Major central banks took a break from interest rate rises this week, but they are by no means done, with energy prices near multi-
October 29, 2026Two people were killed and one other injured when rocks from a fairy chimney, a volcanic geological formation, fell after heavy rainfall in the popular Turkish resort of
October 29, 2026French telecom group Orange's digital security arm on Thursday announced a partnership with Mistral AI to equip its products with a cybersecurity variant of the startup's latest AI
October 29, 2026European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday she had decided to step down eight months before her term was due to expire so that she can speak more
October 29, 2026The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged in a well-telegraphed move on Thursday but clearly hinted at another hike
October 29, 2026European Central Bank policymakers expect to increase interest rates in December to fight high, energy-led inflation and then pause as a rise in bond yields is set to
October 29, 2026The Swiss government has analysed how UBS would fare if it relocated abroad to escape stricter new capital rules, underlining how seriously officials are
October 29, 2026Rescuers picked through mangled carriages on Thursday in a search for victims of Spain's second fatal high-speed train
October 29, 2026The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged in a well-telegraphed move on Thursday, and said inflation risks were on the rise from surging energy costs, which
October 29, 2026European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday she would step down early from her position in order to have the
October 28, 2026Serbia's student movement has demanded the resignations from top officials in the police, intelligence and judiciary after their historic election win against Aleksandar Vucic
October 29, 2026Hong Kong leader John Lee apologized Thursday and said his housing secretary resigned after an investigation into the city’s deadliest fire in decades found inadequate regulatory oversight
October 29, 2026The student-led protest movement that unseated Serbia's longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic in a weekend election called on Thursday for the resignation of leading public figures and
October 29, 2026US President Donald Trump has touted billions of dollars in new factories, energy projects and jobs while campaigning for Republicans
October 29, 2026For years, the neighborhood watch group in the working-class area of Solanda in Ecuadorean capital Quito had patrolled their nighttime streets armed
October 29, 2026Christine Lagarde's decision to step down early as European Central Bank president ends an eventful seven years at an institution she
October 29, 2026In a field overlooking a lush valley in southern Lebanon, residents of the village of Zibqin balanced on branches
October 29, 2026Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez had hoped to ride a wave of public anger over the eviction of an octogenarian, who later died
October 29, 2026Girl, 8, injured in wolf attack at German zoo
October 29, 2026European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde had resigned and will step down on February 7, the ECB said in a statement on Thursday.
October 29, 2026A Liberian-flagged vessel that was hit by drones off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast has sunk, the local maritime administration said on Thursday
October 29, 2026Volkswagen has posted a $6.5 billion after-tax loss for the July-September quarter
October 29, 2026Renault Group beat third-quarter revenue expectations on Thursday, boosting its shares as higher sales of its popular electric models
October 29, 2026In its pursuit of economic self-sufficiency, China must not create one-sided dependence in other markets, Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged in an
October 29, 2026Danish brewer Carlsberg held its full-year profit guidance on Thursday after third-quarter sales matched expectations, though China remained a
October 29, 2026Shell and TotalEnergies reported on Thursday sharply higher third-quarter profits and raised share buybacks, as war-
October 29, 2026Top European brewers including Anheuser-Busch InBev warned this week that higher costs related to conflict in the Middle East were
October 29, 2026At least 69 people were killed when two high-speed trains collided in Spain on Wednesday, regional authorities said.
