UniCredit closes in on Commerzbank as battle enters endgame
One of Europe's most cantankerous banking battles in decades is becoming more a question of how and when, not if, UniCredit secures its
July 08, 2026One of Europe's most cantankerous banking battles in decades is becoming more a question of how and when, not if, UniCredit secures its
July 08, 2026
Disputes between U.S.
July 08, 2026
As Marta Kostyuk played her first Wimbledon quarterfinal on Centre Court, her compatriots back home in Ukraine were dealing with another deadly attack by Russia on Kyiv
July 09, 2026
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the message from a summit in Ankara, Turkey, is that “NATO delivers.”
July 09, 2026
U.S.
July 08, 2026
Airbus delivered 351 airplanes in the first half of the year, up around 15% from 306 in the same period of 2025, after handing over 89 jets in June, the European planemaker said on
July 08, 2026
Dutch prosecutors said on Wednesday they have launched a criminal case against the Dutch arm of Tata Steel for "intentionally" polluting the environment.
July 08, 2026
NATO has agreed to upgrade its decades-old Baltic air policing mission into air defence, giving pilots a wider mandate, including destroying "objects that
July 08, 2026
President Donald Trump threw a summit of NATO leaders into disarray on Wednesday as he demanded the United States cut
July 08, 2026
France's President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he would use a summit of Ukraine's allies next week to unveil new defence initiatives and joint military
July 08, 2026
Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in Britain, has been posthumously granted conditional pardon, according to Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy
July 08, 2026
France's upcoming election has taken a striking turn after far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s decision to run for the presidency for a fourth time
July 08, 2026
The World Cup has narrowed to eight teams, with six from Europe
July 08, 2026
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was greeted by cheers and boos on Wednesday as she launched her presidential campaign in
July 08, 2026
Russia fired ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight and sent jet-powered drones over the city throughout Wednesday, killing at least three
July 08, 2026
Greenland is not for sale, the island's head of government Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Wednesday after United States President Donald Trump renewed his demand to control the
July 08, 2026
Farage and Le Pen make the same defiant pitch: Only the people can judge us
July 08, 2026
Officials say Russian drone and missile attacks across Ukraine have killed four people, including two in Kyiv, as Moscow kept up its pressure on the capital in the latest phase of the war, now in its fifth year
July 08, 2026
Weekend storms impact commuters at Cromwell Light Rail station amid continued power outages
July 08, 2026
A gamble by Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's populist Reform UK, to trigger an election for his own parliamentary seat could mean the only
July 08, 2026
France's highest court, the Cour de Cassation, said on Wednesday that it could rule on an appeal lodged by far-right leader Marine Le Pen by early April 2027 at the latest,
July 08, 2026
A British neo-Nazi who tried to buy a pistol and ammunition from undercover officers for a planned terrorist attack was jailed for 13-and-a-half years, police said on
July 08, 2026
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday she did not regret her efforts to forge close ties with U.S.
July 08, 2026
Britain’s Queen Camilla is making her customary visit to Wimbledon and was joined in the Royal Box by an actor who once portrayed her husband
July 08, 2026
European shares posted their steepest one-day drop since mid-March on Wednesday after U.S.
July 08, 2026
France's competition authority on Wednesday ordered Meta Platforms to put forward a payment plan
July 08, 2026
Airbus on Wednesday revised down its 20-year industry-wide forecast for passenger aircraft demand by 1% after the Iran war and trade
July 08, 2026
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July 08, 2026
President Donald Trump told NATO allies he wanted to keep the United States in the alliance at a leaders' meeting in Ankara on Wednesday, a source familiar
July 08, 2026
Denmark is ready to defend every inch of NATO, including the kingdom of Denmark, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in Ankara on Wednesday, a day after U.S
July 08, 2026
Zlatko Dalić is out as Croatia’s coach after a spell that included leading the team to two consecutive top-three finishes at World Cups
July 08, 2026
Inside the 228-year-old London restaurant that time forgot
July 08, 2026
France star Kylian Mbappé condemned a Paraguayan senator over racist remarks she posted on social media after France defeated Paraguay in the round of 16 of the World Cup
July 07, 2026
Defence companies from NATO member states gathered in Ankara this week for an industry forum held alongside the alliance's annual summit, where officials touted more than $50
July 07, 2026
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that NATO allies must lift defence-industry restrictions among them, pressing the case for Ankara to break into some
July 08, 2026
The Kremlin has welcomed as an “important step” the International Olympic Committee’s decision to remove many of its restrictions on Russia, a big step closer to letting it field a full team when Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Games
July 08, 2026
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing party presented a draft bill on Wednesday to promote the repatriation of convicted foreign offenders and make it easier to
July 08, 2026
Spanish Cardinal Cristobal Lopez Romero, who is also the Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco, has suspended himself after being accused of molesting women, the Vatican said
July 08, 2026
French lawmakers have approved a proposed law that would give police officers involved in shootings the benefit of the doubt, which critics have dubbed a "
July 08, 2026
The new attacks by the U.S. on Iran were "absolutely necessary," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday.
