France announces it will end visa restrictions with Morocco
France will end visa restrictions for Moroccan nationals, the foreign minister said on Friday, in a sign of warmer relations between the two countries after more than a year of ...
European shares post worst weekly loss since September as recession fears mount
European shares slid on Friday, ending the week sharply lower after major central banks flagged further rate hikes, while economic activity data from the euro zone failed to assuage concerns ...
Eurostar will not run on Boxing Day due to UK rail strike
International rail operator Eurostar on Friday said that it would not operate services on Dec. 26 between Britain and France due to a national rail strike that impacts the British rail ...
Ukraine grid operator lifts state of emergency it declared after attacks
Ukrainian power grid operator Ukrenergo on Friday lifted the state of emergency it declared earlier in the day after Russian missile strikes cut nationwide energy consumption by more than 50%, it ...
Brittney Griner says she will advocate for other Americans detained abroad
US basketball star Brittney Griner, who on Friday left an Army medical center where she had been recuperating following her release from a Russian penal colony as part of a ...
Energy crisis fuels coal comeback in Germany
Coal has made a comeback in Germany this year, as Europe’s largest economy turns to the dirty fuel to power it through an energy crisis.
More than a third (36.3 ...
Pandoravirus: melting Arctic is releasing ancient germs
Scientists have recently revived several large viruses that had been buried in the frozen Siberian ground (permafrost) for tens of thousands of years.
The youngest virus to be revived was ...
Turkish cenbank’s net FX reserves jump to $26.76 bln
The Turkish central bank’s net international reserves leapt some $3.6 billion to $26.76 billion in the week to Dec. 9, hitting their highest level this year, central bank data showed on Thursday.
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World’s largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium bursts in Berlin
A huge aquarium in Berlin burst early on Friday, spilling 1 million litres (264,172 gallons) of water, around 1,500 exotic fish and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district, emergency ...
Russia fires scores of missiles in one of its biggest attacks on Ukraine (Wrapup
Russia fired more than 70 missiles at Ukraine on Friday in one of its biggest attacks since the start of the war, knocking out power in the second-biggest city and forcing ...
Fire near French city of Lyon kills 10, including 5 children
Ten people, including five children aged three to 15, were killed in a fire in the early hours of Friday in a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near the French city of ...
JFK assassination documents released by National Archives
The U.S. National Archives Kennedyeleased thousands of documents related to the 1963 assassination of then-President John F. Kennedy, acting shortly after President Joe Biden issued an executive order authorizing the ...
Malaysia rescuers race to find survivors of deadly campsite landslide, at least 16 killed (Update)
A landslide killed at least 16 people, among them children, as they slept in their tents at a campsite in Malaysia on Friday, officials said, as search teams scoured thick mud ...
Investors bet Fed will blink if recession hits despite ‘higher for longer’ mantra
Some investors believe an expected recession will force the Federal Reserve to loosen monetary policy next year, even as the central bank projects it will raise rates higher than it ...
Microsoft to roll out ‘data boundary’ for EU customers from Jan. 1
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Thursday its European Union cloud customers will be able to process and store parts of their data in the region from Jan. 1.
The phased ...
Germany calls for global regulation of crypto industry
Germany’s top regulator this week called for global regulation of the cryptocurrency industry to protect consumers, prevent money laundering and preserve financial stability.
Mark Branson, the president of Germany’...
Amid crypto turmoil, Hong Kong debuts first crypto futures ETFs
Two exchange traded funds (ETF) that track US-listed cryptocurrency futures have raised a combined $73.6 million ahead of their debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Friday in defiance of ...
Thousands protest in Turkey over Istanbul mayor’s conviction
Thousands of people rallied in Turkey to oppose the conviction and political ban of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, chanting slogans criticising President Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party before ...
Capping rocky 2022, EU agrees more Russia sanctions, funds for Ukraine (Update)
European Union leaders wrapped up their last summit of 2022 with an agreement to provide 18 billion euros in financing to Ukraine next year and slap more sanctions on Russia as the ...
European prosecutor requests immunity lifted from two Greek MEPs
The European chief prosecutor requested on Thursday that the European Parliament lift the immunity from prosecution of two Greek members over suspicions of fraud.
The prosecutor’s office said in ...
Metsola: The days of business as usual are over (Updated)
President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola on Thursday pledged the assembly would get to the bottom of a criminal corruption scandal, stressing that the days of ‘business as usual’ ...
Puerto Rico independence vote bill passes U.S. House
Puerto Rico’s movement for greater self-government got a boost on Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives, which passed a bill for a referendum on three potential futures ...
EU leaders grant Bosnia EU candidate status
European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to make Bosnia and Herzegovina a formal candidate to join the bloc of 27 nations.
“Bosnia and Herzegovina was granted the status of candidate country ...
Irish soldier killed on U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon
An Irish soldier was shot and killed on a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon and a second was in a critical condition after a hostile crowd surrounded their armoured ...