January 19, 2026A federal judge has rejected a Trump administration request to stop California from processing the ballots of up to 20,000 people
October 28, 2026Vietnam has approved a plan to set the minimum state ownership level for state-run lenders at 65% by 2030, part of a broader programme to restructure state capital in major
October 29, 2026The timing of the next round of three-way talks on a settlement of the Ukraine conflict is linked to the conflict in the Middle East, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri
October 28, 2026A US judge strongly rebuked the Trump administration on Wednesday by rejecting a request by the Justice Department to temporarily
October 28, 2026Utah is pursuing criminal charges against prediction market operator Kalshi and two executives, after a federal judge rejected Kalshi’s effort to prevent Utah from enforcing its anti-gambling laws against the activity
October 28, 2026Ford Motor’s third-quarter core profit increased slightly to $2.7 billion, as the Michigan automaker overcame production struggles with its
October 28, 2026Young boy rescued after falling into septic pipe
October 28, 2026Alvin Hellerstein, a senior federal judge who oversaw many high-profile cases in nearly three decades on the bench, including matters involving US
October 28, 2026The weekend escape of a Tennessee inmate who was convicted of murdering a co-worker was just the latest black eye for the state’s troubled prison system, coming only weeks after the failed execution of Christa Pike
October 28, 2026Authorities say that the suspects in an alleged plot to carry out a shooting at a Georgia high school had a floor plan of the school and had chosen a date
October 28, 2026Years of near-daily Russian drone and artillery attacks have turned the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson into a battered urban landscape where
October 28, 2026Meta announced on Wednesday that it was indefinitely delaying the rollout of its new commercial terms following concerns from publishers and digital advertisers, in a move
October 28, 2026Italy will raise taxes on banks, insurers, energy firms and the gaming industry to help finance its 2027 budget, ministers said after
October 28, 2026Police seek to identify person of interest involved in fleeing e-bike investigation, police say
October 28, 2026A high-speed train has collided with another train in Spain, killing at least 68 people and injuring dozens
October 28, 2026Canada and the European Union agreed to "ever closer association" but dropped the contentious idea of associate EU membership in a
October 28, 2026The far-right British activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who is better known by his pseudonym Tommy Robinson, has been found guilty of harassing two journalists and causing them to fear being subjected to violence
October 28, 2026The cost of the Iran war to American taxpayers has grown to an estimated $47.1 billion
October 28, 2026Spain train crash kills at least 68 as witnesses describe devastating scenes
October 28, 2026Officials say that a six-day ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine has held for its first day and night
October 28, 2026Germany's trade deficit with Asia-Pacific is set to hit a record of nearly €146 billion ($163 billion) in 2026 as falling exports to China outweigh growing
October 28, 2026British anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, was on Wednesday convicted of harassing two journalists during nationwide rioting two
October 28, 2026Oil prices edged up about 1% on Wednesday on renewed concerns about additional energy supply disruptions in the Middle East due to continued fighting in
October 28, 2026Kimi Antonelli is on the verge of becoming Formula 1’s youngest-ever champion, and the first Italian to win the title since Alberto Ascari in 1953
October 28, 2026An Italian judge has ordered the release of a university researcher accused by police of helping orchestrate violent protests this month, infuriating Prime Minister Giorgia
October 28, 2026Norway's prime minister defended on Wednesday a three-way call with Vladimir Putin and Finland's president, saying it was intended to ensure the Russian leader heard European
October 28, 2026With jet fuel prices at roughly double their levels before the Iran war, airlines are growing increasingly
October 28, 2026Ukrainian beauty salon owner Antonina Viter is getting used to having her travel plans disrupted by the threat of
October 28, 2026European banks went some way to easing investor concerns about slowing earnings momentum
October 28, 2026An attacker with two knives wounded a policeman guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade overnight, before the officer shot the assailant dead,
October 28, 2026Hungary's tax authority has raided several locations and made arrests in an investigation into COVID-era medical mask and ventilator procurement by the Foreign Ministry.
