Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will visit Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, breaking with a near-consensus among European leaders that more pressure must be applied on Moscow through sanctions and isolation to end the war in Ukraine.
The meeting comes as Europeans work to…
Typically a product for the US market, catastrophe bonds are now attracting growing global interest.
French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to China from 3 to 5 December for a state visit focused on bilateral ties and rebalancing Sino-European relations – and on convincing Beijing to cease its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Economic issues will dominate the agenda, with both…
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The health benefits of regular exercise fall sharply in neighbourhoods with dirty air, a new analysis suggests.
People who work out frequently have a…
The European Parliament has approved a resolution that calls for an end to the civil war in Sudan, but without any mention of the United Arab Emirates’ alleged role in the conflict.
According to parliamentary sources, the European People’s Party pushed to remove any reference to the UAE…
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Researchers in the United States have developed a new tool that allows independent scientists to study how social media algorithms affect users—without…
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Government offices and schools were closed in Sri Lanka on Friday as the death toll from floods and landslides across the country rose to 56 and hundreds…
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At least 94 people have been killed after a major fire broke out in a Hong Kong high-rise building on Wednesday, which quickly spread to other nearby towers. Firefighters are still working on rescuing dozens who remain unaccounted for as of Friday.
The budget makes specific mention of finding savings in “high-cost locations such as New York” — which could include a £12 million luxury apartment in the city bought for diplomats in 2019 to help negotiate trade deals with the United States following Brexit.
The Foreign Office…