LES DIABLERETS, Switzerland, Oct 1 - Swiss glaciers are shrinking rapidly after suffering one of their worst years of ice loss during a record-breaking European heatwave.
WARSAW, Sept 30 - Poland will deploy new rules of engagement to counter threats in its airspace from the beginning of October, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Wednesday during a press briefing.
Sept 30 - Papal envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi discussed humanitarian issues in the Ukraine war in talks with Russian officials and visited Ukrainian prisoners of war, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Sept 30 - Slovakia's main ruling party Smer-SSD said on Wednesday that maintaining the government's majority required a large effort and called on partners to keep internal disputes out of policy.
KYIV, Sept 30 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited a military command post near the eastern frontline on Wednesday and praised what he said were gains against Russian forces during a counteroffensive operation.
PARIS, Sept 30 : The European Securities and Markets Authority said on Wednesday that European regulators should be given more powers to help them enforce crypto rules, and that ESMA should be able to tell crypto companies to freeze crypto assets when they have reasonable grounds to suspect that they are linked to c
Sept 30 - Russia has warned NATO that it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western alliance tried to cut off or attack the Russian region of Kaliningrad.
Sept 30 - The Russian government said on Wednesday it was drawing up urgent measures to control the population of brown bears that has spiralled out of control in some regions, with at least 22 people killed in attacks.
BRUSSELS, Sept 30 - NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday there was no imminent threat to NATO territory from Russia, in response to a warning issued by Moscow over the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
MADRID, Sept 29 - Spain's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it had alerted prosecutors to an Amnesty International report alleging the military tortured or mistreated migrants in Ceuta, and ordered an internal probe into whether any personnel were to blame.
STOCKHOLM, Sept 30 - The Swedish government should apologise to the indigenous Sami people for past injustices and Sami interests should be given stronger consideration against mining and wind power projects, a government-appointed commission said on Wednesday.
BUCHAREST, Sept 30 - Romania's Prime Minister-designate Siegfried Muresan failed to win a parliamentary vote of confidence on Wednesday, extending a political crisis that threatens the country's investment grade rating.
LONDON, Sept 30 - The British Museum is facing legal action over its Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, with lawyers representing a blind man alleging the museum is breaching equalities laws by not providing audio-described tours.
MADRID, Sept 30 - Thousands of protesters camped out on Madrid's main square and in other Spanish cities demanded on Wednesday that parliament swiftly approve new measures to protect tenants and curb the country's acute housing crisis.
LONDON, Sept 30 : Stock market investors might have been expected to run for the hills in the face of an extraordinary surge in global borrowing costs, currency interventions, wars, oil back above $100 a barrel and warnings that AI might wipe out humanity. Yet the most widely tracked world equity indexes are
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Sept 30 : French cybersecurity firm Sekoia rolled out its cybersecurity AI agentic tool Elevate to its clients, following an early access program with around 2,000 customers, it said on Wednesday. Criminals are increasingly resorting to AI agents, with cyberattacks multiplying and changing in scale, prompti