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Failing to tackle climate change will mean more wildfires ahead
Europe • 5:47 PM
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France’s biggest wildfire this summer was spreading quickly Wednesday in a Mediterranean region near the Spanish border after leaving one person dead, authorities said. The fire had burned an area larger than Paris. French Prime Minister François Bayrou
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Italy approves $15.5B plan for longest suspension bridge to Sicily
Europe • 3:35 PM
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Italy cleared the way Wednesday to build the world’s largest suspension bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily in a massive 13.5 billion euro ($15.5 billion) infrastructure project that has been long delayed by debates over its scale, earthquake
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Nuclear weapons states no longer respect 'legal commitment to non-proliferation treaty'
Europe • 3:32 PM
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Hiroshima has marked the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence. With the number of survivor
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'The memories of the horrors of nuclear war and radiation seem to be lost on today's leaders'
Europe • 3:22 PM
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Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence. The bombing of H
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World's longest suspension bridge to link Sicily to the mainland
Europe • 11:52 AM
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Italy on Wednesday gave the final approval for a €13.5 billion ($15.6 billion) project to construct the world’s longest suspension bridge, linking Sicily to the mainland. After decades of planning and much debate, a ministerial committee granted the gree
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Pro-Trump nationalist Karol Nawrocki sworn in as Poland's new president
Europe • 9:53 AM
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Karol Nawrocki was sworn in as Poland's new president on Wednesday, pledging to defend a "sovereign Poland". An ally of US President Donald Trump, Nawrocki's election in June marked a major setback for pro-EU Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government, rais
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Massive wildfire in France leaves at least one dead, nine injured
Europe • 9:17 AM
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Firefighters in southern France were battling on Wednesday to contain the country’s biggest wildfire so far this year, said local authorities. At least one person has died so far in the wildfire, while nine others were injured. More than 1,800 firefighte
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US envoy Witkoff holds 'constructive' talks with Putin ahead of sanctions deadline
Europe • 5:10 AM
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US envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, just two days before a deadline set by President Donald Trump for Russia to agree to a Ukraine peace deal or face fresh US sanctions. A Kremlin aide called the three-hour
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US envoy Witkoff meets Putin as Trump's sanctions deadline nears
Europe • 12:53 AM
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US envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Wednesday, two days before the expiry of a deadline set by President Donald Trump for Russia to agree to peace in Ukraine or face new sanctions. Witkoff flew to Mos
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Tuesday, august 5, 2025
Medvedev vs Trump: Russian ex-president becomes Putin's provocateur-in-chief
Europe • 6:44 PM
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Dmitri Medvedev, the former Russian president who is today best known as a Kremlin provocateur on social media, managed to goad US President Donald Trump into redeploying two US nuclear submarines on Friday. Once the face of Russian openness to the West,
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Lithuania urges NATO to boost air defences after Russian drone incident
Europe • 3:53 PM
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Lithuania has called on NATO for urgent support to strengthen its air defences after discovering a Russian drone carrying explosives had violated its airspace last week. The drone, found in a military training area near Vilnius, was successfully neutrali
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Ukraine: Several Dead in Strikes on Northeast Region and Railway Infrastructures
Europe • 2:33 PM
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At least three people were killed and twelve others injured in Russian strikes overnight targeting the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine.
Among the damaged targets were key railway infrastructures, including Lozova station, where a train driver wa
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'Contradictions in objectives' of Chinese Studies Dept & what China would like UK schools to project
Europe • 11:53 AM
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A report by UK‑China Transparency (UKCT) has unveiled major challenges affecting students, scholars and institutions across the United Kingdom. Professors and students are facing on-going surveillance leading to pressure and even intimidation to conform
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EU halts retaliatory tariffs on US goods after deal with Washington
Europe • 11:32 AM
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The EU suspended €93 billion in planned tariffs on US goods Tuesday after striking a last-minute deal with Washington, averting a trade clash. Brussels warned the measures could still be reactivated if talks with the US break down.
