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Greece’s former King Constantine II, who died on Tuesday night aged 82, will be buried privately at a former royal estate north of Athens, the Greek government said on Wednesday. ...

Getting the design of a digital pound right is a bigger priority than a rapid launch, Britain’s Financial Services Minister Andrew Griffith said on Tuesday. China has pushed ahead ...

Egypt committed to a flexible currency, a greater role for the private sector and a range of monetary and fiscal reforms when it agreed to a $3 billion financial support package ...

A Libyan court suspended an energy exploration deal that the Tripoli government signed last year with Turkey, a judiciary source said, pausing an agreement that angered other Mediterranean powers and ...

British luxury carmaker Bentley on Tuesday reported record vehicle sales for 2022, with strong demand offsetting a 9 per cent drop in China caused by coronavirus-related lockdowns. The Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) ...

Prince Harry’s “Spare” became the UK’s fastest selling non-fiction book ever, its publisher said on Tuesday, after days of TV interviews, leaks, and a mistaken early release of ...

The French should work two years longer before they can retire, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said, detailing an unpopular reform of the pension system that risks strikes and will test ...

Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces were still holding onto positions in the eastern mining town of Soledar, withstanding assaults by wave after wave of Russian soldiers and mercenaries seeking ...

Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long-haul flights, given the rapid spread of the latest Omicron subvariant of COVID-19 in the United States, World Health Organization (WHO) ...

One of President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies said on Tuesday that Moscow was now fighting the U.S.-led NATO military alliance in Ukraine and that the West was ...

Police hailed a 25-year-old Virginia teacher as a hero for evacuating students from her classroom even after she was shot by a six-year-old student. The teacher, Abigail Zwerner, was in ...

Weak confidence around personal finances and a squeeze on disposable income will hold back growth in food retail sales to around 5 per cent in 2023, according to market researcher NielsenIQ. In ...

Egyptian annual urban consumer inflation in December rose to 21.3 per cent from 18.7 per cent in November, exceeding analyst expectations, data from the statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Tuesday. The inflation ...

The British government will introduce legislation to parliament on Tuesday which would require key public services to maintain minimum safety levels during strike action by workers. Britain is experiencing a ...

China’s embassy in Seoul said on Tuesday it has stopped issuing short-term visas for visitors from South Korea, the first retaliatory move against countries imposing COVID-19 curbs on travellers ...

Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida on Monday with stomach pains as 1,500 of his supporters were rounded up in Brasilia after storming key ...

Tesla (TSLA.O) has indicated longer waiting times for potential buyers of some versions of the Model Y in China, signalling that price cuts announced on Friday could be stoking ...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (9988.HK) is planning a logistics hub at Istanbul Airport and a data centre near the Turkish capital Ankara with an investment of more ...

An expected capital increase will help Turkey’s Ziraat Bank to spearhead President Tayyip Erdogan’s drive to boost economic growth and tackle chronic current account deficits this year, the ...

Iran’s nuclear program and threats posed by Tehran will be discussed when U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan travels to Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ...

Trinidad and Tobago received a total of 16 bids for exploring and developing oil and natural gas at eight onshore blocks in its most recent bidding round, the country’s Energy ...

The United States has not received any official requests from the Brazilian government regarding the status of former President Jair Bolsonaro after his supporters stormed Brazil’s Congress, the White ...

Thousands of nurses at two New York City hospitals went on strike on Monday after contract negotiations stalled over pay and staffing levels, a move that caused one of the ...

Belgium has reached an agreement with French utility Engie ENGIE.PA to extend the life of two nuclear reactors by 10 years, the prime minister said on Monday, overturning a plan ...