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German inflation slows more than expected in June

Germany’s inflation rate slowed more than expected in June, official data showed Monday, in welcome news for the European Central Bank following last month’s first interest rate cut since 2019. Inflation in
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This undated handout picture released by the Italian customs on July 1st, 2024 shows officers of the Guardia di Finanza opening boxes of chemicals seized. Italian customs said they had seized more than six tonnes of chemical drug "precursors" from China worth 630 million euros ($678 million). - An Italian entrepreneur from Milan was placed under investigation and two Chinese nationals were arrested in the Netherlands as part of investigations carried out with European judicial agency Eurojust, said Italian customs. (Photo by Handout / Guardia di Finanza press office / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / GUARDIA DI FINANZA- ITALIAN CUSTOMS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Italy says seizes six tonnes of drug ‘precursors’ from China

Italian authorities announced Monday the seizure of more than six tonnes of chemicals from China allegedly intended to produce illegal drugs, including ecstasy, worth more than 630 million euros ($678 million). Italy’s
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Police officers are at work on the site of a shooting that occured overnight during a wedding party in Thionville, eastern France, on June 30, 2024 - A person was killed and four other wounded during the shooting. (Photo by Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN / AFP)

One dead, five injured in France wedding hall attack

One person was killed and five others wounded in northeastern France when several masked gunmen opened fire at a wedding ceremony, police sources said on Sunday. Sources suggested that the attack in
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This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service on June 28, 2024, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (Centre L) speaking with the Slovenia's President Natasha Pirc Musar (Centre R) during their meeting in Kyiv on June 28, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)

Russia releases 10 Ukrainian civilian prisoners – Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday 10 civilians, including a politician and two priests, taken prisoner in Russia and Belarus had been freed in a deal mediated by the Vatican. Russia and
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Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader, Rishi Sunak reacts during a visit to Denby Pottery Factory, on June 27, 2024 in Ripley, north England, as part of a Conservative campaign event in the build-up to the UK general election on July 4. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP)

UK economic recovery improves as election looms

The UK economy’s recovery from recession was stronger than previously thought in the first quarter, official data showed Friday, partly lifting embattled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before next week’s election. Gross domestic
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People hold British Medical Association (BMA)-branded placards calling for better pay as they stand on a picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital in central London during a strike by junior doctors on June 27, 2024, a week before the July 4 general election. - Junior doctors in England are striking just days before the general election, as a protracted pay battle with the Conservative government threatens to intrude on the culmination of the campaign. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)

Hospital doctors in England launch new strike ahead of election

Junior hospital doctors in England on Thursday began a five-day strike, a week before a general election in which the state of the publicly funded National Health Service is a major issue.
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Croatia's midfielder #10 Luka Modric (R) reacts to their probable championship exit on the pitch after the UEFA Euro 2024 Group B football match between the Croatia and Italy at the Leipzig Stadium in Leipzig on June 24, 2024. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP)

Holders Italy snatch late draw with Croatia to reach Euro 2024 last 16

Mattia Zaccagni’s superb last-gasp strike fired Italy into the Euro 2024 knock-outs with a 1-1 draw against Croatia in a fraught Group B clash on Monday. Italy progress in second place behind
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In this grab taken from a handout footage released by the administration of the head of Russia's Dagestan Republic on June 24, 2024, Dagestan region governor Sergei Melikov (3R) visits a burned out synagogue, which was attacked by gunmen a day before, in Derbent. - Attacks on churches and synagogues in Russia's Dagestan region killed 15 police officers and four civilians, officials said on June 24, 2024, stoking fears over Islamist violence in the historically restive North Caucasus. The attacks come just three months after Islamic State (IS) group fighters killed more than 140 in a Moscow concert hall, the deadliest attack on Russia for almost 20 years. (Photo by Handout / administration of the head of Russia's Dagestan Republic / AFP)

Dagestan attack toll hits 20 as Russia launches terror probe

The Kremlin on Monday dismissed fears Russia’s historically restive North Caucasus region is facing a wave of violence after a series of coordinated weekend attacks on churches, synagogues and police killed at
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