Europe

Forty-three people remained stranded in mid-air Saturday, hours after a pylon supporting cable cars collapsed outside the southern Turkish resort city of Antalya killing one person, rescue services said.

Four bills submitted by Poland's ruling coalition to liberalise the abortion law have passed a first hurdle in parliament as lawmakers on Friday voted down motions to reject the reforms in the first reading.

Britain's economy expanded by 0.1 percent in February, further fuelling recovery hopes after sliding into a shallow recession in the second half of last year, official data showed Friday.

The European Central Bank is expected to freeze its key interest rate at a record high again Thursday but pave the way for a first cut in June as inflation eases.

The new CEO of the world's top crypto platform stressed the importance of regulatory compliance for Binance's future success, months after its former chief executive pleaded guilty to violating US anti-money laundering laws and it paid $4.3 billion to settle charges. In an interview with AFP during a visit to Paris for a cryptocurrency sector…

Russia on Wednesday cancelled a high-profile rocket launch at the last minute for the second day running, in a fresh setback for the country's space programme. Launch of the flagship Angara A5, a powerful spacecraft designed to carry heavy payloads into low Earth orbit, was cancelled two minutes before lift-off, the head of Russia's Roscosmos…

Ireland's parliament on Tuesday voted in Simon Harris as the country's new prime minister, replacing Leo Varadkar after he abruptly quit last month citing personal and political reasons. Harris, 37, will become Ireland's youngest ever prime minister when he is formally installed in the role at a ceremony with President Michael D. Higgins later on…

Security will be "considerably reinforced" at Wednesday's Champions League match in the French capital between Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona after a "threat" from the Islamic State group, the interior minister said. Gerald Darmanin said the jihadist group had threatened all the quarter-final matches on Tuesday and Wednesday, not just PSG's first leg clash with Barcelona…

The United Nations atomic watchdog has warned of a new drone attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant, which has raised the risk of a major nuclear accident.

Pope Francis on Monday met relatives of several Israelis taken hostage by Hamas in the October 7 attacks.

Spain is to axe its so-called "golden visa" scheme under which foreign investors get residency for a 500,000-euro-investment in property, to curb the speculation blighting many Spanish cities, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday.

Russia on Monday warned of "unprecedented" flooding over the next 48 hours as locals in a city partially submerged by rising waters took to the streets in rare protest at the authorities' handling of the crisis.