October 28, 2026Volkswagen is bringing China-developed technologies to overseas markets including South America and South Africa, as the German automaker seeks to bolster its global
October 28, 2026Maya Gourdel, a 19-year-old student in Brussels, sits at a desk writing slogans
October 28, 2026US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sought to reassure Southeast Asian counterparts on Wednesday of Washington’s commitment to the
October 27, 2026UBS posted third-quarter net profit of $2.69 billion on Wednesday, roughly in line with expectations, and accelerated its share buyback programme despite
October 28, 2026BNP Paribas posted a forecast-beating rise in third-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by strong performance in its investment banking division, as the lender
October 28, 2026Standard Chartered (StanChart) on Wednesday hiked its full-year growth and profitability targets after third-quarter income handily
October 28, 2026A federal judge says he is considering appointing a special master to evaluate claims by the Trump administration that California has some 20,000 noncitizens on its voter rolls
October 27, 2026A federal judge has scolded the Justice Department for its unorthodox handling of a criminal case against two former FBI officials accused of making false statements to Congress about their participation in and knowledge of investigations involving Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden
October 27, 2026Twenty-one US states and the District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday over its rollback of reporting requirements
October 27, 2026Thousands rallied outside Portugal's parliament in Lisbon on Tuesday to protest against a deepening housing crisis and recent police
October 27, 2026President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces were retaking territory through a series of offensives, including one operation previously unannounced in which
October 27, 2026Florida mom arrested at airport for leaving 4 kids home alone during work trip to Vegas
October 27, 2026A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump's administration from implementing a new rule that would cut the amount of time
October 27, 2026A New York woman whose father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter has been convicted of receiving weapons training from the militant group
October 27, 2026Melania Trump says ceasefire has expanded as it takes effect around Russian-occupied city of Oleshky
October 27, 2026Authorities say an escaped Tennessee inmate convicted of murdering a co-worker stole a truck from a nearby farm and apparently made it to southern Illinois before abandoning it
October 27, 2026The US Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to reinstate the authority of immigration judges to temporarily postpone deportation cases, keeping in place an agreement
October 27, 2026The New York Stock Exchange is preparing to start trading a new type of options contract that lets investors make all-or-nothing bets on whether a stock
October 27, 2026Manhunt underway for convicted killer who escaped through Tennessee prison fence and fled in stolen truck, officials say
October 27, 2026Alex Pretti’s family says feds are still stonewalling efforts for justice
October 27, 2026A Spanish judge investigating July's mass migrant crossing into Ceuta from Morocco told the government on Tuesday to declassify further intelligence documents and reports
October 27, 2026The leaders of Finland and Norway phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to urge him to end the war in Ukraine, breaking with a longstanding
October 27, 2026France and Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has drawn public lines against extremism and police violence in his home country, but a joke about his own
October 27, 2026The U.S. military says it has attacked a boat it accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean
October 27, 2026Two men have appeared in a London court on national security charges related to an alleged Iran-backed plot against a U.S.-run military base in England
October 27, 2026A ceasefire appeared to be holding on Tuesday around the Ukrainian town of Oleshky after more than four years of Russian
October 27, 2026A proposed French law making rioters liable to pay up to €10,000 ($11,150) for damage they cause faces a backlash from rights groups and some
October 27, 2026Serbia’s youth movement pulled out a stunning election victory at the weekend against the country’s longtime strongman ruler Aleksandar Vucic
October 27, 2026Kyiv plans to allocate 1 billion hryvnias ($22 million) to water crossings over the River Dnipro which bisects the city, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Tuesday, after a spate
October 27, 2026The French soccer league is moving scheduled games from Saturday at the request of public authorities amid weekend protests across the country
October 27, 2026The Ethiopian Orthodox Church reports that two attacks in Oromia have killed at least 60 Orthodox Christians
October 27, 2026China's Great Wall Motor will build its Ora 5 compact SUV in Bulgaria from early 2027 under a manufacturing agreement with a local partner, establishing its first
October 27, 2026German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that attempts by the US and Russia to end the war in Ukraine "can never find solutions without Ukraine" and said any
October 27, 2026The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Tuesday it welcomed the return of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado to Venezuela, saying it hoped her presence would
October 27, 2026Two men appeared in a London court on Tuesday charged under Britain's National Security Act following last month's security incident at the RAF Fairford military base, with
October 27, 2026Spain has returned to Morocco more than a dozen sub-Saharan African and Asian migrants who reached the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and were turned down for
October 27, 2026The European Commission proposed a major expansion of the powers of the EU border agency Frontex on Tuesday, including giving it the
October 27, 2026A clutch of ultra-wealthy executives who made fortunes in and around the cryptocurrency business have become influential players in US politics, collectively spending more than $56
