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The first shipments of avocados from Kenya arrived in China under Beijing's new zero-tariff rule early this month. A clear sign, analysts say, that the deal is starting to have real effects. The policy, which came into effect on May 1, gives Africa's biggest economies tariff-free access to China's market for the next two years.  "China introducing the zero tariff

US President Donald Trump has sparked controversy in the Middle East by accusing Kurdish groups in the region of withholding weapons that were intended for Iranian demonstrators. In early March, at the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran, Trump said it would be "wonderful" if Iranian Kurdish forces based across the border in Iraq launched attacks

Hearing aids amplify everything — "indiscriminately" — wrote a group of scientists working on a system that may make brain-controlled hearing aids possible. "Current hearing aids are good at amplifying sounds and voices, but they struggle with the classic 'cocktail party problem' — deciding which voice matters to the listener," said Vishal Choudhari*, lead author on their study

Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, an ally of current Socialist Premier Pedro Sanchez, is being investigated for alleged influence peddling and related crimes, the country's top criminal court said on Tuesday. Zapatero has thus become the first Spanish prime minister — current or former — to be formally investigated by the judiciary since Spain's return to democracy following

The annual Sudetendeutscher Tag, a meeting of ethnic Germans expelled from Czechoslovakia after the Second World War and their descendants, will take place in the Czech city of Brno from May 22 to 25 as part of the Meeting Brno festival of reconciliation. But the event has triggered protests and a parliamentary declaration warning against

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday voiced concern about the "scale and speed" of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  The WHO is holding an emergency meeting later on Tuesday in Geneva to discuss developments in Ituri province and other parts of eastern DRC. The outbreak

South ​Korean President ​Lee ‌Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held a fourth meeting in about six months on Tuesday, with both leaders pledging to continue deepening bilateral ties. The two countries have long had a turbulent relationship over issues related to Japan's 35-year colonization of the Korean Peninsula before the end of World War II

When putting into context the significance of Freiburg reaching their first ever European final, the words of Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany feel the most pertinent. "I think it [Freiburg's success] embodies everything that is positive about football," Kompany said recently. "It's a small club that's building itself up with its own resources. What Freiburg

The Swedish government on Tuesday announced a deal to purchase four new frigates for its navy from France's Naval Group. The Nordic country, neutral throughout the Cold War, applied for NATO membership in May 2022 alongside Finland, soon after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It joined the alliance in March 2024 and is seeking to rapidly

Skip next section Deutsche Bank London branch fined for Russia sanctions violations May 19, 2026 Deutsche Bank London branch fined for Russia sanctions violations The London branch of German global financial institution Deutsche Bank has been fined by UK authorities for violations related to Russian sanctions. The UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) fined