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10.12 / 00:31

COST FIVE Citizens Europe’s energy crisis in data: Which countries have the best and worst insulated homes?

Europeans are deeply concerned about their heating bills, due to dramatic hikes in energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

09.12 / 22:15

shock Croatia knock Brazil out of World Cup on penalties in another major shock

Croatia have knocked Brazil out of the World Cup, beating the five-time champions 4-2 in a penalty shootout on Friday in the quarterfinals.

09.12 / 19:03

Sport SEC Deal Fried Sam week Today in Crypto: Sam Bankman-Fried to Testify Next Week, Regulators Postpone FTX Japan’s Suspension, Amber Group Ends $25M Deal with Chelsea FC

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________

09.12 / 16:57

NATO Four linked to EU Parliament arrested amid suspicions of corruption involving a Persian Gulf state

Four people "active in the European Parliament" have been arrested amid suspicions of corruption involving "a Persian Gulf country".

09.12 / 15:35

European Union Conservative MP proposes bill to strip Prince Harry and Meghan of royal titles

A UK Conservative Party politician has said he is planning to introduce legislation that could potentially strip Prince Harry and Megan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, of their royal titles.

09.12 / 11:43

One dead after fire ravages one of Russia's biggest shopping centres

Emergency services suspect that a "criminal" act is behind a major fire at one of Russia's biggest shopping centres on the outskirts of Moscow.

09.12 / 11:09

Adoption Google data Survey Turkey has an obsession with crypto — specifically Dogecoin: Study

The crypto market slump doesn’t mean interest in crypto is also down. A new study from the cryptocurrency education platform CryptoManiaks revealed that many countries are still scouring the internet, hungry for crypto-related information.

09.12 / 10:55

Ukraine war: Pope Francis cries as he mentions the suffering of Ukrainians during public prayer

Pope Francis was moved to tears on Thursday while mentioning the suffering of Ukrainians during a traditional public prayer in central Rome.

09.12 / 10:55

Support Finland considers arms exports to Turkey in return for NATO membership support

Finland's defence minister Antti Kaikkonen on Thursday expressed hope that Turkey would promptly ratify his country’s NATO membership, claiming that Helsinki would consider granting arms export permits to Ankara on a case-by-case basis.

08.12 / 23:09

Climate change European Union French economy should stave off recession in 2022, predicts Bank of France

The French economy should avoid a recession at the end of 2022, the Bank of France forecast on Thursday.

08.12 / 17:05

Climate change European Union Austria blocks Schengen accession of Romania and Bulgaria, while Croatia gets green light

Austria has blocked the accession of Romania and Bulgaria into Schengen, the passport-free area that has abolished border checks between the vast majority of EU member states.

08.12 / 16:37

Climate change European Union US basketball star Brittney Griner released in Russia prisoner swap with 'Merchant of Death'

US basketball star Brittney Griner was released from a Russian prison on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange with an arms dealer nicknamed the "Merchant of Death".

08.12 / 14:29

Terrorism coup Germany bracing for 'second wave of arrests' in far-right 'coup plot' case

German authorities expect further raids and arrests in connection with an alleged plot to storm the parliament in Berlin and overthrow the government.

08.12 / 11:17

European Union How a year of Olaf Scholz has changed and shaped Germany

Olaf Scholz has not been dealt the best of hands. Replacing Angela Merkel after her 16 years of steady -- if staid -- rule was never going to be easy.

08.12 / 11:17

European Union Schengen: Croatia set to join but Austria 'main hold-out' against Romania and Bulgaria

The enlargement of the passport-free Schengen Area to take in Romania and Bulgaria has been put in serious doubt ahead of an expected vote on Thursday.

08.12 / 09:11

European Union 'Culture of impunity' across EU over violence against migrants, NGO warns

Migrants attempting to reach Europe are now almost always subjected to some form of violence at the hands of authorities, according to a new NGO report.

08.12 / 09:11

European Union Ukraine war. Germany's Scholz says nuclear weapons risk has diminished

The risk of Moscow using nuclear weapons in the Ukraine conflict has diminished because the international community "has drawn a red line" at Russia, according to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

07.12 / 23:33

European Union Takeover Taliban carry out first public execution since 2021 takeover of Afghanistan

The Taliban authorities on Wednesday publically executed an Afghan convicted of murder -- the first time this has happened since the former insurgents took over Afghanistan last year, a spokesman said.

07.12 / 19:13

European Union coup politician The prince, the politician and the paratrooper: Who's accused over the alleged coup plot in Germany?

A minor German aristocrat, a former German MP, an ex-paratrooper, and a Russian accomplice.

07.12 / 16:31

end DWS trawls more than two million documents as internal greenwashing probe nears end

German asset manager DWS has trawled through more than two million documents over the duration of an internal ESG probe that is nearly complete.

07.12 / 11:21

European Union raid German police raid far-right terror suspects behind 'plot to overthrow government'

Thousands of police in Germany carried out a series of raids early Wednesday morning, targeting far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the state by force.

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