Days before the Paris Olympics began, French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla was stuck in a row with her government over the right to wear a hijab at the opening ceremony.
August 02, 2024
On the other side of the Atlantic from Wall Street, a market more wholesome than cutthroat has sprung up at the Paris Olympics
August 02, 2024
Italy has no plans to introduce new windfall taxes on company profits, government sources said on Friday, denying press reports.
August 02, 2024
The NBA is ramping up talks with FIBA, basketball's global governing body, on how to best increase its competitive footprint in Europe either through an annual tournament or an NBA-operated league, according to Commissioner Adam Silver
August 02, 2024
Belarus rights activists pressed Germany for answers on Friday as to why Belarusian political prisoners, including a prominent and popular
August 02, 2024
BNP Paribas' talks to buy the investment business of insurer AXA will trigger more deals, bankers say, as European money
August 02, 2024
A colourful parade of amphibious cars glided through Amsterdam's canals on Thursday, but it was the last time the event will be held in the city, at least until
August 02, 2024
Following the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War, there are still some Westerners held in Russia or Belarus, as well as Russian and Belarusian dissidents viewed by the West
August 02, 2024
Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Friday that the fight against high inflation was not won and there was no guarantee that interest rates would fall again soon.
August 02, 2024
Poland's president asked a contested top court on Friday to decide whether reform of a body that appoints judges is constitutional, effectively blocking legislation the government
August 02, 2024
Russia's central bank has no room to lower rates from 18% this year, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, with analysts forecasting inflation above the bank's 4% target in
August 02, 2024
When Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was suddenly moved to a detention center in Moscow from his Siberian prison, he thought he was being taken from his cell to be shot
August 02, 2024
France called on Friday for the immediate release of French researcher Laurent Vinatier by Russia as it welcomed Thursday's major prisoner exchange that resulted in the release 16
August 02, 2024
A family of Russian sleeper agents flown to Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep under cover that their
August 02, 2024
Village of Manchester rejoices as Paul Whelan is released after 2,043 days in Russian detention
August 02, 2024
Relatives of the man murdered by a Russian hitman in a Berlin park have voiced disappointment at the killer's release, reflecting unease in Germany at the moral
August 02, 2024
Grassroots members of Catalonia's separatist ERC party supported on Friday a regional government deal with Spain's ruling Socialists that could
August 02, 2024
An index of European banks headed for its biggest weekly fall in 17 months on Friday, thanks to soft earnings earlier in the week and a global equity sell-off gathering pace.
August 02, 2024
Several suspects arrested in violent protests that erupted after the fatal stabbing of three children in northwest England have appeared in court as officials brace for more clashes over the weekend
August 02, 2024
The Bank of England's first interest rate cut in more than four years will help to foster a cautious sense of optimism about Britain's long-struggling economy,
August 02, 2024
Emergency officials say at least four people have died and dozens are feared buried under rubble after an apartment block in Russia's Ural Mountains collapsed following a gas explosion
August 02, 2024
Europe's STOXX 600 fell close to 3% on Friday as global equity markets ran into turbulence after a U.S. jobs report exacerbated worries of an economic
August 02, 2024
Volvo Cars' sales rose 6% year-on-year in July to 57,447 cars, driven by an increase in fully electric vehicles in Europe, the Sweden-based automaker said on Friday.
August 02, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is launching a fresh bid to tackle a property crisis as the country braces for recession and
August 02, 2024
SAIC Volkswagen says adjusting plant base "necessary"
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Harris campaign reports spending nearly three times as much as Trump in August
Oktoberfest is open. The world’s largest folk festival begins after ceremonial keg-tapping
India's Manipur on high alert over influx of 900 militants from Myanmar
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