October 27, 2026Lending in the euro zone continued to grow at a healthy pace in September even as banks tightened access to credit on the back of higher interest rates and geopolitical
October 27, 2026A Chinese court on Tuesday handed Wang Huimin, a former anti-graft official at the China Securities Regulatory Commission, a death sentence with a two-year reprieve over
October 27, 2026Both Poland and the United Kingdom are in favour of strengthening the transatlantic alliance as there is no alternative to cooperation with the US, Polish Defence Minister
October 27, 2026Islamic State, which once controlled large parts of Iraq and Syria and is seeking to rebuild its presence in the region, is back in focus after Jordan said
July 10, 2026India has deployed hundreds of additional security personnel in its remote northeast, authorities said on Tuesday, after youth protesters clashed
October 27, 2026Gunmen killed at least 62 people in an attack on a community in northeastern Nigeria
October 27, 2026Demand for mortgages in the euro zone fell sharply in three months to September as interest rates rose and credit became harder to get, a European Central Bank poll
October 27, 2026BAGHDAD, Oct 27 - An Iraqi court on Tuesday sentenced six French nationals to life in prison and a seventh to 15 years after convicting them of membership in Islamic State, a Reuters witness inside
October 27, 2026High schoolers protesting in France say that it’s a giant and frustrating struggle to make themselves heard
October 27, 2026Sports car maker Porsche on Tuesday reported a recovery in profit in the first nine months of the year, in an early sign CEO Michael Leiters' turnaround plan
October 27, 2026A US appeals
October 26, 2026US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told the European Union on Monday that a lack of information about its record-breaking loan
October 26, 2026Harry Kane has won the prestigious Ballon d’Or prize after scoring 73 goals for club and country last season
October 26, 2026Justice Department charges former FBI Director James Comey for third time
October 26, 2026The Trump administration is asking Washington state to set aside any ballots received from more than 400 people it suspects registered to vote without U.S. citizenship
October 26, 2026The Four Corners region of the Southwestern U.S. is warily eyeing a forecast for still more rain
October 26, 2026UN panel: Russia is committing crimes against humanity by targeting civilians in Ukraine
October 26, 2026Jordan said on Monday its air force struck what it described as militant hideouts in southern
October 26, 2026The Israeli military is pressing ahead with a massive operation in the occupied West Bank that has displaced hundreds of Palestinians
October 25, 2026By unseating longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic in Sunday's election, Serbia's student protest movement did what demonstrators in
October 26, 2026Brent crude futures finished lower on Monday amid hopes of easing hostilities in the Middle East, but persistent attacks on key producer Saudi Arabia
October 25, 2026French student leaders vowed to go on protesting despite government concessions on education, keeping pressure on President Emmanuel Macron
October 26, 2026The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed several Houthi tunnels and missile launchers in Yemen, weakening the rebels’ ability to strike Saudi Arabia
October 26, 2026Gal Cohen walks along a memorial wall engraved with the names of the men, women and children slain in the October 7, 2023, Hamas
October 26, 2026An Italian prosecutor requested a life sentence on Monday for a US citizen accused of murdering his partner and their 13-month-old daughter, whose bodies were discovered last
October 26, 2026Fuel shortages in Yemen's besieged city of Taiz have forced one hospital to cut the number of incubators it can operate from 40 to 10, putting newborn
October 26, 2026Volkswagen could roll out the software currently used in its cars for the Chinese market to its mass-market offering in Europe, according to a media report on Monday, in a
October 26, 2026The euro fell against the dollar on Monday ahead of a busy week of central bank meetings and with crude oil prices remaining elevated, while the Brazilian
October 26, 2026Ukraine has been waiting for almost a month for the US defence secretary to sign off on critical missile supplies, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, as Russia
October 26, 2026Audi chief Gernot Doellner drew heavy criticism on Monday for appearing alongside US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in the
October 26, 2026A U.N.-commissioned group of independent experts accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza despite a ceasefire agreement
October 26, 2026Chris Brown has avoided prison time for beating a music producer with a tequila bottle at a London nightclub three years ago
October 26, 2026Aleksandar Vucic's crushing election defeat by a student-backed protest movement has cast gloom over Moscow, which has lost another
October 26, 2026Serbia's student-led protest movement won a historic
October 26, 2026Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a localised ceasefire around the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine, an arrangement that will enable aid deliveries and allow
October 26, 2026Serbia’s populist leader Aleksandar Vucic has dominated politics in the Balkan country for 14 years
October 26, 2026Poland sees a lot of room to deepen cooperation with Germany in the space sector, Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said on Monday, underscoring the need to possess
October 26, 2026Euro zone firms are having a harder time getting credit from their banks just as their finances are squeezed by more expensive fuel and higher costs, a European Central
October 26, 2026When Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, it looked like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s days in office were numbered
October 26, 2026Judges skeptical of Trump administration effort to force California to set aside mail ballots
October 25, 2026A Russian strike on Ukraine's southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia injured four people overnight, regional governor Mykhailo Semikin said on Telegram on Monday.
