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Romania’s ruling Social Democrat party (PSD) was on course to win the most votes in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, holding off a strong far-right surge that could yet deliver the country’s presidency to a Moscow-friendly ultranationalist.

Amid uncertainty as to whether the constitutional court would on Monday order the first round …

The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has arrived in Kyiv for an unannounced visit that marks his first trip to Ukraine since the early months of full-scale war in the summer of 2022.

Scholz arrived at Kyiv’s central station early on Monday morning, smiling and clutching a large metal briefcase as …

Good morning. Eight years ago, indiscriminate Russian airstrikes helped Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad’s forces drive rebels from Aleppo, the country’s second-largest city. Assad’s victory in Aleppo, once a symbolic stronghold of the Syrian rebellion, relied on a brutal “surrender or starve” strategy that killed thousands of civilians and forced many …

Workers at Volkswagen factories in Germany will strike from Monday over the carmaker’s plans to lay off thousands of people, cut pay and close plants for the first time in its home country.

Announcing that “warning strikes”, which usually last a few hours, will begin at all VW plants, Thorsten …

As vast crowds converged on Pakistan’s capital demanding the release of the former prime minister Imran Khan, one unlikely figure was at the forefront of the protest.

Bushra Bibi, Khan’s third wife, had always been deemed an apolitical and somewhat mysterious spiritual figure. Her marriage to Khan had generated wild …

Growth expectations among UK companies have taken “a decisive turn for the worse”, in a fresh blow to Rachel Reeves amid warnings that business confidence has plummeted since the budget.

For the first time this year, expectations for growth have turned negative, according to the Confederation of British Industry’s latest …

Romania’s main centre-left party was on track to finish first in parliamentary elections, according to early exit polls, seemingly beating an advancing far right boosted by the shock victory of an ultranationalist in last week’s presidential first-round ballot.

The ruling Social Democratic party (PSD) was forecast to receive 26% of …

Fake celebrity investment scams may soon be harder to push on Facebook and Instagram, with Meta introducing a requirment that financial advertisers are verified.

Beginning in early February 2025, Meta will require advertisers seeking to run ads about financial services to verify information about who are the beneficiary and payer. …

Small boat arrivals have risen to more than 20,000 since Keir Starmer took power, with the Home Office claiming a record number of calm autumnal days in the Channel was responsible.

A 31-day period over October to November had the highest ever ratio of so-called “red days” – when weather …

Omar Barghouti quite is right to highlight the dysfunctional nature of the UN (

The UN has failed us on Gaza. We need to decolonize and radically reform it, 25 November