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German far-right MEP's former aide goes on trial over China spy charges
Europe • 10:17 AM
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Two suspected Chinese spies, including Jian Guo, a former aide to far-right German MEP Maximilian Krah, went on trial in Dresden on Tuesday. The high-profile case has sparked political controversy and could further embarrass the Alternative for Germany (
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Eurostar still faces delays as high-speed train travel resumes in northern France
Europe • 9:14 AM
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High-speed train travel resumed in northern France on Tuesday after an overhead cable fault forced the cancellation of multiple trains a day earlier, including Eurostar services. Repairs were completed overnight, though some delays and cancellations pers
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UK to begin migrant returns to France under 'one in, one out' deal
Europe • 8:45 AM
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Britain will start returning some small-boat migrants to France within days under a new deal set to be ratified Tuesday. The pilot plan swaps undocumented arrivals for legitimate asylum seekers with British family connections and aims to curb people-smug
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A 'plastic-free future'? UN plastic pollution talks kick off in Geneva
Europe • 2:53 AM
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UN-led negotiations kicked off Tuesday in Geneva to finalise a global treaty against plastic pollution, following a failed round in South Korea last year. Delegates hope to reach a deal despite sharp divides over production limits and chemical bans.
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Monday, august 4, 2025
‘Sami rights are at risk’: Reindeer herders, environmentalists oppose mine in Norway's Arctic
Europe • 8:25 PM
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In Norway's far north, members of the Sami minority and environmental activists are trying to block the construction of a copper mine. While Norwegian authorities and the project’s Canadian owners promote it as a contributor to the green transition, crit
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British couple held in Iran moved to 'worst' prisons, family says
Europe • 7:15 PM
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Lindsay and Craig Foreman, who have been detained in Iran on espionage charges since January, were transferred to two of the country's most notorious prisons near Tehran, their family announced on Monday. Fearing for their safety, their son urged Iranian
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Unexpected Nordic heatwave catches tourists off guard
Europe • 4:11 PM
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Nordic countries are emerging from an unprecedented July heatwave that disrupted tourism and shattered local climate records. Temperatures soared above 30°C for weeks, the Finnish Meteorological Institute said in a statement on Monday.
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Plastic-clogged 'Thinker' sculpture highlights pollution crisis as UN treaty talks begin
Europe • 3:05 PM
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A towering replica of Rodin's "The Thinker" will gradually be engulfed in plastic waste outside the UN headquarters Monday as global talks are set to begin to finalise the world's first treaty on plastic pollution. The installation aims to highlight the
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US envoy Witkoff is expected to visit Russia
Europe • 2:12 PM
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Donald Trump confirmed his special envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Russia, ahead of a deadline the US president has set for Russia to agree to end the Ukraine war or face new sanctions. Witkoff is expected in Moscow in the middle of this week.
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Russia downplays Trump's submarine move, calls for caution on nuclear rhetoric
Europe • 10:22 AM
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Moscow on Monday urged restraint in nuclear-related statements following US President Donald Trump's statement that he ordered a repositioning of US nuclear submarines. While downplaying the significance of the move, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
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Russia to start trial of suspects in Moscow concert hall attack
Europe • 9:40 AM
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The trial opens in Moscow on Monday (August 3) of 19 people accused of involvement in an attack on a Moscow concert hall last year that killed 149 people.
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The Bright Side: Ireland's giant kite project aims to revolutionise wind energy
Europe • 3:57 AM
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Researchers in Ireland are testing a giant kite that generates electricity by capturing the wind. The mobile, low-impact system could help power remote areas and revolutionise wind energy with fewer barriers than traditional turbines.
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Sunday, august 3, 2025
EU's landmark AI act enters new phase
Europe • 3:40 PM
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Parts of the European Commission's much-anticipated AI Act come into force this weekend. It's been hailed as the first piece of comprehensive legislation aimed at regulating AI globally, critics though say it doesn't go far enough.
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Pope's 'Jubilee of Youth' ends with mass for 1 million pilgrims
Europe • 3:36 PM
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In his closing blessing for the Jubilee of Youth, Pope Leo XIV remembered the young people of Gaza and Ukraine and other countries “bloodied by war” who could not join their celebration.
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Pope's 'Jubilee of Youth' ends with Rome mass
Europe • 11:03 AM
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Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for young people on Sunday (August 3), the culmination of a youth pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta tells us more.
