STOCKHOLM, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Finland and Sweden said on Friday they had scrambled fighter jets to intercept and identify Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Gulf of Finland, in the first such joint operation by the two Nordic countries. The Baltic Sea…
By Joshua McElwee ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Asked about U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to bar CNN and several other outlets from the White House, Pope Leo on Friday reaffirmed his support for freedom of the press. Pope Leo was greeting…
Sept 25 (Reuters) – Shares in Swedish drug-delivery company Nanexa more than doubled their value in early Friday trading after it signed a global licensing deal with Novo Nordisk worth up to about €1.17 billion ($1.33 billion). The agreement, announced after the market closed on Thursday,…
MOSCOW, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Russia’s air defence units destroyed about 50 drones over the Rostov region overnight and a drone attack damaged the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery, forcing it to suspend operations temporarily, Governor Yuri Slyusar said on Friday. Heavy drone strikes on Russian refineries…
ATHENS, Sept 25 (Reuters) – A fire broke out on the deck of a vehicle ferry off the popular Greek tourist island of Mykonos on Friday, authorities said. At least five coast guard vessels and two firefighting speedboats assisted the operation to rescue the 29 people on…
By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Singapore’s population rose 1.6% in June compared to a year ago, hitting a new high of 6.21 million, government statistics released on Friday showed. Singapore has experienced steady population growth since the end of the pandemic, when…
By Samia Nakhoul, Parisa Hafezi and John Irish Sept 24 (Reuters) – US and Iranian negotiators in New York are exploring a phased path out of war that would involve Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and Washington lifting its economic blockade of Iran, sources…
ATHENS, Sept 25 (Reuters) – A two-storey building partially collapsed in central Athens on Friday after an explosion, the Greek fire brigade said, with local media reporting one person, a passerby, was slightly injured. A gas leak probably caused the explosion at the building in…
By Pesha Magid JERUSALEM, Sept 25 (Reuters) – On the outskirts of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian woman has transformed her home into an art centre where children use drawing to process their experiences of settler violence and Israeli military raids. Artist…
ROME, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Italy’s antitrust authority (AGCM) said on Friday it had closed its investigation into U.S. consumer goods maker Procter & Gamble’s claims for a hair removal device, after the company committed to address the regulator’s concerns. The AGCM’s opened in February…