July 08, 2026
Ukrainian drones struck three Russian oil refineries, Russian tankers on the Sea of Azov, and pipeline pumping stations, Ukrainian and Russian officials said on Wednesday,
July 08, 2026
Apple lost its challenge on Wednesday against landmark EU rules that designate its app stores and operating system iOS as gatekeepers subject to
July 08, 2026
U.S.
July 08, 2026
Coty said on Tuesday it had agreed to return the Gucci Beauty license to Kering for about $400 million, ending the agreement about a year early as the U.S. cosmetics group raises
July 08, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine had signed three more "drone deals" with Denmark, Estonia and the Netherlands, making available its expertise gained from
July 08, 2026
The U.S. military has launched a series of strikes against Iranian targets after three merchant ships were struck in the waters off Oman
July 07, 2026
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen to run for presidency despite losing court appeal
July 07, 2026
Russia has moved closer toward having a full team with its national flag and anthem at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
July 07, 2026
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia would closely monitor the outcome of the NATO summit in Turkey, adding that a series of "confrontational" statements about Russia had
July 07, 2026
U.S. defence company Lockheed Martin and Germany's Rheinmetall signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to jointly produce ATACMS missiles in Germany, a move that
July 07, 2026
The outlook for the euro zone economy remains fragile, a senior European Central Bank policymaker said on Tuesday, calling for monetary policy decisions to be
July 07, 2026
NATO will launch a strategic airlift fleet of Airbus A400M transport planes and add one aircraft to its existing fleet of A330 MRTT tanker planes,
July 07, 2026
Canada wants more countries to back its global defence bank initiative before it announces a roster of founding nations, foreign minister Anita Anand said
July 07, 2026
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says he’ll quit his Parliament seat and seek reelection in an attempt to clear his name over financial allegations
July 07, 2026
France is at risk of missing its deficit-reduction target this year as the growth outlook deteriorates and may need to take additional savings measures, Finance Minister
July 07, 2026
NATO announced a roughly $4.5 billion plan on Tuesday to buy up to 10 Saab GlobalEye surveillance planes to replace ageing AWACS early warning aircraft,
July 07, 2026
A French appeals court on Tuesday upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for misusing EU funds but shortened her ban on running for elected office, potentially re-opening a path
July 07, 2026
President Maia Sandu on Tuesday named Deputy Prime Minister Eugeniu Osmochescu, a
July 07, 2026
Former NATO chief and co-author of Britain's defence plan, George Robertson, criticised the government on Tuesday for not plotting a route to spending 3.5% on core defence
July 07, 2026
A woman suspected of carrying out a bomb attack in Monaco last week that seriously injured a Ukrainian-born businessman has been found dead in Ukraine, and a military intelligence
July 07, 2026
U.S.
July 07, 2026
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, said on Tuesday it signed a deal with retail real estate investment firm Asana Partners for a strategic partnership
July 07, 2026
Kyiv resident Diana Bobrovska was so nervous about a new Russian air attack on her neighbourhood after a devastating strike on Monday that she spent a second
July 07, 2026
U.S.
July 07, 2026
Economist Jim O'Neill urged Britain's next leader to be bolder on investment borrowing, saying fiscal credibility cannot be judged by a single rulebook.
