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12.01 / 15:13

European Union Russia to sent new Soyuz capsule after ISS damaged by tiny meteoroid

Russia said on Wednesday it would launch another Soyuz spacecraft next month to bring home two of its own cosmonauts and a US astronaut from the International Space Station after their original capsule was struck by a micrometeoroid and started leaking.

12.01 / 08:57

Police Huge surge in Italy migrant arrivals despite PM Meloni's 'naval blockade' pledge

Migrant arrivals in Italy have increased by more than 50% since far-right premier Giorgia Meloni took office at the end last October, official statistics show, contradicting claims made by her government.

11.01 / 22:51

Stablecoin CBDC regulation City of London, British trade groups form new digital currency advocacy alliance

The City of London has teamed up with a variety of trade associations to form the UK Forum for Digital Currencies, an alliance that will advocate for “better policies, practice and regulation around digital currencies,” according to a statement released by the five members.

11.01 / 15:45

'Biggest crime since Holocaust': British MP suspended over COVID vaccine comments

A British politician has been censured by his party for comparing the UK's COVID-19 vaccine rollout to the Holocaust.

11.01 / 13:29

Paris station knife attack: At least six people injured and suspect shot

A man wielding a bladed weapon attacked and wounded six people at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Wednesday morning, leaving one with serious injuries, before being shot by off-duty police officers, authorities said.

11.01 / 11:43

Royal Family Russian mercenaries battle Ukrainian resistance in Soledar

The battle for Soledar raged in freezing temperatures on Wednesday, with Russia's mercenary Wagner Group claiming to have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian salt mining town, as its fighters poured fire on a pocket of resistance in the centre.

11.01 / 01:31

CBDC regulation legislation UK MP says stablecoin is a gateway to CBDC, only crypto can ‘disrupt’ settlements

The United Kingdom remains committed to becoming a world crypto industry hub in spite of the recent negative events that have occurred on the market. It is “the sector I have dedicated the most time to,” Member of Parliament and HM Treasury Economic Secretary Andrew Griffith told a meeting of the UK Parliament Treasury Committee on Jan. 10, underscoring that commitment.

10.01 / 21:45

pension reform Pension reform in France: Which countries have the lowest and highest retirement ages in Europe?

The French government unveiled its pension reform on Tuesday, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030.

10.01 / 19:39

TikTok Ukraine war: 'Almost no life left' in Bakhmut and five other top developments

Russian forces are escalating their onslaught against Ukrainian positions around the wrecked eastern city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian officials said, bringing new levels of death and devastation in the grinding, months-long battle.

10.01 / 11:05

European Union pension reform Making France work until 65: PM to unveil controversial new pension reform

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday will unveil the details of a hugely controversial pension reform project to raise the retirement age to 65.

10.01 / 11:05

European Union Influencer Romania court to hear 'misogynist influencer' Andrew Tate detention appeal

A Romanian court is due to rule on Tuesday on a challenge filed by Andrew Tate, an internet personality notorious for hate speech, against his 30-day arrest for alleged human trafficking and formation of an organised crime group to exploit six women.

10.01 / 00:09

Technology Night Wolves and praise for Putin mark Milorad Dodik's unconstitutional fête

Thousands of flag-waving ethnic Serbs gathered on the outskirts of the capital Sarajevo Monday to celebrate an unconstitutional holiday associated with Bosnia's brutal war in the 1990s.

07.01 / 09:41

Technology US Republican Kevin McCarthy elected as House Speaker after 15 rounds of voting

After 15 excruciating rounds of voting, Kevin McCarthy has finally been named as the House Speaker of the US Representatives.

06.01 / 17:21

Pope Francis Emmanuel Macron unveils new plan to stop 'endless crisis' in French healthcare

Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a new plan to halt the "endless crisis" in France's national healthcare system, including overhauling working ours for hospital staff in the next six months, reforming healthcare funding and improving payments for doctors on call.

06.01 / 13:47

Pope Francis Death Inflation in the eurozone falls back to single digits as downward trend continues

Annual inflation across the eurozone fell back to the single-digit territory and stood at 9.2% at the end of December, according to a flash estimate released by Eurostat on Friday morning.

06.01 / 10:53

Pope Francis Death The 'Good Divorce': Czechs and Slovaks on 30 years apart, together

Ondrej and Katarína first met in 2008, more than a decade after their countries divorced.

06.01 / 10:53

Pope Francis Death US political chaos continues into 6 January Capital riots anniversary

Political chaos continues in the United States on Friday, and after eleven votes in three days the House of Representatives still hasn't elected a Speaker -- a scenario unprecedented since the US Civil War era in the 1800s.

06.01 / 00:51

Pope Francis Death Germany to donate Marder infantry fighting vehicles and a Patriot missile system to Ukraine

Germany will supply Ukraine with Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicles and a Patriot missile battery, the government announced in a joint German-US statement on Thursday.

05.01 / 21:19

Pope Francis Death Ukraine war: Putin's Christmas ceasefire order and five other top developments

Ukrainian and Russian troops battled in eastern regions on Thursday as Kyiv tried to push back occupying forces.

05.01 / 16:53

Netflix Catholic Church Europe's gas prices reach pre-war levels as 2023 kicks off under unusually warm weather

Europe's gas prices have reached pre-war levels as the new year begins under unusually warm temperatures that have tamed consumer demand and fended off the need to tap into underground storage.

04.01 / 21:47

Ukraine war Ukraine war: New Russian mobilisation, hypersonic weapons and killer drones

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia was planning to call up more troops for a major new offensive, even as Moscow was facing some of its biggest internal criticism of the war over a strike that killed scores of fresh conscripts.

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