NICOSIA, Cyprus - Cyprus and Israel are close to reaching an agreement to open a humanitarian aid corridor from the Mediterranean island to war-torn Gaza, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said Friday. Under the plan put forward by Nicosia, aid would be collected, inspected and stored in...
PARIS, France - The European Union must avoid overly restrictive regulation of artificial intelligence technologies, French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. President Emmanuel Macron The 27-nation bloc has been working all year on its AI Act, with officials hoping for an agreement by the...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia announced Friday it was lifting the temporary ban on gasoline that it imposed in September in response to soaring prices, against a backdrop of rising inflation in the country. "The government made a decision to lift from November 17 the temporary ban on exports of...
WARSAW, Poland - Trucking representatives from Central Europe on Friday called on the EU to end a transport agreement with Ukraine that they said has led to unfair competition from the war-torn country. The joint statement -- signed by the presidents of Czech, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish and...
DEHRADUN, India - Indian rescuers said Friday they had drilled less than halfway through the debris to reach 40 men trapped in a collapsed tunnel for nearly a week. A second heavy drill is to be airlifted into the northern state of Uttarakhand after the existing giant machine -- itself...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said Friday that thousands of people living in towns and villages near the frontline had been left without electricity by recent Russian strikes on energy facilities. President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters this week that Russian forces were likely stockpiling...
KYIV, Ukraine - Polish trucking representatives said Thursday that they would expand a border protest against Ukraine by blocking another crossing for cargo vehicles over what they call unfair competition from the war-torn country. Kyiv had said earlier Thursday that it failed to reach an...
ROME, Italy- Public sector employees and transport workers across Italy went on strike Friday in an action pitting trade unions against the hard-right government in Rome over its 2024 budget. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government has been accused of using the budget to chase votes ahead...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Parliament and EU member countries on Thursday agreed legislation that would extend the list of environmental offences that constitute crimes, and to harmonise penalties across the bloc. The provisional accord -- which has to be formally adopted at a later...
BRUSSEL, Belgium - The EU's executive arm said on Friday it had told its services to stop advertising on Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, after a surge in disinformation and hate speech. "We have seen an alarming increase in disinformation and hate speech on several...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday he feared for civil order in Gaza after communications blacked out again amid dire fuel shortages. "Gaza is again in a total communication blackout and... it is because there is no fuel," UNRWA chief Philippe...
KYIV, Ukraine - British Foreign Secretary David Cameron vowed to maintain military support for Ukraine during a surprise visit to Kyiv announced on Thursday, with the West's attention focused on the Middle East. This handout picture taken and released by Ukraine Foreign Ministry press-service on...
