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Volodymyr Zelenskiy has suggested that Ukrainian territory under his control should be taken under the “Nato umbrella” to try and stop the “hot stage” of the war with Russia. Speaking to Sky News, the Ukrainian leader said that such a…

Thousands of demonstrators protesting the Georgian government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union rallied outside the parliament and clashed with police outside parliament for a second straight night on Friday. The night before, police used water cannons,…

Insurgents breached Syria’s second-largest city and clashed with government forces for the first time since 2016 on Friday, according to a war monitor and fighters. The surprise attack sent residents fleeing and added fresh uncertainty to a region reeling from…

Amazon staff in India have joined strike action calling for better wages and working conditions as the company prepares for one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. About 200 warehouse workers and delivery drivers joined a rally in…

A senior figure in the party whose departure from Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition three weeks ago put Germany on the road to an early election has resigned in a furore over an internal document discussing how the party could leave…

Assisted dying could be legalised in England and Wales after a historic vote saw proposed legislation clear its first hurdle in the UK parliament. A majority of lawmakers supported a Bill that would allow terminally ill adults with a life…

The head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said she is “eager” to work with the US President-elect and his trade team, while taking a wait-and-see stance about Donald Trump’s plans to impose new tariffs on goods from other countries…

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million (€5.8 million) last week has eaten the fruit in Hong Kong. Chinese-born Justin Sun peeled off the duct…

The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, is strategizing a political comeback, anticipating support from US president-elect Donald Trump, which may include using economic sanctions against current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, The Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday.…

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade marched, soared and roared into its second century in New York on Thursday despite a drenching rain and a brief disruption from pro-Palestinian demonstrators. New York City police said they arrested 21 people after protesters…