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Industrial zones attract manufacturers and logistics investment
Industrial production in special economic zones rose 42.7% in the first nine months of 2025 in Uzbekistan. From Navoi’s logistics …
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Albanian protests sparked by Ivanka Trump’s private island plan grow into huge anti-government demonstration
As protests in Tirana run into a sixteenth day, demonstrators grievances have swelled from environmental concerns prompted by Ivan…
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‘We don’t rent to people like you’: The discrimination foreigners face in Norway’s rental market
Securing a flat in Norway can be challenging, not only because of high prices and low supply, but also because foreigners can face…
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Swedish man jailed for four years for coercing wife into sex with 120 men
The 61-year-old was found to have coerced his wife into sexual acts with men he found online in exchange for payment.
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Sinkevičius says he will lead reshuffled Lithuanian government following coalition turmoil
The three-party coalition must still sign an agreement formalising the new alliance, expected to take place on 18 June, which will…
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Hungary's MPs block return of Orbán, limiting rule of PM to eight years
The vote fulfils a promise by new PM Péter Magyar to stop his predecessor from becoming prime minister again.
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Nearly all children are exposed to the lasting health impacts of climate change, UNICEF says
As the effects of climate change intensify, children around the world are exposed, in varying degrees, to both natural and human-i…
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Russian teenager fined £100 for social media post insulting Taliban, report says
Court rules comment amounts to incitement of ethnic hatred
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SpaceX buys AI coding startup Cursor for $60bn as AI race with OpenAI and Anthropic intensifies
SpaceX has agreed to acquire Anysphere, the company behind the popular AI coding tool Cursor, in an all-stock deal valuing the sta…
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Are scams really a big problem in Italy?
Viral social media posts about scams in Italy's tourist hotspots regularly cause alarm. But how does reality in Italy compare to w…
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Trump turns his attention to Ukraine ahead of Iran deal: 'I’m going to do whatever I can’
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that "Russia should make a deal" to end its four-year war in Ukraine.
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German chancellor Merz gives Trump football shirt gift at G7 – video
The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, gave Donald Trump a German national team football shirt as the leaders of the G7 gathered o…
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Who is Pico Lopes, the unlikely Cape Verde World Cup hero recruited through LinkedIn?
The national team's call came from 4,500 km away across the Ocean and not in the way most people would expect.
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Switzerland to test Basel-Brussels train route
Expanding the pre-existing Brusels-Strasbourg route in a trail run, Basel could soon have a direct train link with Brussels.
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London West End's Shaftesbury Theatre to be renamed to honour Judi Dench
The name change of one of the West End’s most iconic stages celebrates one of the greatest British performers. Dame Judi Dench has…
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Investors look beyond the 'Magnificent 7' as Wall Street embraces the 'FAB 10'
SpaceX's record-breaking market debut has pushed Wall Street to widen its favourite shorthand of the so-called 'Magnificent 7', wi…
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How Germany and Poland rebooted relations 35 years ago
When Germany and Poland signed the Treaty on Good Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation in June 1991, they chose partnership …
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Sweden's work permit salary threshold rises by more than 1,000 kronor
Statistics Sweden has released new median salary figures, which pushes up the work permit salary threshold for all new applicants …
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Russian artist and critic of Putin and Chechen leader shot dead in Poland
Two Belarusians detained over attack on Robert Kuzovkov, who is also known as Semyon Skrepetsky A Russian artist critical of Vla…
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Rolls-Royce secures deal to build small nuclear reactors for Sweden
Rolls-Royce SMR has won a "multi-billion pound" contract to build three small modular nuclear reactors for Sweden, marking a major…
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Russian Tu-22M3 bomber crashes during training flight
Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber has crashed in the Irkutsk region during a training flight, amid reports of engine failure. The D…
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Germany's economic outlook improves on promise of US-Iran peace deal
German investor confidence jumped sharply in June, a key survey showed Tuesday, as the outlook improves for Europe's biggest econo…
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Trump tells Netanyahu 'be responsible with Lebanon, let Syria handle Hezbollah' at G7
Trump questions Netanyahu's methods, says Beirut strike was excessive, and points to Syria’s President as the most “capable” of co…
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Why does Catalonia want undercover police in its schools?
A row is brewing in Catalonia over a pilot programme to deploy police officers in 13 secondary schools in the region with a track …