federal court on Thursday, where a judge expressed concern the 21-year-old’s knowledge of classified material might ...
US Equal Rights Amendment blocked again, a century after introduction
The U.S. Senate on Thursday fell short of the votes needed to enshrine equal rights for women in the Constitution, a century after a guarantee of gender equality was ...
As cult deaths top 100, another Kenyan pastor arrested over ‘mass killings’
A Kenyan televangelist was arrested on Thursday after reports of the “mass killing of his followers”, the interior minister said, as authorities investigated scores of other deaths linked to a ...