ECB governors eye July pause after first hike, sources says
European Central Bank policymakers see keeping interest rates on hold at their next meeting in July as the more likely scenario, if energy prices stayed near their
June 11, 2026European Central Bank policymakers see keeping interest rates on hold at their next meeting in July as the more likely scenario, if energy prices stayed near their
June 11, 2026
Italian beach bans umbrellas for people between the ages of 10 and 65
June 11, 2026
The economic fallout from the Iran war — higher energy prices and increased uncertainty — will drag down global growth this year, the World Bank said Thursday
June 11, 2026
The European Central Bank raised interest rates on Thursday, in a aimed at curbing mounting inflationary pressures before a surge in energy costs triggered by the Iran war
June 11, 2026
Volkswagen is pressing ahead with sweeping job cuts and cost reductions in Germany as planned, shrinking its workforce by 19,000 by the end of the year, CEO Oliver Blume is
June 11, 2026
Ambassadors from France, Germany and Britain in Moscow met Russia’s deputy foreign minister on Thursday to condemn the latest escalation in the war in Ukraine and reaffirm
June 11, 2026
The European Central Bank raised interest rates as expected on Thursday, hoping to prevent an Iran war-induced surge in energy prices from broadening out into higher
June 11, 2026
Two days of anti-immigration violence in Northern Ireland is nothing short of racist thuggery, Britain's minister for the province
June 11, 2026
Fuel stations on the Russian-held Crimean peninsula were out of petrol on Thursday, Reuters witnesses said, as a Ukrainian campaign against supply
June 11, 2026
China's vice premier urged economic cooperation and inclusive growth during a video call hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron on
June 11, 2026
The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the first time in nearly three years on Thursday in the hope of curbing
June 11, 2026
European shares closed higher on Thursday, snapping a four-day losing streak, as investors looked past escalating rhetoric from U.S.
June 11, 2026
Polish lawmakers voted on Thursday to crack down on so-called 'trash streaming', imposing jail terms of up to five years for online broadcasts of crimes like rape and
June 11, 2026
French officials have suggested an overhaul of the EU's diplomatic service that could include boosting the role for foreign policy
June 11, 2026
The United Nations human rights chief said on Thursday he was appalled by violence erupting in different parts of the United Kingdom in recent days.
June 11, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has traveled to the Canary Islands, an epicenter of the European migration debate
June 11, 2026
The nebulous nature of narco-terrorism has allowed presidents from Reagan to Trump to deploy the term when it serves broader political goals in Latin America.
June 11, 2026
A fire that broke out in a tourist area on the Spanish island of Mallorca has killed two people and left several injured
June 11, 2026
The European Central Bank on Thursday became the first major central bank to raise interest rates in response to the Iran war
June 11, 2026
The European Commission's appeal against a 2024 ruling forcing it to disclose information about COVID-19 vaccine contracts should be dismissed, an adviser to Europe's top
June 11, 2026
The Kremlin on Thursday shrugged off the prospect of new European Union sanctions against its banks, saying they had already been operating under sanctions for a long time
June 11, 2026
Pope Leo appealed to world leaders on Thursday to treat migrants more humanely, warning in a visit to Spain's Canary Islands, one of Europe's
June 11, 2026
Ryanair, Europe’s biggest airline, investigated for charging parents to sit with their children
June 11, 2026
Sweden's government said on Thursday it had dropped plans to lock up violent offenders as young as 13 in special prison units as there was not enough support for the
June 11, 2026
The team of the ousted leader of Turkey's main opposition, Ozgur Ozel, has resigned from the party's assembly, his office said on Thursday, adding that the move should
June 11, 2026
French singer and actor Patrick Bruel faces preliminary charges of rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, and harassment involving several women between 2008 and 2019
June 11, 2026
Police fire water cannon on second night of anti-immigrant protests in Northern Ireland
June 10, 2026
Shares in Hugo Boss rose more than 11% on Thursday after its largest shareholder, Frasers Group, launched a $2.3 billion takeover bid for the
June 11, 2026
Germany's economy is expected to recover more slowly than expected as higher energy prices linked to the Iran war weigh on households, companies and
June 11, 2026
French singer and actor Patrick Bruel, one of France's top-selling recording artists, has been placed under formal investigation for rape, attempted rape, sexual assault,
June 11, 2026
Ukraine's police chief has accused Russia of recruiting teenage Ukrainian girls to kill Ukrainian military personnel, following the arrest of a 17-year-old
June 10, 2026
About 75,000 voters in northwest England are about to make a significant decision
June 11, 2026
Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are set to dominate next week’s Group of Seven summit, as host France crafts an agenda aimed
June 11, 2026
Germany's construction sector has not yet emerged from its downturn, with a tentative recovery being hit by a new geopolitical price shock, the head of its main industry
June 11, 2026
Police have used water cannons on protesters in Northern Ireland after violence erupted a second night over a stabbing in Belfast
June 10, 2026
French and Swiss authorities are imposing pandemic-like border restrictions as the G7 summit begins
June 11, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has celebrated the Sagrada Familia Basilica as a masterpiece of “stones, colors and light.”