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Ukraine anti-corruption agencies uncover major drone procurement graft scheme
Europe • 9:59 AM
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A Ukrainian lawmaker and a pair of local officials, as well as an unspecified number of National Guard personnel, have been caught in a major graft scheme that involved using state funds to buy drones and other military hardware at deliberately inflated
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Weeklong Jubilee celebration for young Catholics closes with Rome mass
Europe • 9:59 AM
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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday (August 2) led a final Mass in Rome attended by hundreds of thousands Catholic youths, marking the end of a weeklong encounter with the next generation of the faithful. On Saturday night, before an twilight vigil led by the pope, o
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More than a million attend closing Mass of Pope Leo XIV's youth Jubilee
Europe • 8:25 AM
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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday led a final Mass in Rome attended by more than a million Catholic youths, marking the end of a weeklong encounter with the next generation of the faithful. The gathering represented a major organidsational feat for the Vatican, wit
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Saturday, august 2, 2025
Ukraine anti-corruption bodies arrest four over drone procurement bribery scheme
Europe • 6:00 PM
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A Ukrainian lawmaker, local officials and members of the National Guard have been caught in a graft scheme that used state funds to buy drones and other military hardware at deliberately inflated prices in return for bribes, the country's anti-corruption
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Ukraine: War is 'the price they have to bear to live in an independent sovereign state'
Europe • 5:51 PM
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US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines in an extraordinary escalation of what had been an online war of words with former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, currently Russia's Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of
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European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day: Remembering a tragedy
Europe • 3:44 PM
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It's one the less known chapters of WWII: the Nazis' racially-based massacre of anywhere between a quarter and half a million Roma on top of the more than six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. Roma victims were also subjected to internment, forced la
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War in Ukraine: Russian forces advance for fourth month in a row
Europe • 9:22 AM
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Russia's military advance in Ukraine accelerated for a fourth straight month in July. Moscow claims to control nearly 80 percent of the Donetsk region.
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At least three killed in Ukrainian drone strikes in Russia
Europe • 7:26 AM
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Ukrainian drone strikes overnight in western Russia killed at least three people and wounded two more, according to regional governors on Saturday, with a woman and an elderly man among the dead. Ukrainian security services said the attacks had been laun
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Friday, august 1, 2025
The questionable experts with the Global Fact-Checking Network, Russia's verification organisation
Europe • 6:14 PM
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Russian organisation the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN), which was launched in April 2025, claims to fight disinformation. But a number of the 60-odd members of the network regularly share disinformation online. We take a look.
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War in Ukraine: Death toll in Kyiv rises to 31 after russian strikes
Europe • 11:56 AM
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Ukraine on Friday observed a day of mourning following one of the deadliest Russian attacks on the capital Kyiv since the 2022 full-scale invasion. At least 31 people, including five children, were killed in Thursday's bombardment. US President Donald Tr
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Stock markets dip as Trump unveils new tariff rates
Europe • 11:19 AM
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Global stock markets took a hit Friday in reaction to US President Donald Trump’s new tariff rates on nearly 70 countries. The tariff deadline has been postponed several times but is currently set to kick in a week from now, on August 7.
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War in Ukraine : At least 31 killed in latest Russian strikes on Kyiv
Europe • 9:16 AM
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After bombings in Kyiv on Thursday that left at least 31 dead and over 150 injured, the city is observing a day of mourning on Friday. The Russian attack was described as “disgusting” by Donald Trump. During the night from Thursday to Friday, the town of
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Kyiv observes day of mourning after massive Russian strikes, Trump slams ‘disgusting’ attack
Europe • 6:19 AM
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Ukraine on Friday observed a day of mourning following one of the deadliest Russian attacks on the capital Kyiv since the 2022 full-scale invasion. At least 31 people, including five children, were killed in Thursday's bombardment. US President Donald Tr
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War in Ukraine : Ukraine President Zelensky urges 'regime change' in Russia
Europe • 12:20 AM
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Vasily Astrov, economist at wiiw and country expert for Russia and other CIS countries, is our guest.
