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EPAUS President Donald Trump has announced that there is a "framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland".The statement came as a surprise after days of mounting tensions, culminating with a threat to impose economic sanctions on eight...

Rafael Tudares, the son-in-law of Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González, has been released from prison, his wife has said, more than a year after he was detained as part of a crackdown on Maduro government critics and their relatives.Mariana...

President Donald Trump hosted a signing ceremony for his Board of Peace on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, saying that it was a "very exciting day" and that the collective would become one...

Bethany BellVienna correspondentReutersIn a separate development, prosecutors in the Austrian town of Wiener Neustadt have told the BBC that a former MP, Thomas Schellenbacher, has been charged with helping Marsalek to escape following the collapse of the Wirecard company...

Paul KirbyEurope digital editorAleksandr Gusev/SOPA ImagesUS President Donald Trump will meet Volodymyr Zelensky at Davos on Thursday, after his envoy Steve Witkoff expressed optimism about finalising a deal to end the war in Ukraine."I think we've got it down...

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said the UK will not yet be signing up to US President Donald Trump's proposed Board of Peace over concerns about Russian leader Vladimir Putin's possible participation.Cooper told the BBC the UK had been...

A surf club in another part of Mount Maunganui has been evacuated following fears of more landslides.A state of emergency has been declared in the Bay of Plenty where Mount Maunganui sits, and various parts of the North Island,...

Tesla’s push to refocus on humanoid robots and autonomous vehicles may be headed for a slower start than CEO Elon Musk’s bullish timelines previously promised. Musk said Tuesday production for the company’s planned Cybercab robotaxis and its humanoid Optimus robots...

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Towering high above Taiwan’s capital city at 1,667 feet (508 meters), Taipei 101 dominates the skyline.The earthquake-proof skyscraper of steel and glass has captured the imagination of professional rock climber Alex Honnold for more than a...

Three people have died after a reported shooting in a small town in New South Wales, Australia, police say.A fourth person has been taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.Local police are now investigating the reported shooting...