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Israeli strikes across the southern Gaza Strip killed at least 19 overnight into Sunday, including a senior Hamas political leader and several women and children.

Pope Francis will appear in public again on Sunday for a greeting and blessing to the faithful after the traditional Angelus Catholic prayer. The text will not be read by the Pontiff but only broadcast.

Experts believe that an initial spike in remote work during the pandemic is mostly over and that the future will involve hybrid work. ADVERTISEMENTAs the COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly in March 2020, many were ordered to stay at home, leading to a rise in remote work.The EU agency Eurofound, which compiled data from over 250,000 people through seven e-surveys on working conditions before and during the pandemic, found that COVID-19 brought about a rapid pivot to remote work that’s still in place today. Eurofound researcher Oscar Vargas Llave told Euronews Next that at the pandemic’s peak, 23 per cent of the…

The oil tanker ‘Eventin’, believed to be part of Russia’s efforts to evade sanctions, was already towed into safer waters by a German tugboat in January after it was discovered adrift in heavy seas off the Baltic coast. ADVERTISEMENTGerman customs authorities have seized the Panama-flagged tanker ‘Eventin’, which has been anchored off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast since January.The ship is believed to be part of Russia’s so called ‘shadow fleet’ of aging tankers of uncertain ownership and safety practices that Western governments say Moscow has resorted to using to dodge sanctions and keep oil revenue flowing.Security sources told German news…

Updated: 21/03/2025 – 10:16 GMT+1Mourners across North Macedonia attended funerals for 59 nightclub fire victims, including members of the pop band DNA, as communities held solemn ceremonies to honour their lost loved ones. … More Funeral services were held on Thursday across North Macedonia as communities mourned the victims of last weekend’s nightclub fire. The March 16 blaze in the eastern town of Kocani claimed 59 lives, including several members of the pop band DNA.In Kocani, where 43 victims were laid to rest, hundreds of black-clad mourners carried white flowers and photographs of lost loved ones. A solemn religious service,…

On Tuesday, the Greens helped push a multi-billion euro financial package through parliament, partly aimed at boosting climate protection. Euronews spoke with Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Robert Habeck about climate and Europe. ADVERTISEMENTGermany’s parliament on Tuesday passed a historic bill unlocking a record level of state borrowing for defence and infrastructure through amending the country’s constitutionally enshrined fiscal rules.The Greens were originally reluctant to offer their support of the bill until they received guarantees last week that €100 billion of the special fund would be directed to supporting climate economic transformation measures.After the vote, Foreign Minister…

Defence spending is set to dominate this week’s EU Summit in Brussels. But as Ukraine is learning, speed is key to any investment in defence tech. ADVERTISEMENTThe war in Ukraine is “a bit like World War One and World War Three combined,” according to James Appathurai, NATO’s deputy assistant secretary general for innovation, hybrid, and cyber. He said while everybody sees the heavy metal weapons and tanks being used in Ukraine, much like in the Great War, the key to the country’s defence is making tech commercially available and dual-use to fight war in the modern era. “That’s allowing the Ukrainians to…

The country’s foreign ministry clarified the updated guidance doesn’t constitute an official travel warning to the US.

Healthcare companies such as GSK plc and tech companies such as Siemens AG were among the top losers on European markets on Wednesday morning. ADVERTISEMENTEuropean markets opened downbeat on Wednesday morning amid escalating geopolitical tensions, especially in the Middle East. Britain’s FTSE 100 opened 0.3% lower on Wednesday morning, with Compass Group plc, GSK plc and Flutter Entertainment being some of the main losers. Germany’s DAX index also dropped 0.3%, pulled down by Siemens AG and Deutsche Bank AG. France CAC 40 index dipped 0.2% on Wednesday morning, with the STOXX 600 index also sliding 0.3%. Tensions in the Middle East have been…

Friedrich Merz needed the support of two-thirds majority in parliament for his plan to unlock billions for defence and infrastructure spending. ADVERTISEMENTGermany’s parliament on Tuesday passed a historic bill unlocking a record level of state borrowing for defence and infrastructure through amending the country’s constitutionally enshrined fiscal rules.The vote made it through the parliament with 513 votes in favour — above the 489 votes required. The law still needs a two-thirds majority in the Bundesrat, Germany’s lower house representing the country’s states, to become law. The crucial vote in the Bundestag followed weeks of debate sparked when Merz’s Christian Democratic…