June 10, 2026
The governor of Sevastopol in Russian-held Crimea said on Wednesday that plans for distributing rationed petrol had been delayed because
June 11, 2026
Britain's housing market remained in the doldrums last month despite a hint that buyers might be recovering a bit of interest, a survey showed on Thursday.
June 11, 2026
Frasers Group, the retailer controlled by British billionaire Mike Ashley, launched a €2 billion ($2.31 billion) takeover offer for struggling
June 10, 2026
Pope Leo visited Barcelona's Sagrada Familia on Wednesday and inaugurated the newest of its soaring geometric spires that makes the
June 10, 2026
The family of a man who lost an eye in a knife attack appealed for calm on Wednesday after the incident triggered a wave of anti-
June 10, 2026
Tesla Full Self-Driving supervised driver assistance software has been
June 11, 2026
Thousands took to the streets of Albania's capital Tirana on Wednesday in the largest demonstration yet against the development of a
June 11, 2026
Pope blesses Barcelona’s Gaudi-designed towering architectural masterpiece
June 11, 2026
Taiwan-listed technology firm Ennoconn Corp said on Wednesday it has launched a takeover bid for Austria-based Kontron, offering 23.50 euros per share to all its shareholders.
June 10, 2026
A U.S. doctor who was transferred to a Czech hospital from Uganda last month as a precaution after having contact with a patient with Ebola has been released and is on his
June 10, 2026
Italy's competition authority on Wednesday slapped a €7 million ($8.1 million) fine on Philip Morris' Italian unit over allegedly misleading marketing for non-combustion
June 10, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin told top officials on Wednesday that there are grounds to expect a cut in the central bank's key interest rate when it meets next week, and
June 10, 2026
By Ali Sawafta TAYBEH, West Bank, June 10 - Israeli settlers obstructed Palestinians putting out a large blaze near a Christian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank late on Tuesday, a local
June 10, 2026
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD is looking to take over an existing factory in southern Europe for its second assembly plant on the continent, with
June 10, 2026
Europe's STOXX 600 ended a choppy session little changed on Wednesday, as investors weighed a renewed flare-up in tensions
June 10, 2026
Love nature? Got $28 million? A Swarovski family trust is selling this private island in Venice lagoon
June 10, 2026
Mauricio Pochettino has been blunt about American soccer talent
June 10, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday that German and French defence ministers will jointly outline a reworked collaboration project between the two countries
June 10, 2026
Germany's ILA air show, among Europe's premier aerospace showcases, opened on Wednesday under the twin shadows of the Iran war and
June 10, 2026
Staring at the burned out shell of his Belfast home, Jamie Corry said he would never get over the sight of watching his house go up in
June 10, 2026
At the French Open, puppy love nearly outshined the tennis at Roland Garros. CNN's Don Riddell looks at the canine phenomenon helping players and fans smile.
