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29.11 / 13:25

Provident Lowe's Waters The show must go on: Odesa's opera house provides respite from the war

At Odesa's National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, the sound of applause fills the air in the auditorium as the curtain rises on the stage.

29.11 / 13:25

NATO meets to talk Ukraine at scene of one of its most controversial decisions

NATO meets on Tuesday to drum up much-needed support for Ukraine.

29.11 / 10:07

Football Rainbow flag protestor invades pitch at World Cup

A protester carrying a rainbow flag stormed the pitch at a World Cup game on Monday.

29.11 / 09:37

Football NOT Eurozone inflation has not peaked and risks rising even higher, says European Central Bank head

Inflation in the Eurozone has not peaked and risks rising even higher than predicted, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) warned on Monday.

29.11 / 01:25

Ukraine war: Estonia calls on European countries to double military spending

Estonia's foreign minister has called on other European countries to double their defence expenditure because of the Russian war in Ukraine -- adding that his own country planned raise national defence spending to 3% of GDP.

28.11 / 19:01

Blockchain Ethereum Stablecoin government bonds Financial Tokenized government bonds free up liquidity in traditional financial systems

A handful of government-backed financial institutions have been exploring tokenization use cases to revolutionize traditional financial systems. For instance, El Salvador’s Bitcoin Volcanic bond project has been in the works for over a year and aims to raise $1 billion from investors with tokenized bonds to build a Bitcoin city.

28.11 / 16:55

Digital Remark network Russian President Putin Says Independent Blockchain-Based Payment Network Would Be “Much More Convenient” Than Existing System

A new blockchain-based international payment system could soon take shape, if Russian President Vladimir Putin gets his way.

28.11 / 16:07

Ukraine war: Kyiv expects more attacks; Zaporizhzhia plant still under Russian control

Ukrainian officials have warned that they are expecting to face a new wave of Russian missile strikes in the next few days.

28.11 / 15:17

Europol helps take down cocaine 'super cartel' in six-country bust

A drugs cartel believed to control up to a third of Europe's cocaine trade was taken down in a six-country bust, with 30 tonnes of drugs seized, Europol said on Monday.

28.11 / 10:23

Brexit has intensified UK doctor shortages, finds study

Brexit has worsened doctor shortages in the UK, according to a study published on Sunday.

27.11 / 20:37

Blockchain Adoption International Putin calls for blockchain-based international payment system

Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized monopoly in global financial payment systems and called for an independent and blockchain-based settlement network on Nov 24, speaking at the International AI Journey Conference in Moscow.

27.11 / 17:03

Target Cooper Gap ECB Must Narrow Interest-Rate Gap With Fed, OECD Says

The European Central Bank will have to raise its key interest rate much further if it is to bring down persistently high inflation, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned Tuesday.

27.11 / 16:29

Football China: Calls for Xi Jinping to resign as rare COVID rule protests spread across major cities

Rare protests against China's strict “zero-COVID” policies continued in Shanghai and Beijing on Sunday afternoon, which had spread across the country after a deadly apartment fire in the northwestern city of Urumqi on Friday.

27.11 / 13:17

Football Disaster Ischia mudslides: Rescuers search for up to a dozen missing after Italian island disaster

Up to a dozen people are still being sought on Sunday on the Italian island of Ischia following mudslides that have left at least one person dead.

27.11 / 12:35

Football Ukraine war: Civilians escape Kherson after Russian strikes on liberated city

Fleeing shelling, civilians on Saturday streamed out of the southern Ukrainian city whose recapture they had celebrated just weeks earlier.

27.11 / 12:35

Football China: Protests over COVID controls spread across country after fatal fire

Protests against China's pervasive anti-virus controls that have confined millions of people to their homes spread to Shanghai and other cities after complaints they might have worsened the death toll in an apartment fire in the northwest.

26.11 / 16:53

Climate change European Union '13 people missing' after torrential rain causes landslide on Italian island of Ischia

Thirteen people are missing on the Italian holiday island of Ischia after a landslide caused by heavy rain, according to the ANSA and AGI news agencies.

26.11 / 16:09

Target Cooper Gap ECB Must Narrow Interest-Rate Gap With Fed, OECD Says

26.11 / 16:09

Manufacturing U.S.-Europe Trade Booms as Old Allies Draw Closer

FRANKFURT—The global economic map is rapidly transforming, with trade and investment between the U.S. and Europe booming as Russia’s war in Ukraine and fraying ties between the West and China draw the trans-Atlantic allies closer.

26.11 / 14:59

Climate change European Union 'The explosions keep roaring': No rest for Kherson as Russia steps up attacks

Russian shelling killed at least 15 civilians on Friday in the recently liberated Ukrainian city of Kherson, according to local officials.

26.11 / 12:21

Climate change European Union Power Ukraine war: Number without power halved but six million still cut off, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the number of people without power has been halved since the immediate aftermath of Russia's assault this week, but some six million are still cut off.

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