Running a cozy little bookshop where readers can meet and connect over their favorite authors is a dream shared by many book nerds. But beyond the romanticized idea, the independent bookstore business is renowned for being risky, which is why most people never get to follow that dream.
Prince Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, made a surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Thursday. The prince, who arrived on an overnight train from Poland, was filmed getting off the train and greeting people on the platform by Britain's ITV News.
Two trains collided in Denmark on Thursday, injuring 17 people, five of them critically, authorities said. The incident happened near Hillerod, north of Copenhagen, and police received alerts about the crash at about 6:30 a.m. (0430 GMT).
The United Kingdom and France have agreed on a new three-year deal to curb undocumented migrant crossings in the English Channel.
Last weekend, several thousand people took to the streets in Munich to demonstrate against abortion and assisted suicide. One speaker made an extremely dramatic plea against what he called the "culture of death" that has allegedly taken hold in Germany.
A €90 billion ($106 billion) EU loan to Ukraine received preliminary approval from the 27 EU countries on Wednesday after several months during which Hungary exercised its veto, diplomats said. The Cypriot EU presidency said the final approval is to be given by all the bloc's member states on Thursday.
Spread out below Berlin's landmark TV tower, with a glass front that gleamed orange in the sun, the hammer and sickle wreath hanging prominently in the middle: The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) served as an architectural calling card of communist East Germany.
A heated debate has broken out in Germany over a remark by the head of a police association who said in a TV interview that women should better "not get into a relationship with a man."
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The number of foreign-born people living in the EU reached a record high of 64.2 million in 2025, according to a report released Wednesday.
Children who do not reach the age of 18 before January 1, 2027 will never be permitted to buy cigarettes or tobacco products in the UK, once a new law that has now completely cleared parliament gets royal assent from King Charles III.
Is Bulgaria going to be governed by its very own Viktor Orban? Or will the rampant corruption in the country finally be tackled?