June 10, 2026
The European Union is set to fulfil its side of the EU-U.S. trade deal through a vote in parliament next week, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday, while expressing
June 10, 2026
Germany's ILA air show, among Europe's premier aerospace showcases, opened on Wednesday under the twin shadows of the Iran war and
June 10, 2026
Russian investigators said on Wednesday that they had arrested at least two suspects behind a car bombing in Moscow, detaining teenagers who the domestic security service
June 10, 2026
Paramount Skydance Corp's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, backed by Gulf sovereign wealth funds, is under European Union subsidy scrutiny,
June 10, 2026
The world's top automotive supplier, Robert Bosch GmbH, is on track to meet its financial targets this year despite new challenges emerging, including possible supply chain
June 10, 2026
Ukrainian forces struck the Russian-occupied port of Mariupol, Kyiv said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of drone attacks on logistics across a critical
June 10, 2026
Airbus is increasingly looking to Sweden's Saab as a preferred future partner as the collapse of a Franco-German
June 10, 2026
Only 11% of Europeans across 15 countries view the United States as an ally, a historic low and down from 16% half a year ago and 22% in November 2024, according to a survey
June 10, 2026
U.K. leaders have called for calm after the arrest of a Sudanese man accused of a stabbing in Belfast sparked anti-immigration protests
June 09, 2026
A series of long-range Ukrainian attacks hit targets deep inside Russia, part of Kyiv’s efforts to raise the costs of the war for the Kremlin by striking energy facilities and military industries
June 10, 2026
UK's FTSE 100 closed higher on Wednesday with energy and consumer staples stocks providing a lift, though the index remained stuck near three-week lows as investors monitored a
June 10, 2026
Residents in Russian-controlled Crimea were grappling with gasoline rationing on Wednesday after Ukrainian drone attacks constricted supplies from Russia, a
June 10, 2026
Germany's economy is likely to slip into a technical recession this year as an energy price shock triggered by the war in Iran derails a fragile recovery, the DIW economic
June 10, 2026
Italian industrial output unexpectedly rose in April from the previous month, data showed on Wednesday, posting a 0.5% increase that marked the third
June 10, 2026
At Birdwhistles Guesthouse, in a rustic two-storey wooden barn in the Latvian forest 50 km from the Russian border, all eight
June 10, 2026
Greece's parliament approved legislation late on Tuesday to fast-track deportation of rejected asylum seekers and allow their transfer to "return hubs" outside the bloc
June 10, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron will chair a video conference on Thursday involving Group of Seven countries and China over how to address global economic imbalances, the
June 10, 2026
Truckmaker Volvo Group said on Wednesday customer demand and deliveries in Europe are stable at good levels across the business in the second quarter while in
June 10, 2026
Masked men burned families out of their homes in Belfast in a wave of anti-immigrant violence on Tuesday night after a Sudanese man was charged over a
June 09, 2026
German retailers expect the soccer World Cup starting on June 11 to provide a modest boost to sales, though the impact will likely be limited to specific sectors because
June 10, 2026
Last year, lawmaker David Taupiac wrote to France's justice ministry warning about major staffing and operational issues at the Auch prosecutor's office
June 10, 2026
The unique grandeur of the Sagrada Familia means that even those who work and worship at Barcelona’s world famous basilica every day can still be surprised with some fresh wonder
June 10, 2026
The world has just experienced the second-hottest May since records began, as climate change and the developing El Niño weather pattern conspired to push
June 10, 2026
The European Commission has urged Albania to act without delay to ensure it is aligned with EU environmental legislation if it wants to accede to the bloc, a Commission
June 09, 2026
A group of more than 130 people in Barcelona gave a unique welcome to Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday night by forming a human tower
June 10, 2026
Iron Age woman likely had her brains scooped out before burial, study suggests
June 10, 2026
The U.S. military says it has carried out strikes against Iran following the crash of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic
June 09, 2026
Benfica says its coach José Mourinho has agreed to return to Real Madrid, which earlier announced that it had parted ways with coach Álvaro Arbeloa
June 10, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is presiding over a youth rally in Barcelona
June 10, 2026
Britain, Canada, France and Norway announced new coordinated sanctions on Tuesday against Israeli networks involved in
June 09, 2026
A Tunisian court sentenced prominent journalist Khaoula Boukrim to four years in prison in absentia, she said on Tuesday, in a ruling critics say highlights a growing crackdown on
June 09, 2026
The European Union should discuss the option of temporarily limiting some voting rights of the bloc’s future new members and creating more rule-of-law safeguards, Germany,
June 10, 2026
Pope Leo spoke in Catalan, a language key to the region's identity, as he arrived in Barcelona on Tuesday for the second stop of a week-long tour of
June 09, 2026
Charlotte train stabbing federal case delayed over suspect’s mental competency
