As Europe goes green, number crunchers map the ripple effects
The EU will soon be able to see more clearly the wider outcomes of its clean-energy drive.
A new tool will help predict numerous features of a low-carbon society. It ...
Israeli missile strikes building in central Damascus, five dead
An Israeli rocket strike early on Sunday hit a building in central Damascus‘s Kafr Sousa neighbourhood near a large, heavily guarded security complex close to Iranian installations, killing five ...
Japan to launch pilot programme for issuing digital yen
Japan will start a pilot programme in April to test the use of a digital yen, its central bank said on Friday, joining a growing number of countries seeking to ...
North Korea confirms ICBM drill, touts ‘fatal nuclear counterattack’ capabilities
North Korea said on Sunday it had fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the day before in a “sudden launching drill” that confirmed its readiness for “mobile and mighty ...
Blinken warns China’s Wang Yi against aiding Russia in Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday warned top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of consequences should China provide material support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying in ...
Orban says Europe ‘drifting into’ Ukraine war
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday that Europe was “indirectly at war with Russia” as several European countries pledge to send battle tanks to help Ukraine fight Moscow’...
Japan, China to hold security talks next week, Japan foreign minister says
Japan and China will hold security talks next week, Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said after meeting his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
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Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders discuss peace at first meeting in months
Armenia and Azerbaijan held talks with the United States in Munich on Saturday, the first meeting between the leaders of the South Caucasus nations since October amid heightened tensions over ...
WFP boss criticises northwestern Syrian authorities for slowing quake aid
The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) on Saturday pressured authorities in northwestern Syria to stop blocking access to the area as it seeks to help hundreds of thousands ...
Ghanaian winger Atsu’s body found under rubble in Turkey quake
Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the building where he lived in southern Turkey after last week’s massive earthquake, the ex-Chelsea winger’s Turkish agent said.
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Earthquake death toll passes 45,000, many still missing in flattened apartments
More than 45,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, and the toll is expected to soar with some 264,000 apartments in Turkey destroyed and many still ...
U.S. VP Harris agrees to be ‘closely aligned’ on China with Macron, Scholz
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris discussed challenges posed by China with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and agreed to remain closely aligned during meetings with ...
India FM Jaishankar says Soros dangerous, debate needed on democracy
India’s foreign minister said the democratic world needed a debate on democracy, labelling billionaire investor George Soros “old, rich, opinionated and dangerous” for his comments on India that didn’...
Six dead as gunman goes on rampage in small Mississippi town
A gunman went on a rampage in a small Mississippi town on Friday, killing his ex-wife and five other people in three locations before sheriff’s deputies arrested him, the ...
Are sanctions against Russia working?
By Maria Demertzis
When Russia first invaded Ukraine almost a year ago, many countries condemned the aggression and applied sanctions in an attempt to squash its economy and isolate it ...
Canada’s use of emergency powers during ‘Freedom Convoy’ met threshold, commissioner says
Canada’s government met the threshold for invoking emergency powers when it did so in early 2022 to deal with border blockades and an occupation that brought parts of the capital ...
At least 53 killed Syria attack, Islamic State blamed
At least 53 civilians were killed in an attack in Syria’s central desert province of Homs, state media reported on Friday, blaming jihadist militant group Islamic State.
The bodies of ...
Airports see smoother summer travel than 2022 but brace for headaches
Global airports expect smoother travel this summer as staffing improves, but surging passenger demand during peak periods in Europe and North America could still bring long lines, baggage piles and ...
Three-and-a half million left their jobs in 2022
In the third quarter of 2022, 3.5 million people in the EU aged 25 to 54 left their jobs, data released on Friday showed.
More than two-thirds (68.9 per cent) left their job for labour ...
Three rescued from Turkey rubble as earthquake death toll passes 45,000 (Update)
Rescue teams pulled three people alive from under collapsed buildings in Turkey on Friday, 11 days after an earthquake that has killed more than 45,000, left millions homeless, and sparked a huge ...
Famed Chinese rainmaker goes missing in latest executive disappearance
Chinese dealmaker Bao Fan, founder of investment bank China Renaissance Holdings, has gone missing in the latest disappearance of a top business executive, unnerving investors and sending its stock down ...
Goldman Sachs now expects three more Fed rate hikes in 2023
Goldman Sachs said it was expecting the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates three more times this year by a quarter of a percentage point each, after data this ...
British embassy guard who spied for Russia jailed for ‘treachery’
A former security guard at the British embassy in Berlin who passed highly sensitive information to Russia and was paid for his “treachery” was jailed for more than 13 years in ...
Ukrainian troops appeal for help as global security meeting starts
Ukrainian soldiers fighting to hold off a Russian push on the small eastern city of Bakhmut pleaded for more weapons from the outside world as senior Western leaders met in ...