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2023 likely hottest year recorded: EU monitor
2023 is "virtually certain" to be the warmest in 125,000 years, the EU climate monitor said as data showed last month was the world's...
Nov 8, 2023


Germany: Hamburg police rush to threat at school
Police in Hamburg say an operation is ongoing in the Blankenese district, with reports that two people had shut themselves into a school...
Nov 8, 2023


Democrats, abortion rights advocates win in US elections
An abortion vote in Ohio and victories in Kentucky and Virginia have bolstered the Democrats ahead of the 2024 US elections. Democrats...
Nov 8, 2023


EU Commission in favor of membership talks with Ukraine
The EU has recommended opening the negotiations despite acknowledging Ukraine's shortcomings in the fight against corruption. Sweden's...
Nov 8, 2023


Ukraine updates: Russia orders arrest of ICC judge
Russia has issued an order for the arrest of another judge from the International Criminal Court. Meanwhile, Russian-backed authorities...
Nov 8, 2023


Zelenskyy says Ukraine will one day join the European Union
The European Commission will release its annual report into candidate countries' progress on Wednesday. Ukraine is implementing several...
Nov 8, 2023


Global wine output falls to lowest level in 60-years
Global wine production has been hit hard by a year of extreme weather in which floods, drought and frost severely stunted production. The...
Nov 8, 2023


Germany: Court denies patients right to suicide drug
One of Germany's top courts has denied two seriously ill men direct access to a lethal dose of a drug. Both plaintiffs had wanted to end...
Nov 8, 2023


Germany designates AfD regional party 'extremist'
The AfD in Saxony-Anhalt is the second state association of the party to be categorized as an extremist group, following that of the...
Nov 8, 2023


'No Source: rule, no blockade.' Von der Leyen proposes five principles for Gaza's future
Ursula von der Leyen has proposed five "basic principles" to guide the future of the Gaza Strip once the Israel-Hamas war comes to an...
Nov 7, 2023


'A missile can come at any moment': Ukrainian businesses defy uncertainty despite looming threats
Despite the ravages of war, businesses in Kramatorsk, a front-line city in Ukraine's Donetsk region, are displaying considerable...
Nov 7, 2023


China the world's biggest debt collector, report shows
China lent $1.34 trillion to developing countries in the period between 2000 and 2021, largely for work tied to its Belt and Road...
Nov 7, 2023
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