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What the EU's new biometric border checks mean for non-EU citizens
Reuters, Published on 08/10/2025
» LONDON — How all non-European Union (EU) citizens, including British visitors, travel to and from the bloc will start to change from Sunday when its long-delayed new biometric entry-check system starts operations.
Turkey police, opposition supporters clash
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/09/2025
» ISTANBUL — Turkish riot police clashed with protesters in Istanbul on Monday as a court-appointed trustee tried to take over the local headquarters of the country’s main opposition party.
Russia to hold espionage hearing against French researcher
AFP, Published on 25/08/2025
» MOSCOW - A Russian court is expected to outline fresh espionage charges Monday against a French researcher, already serving a three-year sentence, the latest in a string of Westerners to face decades in prison amid the Ukraine offensive.
Gaza rescuers say 15 killed in Israeli New Year strike
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Gaza's civil defence agency said Wednesday that an Israeli air strike in the territory's north killed at least 15 people, marking what the rescuers called the New Year's first deadly attack.
Timeline: Boeing to plead guilty to fraud in US probe of fatal 737 Max crashes
Reuters, Published on 08/07/2024
» Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge and pay a fine of $243.6 million to resolve a US Justice Department investigation into two 737 Max fatal crashes, the government said in a court filing on Sunday.
Timeline: Boeing's ongoing 737 Max crisis
Reuters, Published on 07/01/2024
» The latest black eye for Boeing's top-selling 737 Max aircraft occurred as recently as Friday when a cabin panel blowout forced an Alaska Airlines flight to make an emergency landing.
Icelandic volcano eruption misses town
Reuters and AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» Lava from a large volcanic eruption in Iceland appeared to flow away from the only town in the area, offering hope that homes would be spared, geologists and rescue officials said on Tuesday.
Residents get brief return to volcano-risk Icelandic town
AFP, Published on 14/11/2023
» GRINDAVIK (ICELAND) - From Christmas gifts to sheep, residents forced from an Icelandic town damaged by hundreds of earthquakes in recent days were able to briefly return on Monday to retrieve their belongings, authorities said.
Hollywood celebrates strike end as actors get back to work
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Hollywood celebrated Thursday after actors agreed to end a crippling months-long strike, kicking off a race to get the cameras rolling and salvage next year's movies and television shows.
Biden-Xi summit could eclipse Apec
Reuters, Published on 08/11/2023
» WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to hold summit talks in San Francisco next week as they seek to stabilise tense ties by meeting in-person for just the second time in nearly three years, but little bonhomie and no grand bargains appear in the offing.