Progressive Bulgaria is proposing a record budget deficit, comparable to that under the administration of former prime minister Zhan Videnov (1995-1997), said Democratic Bulgaria (DB) MP Martin Dimitrov, quoted by the coalition's press centre on wednesday. The comments came after the Finance Minist»»»

LAUSANNE, Switzerland: It’s not Olympic prize money officially, but it is a significant amount of cash going directly to athletes after a Summer or Winter Games. The International Olympic Committee pledged Wednesday to pay more than $100 million to athletes through 2028 by creating a fund for $10,0»»»

DUBAI: King Charles on Wednesday met the Afghan women’s cricket team at Clarence House in London as a sign of support for the players who officially are no longer allowed to represent their country due to a ban by the Taliban regime, several British media outlets reported. The team is in exile, and»»»

ARILJE, Serbia: Serbia ‘s town of Arilje is known as the Balkan country’s “raspberry capital,” with its fame reaching beyond borders. Arilje and its surroundings yield berries that are exported as far as the United States and Japan. Serbia is among the top three exporters of raspberries globally. “»»»

WASHINGTON: A federal judge in California on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from making arrests at immigration courts across the United States. Since President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Homeland Security agents have adopted the tactic of waiting outside immigration courts »»»

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama met with Turkey’s newly appointed ambassador to Albania, Baris Ceyhun Erciyes, on Wednesday, reaffirming the close relationship between the two countries and their commitment to expanding cooperation. Rama announced the meeting in a post on the social media platform»»»

Iran believes it has emerged stronger from its latest confrontation with the United States and Israel, but remains deeply skeptical that any agreement reached at the negotiating table will be honored, University of Tehran professor Mohammad Marandi has insisted. Speaking to Fyodor Lukyanov for Russ»»»

Earlier this week Andy Burnham, the popular former mayor of Manchester, forced Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign as leader of the Labour Party in a meticulously planned and well executed bloodless political coup. As a result, Burnham is now poised to become, in a few weeks, Britain’s seventh pr»»»

Global aquaculture production reached a record high, while Chile maintained its position as the leading supplier of salmon to the United States. File Photo by Phil McCarten/UPI | License Photo June 24 (UPI) -- Global aquaculture production reached a record high, while Chile maintained its position »»»

President Donald Trump enters the White House North Portico on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he canceled his plans to sign new legislation aimed at improving housing affordability. Photo by Allison Robbert/UPI | License Photo June 24 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Wednesday he won't sign a housing a»»»

Tunis, June 24 (TAP) - A Tunisian delegation of twenty business representatives from 15 agri-food companies is taking part on June 22-25 in a trade mission in Warsaw (Poland). This initiative is organised by the Export Promotion Centre (CEPEX),...»»»

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to hold talks with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, aiming to mollify the volatile US leader two weeks before the annual summit of the military alliance and as the Pentagon reviews the size of the US military footprint in Europe. NA»»»

Doha: Two first-place finishes. Two Olympic champions. It remains one of the most memorable moments in modern Olympic history. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Qatari high jumper Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi both cleared 2.37 metres. After an extraordinary competition, neither athlet»»»

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, June 24: Papers discuss the newest UN report that says Israel targeted and killed Palestinian children after the truce. Next: more than 40 people have drowned amid the heatwave in France. Also: France's national team coach Didier Deschamps will skip an important »»»

Partnership with employers is crucial for both effective planning in vocational education and the development of dual training - both in secondary and higher education, said Minister of Education and Science Georgi Valchev here on Wednesday. He was speaking at a working meeting with employer organi»»»

TUNIS, June 24, 2026 (TAP) - The stock market closed Wednesday's session on an optimistic note, with the benchmark index rising by 1.18% to 19,153.71 points, on a substantial trading volume of TND 17.7 million, according to stockbroker Tunisie...»»»