October 26, 2026The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government
October 25, 2026Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a historic fourth term on Sunday, the country's electoral
October 25, 2026Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat to a student-led protest movement in a historic election on Sunday, ending his long grip on power and heralding a new political
October 25, 2026Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was greeted by tens of thousands of cheering supporters as
October 25, 2026Lamine Yamal is so used to scoring that he seemed the most awestruck of all the 60,000-plus at Camp Nou when he missed an easy chance for Barcelona against Real Madrid
October 25, 2026Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat to the student-led protest movement in parliamentary elections on Sunday.
October 25, 2026A federal appeals court appeared skeptical on Sunday of a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump's administration that seeks to force California officials to set aside
October 25, 2026Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, the frontrunner in next year's French presidential election, formally launched her campaign on
October 25, 2026Two French news channels have apologized after misidentifying protest images from Albania as demonstrations in France
October 25, 2026Matteo Salvini shrugged off declining poll ratings on Sunday to be reelected leader of his far-right League party, part of Italy's ruling coalition, having vowed to press the
October 25, 2026Protesters poured onto the streets of Tirana on Sunday hours after Prime Minister Edi Rama announced new measures to stem a wave of anti-government demonstrations.
October 25, 2026A day after more mass protests and clashes in Paris, the atmosphere was jovial and upbeat among American football fans attending the NFL’s first game in France
October 25, 2026France sees another weekend of mass protests as thousands rally across Europe
October 24, 2026Pope Leo called for an end to the violence in Yemen on Sunday, as he addressed the faithful from the window over St Peter's Square less than two weeks after having
October 25, 2026French protest groups and unions called on Sunday for further demonstrations as they sought to maintain pressure on the government
October 25, 2026Brazilian Olympic champion Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won the season-opening World Cup giant slalom and extended his winning streak in the discipline to four races
October 25, 2026When gunmen opened fire on a church in Jordan, Sahar al-Halsa hid behind a pillar as she heard the shooting and people screaming in panic during
October 25, 2026Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces re-election this week, is drawing criticism from economists and political rivals after suggesting Israel
October 25, 2026Serbia is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday, in which a popular student movement is seeking to end the rule of longtime
October 25, 2026A Ukrainian drone attack overnight on the Russian border city of Belgorod killed three people and injured 13, local authorities said on Sunday, while a separate drone strike
October 25, 2026The head of German automaker Audi defended on Sunday the company's planned $4 billion investment in a new US
October 24, 2026Seven years after Lebanon’s devastating financial
October 25, 2026Relations between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy took a sharp downward turn in recent weeks, with
October 25, 2026Tens of thousands of Israelis living abroad are expected to fly in for this month’s election
October 25, 2026Thousands of young people marched through Italian cities like Milan, Rome, and Turin on Saturday
October 24, 2026Bulgarians vote in presidential elections on Sunday as Russia's war in Ukraine spreads to the waters off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.
October 24, 2026The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 parishioners who say they were sexually abused by clergy have agreed to an $800 million settlement of their legal claims
October 24, 2026How reliant is Ukraine on US support – and could Kyiv carry on without it?
October 24, 2026Hugo Tekedam hopes Sunday’s game between the New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers provides inspiration to French youngsters
October 24, 2026Protests against war and rising living costs took place in major Italian cities on Saturday, with some incidents of violence, a week after unrest erupted across the country.
October 24, 2026Albanian riot police used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who threw rocks at officers and started a fire at the door of the agriculture
October 24, 2026A fire has swept through the mountaintop retreat built for Adolf Hitler and known as the Eagle’s Nest as emergency services struggled to tackle the blaze in snow and wind
October 24, 2026Gen Z are leading the European protests. Here’s why they’re angry
October 24, 2026Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for unity in his struggling coalition on Saturday, saying Germany faced growing threats from political extremists and what he described as
October 24, 2026In a rare overnight vote, the Czech ruling coalition pushed public media funding changes through a first
October 24, 2026Ukraine and Russia have signaled willingness to resume peace talks and back a humanitarian mission led by U.S. First lady Melania Trump, but deep disagreements over territory and security guarantees underscore obstacles to ending the war
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