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Zelensky offers to meet Putin in Turkey 'personally'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday he would be willing to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Turkey "personally", after Donald Trump said direct talks were needed to determine whether peace was possible.

23 hours ago
Europe

Pope Leo XIV appeals for 'no more war' in first Sunday message

Pope Leo XIV appealed to the world's major powers for "no more war" in his first Sunday message to crowds in St. Peter's Square since his election as pontiff. ...

1 day ago
Europe

European leaders in Kyiv for show of solidarity against Russia

Both Moscow and Kyiv have hinted they are open to negotiating with each other, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says this would only be possible once a ceasefire takes effect. ...

2 days ago

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Oil firms pay Instagram, TikTok influencers for ads

Young online celebrities best known for posting about video games, their dogs or their holidays to millions of followers are also dropping in unexpected plugs for gasoline stations, fuel rewards and club cards.

1 year ago
Europe

British Museum director quits over stolen treasures

Hartwig Fischer, a German art historian who had led the museum since 2016, said there could have been a better response to warnings that an employee may have been stealing items and the failings "must ultimately" rest with him.

1 year ago
Europe

Greece wildfire 'worst on European soil in years', Copernicus says

Fire crews were battling 517 wildfires that had broken out across Greece since last Friday, he said, fueled by high temperatures and in some cases gale force winds.

1 year ago
Europe

Denmark to ban Quran burnings

Denmark stepped up security earlier this month following the backlash, as did neighbouring Sweden which has also seen a spate of Quran burnings in recent months.

1 year ago
Europe

'Highly likely' Wagner boss Prigozhin dead but no definitive proof yet: UK

Russian authorities have said Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on the plane which fell from the sky northwest of Moscow on Wednesday evening, two months to the day after he led an abortive mutiny against the army top brass.

1 year ago
Europe

Biden 'not surprised' by Prigozhin's possible death

"I don't know for a fact what happened, but I'm not surprised," Biden said.

1 year ago
Europe

Wagner chief Prigozhin among 10 killed in plane crash: Russian officials

The crash comes two months after Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a short-lived rebellion -- seen as the biggest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin's authority since he came to power.

1 year ago
Europe

More evacuations as wildfire burns out of control on Spain's Tenerife

The blaze broke out on Wednesday in a mountainous national park around the Mount Teide volcano, Spain's highest peak, amid hot and dry weather.

1 year ago
Europe

Russia to equip new nuclear submarines with hypersonic missiles

"Multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M project will ... be equipped with the Zircon missile system on a regular basis," , Alexei Rakhmanov, chief executive officer of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), told RIA. 

1 year ago
Europe

AFP sues Musk's X social media, cites refusal to discuss payment for news

France in 2019 enacted a copyright rule dubbed "neighbouring rights" that compels large online platforms to open talks with publishers seeking remuneration for news.

1 year ago
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Indonesia encourages more investment, palm oil recognition from Switzerland

Trade between the two countries amounted to US$2.7 billion in 2022, a 38 percent increase from the previous year. The rise in trade volume was thanks to the entry into force of the Indonesia-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement in November 2021.

1 year ago
Europe

Saudi Arabia to host Ukraine talks early next month

The meeting would bring senior officials from up to 30 countries, including Indonesia, Egypt, Mexico, Chile and Zambia, to Jeddah on Aug 5 and 6, the report said, citing diplomats involved in the discussion. 

1 year ago
Europe

Protesters burn Quran in front of Egyptian embassy in Denmark

Denmark and Sweden have said they deplore the burning of the Quran but cannot prevent it under rules protecting free speech. Last week, protesters in Iraq set the Swedish embassy in Baghdad ablaze.

1 year ago
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Indonesia, Portugal strengthen renewable energy cooperation

The most senior diplomats of Indonesia and Portugal have agreed to pursue cooperation on renewable energy and palm oil, despite the former's insistence that the European Union is being discriminatory against its top export.

