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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledges a standing ovation after his speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Germany

Germany’s Merz says he can’t stand applause for Rubio at Munich conference

The German chancellor described the US secretary of state’s speech at the event as Trump ‘in friendlier packaging’.

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Chinese tourists

Chinese and Indian tourists to boost Europe’s travel market amid US slowdown

Britain

UK court rules London police can require officers to disclose Masonic membership

Belgium

Belgium summons US ambassador over claims of antisemitism in rare diplomatic row

Ambassador Bill White had called an investigation into illegal circumcisions an ‘unacceptable harassment of the Jewish community’.

Pedestrians walk through Brussels’ historic centre around the Grand-Place. Photo: EPA-EFE
Pedestrians walk through Brussels’ historic centre around the Grand-Place. Photo: EPA-EFE
Italy

‘I have to be worried’: Ukraine’s Olympic sign bearer was a Russian woman

Disguised in dark glasses and a silver puffer jacket, Anastasia Kucherova says she wept silently as Ukraine got a standing ovation.

Cuba

Spain to send humanitarian aid to Cuba through UN amid US fuel blockade

Trump has vowed to cut off oil and fuel to Cuba following the US military operation last month in Venezuela, Cuba’s main supplier of oil.

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Greece

Greece will seek to obtain Nazi execution photos offered for sale on eBay

The images that appeared over the weekend allegedly show 200 Greek men being led to their deaths on May 1, 1944, at an Athens shooting range.

A man walks through a memorial site at the Kaisariani Shooting Range in Athens, Greece on Monday, the site where 200 Greek communist political prisoners were executed by Nazi forces on May 1, 1944. Photo: AP
A man walks through a memorial site at the Kaisariani Shooting Range in Athens, Greece on Monday, the site where 200 Greek communist political prisoners were executed by Nazi forces on May 1, 1944. Photo: AP
Britain

Trump slams clean energy deal between California and the UK, calls Newsom a ‘loser’

The agreement pledged cooperation on technologies such as offshore wind. Trump said it was ‘inappropriate’ for the UK to ‌deal with Newsom.

Taylor Swift

Austria files charges against suspect over planned 2024 Taylor Swift attack

Prosecutors said the now 21-year-old suspect planned to carry out an Islamist militant attack at a concert by the US singer in Vienna.

Britain

Starmer urges Europe to deepen interdependence amid Trump threats

Starmer has attempted to good relations with the US president to avoid the most punitive of tariffs and persuade him to continue supporting Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a press conference at Chequers at the conclusion of a state visit on September 18 last year in Aylesbury, Britain. Photo: Reuters
Marco Rubio

Rubio says US not disputing report of Navalny’s fatal poisoning by frog toxin

Five European governments blamed Russia for killing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny while he was held in an Arctic penal colony.

Alexei Navalny appearing on a screen via video link from the IK-6 penal colony in 2023. Photo: Reuters
Alexei Navalny appearing on a screen via video link from the IK-6 penal colony in 2023. Photo: Reuters
France

French rape survivor Pelicot says mindsets need to change

On the eve of her memoir’s release, Gisele Pelicot gives candid interviews about the druggings and rapes that shocked the world.

Britain

Purrfect? Larry the cat marks 15 years – and 6 PMs – as UK’s chief mouser

Many cats have occupied the post since the 1920s with historical records even showing them in government residences in the era of Henry VIII.

European Union

‘Work to be done’: EU says it’s not ready to give Ukraine a membership date

Ukraine applied to join the ‌EU days after Russia’s invasion almost four years ago, seeking to anchor itself to the West.

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European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas addresses the media in Brussels in November. Photo: AP
Australia

Australia unveils billions for nuclear submarines under Aukus security pact

The vessels, under agreement with the UK and the US, are at the heart of a major strategy to improve long-range strike capabilities.

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Australia’s HMAS Waller submarine is seen in Sydney Harbour in 2016. Photo: AFP
Australia’s HMAS Waller submarine is seen in Sydney Harbour in 2016. Photo: AFP
Britain

Social media ‘weaponises’ children, says UK expert on gender healthcare

The ‘tiny’ number who will ‘never be comfortable’ with their biological sex need support as well as those who will ‘grow out of this’.

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Israel-Gaza war

Indian author Arundhati Roy pulls out of Berlinale over jury’s Gaza comments

‘History will judge’ those in the film industry who do not speak out against the Gaza war, the Booker Prize winner says.

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China-EU relations

Farewell to the ‘unipolar moment’: Europe scrambles for footing between US and China

French and German foreign ministers revive talks with Beijing counterpart to respond to US-China divide-and-rule tactics and bolster European unity.

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Meeting in Munich on Friday are (from left) China’s Wang Yi, Germany’s Johann Wadephul and France’s Jean-Noel Barrot. Photo: DPA
Meeting in Munich on Friday are (from left) China’s Wang Yi, Germany’s Johann Wadephul and France’s Jean-Noel Barrot. Photo: DPA
France

Mother in France charged after 2 babies found dead in freezer

The 50-year-old woman was charged after she was arrested and admitted to freezing her newborns.

France

9 arrested over Louvre ticket fraud scheme involving Chinese tourists

The world-famous museum says it lost nearly US$12 million over the past decade as the result of tickets being reused for different visitors.

Britain

UK’s top civil servant quits as PM Starmer tries to calm Epstein storm

Cabinet Secretary Chris Wormald is the third senior aide to depart in recent days.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street in London. Photo: Reuters
Sexual harassment and assault

‘Every parent’s nightmare’: UK nursery worker Vincent Chan jailed for sex crimes

Nursery worker in London sentenced to 18 years for abusing young children in his care.

Vincent Chan in custody. Photo: Metropolitan Police via AFP
Vincent Chan in custody. Photo: Metropolitan Police via AFP
Donald Trump

Trump vs BBC: US$10 billion defamation suit headed for 2027 trial

Florida judge sets a February trial date over claims the broadcaster ‘deceptively’ edited the US president’s January 6 speech.

European Union

China cuts EU dairy tariffs, easing trade tensions after EV dispute

EU called Beijing’s tariffs ‘unwarranted’, and mulls WTO action, but China cutting some duties signals possible improvement in ties.

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Ukraine war

Russia launches missile, drone barrage at Ukraine as peace talks stall

Massive air assault targets energy systems and hits buildings in the capital and elsewhere, according to Ukrainian officials.

Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian early-morning guided bomb strike on a residential area in Donetsk region on Thursday. Photo: EPA
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