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18.08 / 15:05

Alexey Alchin: Brussels must stop EU-based Russians being extradited home, says MEP

Brussels should urge EU countries to suspend any extraditions of Russians back home.

18.08 / 09:37

Law Kabul mosque bombing at evening prayers kills 10, including prominent cleric

A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 27, an eyewitness and police said.

18.08 / 09:37

Law Serbia and Kosovo hold rare talks to de-escalate Balkan tensions

Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are holding high-level crisis talks on Thursday which European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has tried to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine.

18.08 / 01:33

Climate change 'Imbeciles': Surfers fined for speeding down Venice's Grand Canal

Two foreign tourists who sped down Venice's Grand Canal on motorised surfboards were fined on Wednesday, after a hunt by city authorities.

17.08 / 20:13

Health Spain wildfires: Firefighters and train passengers hurt as blaze rips through Valencia countryside

"Run, run, run, run!" The cry rang out across the hillside as a wall of flame fed by high winds swept down towards four Spanish firefighters.

17.08 / 19:27

Health Climate change Prison Saudi student sentenced to 34 years in prison over Twitter posts

A Saudi Arabian student has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for following and retweeting activists on Twitter.

17.08 / 19:27

Health Climate change Germany's Scholz slams Abbas' '50 Holocausts' remark

Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz slammed Mahmoud Abbas after the Palestinian president accused Israel of committing “50 Holocausts”.

17.08 / 18:05

Sport Health Threat Ukraine war: 'Likely Kyiv counterattack' in Crimea, Kerch Bridge threat, Zaporizhzhia conditions

Explosions at key Russian positions in occupied Crimea on Tuesday were "likely part of a coherent Ukrainian counteroffensive to regain control of the west bank of the Dnipro River," according to the US think-tank the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

17.08 / 18:05

Sport Health New Polish school textbook provokes anger over section on fertility

Poland's conservative government has been criticised over a new school textbook that appears to disparage in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment.

17.08 / 15:25

business inflation Time UK hits double-digit inflation for the first time in 40 years

The inflation rate in the United Kingdom reached 10.1%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 10.1% in the 12 months to July 2022. It's a significant leap from 9.4% in June.

17.08 / 06:37

business regulation Bitcoin Crypto.com secures UK registration for 'cryptoasset activities’

Digital asset exchange Crypto.com has just been given the green-light for “certain cryptoasset activities” in the United Kingdom, after receiving registration confirmation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Tuesday.

16.08 / 17:49

Climate change European Union Tourism Life sentence for schizophrenic German who killed six in Trier car-ramming attack

A man who killed six people by driving his car into a crowd of pedestrians in a German city in 2020 has been sentenced to life in prison.

16.08 / 15:05

Ukraine war Bitcoin Norway exports record as natural gas prices surge

Norway's exports reached a record in July, driven mainly by natural gas prices that have soared since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

16.08 / 15:05

Ukraine war Bitcoin Ukraine war: Multiple explosions tear through Russian military base in Crimea

Multiple explosions shook a Russian military base in Crimea on Tuesday, the latest in a spate of similar incidents on the occupied peninsula.

16.08 / 12:37

Technology Germany refuses to back calls for Russia tourist visa ban

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is refusing to back growing calls for an EU-wide ban on giving tourist visas to Russians.

16.08 / 12:37

Technology Disaster Ukraine war: Moldova ships in one million iodine pills amid fears of nuclear disaster

Moldova has imported one million iodine pills as fighting rages around a nuclear power station in neighbouring Ukraine.

16.08 / 08:05

Technology Trump Donald Trump: Prosecutors oppose release of 'highly sensitive' search evidence

The US Justice Department has rebuffed efforts to make public the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s estate in Florida, saying the investigation “implicates highly classified material” and the document contains sensitive information about witnesses.

15.08 / 23:51

Technology Ukraine war: Five Europeans accused of being mercenaries put on trial by pro-Russian separatists

Five Europeans captured in eastern Ukraine went on trial on Monday in a court run by Kremlin-backed separatists, accused of fighting with the Ukrainian army as mercenaries.

15.08 / 23:51

Technology Sunak Truss v Sunak: Rivals to succeed Boris Johnson blasted over 'fantasy' economic plans

Britain's leading politicians have been accused of coming up with "pure fantasy" solutions to the country's problems, amid the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades.

15.08 / 21:35

business exit Exit stage left — Eqonex to close crypto exchange after two years

Nasdaq-listed digital asset investment firm Eqonex has announced it will be exiting the “crowded crypto exchange space” by shuttering part of its operations.

15.08 / 19:11

Science Wagner Ukraine war: Germany NATO spending, Wagner mercenary group bombed, Griner appeal

Ukrainian artillery hit the headquarters of Russia's infamous Wagner Group of mercenaries in eastern Ukraine, say reports.

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