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Europe

Russia wants ‘fair’ US-Iran nuclear deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian that Moscow wants a “fair” nuclear deal between the United States and Iran and was ready to help advance talks, the Kremlin said.

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Germany move against far-right AfD sets off US quarrel

Germany’s domestic intelligence service on Friday designated the far-right AfD party as an extremist group, setting off a diplomatic spat with the United States.

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Ukraine downs Russian jet with sea drone

Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a missile fired from a seaborne drone, Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence agency announced yesterday, in what it said was the world’s first downing of a combat plane by a maritime drone.

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Putin wants peace, but in no rush for a deal: Kremlin

President Vladimir Putin is open to peace in Ukraine and intense work is going on with the United States, but the conflict is so complicated that the rapid progress that Washington wants is difficult to achieve, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.

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Belgium's green light for red light workers

Since December, Belgium's sex workers can access legal protections and labour rights, such as paid leave, like any other profession

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Trump threats help Liberals win Canada polls

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney completed a comeback victory for the governing Liberals in Monday’s election, positioning himself for a global role as a champion of multilateralism against US President Donald Trump’s more protectionist policies.

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Zelensky slams Putin’s truce call

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has branded a three-day truce announced by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as an “attempt at manipulation”.

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142 people prosecuted in Europe for helping migrants in 2024: NGO

At least 142 people were prosecuted in 2024 for helping or rescuing migrants across Europe, a report by a group defending migrants' rights warned on Tuesday

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Pope Francis’s funeral today

Tens of thousands of people flocked to the Vatican yesterday for a last glimpse of Pope Francis’s open coffin, as world leaders and other guests began arriving for his funeral.

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‘Only you can make this journey of forgiveness’

President Emmanuel Macron yesterday said during a visit to Madagascar he wanted to work toward “forgiveness” for France’s colonisation of the Indian Ocean island, including with the return of cultural artifacts.

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Napoleon’s letter denying role in Pope abduction up for auction

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer this weekend, in a reminder of France’s complicated past relationship with the Vatican.

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‘Unlawful’ advertising: 200 French media groups sue Meta

Around 200 French media groups, including leading television channels and newspapers, are taking legal action against Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, over its online advertising practices, their lawyers announced yesterday.

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German police launch manhunt after 2 people shot dead

A large police operation was under way in Germany yesterday to find one or more shooters who killed two men the day before in the centre of the country, police said.

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IMO approves first global carbon pricing system

Member states of the Intentional Maritime Organization (IMO) voted in favour of a global pricing system to help curb maritime emissions, the UN shipping body announced yesterday.

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More Sudanese refugees fleeing as far as Europe

Over a thousand Sudanese refugees have reached or attempted to reach Europe in early 2025, the United Nations’ refugee agency said yesterday, citing growing desperation in part due to reduced aid in the region.

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EU to discuss setting up fund to buy defence gear

European Union finance ministers will discuss this week the setting up of a joint intergovernmental defence fund that would buy and own defence equipment and charge members a fee for its use, a paper prepared for the ministers’ discussions showed.

4w ago

Tariffs war: Stocks sink again as Trump digs in

Stock markets and oil prices collapsed further yesterday on a black for markets as US President Donald Trump stood firm over his tariffs despite recession fears.

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Russia seeks ‘answers’ before Ukraine truce

The Kremlin yesterday said that it supported the idea of a truce in Ukraine but had many "questions" about how it would work, pushing back at US and European suggestions that it was playing for time.

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