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UNITED NATIONS // Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a UN resolution backed by western powers that would have imposed sanctions on Syria ove...
Why are Europe's smaller cities looking at smart city initiatives? http://ift.tt/2mqci8L 3Novices Europe
At the Mobile World Congress our reporter goes on a nostalgia trip, enjoys all the fun of the fair and closes a window at home while driving...
Cuba's annual Cigar Festival is underway amid increasing demand but poor weather hitting tobacco crops and uncertainty about boosting sa...
Greek ministers have been meeting experts from the EU and IMF discussing the economic reforms Athens must make to keep bailout funds flowing...
Director of Telefonica on transformation to digital and Internet of Things: Telefonica has to go through transformation, because some years ...
Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian government: I think there should be a common European policy with regards to everything that involves ...
Saudi Arabia reportedly wants crude oil to rise to around $60 a barrel this year to encourage new investment but not boost US shale oil outp...
Japan's factory output unexpectedly fell in January for the first time in six months, indicating the country's recovery remains frag...
Prosecutors in South Korea say they will charge Samsung group chief Jay Y. Lee with bribery and embezzlement in connection with a corruption...
Japan’s Takata Corporation has pleaded guilty to criminal wrongdoing in a US federal court as part of a $1 billion (943 million euros) settl...
SINGAPORE // A Singaporean grandmother who was deported from Britain because her immigration status had lapsed said Tuesday that police trea...
A look at the best photos from around the world today. http://ift.tt/2l7FG32 3Novices Europe
The Barcelona World Mobile Congress features hundreds of shiny, new handsets but not the crucial comeback device for Samsung - the Galaxy S8...
BERLIN // Operations run by charities that rescue migrants off Libya "should be reevaluated" as they could be encouraging traffick...
A merger between the London Stock Exchange and Germany's Deutsche Boerse looks to be heading for collapse over competition issues. htt...
Saudi Arabia's state oil company Saudi Aramco is to invest $7 billion in an oil refinery and petrochemical project in southern Malaysia....
Robo-Mate looks like a superhero accessory, but actually it is a tool designed to help industrial workers. http://ift.tt/2mwedoX 3Novices...
This exoskeleton is designed for handling manual tasks It helps industrial workers reducethe risk of injuries Over 25 percent of Europeans s...
Have telescope, will travel. http://ift.tt/2l4rtnv 3Novices Europe
Optimism among businesses in Britain's services sector is now higher than at any time since June's vote to leave the European Union....
Spanish inflation hit 3 percent in February compared to the same month in 2016. The government said that was temporary and energy costs will...
ARKHANGELSK, RUSSIA // Two clubs in the winter sport of bandy raced to put the ball into their own nets 20 times on Sunday and now face disc...
Berlin // Germany recorded more than 3,500 attacks against refugees and asylum shelters last year that left 560 people injured, 43 of them c...
CAIRO // Egyptian officials said on Sunday they were inching closer to meeting all demands set by Russia on airport security to resume fligh...
Athens // After 17 years of delay, construction has finally begun on the first official mosque for Athens, but Muslims in the city are not g...
FRANKFURT AM MAIN // A car ploughed into pedestrians in the southern German city of Heidelberg on Saturday, injuring three people, said poli...
A look at the best photos from around the world today. http://ift.tt/2mw30Uz 3Novices Europe
The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has been talking up the agreement with European creditors under which the country will make further ...
PSA Peugeot Citroen head Carlos Tavares has reassured politicians and union leaders in the UK about GM's Europe's Vauxhall plants re...
The government has launched the "Premium Friday" campaign encouraging firms to let workers out a few hours early on the last Frida...
There's a new Hi-Tech gang in town making a global name for themselves, busting out of South Moravia in the Czech Republic on a wave of ...
Royal Bank of Scotland - the subject of the world's biggest bank rescue - has announced losses of 6.96 billion pounds (8.2 billion euros...
French consumer confidence remained at its best level in more than nine years in February for the second month in a row. http://ift.tt/2kU...
International Airlines Group - owner of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus - reports higher annual profits from cost-cutting and cheaper...
