Brussels and financial markets are watching the Italian elections closely, amid fears they may be the latest to veer to the hard right
Rome (AFP) - Italians voted Sunday on whether to establish the country's first far-right government since World...
Iranian female protesters remove their headscarves during a demonstration in the city of Savah, in an image taken from an online video made available on September 21, 2022.
Paris (AFP) - Iran's hardline president, Ebrahim Raisi, has vowed "decisive action"...
Protesters set up a fake gas fracking platform in front of both houses of the British Parliament in 2012
London (AFP) - Britain on Thursday lifted England's controversial gas fracking moratorium to boost energy security, despite a breach of the...
Canada has launched a review of its cannabis law, four years after it legalized its recreational use - celebrated by thousands including this man who filmed smoking a knuckle at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto in October 2018.
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The Bank of England said the British economy had entered a recession as it raised interest rates again to combat inflation
New York (AFP) - Stock markets fell on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve and European central banks launched...
The first project of a new non-profit organization launched by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will be to create an open source database of the ways in which big tech fails its 'legal and ethical obligations' to society
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP)...
CIA Director William Burns (pictured in April 2021) says his life is nothing like James Bond or Jason Bourne, in the first broadcast of the US spy agency 'The Langley Files'.
Washington (AFP) - His life isn't the same as...
US regulators say Boeing and its ex-CEO have 'put the profits on people', misleading the public about the safety of the 737 MAX
New York (AFP) - US securities officials have fined Boeing $200 million over misleading assurances from the...
The Italian brothers, led by Giorgia Meloni, were leading in the opinion polls two weeks before Election Day
Rome (AFP) - Italy's right-wing parties are organizing a joint rally Thursday in a final push ahead of an expected election to...
Matteo Salvini, Silvio Berlusconi and Georgia Meloni appear poised to win Sunday's election in Italy as part of a right-wing coalition
Rome (AFP) - Georgia Meloni led her right-wing allies in organizing a joint rally Thursday ahead of their expected...
Military coup in Burkina Faso as military officers overthrow the leader...
In Ouagadougou, protesters demanded the departure of junta leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaugo Damiba.
Ouagadougou (AFP) - Military officers have seized control of Burkina Faso, claiming...
Military coup in Burkina Faso as military officers overthrow the leader...
In Ouagadougou, protesters demanded the departure of junta leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaugo Damiba.
Ouagadougou (AFP) - Military officers have seized control of Burkina Faso, claiming...
Military coup in Burkina Faso as military officers overthrow the leader...
In Ouagadougou, protesters demanded the departure of junta leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaugo Damiba.
Ouagadougou (AFP) - Military officers have seized control of Burkina Faso, claiming...
Street boats, cars at sea: Fort Myers beach hit by Ian
Hurricane Ian left parts of Fort Myers Beach, Florida completely devastated
FORT MYERS BEACH (United States) (AFP) - As Pete Belinda and his wife walked...
North Korea fires ballistic missiles for the fourth time this week
South Korean and US officials have warned for months that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is preparing to conduct another nuclear test
Seoul (AFP)...
After destroying Florida, Hurricane Ian began to recede
An aerial photograph taken on September 30, 2022 shows destroyed homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach, Florida
FORT MYERS (United...
UN raises death toll from Kabul classroom bombing to 35 as...
The death toll of the United Nations mission in the attack on the Kaj Higher Education Center is much higher than the death toll...
