Italy yesterday resumed the transfer of migrants to its controversial centres in Albania, sending 49 asylum seekers to its maritime neighbour, the interior ministry said.
Rudiger Koch, 59, emerged from his 30-square-meter (320-square-foot) home under the sea
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video call with Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday in which he proposed further developing their strategic partnership just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US president.
Americans will be hit by a “Trump tariffs tax” if the US president-elect increases customs duties on Canadian products, the Canadian foreign minister said Friday, pledging a hard-hitting response in any trade war.
Britain’s competition watchdog yesterday launched an investigation into Google’s dominant position in the search engine market and its impacts on consumers and businesses.
Belgium was hit by a national strike yesterday, with air and rail traffic severely affected as workers protested against pension reform plans.
The last two years exceeded on average a critical warming limit for the first time as global temperatures soar “beyond what modern humans have ever experienced”, Europe’s climate monitor said yesterday.
The downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines airplane shows that flying over Russia poses a “high risk” to civilian flights amid the war in Ukraine, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency said yesterday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was sworn in for a new six-year term yesterday at a Kremlin ceremony that was boycotted by the US and other Western countries at which he said he was open to nuclear talks with West.
French bakers cooked the world’s longest baguette on Sunday at 140.53 metres (461 ft), reclaiming a record for one of the nation’s best-known emblems taken by Italy for five years.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered nuclear weapons drills near Ukraine, Moscow said yesterday, in response to “threats” from Western officials to deploy Nato troops to Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pressed Xi Jinping at a summit in Paris yesterday to use Beijing’s influence to halt the Russian war against Ukraine, also telling the Chinese leader to accept fair global trade rules.
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Denmark’s first female prime minister and leader of the Danish Social Democrat Party, has joined the Asian University for Women (AUW) in Bangladesh as a patron.
Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday arrived in France on a state visit hosted by Emmanuel Macron where the French leader will seek to push his counterpart on issues ranging from Ukraine to trade.
London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan yesterday won a record third term after easily defeating Conservative challenger Susan Hall, UK media said after all the capital’s districts reported their results, reports AFP.
Britain’s Labour yesterday urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to call a general election after the opposition party made significant gains in English polls that included a seat in parliament.
Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting US troops, a senior US defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger’s junta to expel US forces.
Canadian police charged three people yesterday with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the province of British Columbia in June 2023, Canadian media said, citing court documents.
