The economic policies announced by US President-elect Donald Trump could elevate the exchange rate of the US currency; a strong dollar would in turn affect global trade and finance, stifling growth in other parts of the world, the UK's ‘Economist’ weekly assessed.more

Controls will be reintroduced at the Netherlands' land borders on 9 December and will remain in place for six months, the immigration and asylum ministry said yesterday. This is part of the anti-immigration campaign of the government coalition led by Geert Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV), Reuters estimated.more

The European Commission yesterday dismissed media reports that it intended to send troops from European countries to Ukraine as part of a US plan to ‘freeze the war’ in the country.more

Copenhagen authorities yesterday announced the launch of a campaign to attract educated Americans who are disappointed by Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.more

Ryanair’s profits have dropped by nearly a fifth, as lower peak-season fares met higher costs that the airline blamed partly on problems at Boeing. Summer fares were down by an average 7% as Ryanair cut prices to keep its planes full, carrying 9% more passengers from April to September this year than last.more

We expect that diseases such as West Nile virus, or others transmitted by mosquitoes, will be encountered more and more frequently in our environment,' noted biologist and parasitologist, Professor Maciej Grzybek. He pointed out that the health system must be prepared to act.more

The archaeological site of Pompeii in southern Italy will be limited to 20,000 visitors per day, its management announced. The rules will apply from November 15, and were decided after a record summer when the number of tourists reached 36,000 per day.more

A man was left in the sea for 19 hours after falling from a cargo ship before he was rescued by two fisherman. The man was treated at hospital after he was taken to shore.more

The European Commission has informed Chinese platform Temu that an EU investigation has uncovered practices on the site that violate EU consumer law, such as fake discounts and false product reviews. Temu has a month to inform the Commission how it intends to remedy the irregularities.more

A former adviser to President-elect Donald Trump says the incoming administration will focus on achieving peace in Ukraine rather than enabling the country to gain back territory occupied by Russia. Bryan Lanza, who worked on Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, told the BBC the incoming administration would ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for his version of a realistic vision for peace.more

Monuments that the tourist will not see in Rome now - a list of such sites is circulating on social media in the wake of record-scale works in preparation for the Holy Year. Photographs of ‘wrapped monuments’, as the symbols of the Eternal City fenced off and covered up due to the works, are being published.more

Millionaires sympathetic to the Democratic Party are ‘lining up’ to leave the US after Donald Trump's presidential election victory, the UK's ‘Daily Telegraph’ reported yesterday, quoting data from a firm that advises wealthy investors.more

Australia's government says it will introduce "world-leading" legislation to ban children under 16 from social media. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the proposed laws, to be tabled in parliament next week, were aimed at mitigating the "harm" social media was inflicting on Australian children.more

Devotees in the Indian town of Vrindavan lined up to drink water flowing down a small elephant sculpture, convinced it was holy water straight from the feet of the god Krishna. In reality, it was liquid flowing from the temple's air conditioning system, contaminated with bacteria and fungi.more

In the 24 hours since Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, the fortunes of the 10 richest people in the world have increased by a combined $64 billion, CNN reported. Elon Musk has grown the most, by $25.5 billion.more

Australian experts in the journal JAMA Network Open estimate that the number of cancer deaths worldwide will almost double by 2050. They predict that in the most developed countries this increase will be smaller.more

Following Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, many Americans are checking the internet for ways to move to Canada, Canadian media have noted.more

"The Economist" writes today, commenting on the results of the US elections, that Donald Trump's victory will shake the world and may induce aggression from Russia and China. The rule of the Republican candidate will be costly for Washington's allies, and especially for Europe - the weekly predicts.more

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The German government approved a draft of a new model for military service yesterday. Young men who turn 18 next year will have to fill out a questionnaire about their readiness and fitness for service. For young women, providing such information will be voluntary.more

Donald Trump has won the election and will become the 47th president of the United States, according to partial election results and analysis. The celebrity billionaire has become an era-defining figure ran for president as the candidate of the “forgotten people".more

Donald Trump wins the presidential election in the United States - the AP reported today, citing its own calculations. The Republican candidate won 277 electoral votes, or seven more than the minimum required. Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris currently has 224 electoral votes, according to AP.more

Eighteen members of a people-smuggling gang accused of arranging thousands of small boat English Channel crossings have been jailed in France.more

The polls have closed in Hawaii, the last of the 50 US states, which means that voting in this year's US presidential election has ended, AP reported today. Most US news agencies and media predict that Donald Trump will win.more

The Lenin Museum in Tampere, which has been operating for almost 80 years, closed on Sunday. Over the weekend, the exhibition presenting the figure of the organizer and first leader of the totalitarian Soviet state was visited by over a thousand people. The Finnish museum was the last such institution in Western countries.more