July 07, 2026
Two bombs exploded on Tuesday near a hotel in Damascus where French President Emmanuel Macron spent the night, wounding
July 07, 2026
A Paris appeals court on Tuesday upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for misusing EU funds while shortening her ban on running for elected office, potentially allowing the National
July 07, 2026
Eight victims of a Greek wiretapping scandal have sued the Athens-based surveillance firm Intellexa SA and individuals believed to be linked to it, seeking €1 million ($1.1
July 07, 2026
Five NATO members are projected to meet the alliance's goal of spending 3.5% of gross domestic product on core defence already in 2026, according to updated NATO data
July 07, 2026
Ukrainian drones have attacked a dozen tankers from Russia's "shadow fleet" over the past two days that were delivering fuel to Crimea, Kyiv's military said
July 07, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Greenland should be controlled by the United States, not Denmark, reaffirming a stance that has caused tensions among NATO
July 07, 2026
Some eight years after Prince Harry went into open legal conflict against the British tabloid press, winning a number of high-profile court battles against
July 07, 2026
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic expressed scepticism on Tuesday about a swift expansion of the European Union, saying he is not optimistic that aspiring new members,
July 07, 2026
NATO leaders unveiled arms deals worth tens of billions of dollars in Turkey on Tuesday, driving home the message that
July 07, 2026
Nigel Farage, leader of the populist Reform UK party, said on Tuesday he was standing down to fight again for his place
July 07, 2026
The leader of a pro-Russian Armenian opposition party was placed in pre-trial detention for two months on Tuesday after being detained on suspicion of large-scale fraud and money
July 07, 2026
British and Dutch forces will be equipped with new amphibious transport ships under a £2.4 billion ($3.2 billion) maritime partnership signed on Tuesday, the British
July 07, 2026
Nigel Farage, the self-described troublemaker of British politics, added another twist to his turbulent career on Tuesday by announcing he was resigning
July 07, 2026
Britain on Tuesday summoned Iran's Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran's most senior diplomat in London, after two Romanian nationals were given lengthy jail sentences over the
July 08, 2026
Prince Harry's final lawsuit against the British tabloids has ended in defeat
July 07, 2026
See Trump’s shifting blame game on the Russia-Ukraine war
July 08, 2026
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she’ll run for the French presidency next year despite being sentenced to wear a court-ordered electronic monitor for embezzlement
July 07, 2026
The woman suspected of trying to kill a Ukrainian business tycoon in a bombing attack in Monaco last week was found dead in Ukraine with gunshot wounds to the head
July 07, 2026
President Donald Trump insists the United States should control Greenland instead of Denmark, renewing tensions in Europe at a NATO summit
July 07, 2026
Inside the Grand Palais in Paris, the Chanel salon had been swallowed by a garden gone wrong: giant beanstalks climbing to the ceiling and huge flowers blooming a little too brightly to be safe
July 08, 2026
Explosions have rocked Syria’s capital as France’s president is visiting, and the Interior Ministry says at least 18 people were wounded
July 07, 2026
Nigel Farage quits UK parliament amid financial donations controversy and will seek re-election
July 07, 2026
Prince Harry loses privacy case against UK tabloid publisher
July 07, 2026
Naomi Osaka outslugged top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 7-6 (2) to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time
July 05, 2026
Explosion near Macron’s Damascus hotel as French president meets Syrian counterpart
July 07, 2026
Secrets of the sultan’s palace where concubines and eunuchs lived
July 07, 2026
Too ugly, too noisy, too… American? France’s great air con debate
July 07, 2026
Trump mused about cutting troops in Europe by a third to send a message to NATO
July 07, 2026
Britain on Monday imposed sanctions on two Russian research institutes and senior staff it said were linked to Moscow's chemical weapons programme and involved in developing
July 06, 2026
European shares slipped on Tuesday, weighed down by a global selloff in tech stocks, while investors monitored the NATO
July 07, 2026
Deadly Russian strikes hammer Kyiv on eve of Trump trip to critical NATO summit
July 06, 2026
The world’s most livable city for 2026 has been revealed
July 07, 2026
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen announced on Tuesday that she will run for president in 2027, after an
July 07, 2026
The United States tumbled out of the World Cup on Monday, beaten emphatically by Belgium in a match overshadowed by allegations of political interference
July 06, 2026
U.S.
July 07, 2026
Cristiano Ronaldo heard the cheers while walking off the pitch after his final World Cup match for Portugal
July 07, 2026
France striker Kylian Mbappe hit back at a Paraguayan senator, describing her as a "despicable woman" on Monday after she launched a racist attack on him
July 07, 2026
With the integrity of FIFA and the World Cup under attack from European soccer leaders, FIFA President Gianni Infantino acknowledged taking a call from President Donald Trump before U.S. forward Folarin Balogun was cleared to play against Belgium later Monday
July 06, 2026
Norway wants China to use its ties to the Russian leadership to help bring about a negotiated settlement to the war in Ukraine and improve Beijing's relations with Europe,
July 07, 2026
Spain scores late to eliminate Portugal and potentially end Cristiano Ronaldo’s international career
July 07, 2026
King Charles III’s estranged son is traveling to the land of his birth for a series of charity engagements that begin Tuesday
July 06, 2026
Britain, the Netherlands, Finland and Poland are making "significant progress" on the Multilateral Defence Mechanism planned by the four nations and aim to establish it by
July 06, 2026
Central banks in Europe could come under growing pressure from governments facing rising demands for pension spending and industrial support, European Central Bank
July 06, 2026
The euro zone's economy is not back to its state before the Iran war despite a drop in oil prices, as core inflation remains strong and price pressures continue, European
July 06, 2026
Russia hammered Kyiv and the surrounding region with missiles and drones early on Monday, killing at least 28 people and exposing
July 06, 2026
Flavio Cobolli and Jasmine Paolini both reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals on a big day for Italy at the grass-court Grand Slam
July 06, 2026
Jonathan Anderson arrived at Paris couture week with the fashion world still waiting to see the Dior wedding dress he made for Taylor Swift
July 07, 2026
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the right to hold demonstrations and media freedom were essential in democracies, when asked about Turkey’s recent crackdown on
July 06, 2026
The Netherlands will announce defence deals and plans worth more than €3 billion ($3.43 billion) at a NATO forum in Ankara on Tuesday that precedes a summit
July 06, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Syria on Monday, in the first visit to Damascus by a European Union head of state since rebels
July 06, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy lamented a shortage of arms to defend Ukraine against Russian ballistic missiles on Monday and said it was "absurd" that production could not meet
July 06, 2026
The Kremlin said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S.
