European Central Bank expected to announce further interest rate hike

Frankfurt, Jul. 27, (dpa/GNA) – The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to announce a further interest rate increase on Thursday afternoon as part…

Roche core earnings drop due to lower demand for Covid-19 products

Geneva, Jul. 27, (dpa/GNA) – Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche on Thursday reported that its net income in the first half of 2023 declined to…

British energy company Shell misses expectations as earnings halve

London, Jul. 27, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Shell failed to deliver another bumper crop of profits in the last quarter, with the business falling short…

Germany’s Mercedes-Benz reports higher second quarter earnings

Berlin, Jul. 27, (dpa/GNA) – German automobile major Mercedes-Benz Group on Thursday reported higher earnings for the second quarter of the fiscal 2023, on…

Spain and Japan first nations into women’s World Cup last 16

Berlin, July 26, (dpa/GNA) – Spain and Japan, are the first two nations, qualified for the last 16 of the women’s World Cup in…

Planes and 3,000 firefighters deployed around Palermo in Sicily

Rome, July 26, (dpa/GNA) – Wildfires continued to burn in the north of Sicily on Wednesday, particularly in Palermo Province in the north-west of…

Two northern bottlenose whales stranded off Scottish coast

London, July 26, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – A recovery operation is under way, after two whales became stranded off the east coast of Scotland. The…

Putin: Russia-Africa summit to expand food and energy cooperation

Moscow, July 26, (dpa/GNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, plans to expand cooperation with African countries during a two-day summit in St Petersburg, set…

German court: Airlines must allow free rebooking of cancelled flights

Karlsruhe, Germany, July 25, (dpa/GNA) – An airline is not allowed to charge extra in Germany, if customers want to rebook a cancelled flight…

One dead and 85 rescued as migrant boat sinks in Atlantic Ocean

Madrid, July 25, (dpa/GNA) – One man has died as a boat carrying migrants, sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the…

Thousands of Britons flee fire-ravaged Rhodes

London, July 25, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Thousands of Britons have been rescued from fire-ravaged parts of Rhodes, with more reportedly facing their summer holidays…

Greece battles fires as 150 square kilometres destroyed on Rhodes

Athens, July 25, (dpa/GNA) – Powerful winds continued fuelling forest fires on the Greek island of Rhodes on Tuesday, threatening six villages north and…

Up to 10,000 Britons on Rhodes as repatriation flights reach Britain

London, July 24, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Up to 10,000 Britons are estimated to be on fire-ravaged Rhodes, with repatriation flights to rescue holidaymakers landing…

82 Mafia suspects arrested in large Italian ‘Game over’ raid

Rome, Jul. 24, (dpa/GNA) – An Italian investigation dubbed “Game over” has managed to arrest 82 suspected Mafia members in a large-scale crackdown on…

Greece ‘at war’ with wildfires, says prime minister amid evacuations

Athens, Jul. 24, (dpa/GNA) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said his country was “at war” with the wildfires which were raqing in 64…

One person killed and others injured in storm in Switzerland

Geneva, Jul. 24, (dpa/GNA) – One person was killed when a violent storm struck a small town in western Switzerland on Monday. Several other…

UN: 435 children killed, 3.3 million displaced by Sudan conflict

Geneva, Jul. 24, (dpa/GNA) – In Sudan, at least 435 children have been killed and at least 2,025 injured since violence broke out three…

New heatwave brings more high temperatures to Italy

Rome, Jul. 24, (dpa/GNA) – Italy is suffering under an unrelenting heatwave that continues to afflict many parts of the country. Last week a…

Russia strikes key Ukrainian grain stores, partly on Romanian border

Moscow, Jul. 24, (dpa/GNA) – Russia continued targeting key Ukrainian grain stores on Monday, striking the Ukrainian port region of Odessa and Danube ports…

Ukraine to divert agriculture exports over land via Danube River

Kiev, Jul. 24, (dpa/GNA) – Ukraine plans to increase its exports of grain and oilseeds by 1 million tons per month, even though Russia…