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Khalifa is best known for hosting ‘Mission Impossible’, a programme focused on crime and security

Tributes have been paid to Aoife O'Brien, 19, from County Limerick, Ireland, who died suddenly while on holiday in Portugal

Zaporizhzhya in southeastern Ukraine is facing a growing threat from Russian first-person-view (FPV) drones, which are increasingly reaching the city's streets. RFE/RL looks at how civilians and Ukrainian forces are adapting as attacks intensify and the drone threat changes life near the front line.

ANTHONY — Why? That’s the word that hovers over Memorial Park here, just before dusk on an evening in early September when the wind swells from the southwest and the swaying branches of the trees break the rays of the setting sun into dancing shafts of gold. There is peace here, the kind of tranquility […]

There is little in common between Daron Acemoglu and Xi Jinping. As a strong advocate of the Western model of liberal democracy, Acemoglu, co-recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics, may be considered the ideological opposite of the Chinese president. But on a crucial point about China’s future, the two may, strangely, be on the same page: an across-the-board introduction of cutting-edge technology may enhance productivity and maintain economic growth. It may counteract the negative...

Germany’s AfD party is on course to win a state election this weekend, creating a problem for the rest of the country’s political parties, writes James C. Reynolds

Sarah Khalifa is best known for her TV programme Mission Impossible which dealt with crime issues.

Sarah Khalifa is best known for her TV programme Mission Impossible which dealt with crime issues.

Comments by US Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh at its annual economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole last month have reinforced expectations of an impending interest rate rise in the world’s largest economy, which would have significant impacts on assets and investors around the world. While the Fed kept its target rate in the range of 3.5 to 3.75 per cent at its meeting in July, Warsh’s comments last month about it having work to do in controlling inflation have heightened expectations...

With Sebastien Pocognoli looking to change the way Scotland play, might Scott Bain be the answer to his goalkeeping problems?

With Sebastien Pocognoli looking to change the way Scotland play, might Scott Bain be the answer to his goalkeeping problems?

With Sebastien Pocognoli looking to change the way Scotland play, might Scott Bain be the answer to his goalkeeping problems?