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Dormant Russia volcano erupts for first time in 450 years

Pictures released by Russian state media show a towering plume of ash spewing from the Krasheninnikov volcano, which last erupted in 1550, according to the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program.

23 hours ago
Europe

UK defends new online safety law after X criticism

Under the law, which took effect on July 25, online platforms must take steps to prevent children accessing harmful content such as pornography. ...

1 day ago
Europe

New push to reach plastic pollution pact

In 2022, countries agreed they would find a way to address the crisis by the end of 2024, but the talks in Busan, South Korea failed to overcome fundamental differences. ...

1 day ago

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Europe

New Dutch coalition government wants 'strictest' asylum policy

The 26-page coalition agreement emerged early Thursday after six months of gruelling talks between four parties following the stunning election victory of far-right leader Geert Wilders.

1 year ago
Europe

What we know about Slovak Prime Minister assassination attempt

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, a 59-year-old four-time premier who came back to power after his Smer-SD party won a general election last year, chaired a government meeting in the central town of Handlova. Shots were fired after the meeting.

1 year ago
Europe

Zelensky puts off visit to Spain and Portugal

"Volodymyr Zelensky has instructed that all international events scheduled for the coming days be postponed and new dates coordinated," Sergii Nykyforov said in a post on Facebook.

1 year ago
Europe

Dutch nationalist Wilders on verge of forming right-wing government

Wilders, who has influenced Dutch immigration policy from the opposition benches since 2006 and is known for his outspoken views on Islam, was expected to announce a four-party coalition later in the day.

1 year ago
Europe

In Hungary, Xi to see China's best friend in EU

Xi began his trip earlier this week in France, a visit that was cordial but also highlighted tensions between Beijing and the EU over the war in Ukraine and global trade.

1 year ago
Europe

AstraZeneca to withdraw COVID-19 vaccine globally as demand dips

The company also said it would proceed to withdraw the vaccine Vaxzevria's marketing authorizations within Europe.

1 year ago
Europe

Macron thanks Xi for not imposing duties on French cognac

In early January, China said it had launched an anti-dumping investigation into brandy imported from the European Union, in a move seen as targeting France. 

1 year ago
Europe

China regards Europe as priority of foreign policy, Xi says

China and the EU should stay committed to partnership, Xi said in opening remarks at a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.   

1 year ago
Europe

Putin orders nuclear drills with troops near Ukraine

Putin has upped his nuclear rhetoric since the Ukraine conflict began, warning in his address to the nation in February there was a "real" risk of nuclear war.

1 year ago
Europe

Xi praises French ties as Macron prepares to talk trade

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to urge Xi to reduce trade imbalances and to use his influence with Russia over the war in Ukraine. China's President is due to meet Macron and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Monday.

1 year ago
Europe

Ukraine unveils AI-generated foreign ministry spokeswoman

The ministry said it would "for the first time in history" use a digital spokeswoman to read its statements, which will still be written by humans.

1 year ago
Europe

States doing less to support press freedom: Watchdog

Norway retained its top position, while Eritrea came last, taking over from last year's lowest-ranked country, North Korea. 

1 year ago
Europe

Labour wins UK by-election as PM Sunak stares at more losses

Labour seized the constituency of Blackpool South, in the northwest of England, in the latest by-election defeat for the Tories as it appears on course to lose an upcoming general election.

1 year ago
Europe

Scotland's Humza Yousaf expected to resign as first minister

The crisis in his Scottish National Party (SNP) opens the door to the opposition Labour Party regaining ground in its former Scottish heartlands before a national election - bolstering its chances of taking power nationwide from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party. 

1 year ago
Europe

Xi due in France on May 6-7 for state visit

The visit to France marks the Chinese leader's first European tour since the coronavirus pandemic.

1 year ago
Europe

There is a risk Europe could die: Macron

"There is a risk our Europe could die," Macron said in a speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris, adding that Europe was at a tipping point and needed to do more to compete with rapidly re-arming global rivals.

1 year ago
Europe

Post-WWII order on 'brink of collapse': Amnesty

"Everything we're witnessing over the last 12 months is indicating that the international global system is on the brink of collapse," Amnesty's secretary general Agnes Callamard told AFP as the group released its annual "State of the World's Human Rights" report.

1 year ago
Europe

UK's Sunak says nothing will stop Rwanda policy, migrants die in channel

Hours after the bill passed, a French newspaper reported that at least five migrants had died in an attempt to cross the Channel. The French coast guard could not confirm the details but said there were several "lifeless bodies". 

1 year ago
Europe

Russia warns of direct clash with West over Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin's 2022 invasion of Ukraine has touched off the worst breakdown in relations between Russia and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, according to Russian and US diplomats.

1 year ago
Europe

WHO likely to issue wider alert on contaminated J&J cough syrup

Diethylene glycol is toxic to humans when consumed and can result in acute kidney failure. In the 2022 cases, the contamination in the syrups came from the raw materials used by manufacturers in India and Indonesia.

1 year ago
Europe

CIA warns Ukraine could lose war this year without fresh aid

The grim warning by Bill Burns came as the US House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Saturday on a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine that has been held up for months by Republican lawmakers allied with Donald Trump as he seeks reelection.

1 year ago
Europe

Serbia closer to deal over Rafale jets with France, President Vucic says

Serbia could soon sign a deal on the procurement of 12 Dassault Rafale multi-purpose fighter jets from France, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday.

1 year ago
Europe

German Chancellor Scholz joins TikTok in bid to reach young voters

"I won't dance. Promise. #TikTok," Scholz posted on X.

1 year ago
Europe

Blinken says Ukraine will be NATO member

"Ukraine will become a member of NATO. Our purpose at the summit is to help build a bridge to that membership," Blinken told reporters in Brussels.

1 year ago
Europe

Germany gives controversial green light to cannabis

Under the first step in the much-debated new law, adults over 18 are now allowed to carry 25 grams of dried cannabis and cultivate up to three marijuana plants at home.

1 year ago
Europe

Israel must 'ensure urgent humanitarian assistance' in Gaza: ICJ

The International Court of Justice's latest order comes as heavy street battles continued to rage in besieged Gaza -- and a major medical charity said it "hasn't seen any change" since a United Nations Security Council resolution this week demanding an immediate ceasefire.

1 year ago
Europe

Russia says it is hard to believe Islamic State could have launched Moscow attack

Zakharova repeated Moscow's assertions, for which it has not yet provided evidence, that Ukraine was behind the attack on the Crocus City Hall, the deadliest Russia has suffered in 20 years.

1 year ago
Europe

Kremlin calls Zelensky 'peculiar kind of Jew' over IS attack claim

Russian officials continue to allege Kyiv was somehow involved in Friday's attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed at least 139 people, an assertion Zelensky has denounced as absurd. 

1 year ago
Europe

Russia casts doubt on Islamic State responsibility for concert attack

In the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades, four men burst into the Crocus City Hall on Friday night, spraying people with bullets just before Soviet-era rock group Picnic was to perform its hit "Afraid of Nothing".

1 year ago
Europe

Putin vows to punish those behind Russia concert massacre

Putin changed the course of the Syrian civil war by intervening in 2015, supporting President Bashar al-Assad against the opposition and Islamic State.

1 year ago
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