A freight truck hit a police checkpoint in southern Spain early on Tuesday, killing six people including two officers, the regional government said. Three other people were injured in the accident, which happened at around 4:30 am (0330 GMT) on a...
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Japan’s central bank pulled the plug Tuesday on its ultra-aggressive monetary stimulus programme, hiking rates for the first time since the global financial crisis. The Bank of Japan’s outlier policy of negative rates and massive asset...
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca on Tuesday agreed to buy US biopharma firm Fusion for up to $2.4 billion, in the group’s latest expansion into cancer treatments. “The acquisition marks a major step forward in AstraZeneca...
Israel killed the Hamas militant group’s third-in-command last week, the White House said Monday, after Israel previously said he had been targeted in a Gaza airstrike but did not confirm his death. “Hamas’s number three Marwan...
A Lufthansa flight with 190 passengers on board made an emergency landing Monday in Rhodes after reporting smoke in the cabin, according to the operator of Greek regional airports, Fraport. The pilot of the aircraft travelling from Frankfurt to...
Britain’s Cambridge University confirmed on Monday that it has adopted a moratorium on new funding from fossil fuel companies after a campaign from students and academics. The decision to halt funding until a review is carried out follows...
US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday that a major ground offensive in Gaza’s Rafah would be a “mistake,” as the two leaders spoke for the first time in a month amid growing tensions...
Cuba on Monday summoned the US head of mission in Havana to rail against “interfering conduct” even as Washington denied involvement in weekend protests it said were symptomatic of a “dire situation” in the communist nation...
Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin including China and India congratulated him Monday on winning a fifth term in power but Western powers denounced the election as illegitimate, held under repressive conditions with no credible opposition...
Organizers of the Apex Legends Global Series eSports tournament have postponed an event after two competitors appeared to be hacked while playing separate games during the North American finals. The shooter game, developed by Respawn Entertainment...
Israel is committed to achieving all its war aims against Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden in a Monday call as Israel faces international pressure to ease its operations in Gaza. In their first call in more than a...
King Charles III is still alive despite a viral report claiming otherwise. Buckingham Palace had to refute rumors of King Charles III’s is dead on Monday due to widespread reports in Russian media fueled by an unreliable “announcement...
The United States said Monday that rare protests in Cuba were a response over the “dire situation” on electricity and food shortages and rejected Havana’s accusations of interference. “The United States is not behind these...
Barack Obama, the former President of the United States, visited 10 Downing Street today for a surprise meeting with Rishi Sunak. He smiled and waved at reporters as he walked up Downing Street just after 3 pm on Monday. Obama served as president...
Apple is in advanced negotiations with Google to adopt its powerful Gemini AI models for the iPhone, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The move, if confirmed and resulting in a deal, would answer one of the big questions about the iPhone-maker’s...