June 10, 2026
Europe faces a widening €1.4 trillion ($1.62 trillion) annual investment gap that risks holding back its economic objectives including energy transition, the European
June 09, 2026
Britain said on Tuesday that a law to crack down on proxies acting for states deemed to be hostile such as Iran was expected to come into force next month, as it steps up
June 09, 2026
Bulgaria's newly appointed defence minister, Dimitar Stoyanov, said on Tuesday his country would no longer provide arms to Ukraine and urged Moscow and Kyiv to sit down at
June 09, 2026
Meta Platforms has been ordered by EU antitrust regulators to give rival AI chatbots such as OpenAI free access to WhatsApp while they continue to
June 09, 2026
European Union regulators have ordered Meta Platforms to restore access to WhatsApp for rival AI chatbot makers
June 09, 2026
A Miami federal judge on Monday ordered Donald Trump's lawyers to explain why they should not be penalized for missing a Friday deadline to respond to the BBC's motion to dismiss
June 09, 2026
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Karim Khan has been suspended pending a vote by member states on his fate, the court's
June 09, 2026
Consumers in Britain increased their spending in May after reducing it in April, but their expenditure on travel dropped for a third month in a sign of caution over the
June 09, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had a "positive" conversation with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and praised what he called their
June 09, 2026
The Confederation of British Industry cut its forecast for the country's economic growth on Tuesday and predicted unemployment would rise to its highest in more than a
June 09, 2026
Ukraine has signed a drone deal with Latvia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday as he met with Latvian Prime Minister
June 09, 2026
European shares surrendered early gains on Tuesday to close lower for a third straight session, led by declines in commodity-
June 09, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Nordic and Baltic leaders at summit in Estonia amid tensions over Ukrainian drones straying into the region
June 09, 2026
Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region killed a pregnant woman and two other people, Ukrainian officials said on
June 09, 2026
German exports rose unexpectedly by 0.9% in April compared with the previous month, data from the federal statistics office showed on Tuesday.
June 09, 2026
German industrial production rose less than expected in April and economists said the outlook for Europe's largest economy remains weak, despite an unexpected
June 09, 2026
There are currently no plans for a telephone call between U.S.
June 09, 2026
EU regulators slammed Apple on Tuesday for blaming EU tech rules for its decision not to roll out its upgraded
June 09, 2026
Italian prosecutors put Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir under investigation over the treatment of activists who were part of a Gaza flotilla last
June 09, 2026
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said he is not seeing any demand for cancellations of jet orders despite recent turmoil that has left the airline industry battered, speaking at
June 09, 2026
A judge on Tuesday upheld a decision to place the Italian arm of U.S. builder Caddell Construction under judicial control, as it faces an investigation into
June 09, 2026
Pope Leo's visit to Spain's Canary Islands, which have struggled to absorb a surge in irregular migration over the past decade,
June 09, 2026
Rare footage of Mediterranean great white shark captured by ghost diver
June 09, 2026
Apple and the European Union are blaming each other for delaying the rollout of Apple's Siri AI app to European users
June 09, 2026
Dubbed "Leonardo's Ferry," a cable-guided vessel offers commuters a peaceful five-minute ride across northern Italy's Adda River
June 09, 2026
Pope Leo XIV will bridge 1,000 years of church history Wednesday when he visits a medieval monastery on a mountaintop that local Catholics consider sacred and then celebrates Mass at Barcelona’s famous Sagrada Familia Basilica
June 09, 2026
Sweden is set to ban mobile phones in schools from the next academic year as part of a broad reversal on the use of screens in classrooms
June 09, 2026
The embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has been suspended from his duties after the court’s oversight body referred Karim Khan for disciplinary proceedings
June 09, 2026
The Vatican says that Pope Leo XIV has met with six survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Madrid and vowed to consider their suggestions for how the Catholic Church can improve its response to the crisis
June 08, 2026
Italy's top banking group Intesa Sanpaolo made a €30.6 billion ($35 billion) unsolicited cash-and-share bid on Monday to
June 08, 2026
French Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday he had told public prosecutors to review 70,000 ongoing allegations of violence against minors, after an outcry over
June 08, 2026
Albania will plough on with a luxury resort planned by Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner on a remote stretch of Balkan coast despite persistent
June 08, 2026
The EU wants to target fewer, clearer goals at the world's annual climate summit in November, building alliances in advance to avoid a repeat of last year's
June 08, 2026
A pop-up art show featuring contemporary works is set to open at the German president's official residency this week before renovations begin
June 08, 2026
Europe's push to cut its reliance on U.S.
