Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed a Yale's School of Public Health report about the forced re-education of deported Ukrainian children as anti-scientific propaganda that was full of fabrications and based on questionable data. Yale's School of Public Health said in report it ha
A cyberattack on a provider of check-in and boarding systems has disrupted operations at several major European airports including London's Heathrow, the continent's busiest, causing flight delays and cancellations on Saturday. Collins Aerospace, which provides systems for several airlines a
France’s top military space official has warned of intensifying "hostile or unfriendly" activity in space, particularly by Russia, joining a growing chorus of Western powers publicly warning about a rapidly growing security threat. There has been a significant spike in hostile activity since
Hundreds of thousands took part in anti-austerity protests across France on Thursday, urging President Emmanuel Macron and his new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to acknowledge their anger and scrap looming budget cuts. Teachers, train drivers, pharmacists and hospital staff were among those who
Journalists in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation of the Maldives will appeal to the country's Supreme Court to repeal a new law that they say seeks to stifle the media and impose steep fines on violators, a journalists' association said on Thursday. The legislation, called the Mald
Poland has urged European Union member states that are still buying Russian energy to end those imports by the end of 2026 and will offer them help towards that effort, Energy Minister Milosz Motyka said on Wednesday. The Druzhba oil pipeline delivers Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, which con
Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said two foreign laboratories had carried out tests on biological samples obtained from her husband that showed he was poisoned. Navalny died suddenly at the age of 47 on February 16, 2024, in a Russian prison in the Arcti
Russia on Monday warned it would go after any European state that sought to take its assets after reports that the European Union is looking for new ways to leverage hundreds of billions of dollars of frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine. The US and its allies prohibited transactions with the Rus
Italy plans to maintain forecasts for GDP growth of 0.6 per cent this year and 0.8 per cent in 2026 in the budget plan to be announced in the coming weeks, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Sunday, despite uncertainties linked to US import tariffs. The government estimates for growth in
The European Commission will bring forward a review of its 2035 CO2 emission targets to the end of this year from 2026, EU sources said on Friday after the bloc's executive chief hosted auto executives to discuss the industry's future. The EU has set a target of a 100 per cent reduction of CO2 emi
Poland flatly rejected on Friday a suggestion by US President Donald Trump that drone incursions into its airspace could have been a mistake, describing them as "a deliberate Russian attack". Poland, backed by aircraft from its NATO allies, shot down drones that had violated its airspace on Wednes
Peter Mandelson, Britain's urbane ambassador to the US, was sacked by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday after a trove of emails revealed the depth of his ties with the late convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Known for his behind-the-scenes manoeuvring during a career lasting over thr
The Dutch government has summoned Russia's ambassador to the Netherlands over the violation of Poland's airspace by Russian drones earlier this week, Foreign Minister David van Weel said on X, confirming an earlier report by Dutch news agency ANP. "Russia's reckless violation of Polish airspace th
