The back-to-back disasters in January shocked the country and raised doubts about the safety of train travel in Spain, which boasts one of the world's most extensive high-speed rail networks. "The entire state is doing -- and will continue to do --...

Smith will fly to Sri Lanka as standby in case opener Marsh is unable to take any part in the tournament. "Mitchell Marsh will miss the opening match of the ICC men's T20 World Cup after sustaining a direct blow to the groin during training earlier...

During an EU leaders summit on Thursday, far-right Meloni and conservative Merz will be pushing a shared vision for boosting EU competitiveness. It is the latest sign of the growing cooperation between Rome and Berlin, which is putting a question m...

Angela Diffley is pleased to welcome former New York State Assistant Attorney General Reed Brody. As someone who has spent decades holding the powerful to account, from brutal dictators to state officials, he recognises patterns of impunity cloaked ...

Rakhmon came to power of the poor mountainous ex-Soviet republic at the start of a five-year civil war that erupted in 1992, a year after Tajikistan declared independence. A Soviet-era cotton farm boss, he played a key role in ending the conflict ...

"Our companies need capital right now. So let's get it done this year," the commission president told EU lawmakers as she outlined key steps to bridging the gap with China and the United States. "We have to make progress one way or the other to tea...

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Renaud Douci, Field Coordinator for Solidarité Internationale in Tawila in Sudan, on the edges of Al-Fasher. It was “impossible to reach” during the brutal 500-day siege. Mr. Douci argues that Al-Fasher was no...

A federal grand jury composed of local citizens in Washington denied the Justice Department's attempts to indict the lawmakers who posted a short video urging conscientious service, sources told the New York Times and the Washington Post. In the vi...

The company said it would be "accelerating productivity at scale to unlock significant savings, reducing 5,000 to 6,000 roles over the next two years". "We remain prudent in our near-term expectations for beer market conditions," chief executive Do...

The modest Londoner, who turns 30 later this year, has had a whirlwind year that has seen his stock rise further as an actor who can straddle both art house cinema and more commercial TV and film work. But the "Babygirl" star and upcoming on-screen...

Éric Perrot won France's third medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics, taking silver in the men's 20km individual biathlon race. Norway's Johan-Olav Botn won gold.

The sight starkly illustrated an ongoing battle to maintain the UK's historic, yet deteriorating, waterways. Britain's canal network "is facing pressure it has never faced before," said Charlie Norman, director of campaigns at the Inland Waterways ...

Authorities in the Chinese finance hub have vowed to pursue overseas "fugitives" accused of endangering national security and have issued bounties on 34 people so far, moves decried by some Western countries as transnational repression. Hong Kong p...

The pair -- a 25-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman -- have each been charged with one count of "reckless foreign interference", which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years' imprisonment. When the two appear in court on Wednesday, police will all...

The death toll has risen steadily since the Trisha Kerstin 3 went down off the coast of southwestern Mindanao on January 26, with the body of a woman pulled from the wreckage by divers Wednesday morning bringing the tally to 52. The triple-decker v...