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The mayor of a Polish city has asked all 44,000 residents to evacuate as large parts of Central Europe are hit by widespread flooding. Nysa Mayor Kordian Kolbiarz urged people to move to higher ground, citing the risk of a dike breaking and a cascade of water from a nearby lake flowing into the city. […]

By Hernan Nessi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s economy likely shrank 1.4 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, the fifth decline as the recession deepens under libertarian President Javier Milei’s harsh austerity policies. That median GDP estimate from 15 analysts polled by Reuters for the April-June

The famous architect was only 25 years old when he designed this angular concrete house in southwestern France together with Roland Baltera and François Seigneur. At first glance, the house appears to be a semi-buried structure, with sloping steel roofs protruding from the ground. Once inside, it becomes clear that the slope helps to create

(Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will make 30-year mortgages available to all first-home buyers and buyers of new construction homes as the embattled leader tries to win back the approval of younger Canadians. Most read from Bloomberg The government will also allow mortgage default insurance on homes worth up to C$1.5 million ($1.1

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused Israel of trying to drag his country into a regional war, citing the killing of a leading member of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran more than six weeks ago. “Israel is trying to entangle us in a regional war through the assassination of Haniyeh. We

Frenchman Thierry Breton abruptly resigned as EU Commissioner for the Internal Market on Monday. In a clear letter, he made it clear that he is not seeking a position in President Ursula von der Leyen’s new team of European commissioners. Breton wrote in his resignation letter on X that von der Leyen had asked Paris

Sir Keir Starmer has indicated he will examine Italy’s asylum procedures with Albania as part of a “pragmatic” approach to dealing with migrant boats crossing the Channel. The prime minister told reporters he had discussed the “concept” of the Italian deal during talks in Rome with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni. Meloni said Sir Keir

Recently released satellite images from the British Ministry of Defence show that several bridges in Russia have been destroyed after attacks from Ukraine. Ukraine has targeted bridges in the Kursk region as part of its weeks-long invasion of Russia, apparently seeking to disrupt logistics and supply lines as Moscow increasingly moves resources there. The satellite

In 2025, the Ministry for the Future, an influential global organization that advocates for the rights of future generations, convinces bankers and economists to introduce broad-based policies that will finally reverse the effects of the devastating climate crisis and create a fairer, cleaner global economy. If that sounds like science fiction, it is: this is

One of Germany’s largest refineries will receive more crude oil from Kazakhstan for an extended period, the German Economics Ministry confirmed on Monday during a visit by Chancellor Scholz to the Central Asian country. The PCK refinery in Brandenburg sources some of its crude oil from Kazakhstan, but has been operating at reduced capacity since