Europe

A 60-year-old man was arrested for killing two people and wounding four in a shooting, in rue d’Enghien, in central Paris, according to reports. The shots caused panic in the neighborhood, a bustling area of shops, restaurants and bars. The shooter has been arrested in a hair salon with his …

The image of King Charles has been unveiled by the Bank of England on the new look banknotes, which will start to be put into circulation from mid-2024. The portrait will be the only change to existing designs of £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes. New notes will feature the …

The spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitry Peskov, insisted that kyiv “must take into account the realities that have developed on the ground” with regard to the annexation of several Ukrainian areas. Ukraine must cede the territories which Russia claims should be annexed before any diplomatic negotiations, the Kremlin said …

Spanish police were on Wednesday looking for 14 migrants, all passengers on a commercial flight, who fled after their plane made an emergency landing at Barcelona airport following a medical emergency believed to be put on on stage, authorities said. In total, around 30 people tried to “escape” from this …

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will say on Monday that the United Kingdom must defend more strongly its values of freedom and openness, in particular vis-à-vis China and Russia, in his first major foreign policy speech. “Our adversaries and our competitors have a long-term strategy. In the face of these …

Russian parliament on Thursday passed the third and final reading of a law that expands an existing ban on promoting “LGBT propaganda” to children by banning it among people of all ages. Under the new law, any event or act regarded as an attempt to promote homosexuality – including online, …

Britain and South Africa on Wednesday announced a new health and science partnership to mark the second day of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state visit to London. On Wednesday, Britain announced a new set of research collaborations as Ramaphosa toured the Crick Institute, the biggest biomedical research facility in Europe, and …

King Charles III of England received South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday 22 November. He was accompanied by his wife for the first visit of a head of state under the era of Charles III at the invitation of the new British sovereign. This …

Russia has engaged in “systemic war crimes” wherever it deployed troops in Ukraine, a senior US official charged on Monday, saying she was confident Russian officials would eventually be brought to justice. “We have mounting evidence that this aggression (the Russian invasion, editor’s note) was accompanied by systemic war crimes …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has accused Western countries of reprehensible double standards when it comes to commitments to stop climate change. In a post on social media, Mr Museveni highlighted the partial dismantling of a wind farm in Germany to make way for the expansion of a coal mine. He …