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Putin's nuclear talk shouldn't stop NATO backing Ukraine, Stoltenberg says
BRUSSELS - NATO members should not be deterred from giving more military aid to Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's "reckless Russian nuclear...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
G7 aims to finalise deal on $50 billion loan to Ukraine by end-Oct, EU says
BRUSSELS - The Group of Seven (G7) countries want to reach a political agreement on the $50 billion loan for Ukraine by the end of...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Analysis-Mark Rutte's NATO mission: rally West, reassure East, help Ukraine
BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM - - NATO's next boss, Mark Rutte, will need all the coalition-building skills he honed as Dutch prime minister to hold...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
Acclaimed British actor Maggie Smith dies aged 89
LONDON - Britain's Maggie Smith, one of the most acclaimed actors of her generation with a career ranging from Shakespeare to Harry...
Sep 28, 20242 min read
British Museum explores 'Silk Roads' trade routes in new exhibition
LONDON - A new exhibition exploring the vast network of the Silk Road trade routes opens at the British Museum in London this week....
Sep 26, 20241 min read
Analysis-UK Labour Party struggles at first conference in power
LIVERPOOL, England - A bumpy start, or just rather flat? Regardless, few at Labour's annual conference in the northern English city of...
Sep 24, 20244 min read
Ukraine joins NATO drill to test anti-drone systems
VREDEPEEL, Netherlands - NATO concluded a major anti-drone exercise this week, with Ukraine taking part for the first time as the Western...
Sep 21, 20242 min read
Harrods' ex-owner Al Fayed raped, assaulted staff over decades, lawyers say
LONDON - The late Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed sexually abused female staff at his London department store Harrods, forced them...
Sep 21, 20243 min read
'Roaring Lion' Churchill portrait retrieved from Italy after Canada theft
ROME - Italy handed back to Canada on Thursday a famous photographic portrait of Winston Churchill that was stolen from an Ottawa hotel...
Sep 20, 20242 min read
Explainer-What is the UNGA and what will world leaders talk about?
UNITED NATIONS - Every September world leaders travel to New York to address the start of the annual United Nations General Assembly...
Sep 20, 20244 min read
Ex-BBC presenter Huw Edwards given suspended sentence for indecent child images
LONDON - Former British TV presenter Huw Edwards, the long-time face of the BBC's flagship news programme, was given a suspended sentence...
Sep 17, 20242 min read
UK PM Starmer pledges to work with Italy on migration
ROME - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed Italy's efforts to tackle illegal immigration on Monday, saying the two countries would...
Sep 17, 20242 min read
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