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The U.K. government set out new plans for spending and taxation intended to keep it on track to narrow its budget deficit, but at a slower pace than previously hoped for.
Britain accepted all 27 school antisemitism recommendations, drawing a sharp contrast with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's broader plan.
Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed website Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and had her website ordered to be shut down by a court amid an intensifying crackdown on independent media in the country. Attalah was taken briefly into custody after a Cairo court convicted her of managing an unlicensed website, prompting fresh international concerns over press freedom in Egypt. Continue reading...
The country’s consumer-climate index fell to minus 30.8 in its forecast for November, from minus 30.6 in October.
Young people in Germany are preparing to protest over education and climate change. Politicians fear violence like in France, but an expert sees differences.
An assailant shouting Allahu Akbar attacked a Gendarmerie officer outside the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade before being fatally shot by the officer.
There are new signs that the American and Israeli militaries are preparing a potential wave of strikes to muscle Tehran to the negotiating table.
A high-speed RENFE train slammed into a stopped IRYO train in Toledo province, derailing two cars and killing at least 68 people on Wednesday.
Seagrass protects coasts, shelters thousands of species and stores CO2. But some 30% of this valuable ecosystem has disappeared since the late 19th century. Can we bring it back?
In shielding Europe's carmakers from Chinese rivals, the EU risks hurting close partners from Turkey and Morocco to Japan and South Korea. Billions in trade and hundreds of thousands of European jobs are at stake.
With 70% of votes counted, Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud leads, but three possible paths to government formation keep Israel's election uncertain.
Several Americans are among the injured and the U.S. is working with local authorities to provide help, the State Department said.
Following its invasion of Ukraine and the resulting rift with the West, Russia has declared that it intends to make a "historic return" to Africa. What have we seen of this so far?
Jean Kaseya, of the Africa CDC, warns of the illness spreading like Covid unless more funding is secured to increase preparedness and possible treatment The “unprecedented” spread of the Ebola outbreak means it could reach the UK and other countries, according to one of Africa’s top health officials. As the current outbreak reached 10,000 cases, with almost 5,000 deaths , Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), compared the outbreak to the Covid pandemic, which first took hold in China before spreading to countries across the world, claiming millions of lives, and ravaging health systems and economies. Continue reading...
Senegal is hosting Africa's first Youth Olympics, with 2,700 young athletes competing in Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly. The Games bring pride and hope, but also questions over cost, rights and legacy.
A "minor" has been killed by police after attacking a guard at Israel's embassy in Belgrade with knives, the interior minister says. Ivica Dacic said police had declared the highest terror alert after the incident.
Officials say Cyclone Arnab crossed India’s Andhra Pradesh coast early Wednesday, a day after tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate from vulnerable coastal areas in the eastern state
The war with Iran has cost the U.S. military at least $47.1 billion as of mid-October, according to a new estimate from U.S. Central Command obtained by CBS News.
Israel saw a record-shattering turnout in its parliamentary elections; Flávio Bolsonaro fled Brazil to the U.S. after his election defeat.
Israel election exit polls show Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud and Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar locked in a fight with neither bloc reaching 61 Knesset seats.
