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Chinese President Xi Jinping takes past in a welcoming ceremony upon his arrival at an airport in Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2025. Photo: Alexander Vilf/Host agency Ria Novosti/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
China

China confirms Xi meeting with EU's von der Leyen, Costa

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa will visit China on Thursday and meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Chinese foreign ministry said...

GRU (Russia's military intelligence agency) logo is seen in this illustration taken May 6, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Europe

UK discovers Russian 'espionage tool', sanctions GRU officers over cyberattacks

A detained demonstrator sits inside a police van, following a protest in support of the Palestine Action group in Parliament Square in London, Britain, July 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
Europe

UK police arrest 55 at parliament rally for banned Palestine Action group

A view shows Panama-flagged vessel "Eventin" off the shore of Sassnitz, Germany, April 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Tobias Schlie
Europe

EU's new Russia sanctions aim for more effective oil price cap

Yulia Anatoliivna Svyrydenko, First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, is seen at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Ukraine appoints new prime minister in biggest wartime overhaul

A view shows new Ukrainian-made drone-missiles Peklo during an exhibition dedicated to the Day of Ukrainian Armed Forces, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 6, 2024. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Enter the kill zone: Ukraine's drone-infested front slows Russian advance

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Europe

Babies made using three people's DNA are born free of hereditary disease

A launcher of a Patriot air defence system of the Ukrainian Air Forces is seen on the ground, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location, Ukraine August 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
Europe

Trump promised Patriots for Ukraine. Now Europe has to provide them

US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a meeting on the sidelines of NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands June 25, 2025. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File photo
Europe

Zelenskiy aims to woo both public and Trump with fresh-faced Ukraine cabinet

European Union flags fly outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019/ Reuters
Europe

EU council sanctions individuals, entities responsible for destabilising Moldova

Russian President Vladimir Putin tours a military hardware exhibition organised by the All-Russia People's Front political movement, in Moscow, Russia July 6, 2025. Photo: Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Putin, unfazed by Trump, will fight on and could take more of Ukraine

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks to the media as she arrives at the 5th EU-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial meeting in Brussels, Belgium, July 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman
Europe

EU close to agreement on new sanctions against Russia: Kallas

An employee counts Russian 1000-rouble banknotes in a bank office in Moscow, Russia, in this illustration picture taken October 9, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Illustration
Europe

Russian rouble, stock market gain after Trump's statement on Russia