The Portuguese government is to slash taxes for people aged 35 and under, in an attempt to dissuade young people from emigrating and encourage foreigners to settle in Portugal.As part of the budget presented to parliament on Thursday, the centre-right...
At least 10 firefighters have been killed in an Israeli air strike in a border area in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry says.A statement said the firefighters had been “ready to go out on rescue missions” from a municipal...
ReutersFlash floods and landslides in central Bosnia-Herzegovina have left at least 14 people dead, with towns and villages cut off and reports in some places of homes being almost submerged.Some of the worst scenes were in the area around Jablanica,...
Getty ImagesMech Dara has been honoured for his work by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken Mech Dara, an award-winning Cambodian journalist who has reported extensively on human trafficking and corruption, has been arrested and charged with incitement.Dara, who has...
Getty ImagesThe annual United Nations General Assembly week is always frenetic. It may be called the Super Bowl of diplomacy, but this year perhaps a more appropriate analogy is a marathon. Not since World War Two have there been so...
ReutersCanadian lawmakers are set to vote on a motion that could bring down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government and trigger an election, though it is unlikely to pass.Wednesday's no-confidence vote is the first in a series of similar votes...
EPAAnura Kumara Dissanayake offered voters a break with the established political orderLeft-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of counting.No candidate won more than 50% of the total votes in the...
Some X users in Brazil were once again able to access the social media platform on Wednesday despite a ban imposed by the nation’s judiciary last month.Brazilian users swarmed the site after X, which is owned by tech billionaire Elon...
ReutersRupert Murdoch with his sons Lachlan (L) and James (R) pictured in 2016A court battle to determine the future of Rupert Murdoch's media empire and a £14.9bn family trust begins in the US on Monday.The case will pit 93-year-old Mr...
Getty ImagesThe UK has supplied Storm Shadow long-range missiles to Ukraine after a request from Kyiv for its fight against invading Russian forcesThere are strong indications that the US and UK are poised to lift their restrictions within days on...
