Divisions, elections and Assad lay bare Europe’s Syrian quagmire
The European Union will convene donors next week to keep Syria on the global agenda, but as the economic and social burden of refugees on neighbouring countries mounts the bloc ...
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Building collapses in Spain’s Balearic Islands, killing at least 4 people
A two-storey restaurant building collapsed on the beach in Palma de Mallorca on Thursday, killing at least four people and injuring 16 people in the tourism hot spot in Spain’s ...
Google acquiring HubSpot would bolster bid to challenge Microsoft
Google parent Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) potential acquisition of HubSpot (HUBS.N), a US marketing software maker with a market value of $31 billion, would boost its ability to compete against ...
Weak UK economy awaits winner of July election
The winners of Britain’s election on July 4 will have to tackle an economy that looks stuck in a rut of slow growth with high levels of debt limiting the ...
UAE economy grew 4.3 per cent in fourth quarter of 2023
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) economy grew 4.3 per cent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2023, preliminary government data showed, with non-oil economic growth vastly outperforming overall GDP.
Non-oil GDP surged 6.7 ...
Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians as they push deeper into Gaza
Israeli forces killed 35 Palestinians in aerial and ground bombardments across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and battled in close combat with Hamas-led militants in areas of the southern city of ...
Venus Williams among sporting figures to get own Barbie doll
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and Australian soccer player Mary Fowler are among nine athletes to get a Barbie doll in their likeness as toy maker Mattel seeks to ...
Trump says Putin will free jailed US reporter Gershkovich for him
Donald Trump has posted on social media that he will use his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin to get Wall Street reporter Evan Gershkovich freed from a Russian prison.
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Oil creeps back up after three days of losses
Oil prices crept up on Thursday, clawing back some of the previous three days’ losses despite the US Federal Reserve entertaining further tightening of interest rates if inflation remains sticky, ...
Russia will strike British targets if UK weapons used to hit its territory
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that Moscow will retaliate with strikes on British targets if British weapons are used by Ukraine to strike Russian territory.
Zakharova ...
Israel releases film of female soldiers being taken by Hamas on October 7
Israeli television aired previously withheld footage on Wednesday of five pyjama-clad female army conscripts being seized by Hamas gunmen during the Oct. 7 raid that triggered the Gaza war.
The captives’ ...
West Ham appoint Lopetegui as head coach
West Ham United have appointed former Real Madrid and Spain manager Julen Lopetegui as their new head coach, the Premier League club said on Thursday.
“My ambition as a coach ...
Schumacher’s family win compensation for AI ‘interview’
Michael Schumacher’s family has secured 200,000 euros compensation from the publishers of a German magazine that printed an AI-generated ‘interview’ with the seven times Formula One world champion.
A family ...
Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians as they push deeper in Gaza’s north and south
Israeli forces killed 35 Palestinians in aerial and ground bombardments across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and battled in close combat with Hamas-led militants in areas of the southern city of ...
Pound steady day after election announcement, inflation data
The pound held steady on Thursday near multi-month highs a day after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a national election and data showed inflation did not slow as much ...
Alonso feels pride and pain after ‘Neverlusen’ finally lose
Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said his side will over time look back with pride on their European record unbeaten run but must use the pain of Wednesday’s Europa ...
Djokovic eases past Hanfmann in Geneva Open as he turns 37
Novak Djokovic celebrated his 37th birthday with a 6-3 6-3 win over German Yannick Hanfmann on Wednesday in the second round of the Geneva Open.
The world number one, who ...
Wizz Air forecasts higher earnings after swinging to annual profit after 3 years
European low-cost airline Wizz Air (WIZZ.L) forecast a higher annual profit on Thursday on the back of a strong summer and robust travel demand, after swinging to an annual ...
UK elections
Sunak and Starmer to hit campaign trail as UK election race begins
Sunak, whose Conservative Party trails Labour by around 20 percentage points in opinion polls, ended months of speculation centred on an election in October or November, and instead used a rain-soaked ...
Norway to block entry for most Russians
Norway will further restrict access for Russian tourist travellers due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, blocking almost all entry, the Nordic country’s justice ministry said on Thursday.
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European countries’ recognition of Palestine deepens Israeli isolation
Already under global pressure over the mounting toll from the war in Gaza, Israel slipped further into international isolation on Wednesday after three European countries broke with their main EU ...
Belgium refuses VTB’s request to unblock client assets, says Russian bank
Belgium’s finance ministry has refused Russian state-owned bank VTB’s (VTBR.MM) request for licences to unblock customer assets held through its brokerage accounts, the bank said on Wednesday.
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Shell sees emerging Asian markets taking more of world’s growing LNG supply
Shell (SHEL.L) expects its Australian supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help meet demand from emerging markets in south and southeast Asia, which are tipped to absorb some ...
Lookman nets hat-trick as Atalanta stun Leverkusen in Europa League final
Ademola Lookman scored a stunning hat-trick as Atalanta beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the Europa League final on Wednesday to win just the second major trophy in their 117-year history ...