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Belgian physician enters race to lead WHO
Belgian doctor Hans Kluge, head of the World Health Organization's Europe region, is running for director-general of the agency.
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German authorities uncover gun stash and see link to Russian intelligence operations
German security authorities discovered handguns stashed in a forest near Berlin last year and believe the weapons were to be use...
Warning of potentially the strongest El Niño in living memory
Britain’s Met Office said Friday that the developing El Niño weather pattern was likely to be the strongest in living memory and p...
Swiss opposition to tighter neutrality grows ahead of vote
Swiss voters look likely to reject a more restrictive form of neutrality, which would block the country from cooperating with NA...
West Nile virus outbreak kills four in North Macedonia
Four people have died from West Nile fever out of 38 testing positive for the disease so far this year in North Macedonia, with t...
Serbia to hold snap elections on Oct 18 or 25
Serbia will hold snap parliamentary elections on October 18 or 25, President Aleksandar Vucic said, more than a month after he ple...
NATO’s northern flank faces mounting disruption from suspected drone activity
Military drones straying into the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are stoking concerns that the war in Ukraine ...
NATO Baltic Air Policing jets shoot down drone over Latvia
Fighter jets operating under NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a "foreign drone" in Latvian airspace on Friday, accordi...
World
Moderna, Merck breakthrough could usher in wave of cancer vaccines
Merck and Moderna's success with a personalized cancer vaccine designed to keep melanoma at bay opens a new avenue of treatment ...
Trump threatens ‘tremendous economic consequences’ on any country helping Iran
President Donald Trump has said the US will inflict "TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences" on any country that helps or does business ...
Trump approval falls to 33%, lowest of his presidency, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency, with an overwhelming majority of Americans c...
Trump says press secretary Leavitt to leave job at month’s end
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her role at the end of the month, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wed...
Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating
The virus causing a massive outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be mutating, health officials fear, as...
Libya faces renewed security and oil threats after Benghazi bombing and drone attacks on Zawiya refinery
Libya faced renewed security and economic pressure this week after the killing of a senior eastern military intelligence official ...
Congo’s Ebola infections rise above 4,000 for first time in outbreak
Democratic Republic of Congo's confirmed Ebola cases rose above 4,000 for the first time in its current outbreak, governmen...
From Threats to Turnarounds: Seven Trump Reversals on Iran
President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that he had called off planned U.S. strikes on Iran, saying renewed negotiations ha...
South Korea estimates North Korea has up to 120 nuclear warheads
South Korea estimates North Korea possesses between 80 and 120 nuclear warheads, its defence minister said, citing a range signifi...
Israeli warns Turkey against ‘dangerous adventures’ in Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was "dragging Turkey into dangerous adventures in Syria", Israeli Defence Minister Israel ...
Trump says he will meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
President Donald Trump said that he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year.
Trump did not elaborate further ...
Eight Israeli airstrikes hit Syria’s Abu al-Duhur airbase
Eight Israeli airstrikes hit the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in northwestern Syria early on Tuesday, targeting the runway and s...
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Rising US Debt Puts EU Borrowing Costs and Budgets Under Pressure
The surge in US government debt, now above $40 trillion, is increasingly affecting Europe as global borrowing costs rise and gover...
EU moves to ease subsidy rules for small media
EU countries will be able to fund small local media without asking Brussels for permission, according to a draft of the bloc’s rev...
Latvia wants €7B from EU to cope with fallout from Russia’s war
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs wants Brussels to hand over €7 billion to help cover the military and economic costs of con...
EU to propose tougher sanctions on Russia this autumn
The European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc will seek tougher sanctions on Russia this autumn, signalling ...
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NATO’s northern flank faces mounting disruption from suspected drone activity
Military drones straying into the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are stoking concerns that the war in Ukraine ...
What we know about North Korean forces joining Russia’s war against Ukraine
North Korea has deployed troops, weapons and now, according to a Ukrainian intelligence official, a missile unit to support Russia...
From Threats to Turnarounds: Seven Trump Reversals on Iran
President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that he had called off planned U.S. strikes on Iran, saying renewed negotiations ha...
How can Trump ‘cut off all trade’ with Spain?
U.S. President Donald Trump issued an order for a trade embargo on Spain on Wednesday, asking Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to ...
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Princess Diana’s brother to publish book about her life
Charles Spencer, the brother of Britain's late Princess Diana, is to publish a book about his sister's life, promising to divulge ...
Leicester City owners looking to sell club for more than £200m
Leicester City's owners King Power, who have been in charge of the Midlands club since 2010, are looking to sell the third-tier ...
Spotify to slap ‘AI Persona’ badges on AI-generated artist profiles
Spotify said it will begin adding “AI Persona” badges to certain artist profiles starting in mid-September, aiming to give listene...
Football star Cristiano Ronaldo choose privacy over spectacle for Portugal wedding
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez have announced that they are married, revealing that they held a private civil ceremony i...
