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More than 300 strike drones and 30 missiles targeted Odessa and other cities, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

The U.S. president has revamped trade, aid and military force to an extent that attendees here say will have effects for decades to come.

A conflict between the Druze minority and other tribes in Syria's southern Sweida region has killed hundreds of people in the past week.

The report, which the president says is false, came amid heightened scrutiny of Trump’s relationship with the now-deceased sex offender.

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Kanzler Friedrich Merz stellt sich vor der Sommerpause der Hauptstadtpresse – in seiner ersten Sommerpressekonferenz seit Amtsantritt. Viel Konkretes wollte er nicht sagen. Von der Rolle als einfacher Abgeordneter bis hin zum Parteivorsitzenden – Merz laviert bei der Personaldebatte um Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf. Rixa Fürsen und Gordon Repinski analysieren, was zwischen den Zeilen mitschwang und warum […]

Meta just blew a hole in a European Union plan to tame artificial intelligence models. The technology giant on Friday was the first Big Tech company to come out saying it will not sign the European Union’s code of practice for general-purpose artificial intelligence. In a comment on Friday, Meta’s Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel […]

The trip would be the Indian PM’s first visit to the U.K. in seven years.

Those singled out for sanctions will have their assets frozen and be banned from traveling to Britain.

The late-night host had scoffed at a decision by CBS’s parent company to pay the U.S. president $16 million over a disputed interview.

The government is set to relax store regulations, allowing businesses to stay open till 9 p.m. and abolishing the mandatory day off.

German chancellor says Europe must 'do more on our own' after historic reliance on the United States.

Ukraine's allies now want "crushing" U.S. measures to cripple Vladimir Putin's war machine.

“Forgive my language but this story is complete and utter bullshit,” Vice President JD Vance said.

La haute juridiction doit traiter une grande pile de dossiers avant la pause estivale, fruit de l’instabilité politique.

But special envoy Adam Boehler also called the Palestinian militant group “very hardheaded” in its approach to negotiations.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Russian military has forcibly transported about 20,000 Ukrainian children into Russian territory.

Was kann die Bundesbauministerin wirklich verändern – und wo stößt sie an die Grenzen des Föderalismus? Verena Hubertz spricht im Spaziergang mit Gordon Repinski über Baukosten, Mietpreise, Stadtentwicklung und den Zustand der SPD. Sie erklärt, warum sie an eine Halbierung der Baukosten glaubt, Supermarktdächer als Wohnflächen sieht – und wie sie trotz aller Komplexität neue […]

A look at the key challenges ahead for Europe.

Parliament’s centrist and left-wing forces have vowed to try and stop Ondřej Knotek from stalling work on the 2040 target.

The government is keen for the British public to start seeing the benefits of the new agreements soon.

As challenges mount and workforces dwindle, much of Europe risks going broke — just not as quickly as France.

Proposed levy on corporate revenues has been almost universally panned and looks unlikely to get the backing it needs.

Criminals are increasingly targeting highly valued health data, risking harm to patients.

In Kent, the so-called Garden of England, Nigel Farage's Reform UK is mounting a populist bid to slash state “waste.” Two months in, the bureaucracy is getting very real.