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Researchers say Bolotana, a town of just a bit more than 2,000 inhabitants in Sardinia, may join Japan’s Okinawa and Greece’s Ikaria among the world's longevity hotspots.
STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in literature will be awarded Thursday by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.
Public transport in Kramatorsk has been suspended in the wake of the attack, Kramatorsk City Council said.
Public transport in Kramatorsk has been suspended in the wake of the attack, Kramatorsk City Council said.
In the heart of the Egyptian capital Cairo, within the labyrinthine streets of the Manshiyet Nasser district, nearly 120,000 residents process a third of the megacity's waste every day. Long marginalised, these informal recycling specialists are now undergoing a dramatic transformation due to geopolitical tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, through which polyethylene from the Gulf usually passes.
Students in northeastern Paris gathered Thursday to protest outside a high school, with police responding using tear gas
Police say the incident is not connected to ongoing investigations at the RAF Fairford airbase.
Regulator also vetoes extra Blackpool service, citing lack of space on west coast mainline for new direct trains to capitalBusiness live – latest updatesPlans to run direct train services to Wrexham and Rochdale from London have been rejected by the rail regulator because of “significant pressure” on the line.The Office of Rail and Road said that there was insufficient space on the crowded west co...
Regulator also vetoes extra Blackpool service, saying insufficient space for new direct trains to LondonBusiness live – latest updatesPlans to run direct train services to Wrexham and Rochdale from London have been rejected by the rail regulator because of “significant pressure” on the line.The Office of Rail and Road said that there was insufficient space on the crowded west coast main line to in...
Three nationalist parties are poised to dominate again, deepening fears of division and paralysis.
South Korea said on Thursday it would recall its ambassador to Ukraine in response to a deepening diplomatic row over the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul. The decision comes as the two countries have been at loggerheads since Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sparked anger in Seoul by disclosing the transfer of the prisoners, who were captured on the battlefield early last ...
Dr. Phil and his wife Robin McGraw are parting ways with their opulent Beverly Hills estate, listed for a staggering $67.5 million. Acquired for $29.8 million in 2010, the couple undertook extensive renovations, culminating in a dream home featuring eight luxurious bedrooms, a swimming pool, and a guesthouse. This significant increase in value mirrors the thriving real estate market trends in the ...
A Nebraska farmer leases a 160-acre parcel for a wind turbine that occupies just one acre, leaving the remaining land available for farming. According to a 2021 NRECA case study, developer Bluestem Energy Solutions says a typical 30-year lease averages $10,000 to $12,500 annually, compared with an estimated $600 from growing corn on the same acre.
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Wednesday that he would make ten million barrels of diesel available to distributors in France, in a bid to help ease pressure on fuel prices. The diesel, which was purchased before the recent price surge and would be made available at cost price, would "automatically lower prices at the pump by an estimated 12 to 18 cents per litre," he said during a t...
Foreign diplomats and international schools in the Saudi capital took safety measures on Thursday, with pupils at one school sheltering in a basement, as loud blasts rattled the city and Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed a new attack against its airport. In a further blow to Riyadh, Turkey ruled out sending troops to confront the Iran-backed militia, despite a defence pact with Saudi Arabia.
Diplomats stationed in the Saudi capital were sheltering in place and international schools took safety measures on Thursday, diplomats and residents told AFP, after explosions echoed across the city.
High school students across France launched a fresh day of protests on Thursday, despite government attempts to ease the crisis which has rocked the country for days. But coinciding with a cost of living crisis and apprehensions around upcoming presidential elections, are the protests part of a wider French malaise? France 24’s Douglas Herbert takes a look.
A school employee was killed and two others were injured after a knife attack in Poland - the second such incident in the country in two days
Fast Retailing, the parent company of Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo, has defied the ongoing political tensions between Beijing and Tokyo and soft consumer sentiment in China to log a rebound in sales and profits on the Chinese mainland. The Japanese firm said the 2026 financial year, which ended in August, had been a period in which its mainland China business had “made steady progress, with e...
The bill follows a broad political agreement reached in June 2025 but would still allow satire, parody and political or social criticism unless it constitutes misinformation posing serious dangers to others.
Samsung Electronics estimated on Thursday that its third-quarter operating profit jumped almost ninefold to a record 107.4 trillion won, or $80.2 billion, while sales at Taiwan's TSMC hit a quarterly record, as the AI boom keeps demand for chips strong.
US President Donald Trump pressed Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during last month’s summit to end a deep freeze in relations with Japan’s Sanae Takaichi, the South China Morning Post reported. Trump raised Japan’s grievances over Chinese restrictions imposed following Takaichi’s comment in November that the Japanese military might intervene in the event of conflict in the Taiwan Strait, according...
Four animals have been selected to feature on new UK banknotes following a public vote with almost half a million participants.
Some say 'animal underdogs' have been left off the shortlist, which is now open to a public vote.
Hong Kong national security police have arrested two people, including an insurance broker, on suspicion of publishing allegedly seditious posts on social media. A force spokesman said on Thursday that the national security department arrested a man and a woman, both 38, on Tuesday. They were suspected of “doing with a seditious intention an act that had a seditious intention” under the Safeguardi...
Psychological abuse can be hard to detect, Hong Kong welfare experts have warned, urging social workers and teachers to look for subtle changes in children’s behaviour amid outrage over a viral video showing a girl carrying heavy bags of beer as her stepfather called her “useless”. Welfare groups said on Thursday that emotional and verbal abuse were among the most common yet least recognised forms...
"Our task, therefore, is not simply to survive another winter. It is to keep Ukraine's frontline cities alive," writes Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv in an opinion piece for Euronews.
From Halloween fireballs to the Hunter’s Moon, here's what to look out for in October’s night skies.
