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Beijing and Washington agree to resume trade talks amid renewed tariff tensions

Washington, October 18, 2025 — The United States and China have agreed to resume high-level trade negotiations in an effort to ease renewed tensions between the world’s two largest economies. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Friday that he will meet next week in Washington......

Iran Nuclear Deal: What the 2015 Vienna agreement originally promised — and why it ends this Saturday

Tehran, October 18, 2025 — Ten years after its adoption by the United Nations, the Vienna nuclear agreement (JCPOA) officially expires this Saturday. But in reality, the deal had already collapsed weeks earlier when the UN reinstated sanctions against Iran. On the same day, Tehran declared that......

Israeli spyware maker NSO ordered to pay $4 Million to Meta instead of $168 Million

San Francisco, October 18, 2025 — The Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group, known for developing the controversial spyware Pegasus, saw its financial penalty drastically reduced on Friday by a U.S. appeals court. Instead of the initial $168 million in damages awarded to Meta in May, NSO will......

Ajaccio Launches its first urban cable car to ease traffic congestion

Ajaccio, October 18, 2025 — The Corsican city of Ajaccio inaugurated on Saturday its first urban cable car, named Angelo, marking a milestone as the first city in the Mediterranean basin to adopt this mode of transport. The project, costing €38 million—70% funded by the French state—aims......

Pakistan resumes airstrikes on Afghan soil, Kabul condemns truce violation

Kabul, October 17, 2025 — Tensions have flared once again along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border after Islamabad reportedly carried out airstrikes inside Afghan territory on Friday evening. According to Taliban officials, the attacks killed at least ten civilians, including two children, breaking......

French council of State upholds €8 million fine against Apple over advertising trackers

The French Council of State has upheld the €8 million fine imposed on Apple by the CNIL (France’s data protection authority) in late 2022 for using advertising trackers on French users without their explicit consent. In its ruling on Wednesday,......

Avian flu outbreak detected on a farm north of Nantes

A highly pathogenic avian flu outbreak has been confirmed in a turkey farm in Nort-sur-Erdre, about twenty kilometers north of Nantes, the prefecture of Loire-Atlantique announced on Thursday. All turkeys on the affected site will be culled to prevent......

Mexico: at least 70 dead in floods, army deployed

Mexico has deployed nearly 13,000 soldiers and navy personnel to assist victims of last week’s torrential rains, which have left at least 70 people dead in the central and eastern regions of the country, according to the latest official report released Thursday. In Xochicoatlán,......

Electric scooter rider fatally hit by motorcycle south of Lyon

A 23-year-old man was killed on Thursday night in Givors, south of Lyon, after being struck by a motorcycle while riding his electric scooter, according to local authorities. The accident occurred shortly after 10 p.m. on Rue Jacques Duclos, in......

Greece: New migrant shipwreck in the Aegean Sea leaves two dead

Two women were found dead on the rocky coast of the Greek island of Chios, after a makeshift boat carrying 29 migrants ran aground on Friday, according to the Greek coast guard. “During a rescue operation following the grounding of a migrant boat, two women were found......

US-Venezuela Crisis: Maduro deploys 17,000 troops near Colombian border

The Venezuelan government has reinforced its military presence in border states with Colombia, launching maneuvers involving 17,000 soldiers, in response to the deployment of US warships in the Caribbean, AFP journalists reported on Thursday. Washington has positioned seven warships in the Caribbean......

Japan: Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama dies at 101

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, renowned both in Japan and abroad for offering official apologies for Japan’s actions during World War II, passed away on Friday at the age of 101, political officials announced. Murayama, who served as Prime Minister from 1994 to 1996, issued......

Peru: New government to declare State of emergency in Lima after wave of violence

The Peruvian government announced on Thursday its intention to declare a state of emergency in Lima following a surge in organized crime violence that has triggered massive demonstrations, leaving one person dead and over a hundred injured. “We will soon announce the decision to declare a state......

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