July 06, 2026
With a nearly empty tank, Daria's car kept stalling as it inched forward in a long line at a filling station in Russia's Leningrad region which surrounds St Petersburg.
July 06, 2026
The French government survived a vote of no-confidence in parliament on Monday over its handling of a severe heatwave in late June.
July 06, 2026
Ukrainian drones struck Russia's largest oil refinery in Omsk, deep in Siberia, on Monday in what would be one of Ukraine's longest-range attacks of the war, Kyiv's military said on
July 06, 2026
A wildfire burning out of control in southern France has forced the evacuation of over 10,000 people from two dozen small towns and villages
July 06, 2026
Germany's cabinet approved the first draft of the 2027 budget on Monday, ramping up investment and defence spending to shield its sluggish economy from war
July 06, 2026
The Belgian soccer federation is demanding an explanation from FIFA about a decision to let U
July 06, 2026
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has demanded that member states present clear plans to meet defense spending targets at their annual summit
July 06, 2026
Russia risks an "explosive" banking crisis because lenders are shouldering much of the burden of the country's war economy, a European state intelligence report seen
July 06, 2026
Renault Group is achieving better margins on its compact electric R5 than larger models like the Megane or Scenic, CEO Francois Provost told French business daily Les Echos
July 06, 2026
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Monday that he hoped the South Caucasus country could mend its relationship with Russia and resolve certain "problematic
July 06, 2026
Shares in easyJet hit four-year highs on Monday after the British budget airline agreed in principle to a £5.5 billion
July 06, 2026
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said on Monday it had summoned Russia's ambassador to protest against what it said was a Russian drone strike on a fuel station belonging to
July 06, 2026
George Clooney is returning to the Venice Film Festival this year to receive a lifetime achievement award
July 06, 2026
Italy's defence minister stressed the importance of good transatlantic relations on Monday after U.S.
July 06, 2026
Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume faces perhaps the biggest test of his leadership this week: persuading the German
July 06, 2026
Shipping groups Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will resume some sailings through the Suez Canal under their Gemini joint network, Maersk said on Monday, hitting shares of both
July 06, 2026
One hundred years ago a book was published that put Spain's biggest bull run festival on the map for millions of readers around the world
July 06, 2026
Prince Harry told he replied too late to stay at Buckingham Palace amid confusion over UK visit
July 06, 2026
FIFA stunned the soccer world by allowing the USA’s Folarin Balogun to play on Monday. Trump’s role is under the microscope
July 06, 2026
France is open to a possible sale of the Franco-Italian SAMP/T air-defence system to Turkey after years of
July 06, 2026
A renewed Middle East conflict and a U.S. asset sell-off are the two biggest risks to the euro zone, which, if twinned, could tip
July 06, 2026
The Sentix index measuring investor morale in the euro zone currency area improved significantly more than expected in July, with its third increase in a row bolstered by
July 06, 2026
Almost every Russian region hit by fuel crisis, as Ukraine escalates drone attacks
July 06, 2026
NATO leaders will gather in Ankara for a summit on Tuesday and Wednesday, amid pressure from President Donald Trump for Europe to step up
July 06, 2026
The mood among those financing commercial real estate in Germany plunged in the second quarter, a survey showed on Monday, after the war in Iran prompted a rise in
July 06, 2026
Britain's construction sector contracted sharply again in June, though the downturn eased slightly from May's six-year low as commercial building weakened less, a business
July 06, 2026
Europe's benchmark STOXX 600 index pulled back after hitting a record high on Monday as investors cashed in on gains
July 06, 2026
Britain said its aircraft carrier in the Norwegian Sea was repeatedly approached by a Russian patrol aircraft, before being escorted away by UK fighter jets, in the latest
July 06, 2026
Spain and Portugal are stepping up scrutiny of their soaring property markets amid early signs of overheating, but supervisors are unlikely to intervene
July 06, 2026
French cosmetics company L'Oreal has used AI to identify molecules in its skincare products that can be repurposed for use in shampoo and can now create
July 06, 2026
To the casual eye, there was nothing unusual about the bearded young Russian man sitting on a bench in the German city of Hamburg on a summer's day two years ago.
July 06, 2026