World / Europe

Japan reopens embassy in Ukraine after 7-month closure 05 Oct 2022 - 11:19 am

Japan reopened its embassy in Kyiv todayfollowing a seven-month closure due to Russia's warinUkraine, the Foreign Ministry said, as the security situation has...

US to give Ukraine more rocket launchers, Biden tells Zelenskiy 04 Oct 2022 - 08:18 pm

U.S. President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday that Washington will provide Kyiv with $625 million in new security assistance,...

Truss faces new challenge over UK welfare payments 04 Oct 2022 - 07:20 pm

BIRMINGHAM: British Prime Minister Liz Truss triggered a new row in her party on Tuesday by suggesting she could limit increases in benefit...

Merkel wins UN refugee agency award over welcome of Syrians 04 Oct 2022 - 07:19 pm

GENEVA: The U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday it's giving its highest award to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her efforts to...

Prince William pays tribute to 'much-missed' queen in wildlife speech 04 Oct 2022 - 06:53 pm

LONDON: Britain's Prince William spoke on Tuesday of his "much-missed grandmother" Queen Elizabeth as he called for action to tackle the illegal wildlife...

Ex-judge opens COVID inquiry into UK handling of pandemic 04 Oct 2022 - 06:47 pm

LONDON: A retired judge opened a public inquiry on Tuesday into how Britain handled the coronavirus pandemic, saying bereaved families and those who...

Vardy must pay up to $1.7m after losing UK 'WAGatha Christie' libel case 04 Oct 2022 - 06:46 pm

LONDON: Coleen Rooney, wife of ex-England soccer captain Wayne Rooney, will receive up to 1.5 million pounds ($1.7m) in legal fees from the...

Ukraine aims to restart occupied reactors 04 Oct 2022 - 04:51 pm

Kiev: Ukraine is considering restarting Europe’s largest nuclear plant, which is occupied by Russian troops, to ensure its safety just weeks after fears...

Kremlin dismisses UK media report on Russian nuclear test 04 Oct 2022 - 04:44 pm

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it did not want to take part in "nuclear rhetoric" spread by the West after a...

EU approves phone charger reform, forcing Apple to adapt 04 Oct 2022 - 02:24 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Parliament approved new rules on Tuesday that will introduce in the European Union a single charging port for mobile phones,...

Nobel Prize in Physics won by French, US, Austrian scientists 04 Oct 2022 - 02:17 pm

STOCKHOLM: Scientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for their advances in quantum mechanics on...

Foreign tourism to Spain jumps in August, remains below pre-pandemic level 04 Oct 2022 - 12:04 pm

MADRID: The number of foreign tourists visiting Spain in August remained well below the 10.12 million who came in August 2019 before pandemic-related...

Nobel panel to announce winner of physics prize 04 Oct 2022 - 11:14 am

STOCKHOLM: The winner, or winners, of the Nobel Prize in physics will be announced Tuesday at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in...

Grim winter looms as wartime Ukraine braces for infrastructure attacks 04 Oct 2022 - 11:01 am

KHARKIV, Ukraine: In an abandoned tower block damaged by Russian shelling in Ukraine's second city, Olga Kobzar plans to tough out winter for...

Lawyers overwhelmed by requests to help Russians avoid fighting in Ukraine 04 Oct 2022 - 10:35 am

Swamped by panic-stricken requests for help to avoid being drafted, Russian lawyers say they are working flat out to offer advice to those...

UK to propose asylum ban on Channel migrants 04 Oct 2022 - 10:30 am

London: British interior minister Suella Braverman will set out plans on Tuesday for new powers which would ban migrants who cross the English...

Dutch probe criticizes PM Rutte’s office for deleting Nokia phone messages 03 Oct 2022 - 10:29 pm

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s office didn’t archive text messages on the premier’s old Nokia phone sufficiently, a government body has concluded. An...