USA: Prosecutors charge Chinese hackers who targeted dissidents

US prosecutors have charged 12 Chinese nationals for being part of an alleged hacking scheme, which sold data of US-based dissidents to the Chinese government. The “state-sponsored” operation also targeted…

UK: People in Britain could have less money due to US tariffs

US president Donald Trump’s tariffs could mean less money in UK consumers’ pockets, the governor of the Bank of England has warned. Tariffs could hit growth and pose “substantial” risks…

USA: Jack Daniel’s hits out at Canada pulling US alcohol

Canadian provinces pulling US alcohol off store shelves in response to Trump trade policy is “worse than tariffs”, the boss of Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman has said. Several Canadian provinces,…

Germany: European Central Bank cuts interest rates again

The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut interest rates for the sixth time in nine months as it seeks to bolster eurozone economic growth. The bank stuck to its plan…

USA: Carmakers win break from Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico

US President Donald Trump said he would temporarily spare carmakers from a new 25% import tax imposed on Canada and Mexico, just a day after the tariffs came into effect.…

Ukraine: Aid worker survives hotel missile strike

An aid worker said surviving a Russian missile attack on a hotel in Ukraine felt like an “apocalyptic movie”. Karol Swiacki, founder of Ukraine Relief in Bournemouth, said he and…

UK: US ‘destroying’ world order- Ukraine’s ambassador to Britain

The US is “destroying” the established world order, Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK has said. Criticising the new Trump administration’s way of handling foreign policy, Valerii Zaluzhnyi said the White…

Israel: Police say one killed in Haifa bus station knife attack

An Israeli man has been killed and four other people have been wounded in what police say was a terrorist stabbing attack in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Police…

Serbia: Opposition under fire for smoke and flare protest in parliament

The cleaners had scrubbed the debating chamber clean before MPs arrived for Wednesday’s session in Serbia’s National Assembly. Spent smoke bombs, smears of egg yolk and a dusting of white…

Denmark: Postal service to stop delivering letters

Denmark’s state-run postal service, PostNord, is to end all letter deliveries at the end of 2025, citing a 90% decline in letter volumes since the start of the century. The…