Today: September 22, 2024
Today: September 22, 2024

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Russian missile hits playground, kills three in Ukraine's Mykolaiv

A Russian missile hit a children's playground in Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv on Friday, killing a child and two adults, and injuring five others, officials said.

Russian missile hits playground, kills three in Ukraine's Mykolaiv
Europe|Travel

Venice officials defend day-tripper tax, but delay the decision on extending it

Venice city officials say the day-tripper tax netted 2.4 million euros during a test phase this summer, and that decisions on how to proceed would be made in the fall after a full analysis of the data

Venice officials defend day-tripper tax, but delay the decision on extending it
Europe|News|World

Azerbaijan launches climate fund, seeks fossil-fuel producer support

Azerbaijan, host of the U.N.

Azerbaijan launches climate fund, seeks fossil-fuel producer support
Europe|News|Sports

Adidas apologizes for ad campaign linked to 1972 Munich Olympics

Adidas apologizes for ad campaign linked to 1972 Munich Olympics

Adidas apologizes for ad campaign linked to 1972 Munich Olympics
Europe|Travel

Spanish town to fine tourists for hogging beach spots

Spanish town to fine tourists for hogging beach spots

Spanish town to fine tourists for hogging beach spots
Business|Europe

Polish state company denies its parts were used in Iranian drones

A Polish state-owned engineering company denied on Friday that its parts were used in Iranian combat drones, saying an ongoing investigation only concerns whether it had the

Polish state company denies its parts were used in Iranian drones
Europe|News|Travel

Exhausted migrants arrive on beach in Spain's Canaries

Dozens of exhausted migrants arrived in a wooden boat on a beach in Spain's Canary Islands early on Friday amid a sharp rise in perilous

Exhausted migrants arrive on beach in Spain's Canaries
Europe|Technology

Sanctioned Russia emerges unscathed in global IT outage

Russian officials boasted on Friday that Moscow was spared the impact of the global IT systems outage because of its increased self-sufficiency after years of

Sanctioned Russia emerges unscathed in global IT outage
Europe|Health

As Spain swelters, volunteers serve cold soup to homeless

Red Cross volunteers handed out gazpacho soup, water and soft drinks to homeless people in the southern city of Cordoba as Spain braced for the peak of its

As Spain swelters, volunteers serve cold soup to homeless
Celebrity|Entertainment|Europe|News|Opinion

Italian judge orders a journalist to pay 5,000 euros in damages for making fun of Meloni's height

A judge in Milan has ordered an Italian journalist to pay 5,000 euros or nearly $5,500 in damages to Premier Giorgia Meloni for making fun of her height in social media posts

Italian judge orders a journalist to pay 5,000 euros in damages for making fun of Meloni's height
Europe|Sports

Golf-Lowry leads Open, Rose blooms and Scheffler in the hunt

Ireland's Shane Lowry led the Open from English qualifier Dan Brown after a masterful second round at Royal Troon and world number one Scottie Scheffler and England's

Golf-Lowry leads Open, Rose blooms and Scheffler in the hunt
Europe|Sports

Athletics-A world record would be perfect final Olympic tune-up for in-form Crouser

American Ryan Crouser hinted a world shot put record could be on the cards at the London Diamond League meeting on Saturday in what would be an ideal final tune-up before he aims

Athletics-A world record would be perfect final Olympic tune-up for in-form Crouser
Business|Economy|Europe

EU to set tariffs on Chinese biodiesel in anti-dumping probe

The European Union is set to impose provisional duties on Chinese biodiesel after finding it is being sold in EU markets at unfairly low prices, in the latest in a string of trade

EU to set tariffs on Chinese biodiesel in anti-dumping probe
Europe|Sports

Boxing-Helenius gets two-year ban for failed drug test before Joshua bout

Finland's Robert Helenius has been banned for two years due to Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) for the presence and use of a prohibited substance for his bout against Britain's Anthony

Boxing-Helenius gets two-year ban for failed drug test before Joshua bout
Economy|Europe

Hungary says Ukraine halting Lukoil oil transit a threat to long-term supply

Ukraine's decision to halt the transit of oil from Russia's Lukoil threatens the long-term security of supply for Slovakia and Hungary, Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto

Hungary says Ukraine halting Lukoil oil transit a threat to long-term supply
Business|Europe|Food

Champagne makers call for reduced grape harvest after 15% drop in sales

France's champagne producers on Friday called for a cut in the number of grapes harvested this year after sales of the wine fell more than 15% in the first half of the year as

Champagne makers call for reduced grape harvest after 15% drop in sales
Economy|Europe|News|Political

See the moment Evan Gershkovich is sentenced in Russian court

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been found guilty of spying by a Russian court and sentenced to 16 years in prison following a trial that the US government, his newspaper and supporters have denounced as a sham. 

See the moment Evan Gershkovich is sentenced in Russian court
Europe|News

Long before his arrest, US reporter lamented that many friends in Russia were being locked up

In early 2022, Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal wrote on social media that “reporting on Russia is now also a regular practice of watching people you know get locked away for years.”

Long before his arrest, US reporter lamented that many friends in Russia were being locked up
Economy|Europe|Finance|MidEast

Fearing Palestinian Authority collapse, EU promises $435 million in aid

The European Commission said on Friday it would provide the Palestinian Authority with 400 million euros ($435.5 million) in emergency financial support in the coming two months amid

Fearing Palestinian Authority collapse, EU promises $435 million in aid
Europe|News|Political

Russian court jails US reporter Gershkovich for 16 years after convicting him of espionage, state media says

A Russian court on Friday found U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage and jailed him for 16 years, state news agency RIA said, in a case that his employer, the Wall

Russian court jails US reporter Gershkovich for 16 years after convicting him of espionage, state media says
Entertainment|Europe

Olympics-Paris 2024 opening ceremony will be daring, joyful, organisers say

The Paris Olympics' opening ceremony next Friday will be a joyful, daring and atypical show in which artists and athletes together celebrate Paris, France and the Games alongside the

Olympics-Paris 2024 opening ceremony will be daring, joyful, organisers say
Europe|News|Political

Zelenskiy: F-16 supplies set to speed up with Polish help

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Poland had taken a decision that would speed up the deliveries of much-needed F-16 jets to Ukraine, but did not say what it was.

Zelenskiy: F-16 supplies set to speed up with Polish help
Business|Europe|Technology

U.S. court rules against Booking.com in Ryanair screen-scraping case

A U.S. court ruled that Booking.com violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by accessing part of Ryanair's website without permission, court documents showed.

U.S. court rules against Booking.com in Ryanair screen-scraping case
Crime|Europe|News|Political

Who are the Americans jailed in Russia?

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, sentenced on Friday to 16 years in a Russian prison on spy charges, is one of at least a half dozen Americans convicted and jailed by

Who are the Americans jailed in Russia?
Europe|News|Technology|World

How the Ukrainians – with no navy – defeated Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

Deploying a series of new tactics and weapons, including the first use of sea drones in combat, Ukrainian forces have created what one military analyst called ‘a turning point in naval strategy.’

How the Ukrainians – with no navy – defeated Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

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