Greek rescuers comb through train crash wreckage
Rescuers resumed a search for victims of Greece’s deadliest train crash on Thursday, combing through the buckled and crushed remains of carriages that derailed and then caught fire in ...
Moscow mulls possible use of nuclear arms to fend off US attack -RIA
A Russian defence ministry journal says Moscow is developing a new type of military strategy using nuclear weapons to protect against possible U.S. aggression, RIA news agency reported on ...
Hours after deadly train crash, Greece agonises over what went wrong
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called it an unspeakable tragedy but questions are being asked whether the fatal collision of passenger and freight trains on Tuesday night could have been ...
Situation ‘critical’: Ukraine clings to Bakhmut as Russians advance
Ukrainian forces hung onto their positions in the ruined eastern city of Bakhmut early on Thursday under constant attack from Russian troops seeking to claim their first major victory for ...
Prince Harry and Meghan have been asked to vacate UK home – spokesperson
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have been asked to vacate Frogmore Cottage, the house within the grounds of King Charles’s Windsor Castle estate they use when in Britain, ...
US looking at ‘all options’ if cannot resolve dispute over Mexico corn decree, says official
The United States will consider “all options,” including a formal trade dispute panel, unless Mexico addresses Washington’s concerns over Mexico’s plan to limit imports of genetically modified corn, ...
Hungarian PM’s party backs ratification of Finland, Sweden NATO entry
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party will back the ratification of Finland and Sweden’s bid to join NATO, the party’s parliamentary group said on Wednesday, as ...
U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday along party lines to give President Joe Biden the power to ban Chinese-owned TikTok, in what would be the most ...
After Greece train crash carnage, a soul-wrenching wait for the missing
When he heard the news of the deadly train crash in central Greece, 24-year-old student Konstantinos rushed to the city where the injured had been taken to search for three ...
Vanessa Bryant settles for $28.85m over Kobe crash pics
Vanessa Bryant settled her remaining claims against the County of Los Angeles on Tuesday over the sharing of graphic photos of her husband Kobe Bryant and their daughter Gianna after ...
Cold weather, bad planning to blame for UK salad crisis, Spain says
Spain’s agriculture minister said on Wednesday that bad planning by Britain and problems caused by Brexit as well as cold weather were the main reasons behind a shortage of ...
Lovin’ it! Russians give Big Mac replacement the thumbs up
The signature sauce has changed and the ingredients have been tweaked, but the ‘Big Hit’, which went on sale in Russia this week, is a tasty alternative to the McDonald’...
Greece’s policies may affect migrant sea routes to Italy – Italian minister
Tough Greek border policies might have contributed to decisions leading to the sinking of a migrant boat off Italy on Sunday, killing more than 60 people, by spurring a journey to ...
Stun grenades, arrests on ‘day of disruption’ protest in Israel
Israeli police fired stun grenades and scuffles broke out in Tel Aviv on Wednesday during a nationwide “day of disruption”, raising the intensity of weeks of protests against a contentious ...
Erdogan indicates Turkey elections to be in May
President Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that elections will be held on May 14, sticking to his previous plan for the vote with a date just over three months after a ...
China scoffs at FBI claim that Wuhan lab leak likely caused COVID pandemic
The FBI has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in the central Chinese city of Wuhan likely caused the COVID pandemic, director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday, a claim ...
Russia tries to close ring on Bakhmut as Ukrainians mount ‘furious resistance’
Russian forces carried out relentless attacks on Bakhmut on Wednesday, trying to encircle the small eastern Ukrainian city and claim their first major prize for more than half a year ...
Two Cypriot nationals on board wrecked train (Update 3)
Two Cypriot nationals were on board one of the two trains that collided in Larissa, northern Greece on Tuesday night, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens of others.
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OnlyFans loses UK VAT fight at EU top court
OnlyFans, an online platform known for adult content, should pay UK value added tax (VAT) on the full amount paid by subscribers to content creators, not only its 20 per cent ...
“I heard a bang, then chaos” -Greece train crash survivors
It took a bang, and just seconds to turn a long holiday weekend into a nightmare for hundreds of Greeks caught up in a deadly train wreck on Tuesday night.
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At the home of Zara, fast and slow fashion collide
By Corina Pons and Virginia Furness
In Spain’s A Coruna, two contrasting fashion business models collide – pitching the growing demands for the clothing industry to become more sustainable against ...
Britain’s M&S lifts store worker pay by 7 per cent citing rising living costs
British retailer Marks & Spencer will raise hourly pay for over 40,000 store workers by 7 per cent from April a third rise in just over two years that may catch the ...
Two trains collide in Greece, at least 36 killed, 85 injured (Videos)
A Greek passenger train collided head-on with a cargo train late on Tuesday, throwing entire carriages off the tracks and killing at least 36 people, many of them students, in the ...
Britain’s Sainsbury’s to close two depots, 1,400 jobs affected
British supermarket group Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) plans to consolidate five existing Sainsbury’s and Argos general merchandise depots into three, closing two by 2026, in a move that will impact 1,400 ...