In tonight's edition: Many waterfront communities in Lagos have lived through rounds of eviction, only to see their land sold off to the highest bidder. Also, Sudan's army takes in Darfur paramilitary defectors, stirring anger. And we speak to Ghanaian lifestyle and creative pioneer Nuel Bans »»»

As France swelters under a deadly heatwave, thousands of labourers continue to work in the streets and construction sites of Paris with little respite from the stifling heat. From the near-deserted streets around Châtelet to the naked asphalt of the Champs-Élysées, FRANCE 24 spoke to the workers ke»»»

A power outage caused by a record-breaking heatwave left around 68,000 households without electricity in France's western Brittany on Wednesday as the national weather agency issued a red alert for extreme weather covering most of the country, including the northernmost region around Calais. Europe»»»

As historian and WWII resistance fighter Marc Bloch is inducted into the Pantheon, Sharon Gaffney is pleased to welcome Dr. Andrew Smith, Historian of Modern France and Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Queen Mary University of London. Marc Bloch's entry into the Panthéon is described by Andrew Smith not»»»

North Korea has commissioned a 5,000-ton destroyer, state media reported on Wednesday, as leader Kim Jong Un touted the warship as evidence of advancing naval nuclear capabilities and Pyongyang’s expanding ability to project military power at sea. North Korea has commissioned a 5,000-ton destroyer »»»

NEW YORK, USA: A ‌knee injury sustained during Monday’s loss to Norway has ​ruled out Senegal keeper Edouard Mendy from Friday’s World Cup match against Iraq, his national team said on Wednesday. Mendy suffered ‌the injury ‌while trying ​to ‌make ⁠a ​save, and ⁠he left the field in the 63rd minute »»»

Prime Minister and Socialist Party leader Edi Rama has instructed political coordinators across the country’s 12 regions and cabinet ministers to prioritize the analysis of citizens’ concerns and accelerate efforts to address local issues. According to sources familiar with the meeting at the Socia»»»

The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday named 1992-batch IAS officer Bishwanath Sinha as the state’s next Chief Secretary. He will take over from A Jayathilak, who is due to retire on June 30, according to the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO). The Cabinet also decided to recommend the appointment of retired d»»»

Regional Development Minister Ivan Shishkov has accused the previous Zhelyazkov cabinet of preparing what he described as misuse of more than 1 billion leva (500 million euros) in road construction funding through changes to public procurement indexation rules introduced shortly before the governme»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev said Bulgaria’s 2026 budget deficit is expected to be “well over 3%,” arguing that the country’s main problem is not the size of the deficit itself but what he described as a long-standing budget philosophy based on continuous spending growth. Speaking at a Council of Min»»»

GERB has stated that it will not support the draft budget proposed by the government of Rumen Radev, announcing its position during a briefing in the National Assembly alongside Petar Moskov’s extra-parliamentary party KOD. The two formations also backed a proposal from KOD to amend the Constitutio»»»

Three people lost their lives in a violent incident in the town of Ugarchin, where the bodies of two women and one man were discovered in a municipal residential building used to house people in difficult social circumstances. Authorities have launched an investigation to establish the full circums»»»

A former inmate has been detained in connection with a triple death case in a hostel for socially vulnerable people in Ugarchin, northern Bulgaria, where investigators say a love-related conflict escalated into violence. According to initial information, two of the victims were killed in the buildi»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) announced on Wednesday the closure of 17 travel and air cargo agencies as part of ongoing inspection campaigns aimed at strengthening oversight of the air transport sector and ensuring compliance with approved laws and regulations. In a stateme»»»

Geneva, Switzerland: Global dialogue on supporting families amid conflict, safeguarding children against the risks posed by the digital age, and nurturing young leaders in humanitarian law has been led by Qatar Foundation and its partners on the United Nations stage in Switzerland. The 62nd Session»»»

LONDON: Top Israeli officials and public figures have threatened the government with legal action over its support for “Jewish terrorism” and an “ideology of ethnic cleansing,” The Guardian reported on Wednesday. It came in a leaked letter — seen by The Guardian — signed by two former prime ministe»»»

Former Scottish National Party chief executive Peter Murrell was jailed for five years and three months on Tuesday after admitting to embezzling more than £400,000 ($540,000) from the party. The offenses took place over a 12-year period. The case rocked the SNP and drew former First Minister Nicola»»»

