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The outage affected major websites and apps, such as Duolingo and Snapchat, which suffered connectivity issues after Amazon cloud services unit AWS went down. The company later said it had mostly restored service.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Rachel Reeves made the comments about the 2020 deal at a key meeting of the world's leading finance ministers and central bankers.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:The defense minister wants to order 15 US F-35 fighter jets at a cost of some 2.5 billion, a report says. The populist AfD would like to make Donald Trump an honorary citizen of a southwestern district. DW has more.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:The European Union is struggling to find economic bright spots. But, on the EU's eastern flank, one major economy is shining bright: Poland's. What can Poland teach the rest of the bloc?
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:EU and Egyptian officials are set to use this weekβs summit in Brussels to announce a series of new EU-funded infrastructure projects from the second 4bn tranche of its multi-billion euro βcash for migrant controlβ deal.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss defence, Ukraine aid, Russian assets, competitiveness, and climate goals. Also this week, ministers meet to discuss Russian sanctions and energy, while MEPs debate the Middle East, Belarus, and announce the Sakharov Prize.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:The EU Commission justified its refusal to share the documents by admitting it is worried that it will not be able to withstand the βunnecessary pressure from stakeholdersβ β in other words, the lobbying β that could result from the documentsβ release.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:The flight was arriving from Dubai. Four crew members were rescued and taken to the hospital.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:For the first time in two decades, the economically ailing South American nation will be run by a center-right capitalist.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:"It's a question of time," Christine Lagarde says.
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Ukraine's leader left Washington without a promise of Tomahawk missiles from his U.S. counterpart, but insiders blamed poor timing given events in the Middle East.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Despite the Covid experience, nations arenβt proving more willing to help each other or to dig deep to help poor countries.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:A masked gang targeted France's crown jewels during a brazen daylight raid.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Taras Kachka believes "creative solutions" will overcome Hungary's opposition to Kyiv's joining the EU.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Tufan ErhΓΌrman scored a landslide victory, unseating hard-line incumbent Ersin Tatar, who was considered Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoΔanβs favorite.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:The most spectacular Louvre robbery since the Mona Lisa in 1911 proves the vulnerability of French museums, writes Hugh Schofield.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Kenyan opposition politician Raila Odinga has been buried after days of memorial services that were marred by a stampede and clashes with police.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Anti-smoking activists warn the tobacco industry still wields immense power despite a drop in consumption, and that the use of e-cigarettes is surging.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Bolivian voters are electing a new president on Sunday. For the first time in two decades, the economically ailing South American nation will be run by a right-wing capitalist.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:The US president has accused his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro of condoning the production of drugs headed for the US. Colombia, meanwhile, has said the US violated its sovereignty and killed a fisherman.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Hamas and Israel trade blame as hopes dim for lasting peace.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Afghanistan's female footballers were forced to flee to all parts of the globe after the return of the Taliban. After four years of fighting to represent their country on the pitch again, they are about to do just that.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Ambassador Peter Fischer has become the target of attacks from the pro-Russia government in Tbilisi.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:The bloc also considers "targeting the provision of logistical support to shadow fleet vessels," according to EEAS document seen by POLITICO.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:The thieves stole jewelry from display cases in the Galerie dβApollon before fleeing on scooters, the interior ministry said.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:From rooftops and roads to farmers' fields and the open sea, solar power can already be captured almost anywhere. The next frontier? Harnessing the sun's energy in space to power life on Earth.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:The president vowed to bring factories home. But tariffs, immigration policies and spending cuts are turning that promise into a costly balancing act.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:France's Interior Ministry said jewels of "inestimable value" were taken from the world-renowned museum in a seven-minute heist.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:The drone attack sparked a fire at the Orenburg gas processing plant in Russia, the world's largest facility of its kind.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently met with the leaders of Vietnam and Laos and agreed to boost ties. Will other Southeast Asian countries follow?
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:Players refuse to move for the first 15 seconds of matches in La Liga on Saturday as protests at the Spanish league's decision to stage a game in Miami continued.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:"The Last Jew in Vinnitsa" is one of the starkest images of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. Thanks to AI and hive minds, we now know the identity of the perpetrator.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:It's common for couples to be less intimate with each other as their relationship deepens over time. But why?
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:After days of intense politicking in Japan, reports say that a new coalition is poised to set the stage for Sanae Takaichi to become the country's new prime minister on Tuesday.
Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source:In an effort to ward off potentially sinister rituals, the Catalonian town of Terrassa hopes to keep its black cats safe during the occult-themed holiday.
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