A "pragmatic" approach to talks on food standards, youth mobility and European courts could yield an "ambitious" post-Brexit deal between the EU and UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in an interview published Saturday by The Guardian newspaper.
Spanish authorities told more than 160,000 people near Barcelona to stay indoors on Saturday after a fire at an industrial warehouse released a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area.
Senior US and Chinese officials met in Geneva on Saturday in a bid to de-escalate a trade war sparked by President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff rollout and fuelled by Beijing's strong retaliation.
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Politics
US President Donald Trump heads for Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on Monday, eyeing big business deals even as accords on the Middle East's hotspots will be harder to seal.
May 10, 2025
RECENT NEWS
Defending champion Nelly Korda birdied three of her last five holes, thriving in rain while rivals struggled, to share the lead after Friday's second round of the LPGA Mizuho Americas Open.
May 09, 2025
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Senior US and Chinese officials are in Switzerland this weekend for talks aimed at de-escalating a burgeoning trade war sparked by President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff rollout, and fueled by strong retaliatory measures from Beijing.
May 09, 2025
There is a "reasonable probability" the United States will hit its borrowing limit in August when Congress is in recess, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday, calling on lawmakers to act.
May 09, 2025
Louis Prevost is still reckoning with what just happened in his family.
May 09, 2025
Sports
Pep Guardiola admits this season has been the toughest of his 16-year managerial career as Manchester City's Premier League title challenge collapsed and they exited the Champions League early.
May 09, 2025
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Paula Hambrick never imagined that in her lifetime the Catholic Church would be led by a pope from the United States, never mind her hometown of Chicago.
The leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Poland will make an unprecedented joint visit to Ukraine on Saturday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky, vowing to ratchet up pressure on Russia until it agrees a ceasefire.
Pakistan has warned it will "not de-escalate" a spiralling conflict with India, and blamed New Delhi for bringing the two nuclear-armed neighbours closer to a full-blown war, with the death toll from days of violence crossing 50.
Global stocks were mixed Friday as markets awaited weekend US-China talks amid hopes for a deescalation in the trade war between the world's two largest economies.
May 09, 2025
Economy
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic asked Vladimir Putin during a meeting Friday to keep providing his country with cut-price gas, an arrangement the Russian leader said they would "definitely" discuss.
May 09, 2025
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One of Germany's most renowned Holocaust survivors, Margot Friedlaender, has died at the age of 103 in her native Berlin, her foundation said Friday.
The Minnesota Timberwolves have launched an investigation after a fan was accused of making racially charged comments at Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green during their NBA playoff clash, the team said Friday.
Spanish cyclist Mikel Landa has been forced out of the Giro d'Italia after fracturing vertebrae in his back after a high-speed crash in Friday's opening stage.
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved an at-home cervical cancer screening tool as an alternative to Pap smears by a gynecologist, the company behind the device said Friday.
May 09, 2025
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