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The rapid shift to electric vehicles in Germany is cutting fuel tax revenue. As EV sales surge, policymakers face growing pressure to find new ways to fund roads and transportation infrastructure.
August 2026 has been a particularly tragic month for women in Cameroon, as eight cases of femicides were recorded in eight days. These figures add to the sixty or so cases already recorded since the start of the year by the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and the Family. On the ground, associations are mobilising to…
Cole Palmer and Trent Alexander-Arnold back for Thomas Tuchel in Nations League, but still no place for Phil Foden.
UN probe finds US unlawfully struck an Iranian school and sports centre, killing children; White House rejects findings.
Authorities linked the deaths to disease, but this has been disputed by intelligence reports and relatives of the accused.
Women's football is growing rapidly, particularly in Germany. Nevertheless, equal pay and investment remain major talking points.
Women's football is growing rapidly, particularly in Germany. Nevertheless, equal pay and investment remain major talking points.
A quarter of the world’s population faces a surging cost of living crisis because of the wars in the Middle East.
From Iran to Gaza and Lebanon, assassinations have repeatedly removed figures capable of negotiating an end to conflict.
Russia's first parliamentary election since the invasion opens with no antiwar party on the ballot.
French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting leaders of France’s political parties at the Elysée on Friday for talks on the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine and the consequences for the country’s security and energy amid soaring fuel prices.
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PRESS REVIEW – Friday, September 18: Russia holds its first parliamentary elections since the Ukraine war. Since only parties loyal to Vladimir Putin are running, the elections are seen as nothing but a veneer of democracy. In sports: Zinedine Zidane will unveil his first selection as coach of the French football…
A vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into a mosque building during Friday prayers, a senior police official told the BBC.
Venezuela has unblocked some news sites that had been censored for years, its telecom regulator said Thursday, as US-backed political transition talks were set to resume. Digital rights group VE Sin Filtro verified access to 17 news sites through several internet providers. However, at least 188 websites remain…
Simon Peter Carman appeared in a Pattaya court on Friday charged with killing Tunchanok Donhomla An Australian man accused of murdering a Thai teenager and putting her body in a suitcase pleaded not guilty on Friday in a hearing in the seaside resort city of Pattaya, a court official said.Simon Peter Carman, 45, was…
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The African serval, illegally enclosed in the back yard, was subdued and transferred to an animal welfare facility Louisiana firefighters responding to a small house blaze found a wildcat native to sub-Saharan Africa illegally enclosed in the back yard, and an animal welfare agency is now seeking to place the creature…
Istanbul police detained Galatasaray veteran Hasan Şaş and Netflix actor Aras Bulut İynemli alongside a rapper, a sports journalist and influencers in the fourth such celebrity drug operation since late 2025. Prosecutors said the investigation covers use, facilitation and supply of narcotics.
A Russian strike has hit a shopping complex in Zaporizhzhia, injuring one person and sparking a fire that spread across more than 10,000 square metres, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
Voting got underway on Friday in a tightly controlled three-day parliamentary election in Russia which President Vladimir Putin has framed as a barometer of support for Russia's war in Ukraine. It is the first parliamentary election since Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022, and most…
Spanish police in Ceuta on Friday morning started moving hundreds of migrants from the beaches of the Spanish enclave to a new tented area. Several thousand migrants remain in Ceuta after tens of thousands of people crossed the border with Morocco in late July.
Bodies of nine women have been found in a Johannesburg neighbourhood in two months, as worries grow over women's safety.
Canadians in Vancouver reacted to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s proposal for closer ties with the European Union, including possible “associate member” status.
