Sweet romance: Japanese boys start buying into gift giving on Valentine’s Day
Women are traditionally expected to buy chocolates for male colleagues on Valentine’s Day but teenage boys are shunning the one-sided custom
It has been several years since Japanese women first …
Source: The Guardian
Read MoreGoa man found guilty of rape and murder of Irish backpacker eight years ago
Family of Danielle McLaughlin say justice has finally been achieved after Vikat Bhagat convicted in India
The family of a young Irish woman raped and murdered in India eight years …
Source: The Guardian
Read MoreZelenskyy meets with JD Vance amid Russia negotiation concerns
Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US officials for the first time since Donald Trump's call with Putin.
Source: Al Jazeera
Read MoreMiddle East crisis: Hamas announces further details of Israelis it will free this weekend – as it happened
Israel warned Thursday that Hamas must release three living hostages this weekend or face a resumption of the war in Gaza
The Israeli government has signalled it intends to stick …
Source: The Guardian
Read MoreLatest Israeli hostages to be freed named amid uncertainty over truce
Iair Horn, Sasha Troufanov and Sagui Dekel-Chen due to be exchanged for 369 Palestinian prisoners
Palestinian militant groups have named the three hostages they …
Source: The Guardian
Read MoreAmazon accused by Italy of evading €1.2bn in VAT payments
Tech giant hit by total claim worth €3bn amid investigation over sale of goods from non-EU countries including China
Source: Financial Times
Read MoreCover up or pay a fine, Portugal's Albufeira warns
Wearing bikinis and going shirtless may soon be banned in the city, as it fights against badly behaved tourists.
Source: BBC
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Archaeologists discover London's first Roman basilica under office building
An office building from the 1930s in the heart of London was about to be demolished and redeveloped by its owners — until archaeologists unearthed remnants of the city’s first …
Source: NBC News
Read MoreTrump and Vance are courting Europe’s far right to spread their political gospel
US vice-president’s speech and meeting with Germany’s AfD chief signal administration’s wider plans for continent
The Trump administration is making a big bet on Europe’s hard right.
Speaking at a …
Source: The Guardian
Read MoreJD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leaders
US vice-president questions whether European values are worth defending as he rails against ‘threat from within’
The US vice-president, JD Vance, …
Source: The Guardian
Read MoreAustralia condemns ‘unsafe’ airspace encounter and rejects Chinese allegations RAAF plane ‘deliberately intruded’
Australian defence department says it is monitoring three Chinese ships in the Coral Sea
Source: The Guardian
Read MoreHegseth team invites far-right activist Jack Posobiec on overseas trip
The offer to invite Posobiec on Pete Hegseth’s trip triggered alarm among Pentagon officials concerned about the military being dragged into partisan warfare.
Source: Washington Post
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