Robin MILLARD

Israel’s participation in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest has drawn protests but its competitor Yuval Raphael — who escaped the Hamas attack on her country — is hotly tipped to qualify from Thursday’s semifinal. Raphael survived the October 7, 2023 […]

The Eurovision Song Contest burst into Basel on Sunday, but a parade launching a week of build-up to the grand final was marked by protests over Israel’s participation. The Swiss city is hosting the 69th edition of the world’s biggest

UN chief Antonio Guterres met the rival Cypriot leaders for dinner on Monday ahead of informal talks aimed at finding a “way forward” on the divided island’s future. Guterres sat down to dine in Geneva with President Nikos Christodoulides of

Climate change sparked a trail of extreme weather and record heat in 2024, the United Nations said on Monday, urging the world to pull back from the “road to ruin”. The outgoing year is set to be the warmest ever

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, reappointed on Friday as head of the World Trade Organization, hinged her leadership on breaking logjams at the sclerotic institution through craft, dynamism and sheer force of personality. The World Bank veteran, 70, is a trailblazer. She was

The World Health Organization said it was forced to postpone the last phase of the polio vaccination drive in Gaza on Wednesday due to “intense bombardment” and “escalating violence” in the north. The second round of vaccinations was due to

Britain is urgently looking to reset its trading relationship with the European Union, and sees international commerce as key to reviving UK growth, trade minister Douglas Alexander told AFP. Alexander said Britain’s 2016 vote to leave the EU caused “significant