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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was "hit" on Friday by a man in a Copenhagen square, her office said, with EU chiefs quickly condemning the attack.The Danish prime minister's office said in a statement to AFP that Frederiksen was "shocked by the incident", but did not...
The D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, an alliance of mostly Muslim-majority countries including Turkey, Egypt and Iran on Saturday demanded full Palestinian membership of the United Nations and greater international pressure on Israel amid the Gaza war.The D-8 Organization for Economic Coop...
Verona's ancient Roman Arena hosted a star-studded classical concert Friday to celebrate the addition of Italian opera singing to UNESCO's list of intangible global heritage.Some of the world's finest singers performed arias, including German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, French baritone Ludovic...
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The European Central Bank (ECB) still has "a long way to go" to tame inflation, its president Christine Lagarde said Friday, a day after the body announced its first interest rate cut since 2019.In an op-ed published Friday evening in several European newspapers, Lagarde said that inflatio...
World
Slovakia on Saturday kicks off the final two days of voting in EU-wide elections, under the shadow of last month's shooting of Prime Minister Robert Fico.Another violent incident occurred late on Friday when a man hit Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in a Copenhagen square.The motive for ...
The bodies of 11 people, believed to be migrants, were retrieved off the Libyan coast on Friday, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) NGO said on X."Sadly, after a search operation that lasted over nine hours, GeoBarents team retrieved the bodies of 11 people who unfortunately lost their lives,&qu...
Authorities in Vietnam have arrested a leading independent journalist for "abusing democratic freedoms" to undermine the state by posting articles on Facebook, police announced on Saturday.Huy Duc was detained for investigation for posts that "violate the interests of the State, the l...
South Korea's military said it was on alert for more trash-carrying balloons possibly arriving from North Korea on Sunday.In two waves last week, North Korea sent hundreds of balloons with bags of trash into the South, describing them as a response to anti-Pyongyang propaganda balloons sent the ...
Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia were elected by secret ballot Thursday at the United Nations General Assembly to serve on the Security Council for the 2025-2026 term.The top UN panel, charged with maintaining international peace and security, is comprised of 15 nations, including five ...
UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday he “strongly condemns” recent attacks by Myanmar’s military that reportedly killed scores of civilians in the western state of Rakhine and in Sagaing Region in the country’s north. “The Secretary-General… strongly cond...
US President Joe Biden on Thursday warned on the 80th anniversary of D-Day that democracy around the world was at risk, as leaders marked the 1944 landings in occupied France that helped defeat Nazi Germany in World War II.Biden, Britain's King Charles III, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Hamas has not given its response on a tabled plan for a ceasefire with Israel in Gaza and an exchange of hostages and prisoners, Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman said Thursday."Mediators have not yet received a response from the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) regarding th...
France will transfer Mirage-2000 fighter jets to Ukraine and train their Ukrainian pilots as part of a new military cooperation with Kyiv as it fights the Russian invasion, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday."Tomorrow we will launch a new cooperation and announce the transfer of Mi...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for an end to hostilities along the demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel, warning of the risk of a broader conflict.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visiting the northern border area after eight months of war with Hamas that has ...
India's central bank kept interest rates unchanged for the eighth time in a row on Friday, as inflation risks continue to linger in the world's fifth-largest economy.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said its benchmark repo rate, the level at which it lends to commercial banks, would remain st...
Sports,Football
Jack Grealish was a shock omission from England's Euro 2024 squad as Gareth Southgate axed the Manchester City winger on Thursday after his disappointing end to the season.Grealish paid the price for a significant dip in form in the second half of the Premier League campaign as he became the mos...
Palestine created history when they booked a place in the third round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers for the first time following a goalless draw on Thursday against Lebanon in Doha. Against the backdrop of the war in Gaza, the Palestinian team has already claimed a piece of footballing histo...
At least 18 combatants have been killed in battles between Yemeni government forces and Iran-backed Huthi rebels in the country's southwest, two military officials told AFP on Thursday.The clashes on Wednesday were triggered by a Huthi attack on a frontline area between government-controlledpart...
Euro 2024 favourites France beat Luxembourg 3-0 in an international friendly on Wednesday with superstar striker Kylian Mbappe on the score sheet.Randal Kolo Muani scored a soft header on 43 mins after a sweet centre from Mbappe, while Marseille defender Jonathan Clauss fired a scorcher into the top...
More money is pouring into solar power than all other electricity sources combined, with investments set to reach half a trillion dollars this year, the world's top energy research body said Thursday.The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast in a report that global investment in clean energ...
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