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EuroWire, THE HAGUE: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that the international system is being weakened by open violations of international law, telling a ceremony marking the International Court of Justice’s 80th anniversary that global stability is at

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: European Council President António Costa has set the agenda for an informal EU leaders’ summit in Cyprus next week, saying heads of state or government will meet on April 23 and 24 to address the worsening geopolitical environment

EuroWire, MOSCOW: Moscow on Thursday launched the T2 tram route, a 33 kilometer cross city line that city officials described as the world’s longest urban tram line, extending the Russian capital’s surface rail network from Chertanovskaya metro station in the

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: The European Commission said on April 9 that free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz must be maintained without tolls or transit fees, setting out the bloc’s clearest position yet on a proposal to charge vessels using one

EuroWire, EXETER: Much of the United Kingdom was set to experience the warmest weather of the year on Wednesday, with the Met Office forecasting temperatures as high as 26 degrees Celsius after several days of unseasonably mild conditions. The agency

EuroWire, LAMPEDUSA: Thirty-two migrants were rescued and two bodies were recovered after a boat that set off from Libya ran into trouble near Italy over the Easter weekend, with 71 others reported missing, according to rescue groups involved in the

EuroWire, ULYANOVSK: At least 55 adult passengers sought medical help after an overnight passenger train linking Moscow and Chelyabinsk derailed in Russia’s Ulyanovsk region on April 3, with seven coaches leaving the track near Bryandino and no deaths reported. Regional

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: The European Union gave final approval on Monday to a new digital recruitment platform designed to connect non-EU jobseekers living outside the bloc with employers in member states facing labor shortages. The Council adopted the regulation establishing the

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: The European Union has proposed an emergency brake mechanism to manage participant numbers in negotiations with Britain over a new youth exchange scheme, offering a safeguard that could be used if flows rise beyond an agreed level rather

EuroWire, LONDON: More than 13 million people in the United Kingdom were living in relative poverty in the year to March 2025, according to official government figures that showed little overall movement in the national poverty rate but a rise