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Finland is temporarily shutting down its 1,340-kilometre long eastern border with Russia after seeing an abnormally large number of migrants arrive this month — a situation its prime minister describes as a "hybrid attack" orchestrated by Moscow. Crossings to be shut for at least 2 weeks following surge of migrants …

Greece's government on Tuesday accused Britain of showing "a lack of respect" by abruptly cancelling a meeting between their leaders after a dispute over 2,500-year-old Parthenon sculptures housed in the British Museum. Here's a closer look at the dispute. Separation of sculptures in different countries is like cutting the Mona …

A Vermont man pleaded not guilty to attempted murder Monday in connection with the weekend shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vt., which is now being investigated as a possible hate crime. Jason J. Eaton, 48, was arrested Sunday, a day after the shooting outside his …

Sports Olympics Summer Sports The mayor of future Olympic host city Paris says she is quitting X, accusing Elon Musk's platform previously known as Twitter of spreading disinformation and hatred and of becoming a "gigantic global sewer" that is toxic for democracy and constructive debate. Move follows fractious period for …

After a drilling machine was damaged, rescuers are now manually boring into the mountain to rescue 41 workers who have been trapped for two weeks. The work will take 100 hours, officials say. In the meantime, they say the workers are safe, have access to essentials and some entertainment. Officials …

After a period of sustained gunfire and clashes between "renegade soldiers" and police, Sierra Leone says calm has been restored and the soldiers pushed back to the outskirts of the capital, Freetown. There was a nationwide curfew and a closure of the border with neighbouring Guinea. Authorities say calm is …

In total, Russia launched 75 Iranian-made Shahed drones against Ukraine, of which 74 were destroyed by air defences, Ukraine's air force said. Ukraine's air force says it destroyed 74 of 75 drones launched by Russian forces Russia on Saturday morning launched its most intense drone attack on Ukraine since the …

Ireland's prime minister condemned anti-immigrant protesters on Friday who rampaged through central Dublin after three young children were stabbed, saying the rioters simply wanted to cause chaos and not protect the country's way of life. Police made a number of arrests on Friday evening as they mounted a significant security …

Whole neighbourhoods in the Gaza Strip, including homes, schools and hospitals, have been erased by Israeli airstrikes and the ground invasion that followed the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants on communities in southern Israel. Many wonder if Gaza will ever recover, with an estimated 45% of homes destroyed …

For a few hours, America's right-wing media treated fiction as fact, speculating the explosion at a Canada-U.S. border crossing near Niagara Falls was a terrorist attack from Canada — feeding calls for a northern border wall. Erroneous reports about border incident fed a frenzy of speculation and calls for a …