Vladimir Zelensky will skip a major gathering of Kiev’s key backers in Poland to keep it free of “scandals,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has said. His absence is linked to Kiev’s honoring of Nazi-collaborators who murdered over 100,000 Polish men, women, and children during World War II. Tension»»»

Ten years ago, I was on a business trip in Brussels on the day of the Brexit referendum. Voting was already underway across the Channel, but in the European Quarter, the mood was almost serene. Journalists kept asking EU officials about Brexit, and the officials waved the questions away with jokes,»»»

Floods devastate the area near the Guadalupe River near Kerrville, Texas, in July 2025. The owners of a summer camp for girls that lost 28 people in the flood have filed for bankruptcy. File Photo via U.S. Coast Guard/UPI | License Photo June 24 (UPI) -- The owners of Camp Mystic, a Texas summer ca»»»

A giant United States flag hangs at the entrance to the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street on Tuesday, May 26, 2026 in New York City. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose to new highs as shaky Iran War negotiations Continue. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo June 24 (UPI) -- Investment fr»»»

Tunis, June 23, 2026 (TAP) – In an exclusive op-ed published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ghorfa), Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Mohamed Ali Nafti called...»»»

BRUSSELS: The European ‌Commission on Wednesday unveiled measures to enable Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, to respond more quickly and effectively to cross-border and increasingly digital crime. Europol warned last year that organized crime gangs were turning to AI-powered scams to targe»»»

HOUSTON, USA: Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday, nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors at the all-girls Christian camp in Texas. In paperwork filed with the US Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas in Ho»»»

PARIS: Cracked bones, humiliation, sexual assault: Pro-Palestinian activists recounted the abuse they say they suffered from Israeli authorities for taking part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month, which has sparked multiple investigations and international outcry. France, Italy and Australia h»»»

H.E. Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, will pay an official visit to Canada on 25-26 June 2026.»»»

HURLINGHAM - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic has cancelled an exhibition match against Russian Karen Khachanov, the organisers of the Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic tournament announced on Wednesday. The reasons for the cancellation have not been disclosed. American Martin Damm will»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of Municipality HE Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Attiyah met here on Wednesday with Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the State of Qatar HE Ahmad Abdulrahman Al Shuraim. The two sides discussed ways of strengthening bilateral cooperation in areas of mutual interest.»»»

Spielberg, Austria: Four-time world champion Max Verstappen heads into his Red Bull team's home Austrian Grand Prix this weekend boosted by a major upgrade package and seeking his first win of the season and a record-extending fifth win at the event. Without a victory since the season-ending Abu Dh»»»

DOHA: Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys celebrated the graduation of its fifth batch of students for the academic year 2025-2026, numbering 56 students, in the presence of Minister of Education and Higher Education HE Lolwah bint Rashid bin Mohammed Al Khater, after the graduat»»»

Berlin: French Open champion Mirra Andreeva fell in her first match since her Roland Garros victory, losing 6-3, 6-4 to Ekaterina Alexandrova at Bad Homburg, Germany on Wednesday. World number five Andreeva, playing her first match on grass in 2026, pulled out of last week's Berlin Open on the surf»»»

Jurists Deyan Rusanov and Ivan Stoynev are Bulgaria’s nominees for judges at the General Court of the European Union. The nomination was approved by the Government at its regular meeting on Wednesday and the Justice Minister was mandated to introduce the candidates’ applications before the General »»»

BERLIN: German police carried out searches Wednesday as part of an investigation into suspicions that Russia’s sale of Gazprom’s Berlin-based subsidiary was intended to sabotage Germany’s gas supply. The probe focuses on the weeks after Russia’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, when th»»»

LONDON: Syrian authorities seized 600,000 captagon pills and arrested two people in their latest crackdown on drugs networks. The Drug Enforcement Administration said that the operation was carried out in Homs and Idlib provinces and also led to the confiscation of weapons, ammunition and grenades,»»»