AMMAN // Syrian rebels in the south-west of the country, including groups backed by the West and Arab Gulf states, are facing simultaneous a...
AL BAB // Turkish-backed Syrian rebels said on Thursday they had fully captured the town of Al Bab from ISIL, marking a key defeat for the m...
Low-cost airline Norwegian has announced plans to shake up transatlantic travel offering 69 euro one-way fares, but with lots of limitations...
Germany's economy grew 1.9 percent last year boosting the budget surplus hugely, but Chancellor Merkel says the country won't take o...
Australia is struggling to preserve its unique flora and fauna, with the spotted quoll the latest species to come into the spotlight as it f...
Tesla has reassured investors by confirming that its vital mass-market Model 3 electric car is on track to be produced in large number by Se...
Apple’s shares continue to rise, hitting new all-time highs in anticipation of the launch of its 10th anniversary iPhone later this year. ...
Carlos Ghosn steps down as CEO of Nissan, handing the job to co-CEO Hiroto Saikawa http://ift.tt/2l2A0Th 3Novices Europe
Business Line assesses the state of the Greek economy as eurozone finance ministers agree to the next step on releasing further bailout loan...
There are probably many millions of Earth-like planets across the Milky Way that we could potentially walk around on, with liquid water and ...
Istanbul // Turkey will lift a historic ban on female officers wearing the hijab in the armed forces. The military was the final Turkish in...
ISTANBUL // There are less than 100 ISIL extremists still holed up in the flashpoint Syrian town of Al Bab, Turkey said on Wednesday of the ...
Airplanes have huge benefits for travellers, but they're costly for the planet. How can air travel be greener without compromising safet...
We asked Sharon Mahony, expert in collaborative environmental management at Eurocontrol what the air travel industry could do to reduce nois...
Modern technology has allowed aeroplanes to reduce noise by 75 percent compared to 30 years ago: so why does the noise pollution problem con...
Britain's economy sped up at the end of 2016 but there were signs the Brexit vote will increasingly act as a brake on growth this year. ...
Airbus has announced even more costs from its much delayed A400M military transport plane, which pulled down profits by 63 percent last year...
A host of emerging companies are tackling the problems of atmospheric pollution in our biggest cities with high-tech approaches. http://if...
Swedish supermarket giant ICA is trialling laser marking its sweet potatoes and avocados in search of an environmentally friendly alternativ...
European Union finance ministers have agreed new rules to crack down on big multinational companies that are not paying their fair share of ...
MADRID // Police in Barcelona fired gunshots on Tuesday to stop a man who stole a butane gas truck and drove it at high speed against traffi...
Verizon - which is buying Yahoo's core internet business - has cut the purchase price to reflect the financial impact of two massive cyb...
Europe's biggest bank HSBC saw annual pre-tax profit slump 62 percent with hefty writedowns and warned its revenues could fall again thi...
Tata's newly-appointed chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran says he will focus on boosting shareholder returns. http://ift.tt/2lirO4M 3N...
BEIRUT // France's far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen refused on Tuesday to go into a meeting with Lebanon's grand mufti...
Euro zone finance ministers and Greece have agreed to resume negotiations over its bailout review next week. http://ift.tt/2lE4AGY 3Novic...
Beirut // France's far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Monday met for the first time with a foreign head of sta...
Mugla, Turkey // One of the nearly 50 suspects in an alleged plot to assassinate Turkey's president admitted involvement in the botched ...
Lions in the Nairobi National Park are being fitted with tracking collars. http://ift.tt/2kRkEkj 3Novices Europe
A report PSA would continue operating all Opel's German production sites if it buys Opel-Vauxhall has UK union officials worried. http...
Online retailer Amazon has said it will create more than 5,000 jobs in Britain this year, part of 15,000 in various European countries. ht...
Shares in Anglo-Dutch consumer goods group Unilever fell after US rival Kraft Heinz Co abruptly abandoned its surprise takeover proposal. ...
German finance minister Wolfgang Schauble has said he is confident ‘‘Greece is on the right economic path’‘. http://ift.tt/2lBUhU4 3Novic...