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Today: September 21, 2024

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Russian court extends pre-trial custody of French national Vinatier until Sept. 5

A Russian court ruled on Wednesday to extend the pre-trial detention of French citizen Laurent Vinatier until Sept. 5, a Reuters witness reported.

Russian court extends pre-trial custody of French national Vinatier until Sept. 5
Europe|Fashion and Beauty|Travel

Meet the Olympics superfan who spent her savings to get to her 7th Games

Covered with pins and adornments, Vivianne Robinson is hard to miss in the streets of Paris

Meet the Olympics superfan who spent her savings to get to her 7th Games
Europe|Technology

Intel wins UK leg of global patent battle with R2 over chips

Intel on Wednesday won the London leg of a global patent dispute with U.S. rival R2 Semiconductor, which had been seeking an injunction potentially preventing the sale of some of

Intel wins UK leg of global patent battle with R2 over chips
Europe|Technology

Russia fines Google, TikTok over banned content

Russia fined Alphabet's Google and TikTok on Wednesday for failing to comply with an order from communications regulator Roskomnadzor over banned content, the Moscow courts' press

Russia fines Google, TikTok over banned content
Crime|Europe

Greek court acquits two men charged over 2021 journalist killing

A Greek court on Wednesday acquitted two men who had faced charges of killing a prominent crime journalist in 2021 in a murder that gripped the nation.

Greek court acquits two men charged over 2021 journalist killing
Europe|News|Political

Russian-UK dissident Kara-Murza disappears from jail in latest sign a prisoner swap with West may be close

Vladimir Kara-Murza, a dual Russian-British national jailed on treason charges for 25 years, has been moved from his prison

Russian-UK dissident Kara-Murza disappears from jail in latest sign a prisoner swap with West may be close
Europe|News

Americans, Russian assassin freed in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S.

Americans, Russian assassin freed in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap
Europe|News|Political

Aim to get pardoned German back from Belarus quickly, says Berlin

Germany campaigned intensely on behalf of Rico Krieger, a German recently pardoned from a death sentence in Belarus, and will continue to do so with the aim of getting him back to

Aim to get pardoned German back from Belarus quickly, says Berlin
Europe|News|Political

Putin doubles signing bonuses for volunteers to fight in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled upfront payments for volunteers to fight in Ukraine on Wednesday, a move aimed at facilitating military recruitment but likely to create

Putin doubles signing bonuses for volunteers to fight in Ukraine
Environment|Europe

Wildfires rage in Spain as heatwave peaks

Hundreds of firefighters backed up by waterbomber aircraft sought to contain two wildfires that have raged since Tuesday in eastern Spain, and much of the rest of the country is on

Wildfires rage in Spain as heatwave peaks
Economy|Europe|Political

Zelenskiy signs law allowing Ukraine debt payment suspension

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has signed a law allowing the government to suspend foreign debt payments until Oct. 1, paving the way for a moratorium to be called that would

Zelenskiy signs law allowing Ukraine debt payment suspension
Crime|Europe

Violent scenes as far-right protesters ‘hijack’ vigil for 3 girls killed in Southport knife attack

Violent scenes as far-right protesters ‘hijack’ vigil for 3 girls killed in Southport knife attack

Violent scenes as far-right protesters ‘hijack’ vigil for 3 girls killed in Southport knife attack
Business|Europe|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

ASML jumps on hopes it will be spared in next round of US-China chip fight

Shares in ASML, the largest maker of equipment used to manufacture computer chips, jumped on Wednesday following a Reuters report that signalled it may be spared

ASML jumps on hopes it will be spared in next round of US-China chip fight
Europe|Travel

Venice to limit tourist groups to maximum of 25 people

Venice will limit the size of tourist parties to 25 people from Thursday in the latest attempt to reduce the impact of crowds on the lagoon city.

Venice to limit tourist groups to maximum of 25 people
Asia|Europe|Political

Germany accuses China of conducting 2021 cyberattack on cartography agency

Germany accused China on Wednesday of having been behind a 2021 cyberattack on the federal cartography agency for espionage purposes and summoned Beijing's ambaassador to Berlin to

Germany accuses China of conducting 2021 cyberattack on cartography agency
Economy|Europe

Euro zone inflation edges up in 'difficult print' for ECB

Euro zone inflation unexpectedly edged up in July, data showed on Wednesday, although a widely watched gauge of price growth in the services sector eased.

Euro zone inflation edges up in 'difficult print' for ECB
Economy|Europe|Political

Austria nominates Finance Minister Brunner as European commissioner

Austria's conservative-led coalition government is nominating conservative Finance Minister Magnus Brunner as its next European Commissioner, Chancellor Karl Nehammer said in a

Austria nominates Finance Minister Brunner as European commissioner
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|Europe

Ex-BBC news presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to indecent child pictures charges

Former British TV presenter Huw Edwards, the long-time face of the BBC's flagship news programme, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to three counts of making indecent

Ex-BBC news presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to indecent child pictures charges
Europe|News|Political

Russian military begins 3rd round of drills to train troops in tactical nuclear weapons

The Russian military has begun a third round of drills with tactical nuclear weapons, part of the Kremlin’s messaging intended to force the West to limit its support for Ukraine

Russian military begins 3rd round of drills to train troops in tactical nuclear weapons
Business|Economy|Europe

Just Eat Takeaway announces buyback as Europe leads profits beat

Just Eat Takeaway reported a more than 40% jump in first-half core profit on Wednesday, led by its main European markets, announced a share buyback programme and

Just Eat Takeaway announces buyback as Europe leads profits beat
Crime|Europe|News

UK charges 17-year-old boy with murder in Southport child killings

A 17-year-old boy appeared in an English court on Thursday charged with the murder of three young girls in a knife attack at a

UK charges 17-year-old boy with murder in Southport child killings
Crime|Europe

British police charge 17-year-old with murder over a stabbing attack that killed 3 children

British police say they have charged a 17-year-old with murder over a stabbing attack that killed three children in Southport, northwest England

British police charge 17-year-old with murder over a stabbing attack that killed 3 children
Business|Economy|Europe|Technology

European shares tread higher on ASML, earnings boost

European shares gained on Wednesday with heavyweight ASML jumping on a report that the Dutch chip equipment manufacturer would be exempted from a new

European shares tread higher on ASML, earnings boost
Economy|Europe

Germany leaves women's labour power untapped

With a rapidly ageing population, Germany is urgently looking at how it can get more work from a labour force that enjoys the most ample leisure time in the rich

Germany leaves women's labour power untapped
Europe|News

Asylum seekers stranded in Cyprus buffer zone fall foul of conflict

Asylum seekers have been stranded in a U.N. controlled buffer zone splitting Cyprus for weeks, caught up in the conflict which divides the

Asylum seekers stranded in Cyprus buffer zone fall foul of conflict

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