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Twitter’s blue tick comes under increasing pressure from fake accounts
The social media platform’s new ‘Blue’ subscription service appears to have been paused for new users, after many accounts with blue ticks were launched impersonating famous people and companies.
La Coupe Icare: Thousands gather for flying festival in French Alps
For six days, people from across Europe gathered in the small town of Saint-Hilaire du Touvet, nestled in the Chartreuse Mountains, for La Coupe Icare free-flying festival.
The rise of Jimmie Åkesson, the leader of Sweden Democrats
The populist anti-immigration party has surged to become Sweden's second-largest political force after a national election dominated by fears of gang violence. Here is how its leader rose to power.
Some mixed reactions on social media to the Queen’s death
Tributes have poured in from presidents, prime ministers and other monarchs for Queen Elizabeth II.
But online there have been some who have been less sorrowful for the Queen’s passing, often due to their countries’ difficult colonial pass.
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The next steps for the new King Charles III
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has triggered a series of carefully structured ceremonial and constitutional steps, as Britain undergoes a period of national mourning and heralds the reign of King Charles III.
Bardo premieres at the Venice film festival
Alejandro González Iñárritu's Bardo has been billed as an epic comedy but the Mexican director has perhaps redefined what it means to have a sense of humour
Kosovo pushes ahead with car licensing rule resisted by Serbs
Dozens of U.S. NATO peacekeepers patrolled northern Kosovo on Thursday to preserve calm after Pristina announced that around 50,000 ethnic Serbs in the region would have to switch their car licence plates to local ones within two months.
Will this Welsh village be consumed by the sea in 30 years?
In Wales, UK, residents of the coastal village of Fairbourne have been told their homes will be under water in 30 years, due to rising sea levels.
Eurozone annual inflation hits a record at 9.1% in August
Inflation in the euro area hit another record in August at 9.1%, fueled by soaring energy prices mainly driven by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Six months on, Russians' shock at Ukraine invasion 'has abated'
Six months after Moscow's invasion, the shock that swept some corners of Russian society has largely abated, says one expert.
Europe faces its worst drought in 500 years, says report
According to the European Drought Observatory, nearly half of the EU's territory falls under the so-called "warning" drought conditions, exhibiting a significant deficit of soil moisture.
Tributes paid to murdered daughter of Russian ideologue Dugin
She was killed by a car bomb on Saturday night on the outskirts of Moscow.
Russia rejects calls to demilitarise Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
It comes amid warnings that shelling in the area around the plant could trigger a nuclear disaster.
Recent Serbia-Kosovo flare-up not a real conflict, says expert
Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo met in Brussels for another EU-mediated attempt to resolve lingering issues between the two wartime rivalling states that have spiked tensions in the Balkans.
Tunisians protest ahead of constitutional referendum
Tunisians took the streets this weekend to protest against a planned constitutional referendum, which would concentrate power in the hands of the president.
In Manaus, a carpet of rubbish covers the Amazon River’s tributaries
Set in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, the Brazillian city of Manaus has a massive rubbish problem.
WHO Europe chief says 'we should not be complacent' over COVID-19 rise
Many European countries are experiencing a surge in new COVID-19 infections, with the more transmissible Omicron subvariant BA.5 spreading across the continent.
Kaliningrad row: 'It’s nothing to do with a blockade'
Lithuania says it will impose EU sanctions on the Russian Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, a move strongly criticised by the Kremlin.
Heatwave cooks western Europe, with temperatures hitting 43°C
Weekend temperatures soared across Western Europe, with many baking in intensely hot and dry conditions.
'Durable' truce needed for Sievierodonetsk evacuation — refugee chief
Thousands of civilians remain trapped in Ukraine's devastated eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, with supplies of food and clean water running low.
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