1 year ago
Europe

Muslim states demand action at UN after 'Islamaphobic' Quran burning

The motion, brought by Pakistan in response to last month's incident, seeks a report from the UN rights chief on the topic and calls on states to review their laws and plug gaps that may "impede the prevention and prosecution of acts and advocacy of religious hatred". 

1 year ago
Europe

Dutch PM Rutte faces no confidence vote after collapse of government

Rutte's coalition will stay on as caretaker government until a new administration is formed after the next elections, a process which in the fractured Dutch political landscape usually takes months.

1 year ago
Europe

Greying Italy has more people aged over 100 than ever

In its annual report, ISTAT said the share of the population aged over 100 had tripled since the beginning of the century and totalled almost 22,000 people as of January this year, most of them women.

1 year ago
Europe

Dutch to return colonial treasures to Indonesia, Sri Lanka

The decision to return some 478 objects followed recommendations by a government-appointed commission last year looking into illegal Dutch colonial acquisitions now being displayed in museums in the Netherlands.

1 year ago
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Indonesians safe amid French unrest, envoy says

The Indonesian Embassy in Paris has advised all Indonesians in France to reach out to the embassy's hotline should they need any assistance amid the unrest sparked by the recent fatal police shooting of a teenager in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.

1 year ago
Europe

Sweden government condemns 'Islamophobic' Koran burning

"The Swedish Government fully understands that the Islamophobic acts committed by individuals at demonstrations in Sweden can be offensive to Muslims," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

1 year ago
Europe

Yoon tells unification ministry to be less soft on North Korea

The new minister Kim Yung-ho is a conservative scholar and outspoken critic human rights abuses in North Korea, which Yoon has sought to spotlight amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

1 year ago
Europe

King apologises for Netherlands' historic role in slavery

The king was speaking at a ceremony marking the 160th anniversary of the legal abolition of slavery in the Netherlands, including its former colonies in the Caribbean.

1 year ago
Europe

Hundreds arrested on fifth night of France unrest after teen laid to rest

A total of 486 people had been arrested across France as of 3:00 am (0100 GMT) Sunday, the interior ministry said, though the level of violence appeared to have declined since rioting first broke out over the death of Nahel M. in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday.

1 year ago
Europe

French riots spread in third night of unrest over police shooting

Forty thousand police officers were deployed across France - nearly four times the numbers mobilised on Wednesday - but there were few signs that government appeals to de-escalate the violence would quell the widespread anger.

1 year ago
Europe

Middle East nations denounce Quran burning in Sweden

Under a heavy police presence, Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old who fled to Sweden several years ago, on Wednesday stomped on the Qur'an before setting several pages alight in front of Stockholm's largest mosque.

1 year ago
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Wellcome, Gates Foundation to fund late-stage research of TB vaccine candidate

The M72 could potentially become the first new vaccine to help prevent pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in more than 100 years if it is proven effective.

1 year ago
Europe

US, allies not involved in uprising against Putin: Biden

Biden offered a cautious assessment of unfolding events in an attempt to avoid inflaming tensions with nuclear-armed Russia while he offered firm Western support for Ukraine in its bid to turn back Russian invaders.

1 year ago
Europe

Destabilisation of Russia 'absolutely dangerous' for Europe: Luxembourg

"It would be absolutely dangerous for Europe if the biggest country of the world with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons was to be shattered," he told reporters as he arrived for a meeting with his EU counterparts in Luxembourg.

1 year ago
Europe

China contends with weakened Putin after Wagner mutiny

China has emerged as Russia's most important ally since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, leaving it internationally isolated.

1 year ago
Europe

Wagner ends revolt but Putin's grip questioned

The agreement halted an extraordinary crisis -- a private army led by Putin's former close ally Yevgeny Prigozhin trying to storm Moscow -- but analysts said Wagner's revolt had exposed Putin's rule as more fragile than previously thought.

1 year ago
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