June 08, 2026
Spain's lawmakers have given Pope Leo XIV a lengthy standing ovation after his historic address to parliament
June 08, 2026
Poland's prime minister called for solidarity and talks between Warsaw and Kyiv on Monday after diplomatic relations deteriorated over the naming of a Ukrainian army unit
June 08, 2026
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has claimed victory in a general election seen as a test of Russia’s influence
June 08, 2026
Christian Eriksen is in ‘good spirits’ despite on-field collapse during match
June 08, 2026
British home prices will rise less than previously predicted this year and dip in the once flourishing London market as expectations for higher borrowing
June 08, 2026
More than a third of lawmakers from Britain's governing Labour Party signed a letter on Monday calling on the British government to end trade with Israeli
June 08, 2026
Pope Leo told Spain's parliament that escalating conflict, deepening polarization and widespread disregard for human rights had pushed the world into a
June 08, 2026
Pope Leo met on Monday with six survivors of abuse by Catholic clergy in Spain, the Vatican said, as groups of survivors who were not
June 08, 2026
Ukrainian forces have recaptured more than 600 square km of territory so far this year, Ukraine's top military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Monday, the latest sign of
June 08, 2026
Roberto Vannacci's new far-right party, Futuro Nazionale, is fast becoming a political headache for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
June 08, 2026
Wizz Air said on Monday that it would offer Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet across its fleet from next year, becoming the first European ultra-low-cost carrier to do so.
June 08, 2026
Pope Leo calls war a ‘painful defeat’ of negotiations as Israel and Iran trade worst strikes in months
June 08, 2026
A fall in Hungary's inflation and risk premia has likely lowered the interest rate level needed for price stability, but the central
June 08, 2026
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti called for cooperation from other parties to end 18 months of political deadlock after his Vetevendosje party came out
June 08, 2026
As soaring jet fuel prices triggered by the Iran war send ripples across the global travel market, a
June 08, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to announce a ban on "harmful" online platforms for children under 16 while maintaining access to some safer forms of social media
June 08, 2026
Switzerland goes to the polls on June 14 to vote on whether to cap its population at 10 million people in a referendum some have likened
June 08, 2026
Bank of England policymaker Alan Taylor said interest rates at their current level were restrictive for the economy and he did not see the need for an increase to tackle
June 08, 2026
Florentino Perez survived Real Madrid's first genuine presidential contest in two decades in the early hours of Monday, securing four more years at the
June 08, 2026
Pay settlements awarded by British employers held steady in the three months to April despite an increase in the country's minimum wage, according to a survey that was
June 08, 2026
Britain's jobs market cooled rapidly in May after employers put the brakes on permanent hiring after the Iran war heightened cost pressures and uncertainty about the
June 08, 2026
The leaders of Britain, Germany and France said on Sunday they supported a proposal for talks between Ukrainian
June 07, 2026