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Thursday, july 31, 2025
Ukrainian parliament approves law restoring independence of anti-graft agencies
Europe • 11:51 AM
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Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill restoring the independence of the country's two main anti-corruption agencies following days of protests. The bill was presented by President Volodymyr Zelensky, reversing his unpopular measure last week to
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Russian air strikes pound Kyiv, 6-year-old boy among dead, Zelensky says
Europe • 9:53 AM
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Russia launched missile and drone attacks on Kyiv on July 31, killing at least six people including a six-year-old boy and his mother, and wounding at least 82 others, Ukrainian officials said. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched more than
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'Showcase killings': Zelensky slams Russia’s latest deadly strikes on Kyiv
Europe • 8:12 AM
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Russia launched major missile and drone attacks overnight from Wednesday that targeted Ukraine's Kyiv, Dnipro, Poltava, Sumy, and Mykolaiv regions, Ukrainian authorities said, with at least six people killed and and 52 wounded in Kyiv. Ukraine's Presiden
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France, Saudi Arabia spearhead framework for two-state solution between Israel, Palestine
Europe • 3:33 AM
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FRANCE 24 correspondent Pamela Falk reports from Washington, DC, after France and Saudi Arabia at a UN conference on July 29 jointly released a declaration endorsed by fourteen other nations laying out a roadmap to achieving a two-state solution between
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Swedish jihadist gets life sentence for 2015 killing of Jordanian pilot in Syria
Europe • 12:42 AM
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A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced Osama Krayem to life in prison for the brutal 2015 murder of a Jordanian pilot, who was burned alive by the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria.
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Wednesday, july 30, 2025
Tuesday, july 29, 2025
At least 25 killed in overnight Russian strikes, Ukraine says
Europe • 5:28 AM
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Overnight Russian strikes killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens more across Ukraine, including at least 16 people in a prison in Zaporizhzhia region and a 23-year-old pregnant woman.
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The Bright Side: Villagers unite to save nearly 200-year-old UK pub
Europe • 2:11 AM
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An abandoned pub in rural south Wales has been reopened after locals were able to buy, refurbish and re-open their watering hole. A major fundraising effort last year drummed up £200,000 and a rota of volunteers work behind the bar instead of paid staff.
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Monday, july 28, 2025
Liver cancer cases to nearly double worldwide by 2050, says study
Europe • 11:31 PM
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Liver cancer cases could surge to 1.52 million annually by 2050 from 870,000 if trends continue, a Lancet study warned Tuesday. Obesity, alcohol, and hepatitis are key drivers of the disease – the sixth most common cancer globally, according to Global Ca
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'EU has a lot to lose': US-EU trade deal with Trump counter to 'what EU should be standing for'
Europe • 5:07 PM
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The European Union on Monday defended its trade deal with President Donald Trump, with EU capitals and businesses sharply divided on an outcome some branded a "capitulation". For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the EU's highly controversial
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Turkey: Firefighters battle wildfires amid strong winds
Europe • 2:21 PM
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Firefighters are battling to put out wildfires in three separate provinces in Turkey and in Greece, stoked by strong winds after days of searing heat across the Mediterranean region. Wildfires across Turkey over the past week have led to at least 14 deat
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US President Trump, UK PM Starmer meet in Scotland for talks on trade, Gaza
Europe • 11:45 AM
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US President Donald Trump on Monday hosted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at his golf resort in western Scotland for talks that covered everything from the growing threat of mass starvation in Gaza to US tariffs on Scotch whisky.
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Does Trump seek to levy tariffs across globe to fund 'massive tax cuts & cuts in social services'?
Europe • 11:35 AM
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will press Donald Trump on ending "the unspeakable suffering" in Gaza, and also talk trade, when they meet July 28 at the US president's golf resort in Scotland, Downing Street said. The talks will come a day after the US a
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Trump issues new ultimatum calling on Putin to end Ukraine war in '10 or 12 days'
Europe • 10:15 AM
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US President Donald Trump on Monday cut down his 50-day deadline for Russia to end the war in Ukraine to "about 10 or 12 days", adding that he was not very interested in talking to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin following repeated failures to bri
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French PM joins other ministers in slamming EU-US trade deal as ‘sombre day for Europe’
Europe • 8:25 AM
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French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday joined a growing number of cabinet ministers in criticising the trade deal struck between EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump over the weekend. “It’s a sombre day for Europe,” Bayrou
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The Bright Side: Sarajevo street artists paint over bullet holes from the Bosnian war
Europe • 6:43 AM
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Street artists from the Bosnia and Herzegovina capital of Sarajevo are painting over the areas where bullet holes still pockmark the buildings from three years of bombardment during the Bosnian war. Art has not only become "a form of therapy" to heal the
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