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Catalan fugitive Carles Puigdemont demands amnesty to support Spanish leader
Pro-independence politician sets high price as acting PM Pedro Sánchez explores coalition…
UK’s Birmingham city council declares bankruptcy
Biggest local authority calls for government help to get ‘back on a…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy turns to trusted ally Rustem Umerov for Ukraine defence clean-up
Graft allegations and recruitment scandals have dogged ministry overseeing war with Russia…
Russia’s drone attacks on Ukraine rattle neighbouring Romania
Strikes along the Danube, which marks Nato’s border, concern security chiefs Russian…
EU condemns Iran’s ‘illegal’ detention of European diplomat
Swedish citizen Johan Floderus was detained more than a year ago during…
China’s spy agency blasts US for ‘engagement and containment’ approach
Beijing’s state security ministry hints possible meeting between Xi Jinping and Joe…
Regional leaders absent as Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe president
Observers of regional body SADC voice rare criticism of the election process…
Pakistan roiled by protests over surging electricity costs
Popular anger threatens to derail crisis-hit country’s $3bn IMF programme A surge…
The incredible American consumer
Unstoppable The biggest driver of the surprisingly resilient US economy has been…