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Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s criminal defense attorney and nominee for deputy attorney-general, on Wednesday dodged questions from lawmakers about whether he will recuse himself from a Justice Department ...

Higher inflation readings reported on Wednesday left Federal Reserve officials telling U.S. lawmakers, business executives and the public that they may be waiting longer than they had thought for ...

Brazil’s agricultural research agency Embrapa, which helped turn the country into a leading grains exporter, is preparing a 12-year research program that could do the same for cannabis cultivation ...

Russian-linked online disinformation networks are spreading faked spy agency warnings of terrorist attacks in Germany ahead of this month’s election in an apparent attempt to sow fear and depress ...

Three detainees have been released from detention in Belarus, including one American, the White House said on Wednesday, without naming those who were released. “We can confirm the safe release ...

Two transgender girls in New Hampshire on Wednesday set in motion the first legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order that would ban them from participating in school ...

Italian police have found and frozen nearly one million euros that was wired to a foreign bank account by a leading businessman after he fell victim to an artificial intelligence ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet with environmental agency Ibama this week or the next to discuss Petrobras’ bid to drill for oil near the mouth of ...

Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to escalate a global trade war with further tariffs on European Union goods, as major U.S. trading partners said they would retaliate for trade ...

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce will take time before deciding whether to end his glittering NFL career after enduring a heart-breaking Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, ...

Representatives of Congo’s powerful Catholic church met on Wednesday with a rebel leader whose Rwandan-backed M23 forces last month seized Goma, the biggest city in the country’s east, ...

Senegal’s Court of Auditors released a long-awaited review of the country’s finances on Wednesday that confirmed the previous government misreported key economic data including debt and deficit figures. ...

Oscar-winning U.S. actor Kevin Spacey is facing another British lawsuit alleging sexual abuse, just over 18 months after he was cleared of all charges in a high-profile criminal trial. Spacey, 65, ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump and discussed “opportunities to achieve peace” and the preparation of a document governing ...

Cyprus’ police seized over 600 kilograms of cannabis in 2024, according to an announcement on Wednesday night. In a post on X, the social media platform better known as Twitter, the police ...

A solution to the Cyprus problem is now an “urgent necessity”, Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Wednesday. Speaking to the north’s public broadcaster ...

The European Commission on Wednesday sent a reasoned opinion to Cyprus and seven other European Union member states over their failure to transpose into their national legal systems EU laws ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday congratulated Constantine Tassoulas on his election as president of Greece. “I express my warmest congratulations to Constantine Tassoulas on his election to the highest office,” ...

The parliament proposed to make hate speech towards disabled and elderly people an offence on Wednesday. The suggestion was proposed by independent MP Alexandra Attalides and Akel MP Giorgos Koukoumas, ...

The Drama International Short Film Festival returns once again to Cyprus, bringing award-winning short films to the island. This special event offers cinephiles the opportunity to enjoy outstanding short films, ...

The head of Russia’s powerful Orthodox Church said in remarks published late on Tuesday that “weirdos” were trying to spread paganism in the combat zone in Ukraine and called ...

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti was full of praise for his side’s efforts after they put in a well-rounded display in fighting back to win 3-2 at Manchester City ...

The 75-year-old man who died in a car accident on Tuesday morning suffered a heart attack, police said on Wednesday evening. An autopsy was performed on Wednesday, showing that “his ...

The head of Britain’s domestic spy agency MI5 issued a rare public apology on Wednesday for providing “incorrect information” to London’s High Court over a BBC investigation that ...