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Fast-food chain McDonald’s will pay €1.25 billion ($1.30 billion) to the French state to settle a tax fraud case, a Paris court confirmed on Thursday, according to the state prosecution. The settlement will draw a line under investigations into tax fra…

The four European leaders who are visiting Kiev – French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis – sat down for face-to-face talks with Ukrainian President Volo…

Opel Manta, Ford Capri, VW Scirocco and Honda CRX – the horsepower parade down the years is dotted with halfway manageable and affordable coupés that brought the spirit of real sports cars to the masses. Cars like this now seemed doomed to extinction a…

As Ukrainian attempts to secure more Western weaponry increased on Wednesday amid continued fierce fighting in the eastern Donbass region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had accepted invitations to attend G7 and NATO summits later this …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says on Twitter that he has accepted invitations to the G7 and NATO summits taking place later this month in southern Germany and Madrid, respectively. Zelensky wrote he had “gratefully accepted the invitation” of…

Germany will provide Ukraine with three MARS II multiple rocket launchers, Germany’s Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht announced on Wednesday. The three launchers are the “limit” of what the German army can provide without jeopardizing its own missi…

The US is planning to send another $1 billion worth of weapons to Ukraine to help it fend off the Russian invasion, says US President Joe Biden. Biden made the announcement during a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Additionally, …

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Wednesday that Russia was trying to stir up trouble by reducing gas supplies through a Baltic pipeline to Germany. “The Russian side’s justification is simply a pretext. It is obviously their strategy to cr…

The European Union on Wednesday signed a deal with Egypt and Israel for the delivery of liquefied gas to Europe, as Brussels tries to reduce the bloc’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels. Egyptian Oil Minister Tarek al-Molla, Israeli Energy Minister Ka…

Former Wimbledon finalist Karolina Pliskova came from behind in the final set on Wednesday to edge 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (9-7) for a place in the Berlin WTA tournament quarter-finals. Pliskova dropped serve in the third …