Betancourt's run for the presidency starts months after other candidates.

The so-called "Partygate" has damaged Johnson's credibility and weakened his leadership as his MPs discuss a possible ouster.

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World Cup organisers have also said more than 1.2 million visitors will come.

The government of Tonga called the underwater volcanic eruption on Saturday an "unprecedented disaster", resulting in the deaths of at least three people.

The pandemic is "nowhere near over" and new variants are likely to continue emerging after Omicron, the World Health Organization warned.

The French lawyer for a jailed human rights defender in the United Arab Emirates filed a torture complaint against the new president of Interpol, Maj. Gen. Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi.

AT&T and Verizon will delay launching new wireless service near some airports after the US' largest airlines said the service would interfere with aircraft technology.

France's data privacy watchdog says it's examining the Tinder-style app that helps voters decide what candidate to choose.

A Romanian journalist has claimed that nearly a third of the PM's doctorate thesis contained plagiarised content.

It has emerged that education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer was on holiday earlier this month when he announced new strict rules for French schools.

A brief statement from police confirmed detectives investigating Ms. Murphy's killing had arrested a man "on suspicion of murder" but had "no further comment at this time".

The country has seen its COVID-19 fatality rate fall from an initial 13% to 1%, and according to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez "the virus is no longer so deadly".

The office parties, the public backlash, the official inquiry, and the 'red meat': Euronews examines the misconduct allegations engulfing the UK prime minister.

Bulgaria blocked North Macedonia's accession talks with the European Union in 2020 over a cultural dispute.

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Russian authorities are shortening the required isolation period for people infected with COVID-19 from 14 to seven days amid a surge of COVID-19 cases.

US officials warned Russia could invade Ukraine "at any point", calling the situation "extremely dangerous."

Hong Kong authorities said that they will kill about 2,000 small animals, including hamsters, after several tested positive for COVID-19 at a pet store where an employee was also infected.

More than 70 people have been killed and hundreds of others have been wounded in mass protests since the military took over.

"Nusantara" will be built 2,000 kilometres away from Jakarta on an island in Borneo.

Health authorities warn Moscow will be the first to face the Omicron "storm" forecasted between late January amd early February.

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The Irish national police service, also known as Gardaí, is currently investigating her murder and have renewed their appeal for information, saying "significant progress" has been made in the murder probe.

Erdogan referred to the poster in 2017 while campaigning for constitutional changes to grant him sweeping new powers.

New Zealand's military is sending much-needed drinking water and other supplies, but said the ash on the runway will delay the flight at least a day.

Austria has one of the highest rates of femicides in the EU, according to Eurostat data.

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77 people were killed when Anders Behring Breivik set off a bomb in front of the government headquarters in Oslo and opened fire on the annual summer camp on the island of Utoya.

New Zealand and Australia sent military surveillance flights to Tonga to assess the damage a huge undersea volcanic eruption left in the Pacific island nation.

A drone attack claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels in Abu Dhabi killed three people.

A cold case team has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.

Thirty years after the EU formally recognised Slovenian independence, one of its former champions is presiding over an erosion of press freedom and civil society. Act now before it's too late, warns CIVICUS researcher Aarti Narsee.

The UK said it would freeze the BBC's licence fee while the opposition claimed the move was meant to create a distraction from the prime minister's current scandals.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Madrid to plan how to boost progressive policies in the 27-nation European Union.

A trust deficit may be driving low vaccine uptake and conspiracy theories in some European countries. It is within politicians' power to mitigate this, writes Péter Krekó of the Budapest-based Political Capital Institute

EU leaders paid tribute to the late president of the European Parliament David Sassoli at a ceremony in Strasbourg.

US officials had warned on Friday that Russia could frame Ukraine as an aggressor ahead of an invasion.

The UK confirmed its plan to use the military to limit small boat crossings from France, one of several measures seen as an effort to shore up support for the prime minister amid a series of scandals.

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Sweden's domestic security agency will investigate drones that were seen hovering over or near three nuclear power plants.

Hungarian police and counter-terrorism officials are involved in the operation.

Turkey has repeatedly refused to release Kavala despite a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.

Changes to the strict "one-child policy" since 2016 have failed to result in a hoped-for baby boom

Social Democrat leader Dimitar Kovačevski will be the country's next Prime Minister, replacing Zoran Zaev.

It comes after the debacle in Australia over Novak Djokovic's visa.

Navalny said that he had "no regrets" about his return to Moscow from Berlin, despite his incarceration.

Antonio Horta-Osorio has quit following an internal investigation, saying 'a number of my personal actions have led to difficulties for the bank'.

The fine will rise to €100 in February.

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