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Skip next section Sugar, booze, tobacco: what new health-based levies is the government planning? April 29, 2026 Sugar, booze, tobacco: what new health-based levies is the government planning? One new budget proposal that seemingly won't be finalized in time for 2027, but is planned for introduction by 2028, is a tax on sugary drinks.  Nominally

Skip next section Odisha man carries sister's skeleton to bank April 29, 2026 Odisha man carries sister's skeleton to bank An Indian man exhumed his sister’s body and carried it to a bank branch in the eastern state of Odisha after staff refused him access to her account without a death certificate. In a post

Skip next section Toasts and roasts headline Trump-Charles state dinner April 29, 2026 Toasts and roasts headline Trump-Charles state dinner Trump hailed Charles's "fantastic" speech to CongressImage: Aaron Chown/PA Wire/dpa/picture alliance Amid all the political messaging at the lavish state dinner hosted for the British King and Queen at the White House, Trump and Charles

Virtually no part of Europe was left untouched by extreme weather and hotter temperatures in 2025. The continent endured unprecedented heatwaves, experienced its largest wildfire and recorded its hottest-ever sea surface temperatures.   Those are the key findings of the European State of the Climate 2025 report , published annually by the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization.  "The

The US State Department has announced on Tuesday that it will produce a limited number of commemorative passports bearing the portrait of President Donald Trump. What do we know about new US passports? State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a statement that the passports will be released as part of the celebrations for the 250th

The US Department of Justice has again indicted former FBI Director James Comey. On Tuesday, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that Comey had been charged with threatening the life of US President Donald Trump. Comey, an outspoken critic of Trump, has also been charged with making an interstate threat to kill the president, according to

About half of all women in the European Union have been sexually harassed at least once since their 15th birthday, according to the  European Council. In response, the EU has launched several measures to better protect women and girls from sexual assault. On October 1, 2023, it acceded to the Istanbul Convention, the world's most comprehensive set of

The Southern Interconnection pipeline, designed to connect Bosnia-Herzegovina to a liquefied natural gas terminal in neighboring Croatia, could scupper Bosnian aspirations to join the European Union.  The project is strategically important for the country, as it would reduce Bosnia's dependence on Russian gas. Following Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine, the EU has pushed both member states

"We've been preparing for exactly this moment," German-Venezuelan businessman Thilo Schmitz tells DW. "I'm certain that we'll do very good business over the next five years," the 59-year-old Caracas-born entreprenur predicts. By "this moment" he means the Venezuela's reopening after years of decline. Venezuela has been changing rapidly since United States special forces abductedVenezuelan President Nicolas

Rescuers in northern Germany on Tuesday coaxed the stranded humback whale that's come to be known as "Timmy" towards a specially converted freight barge that they want to use to guide the marine mammal back towards its natural habitat in the Atlantic Ocean.  The animal is thought to have lost its way in early March, straying