Europe

Vice-President JD Vance and wife Usha were greeted by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto. (AP PHOTO)
World
Humeyra Pamuk

Vance visits Hungary to boost Orban before pivotal vote

With Hungary's Viktor Orban facing his toughest re-election bid yet, US Vice-President JD Vance is visiting to boost the close ally of President Donald Trump.

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A court has ruled Andrew Tate and his brother no longer need to check in with Romanian police.
Europe
Staff Writers

Andrew Tate has court win as judicial controls lifted

All preventative judicial control measures against internet personalities Andrew and Tristan Tate have been ended by a court in Romania.

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An Australian Army reservist has been charged after allegedly serving with Ukraine against Russia.
Australia
Duncan Murray

AFP raid as army reservist charged with fighting in Ukraine

An Australian Army reservist has been charged after allegedly serving as a drone operator in Ukraine, in a rare use of laws prohibiting joining foreign armies.

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An Easter egg hunt resulted in the deaths of three people in Germany.
Europe
Matt Shrivell

Three killed as Easter egg hunt turns deadly

Three people are dead, including a 10-month-old baby, after high winds toppled trees at an Easter egg hunt in Germany.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked everyone involved with the peace talks.
Europe
Daniel Flynn

Zelensky offers Easter ceasefire, Russia responds with airstrikes

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says talks with US negotiators have been ‘positive’ as he urges Russia to consider an Easter ceasefire.

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Police say they do not have a suspect in the poisoning deaths of a mother and daughter after a meal. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)
Europe
Staff Writers

Lab tests after Italian meal spark murder probe

Authorities in an Italian town are investigating the suspected poisoning of a Christmas Eve meal after a mother and her 15-year-old daughter died.

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Major General Timo Herranen says Ukrainian drones strayed into Finnish territory.
Europe
Staff Writers

Ukraine drone that fell in Finland had ‘warhead'

Finnish authorities say police have detonated an unexploded warhead on a drone that Ukraine says went astray.

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Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful at the end of the Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square.
World
Joshua McElwee

Thousands watch Pontiff make his point at US, Israel

Jesus cannot be used to justify any wars, Pope Leo has told tens of thousands of people in St Peter's Square on Palm Sunday.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese MP and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, sign a trade agreement between Australia and the European Union.
Politics
Latika M Bourke

Australia inks EU trade deal set to deliver $10b windfall

Europe is poised to overtake the US as Australia’s second-biggest trading partner after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signed a blockbuster trade deal.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia is preparing a massive strike.
World
Staff Writers

Zelensky says Russia ‘preparing massive strike’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian forces of planning a ‌major attack on Ukraine.

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Viktor Orban, Hungary's PM, faces an election next month.
World
The Washington Post

Russian spooks proposed staging audacious PM assassination

Russia’s audacious bid to help their NATO ally maintain his grip on power.

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A gondola cabin detached from its cable at the Engelberg-Titlis ski resort in central Switzerland, killing its sole passenger.
World
Staff writers

Gondola crashes in Swiss alps, killing one person

One person was killed when a cable car suddenly detached amid strong winds and plunged down a snowy slope at a Swiss Alpine ski resort, police said.

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Dutch authorities are taking an attack on a Jewish school "very seriously". (EPA PHOTO)
Europe
Bart Meijer

Explosion damages Jewish school in the Netherlands

Amsterdam's mayor has condemned a ‘cowardly’ attack on a Jewish school, which came a day after arsonists targeted a synagogue in another Dutch city.

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A video purporting to show a huge fire at the Tikhoretsk oil pumping station.
Europe
Staff Writers

Ukraine drone strike devastate Russian oil hub

A Russian oil pumping station has been hit in a drone attack as Ukrainian forces seek to cripple Moscow's main source of war funding.

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A 65-year-old Swiss man is believed to have started the fire after boarding the bus.
Europe
Dave Graham and Olivia Le Poidevin

Swiss bus blaze kills six as man 'set fire to himself'

Swiss police say a man is believed ⁠to have boarded a bus before dousing himself in flammable material, causing a fire that killed six people.

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