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  10,000 Vespas Swarm Rome's Historic Sites To Mark Scooter's 80th Anniversary

  Vespa-borne visitors converged on the Eternal City's cobblestone streets to celebrate a brand they likewise view as timeless. If for only a day, Ferrari and Ducati were forgotten as the little Vespa left them in its dust.

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  Netherlands Euthanises Sick Child Under 12 For First Time In History

  The Netherlands introduced a legal change in 2024 allowing euthanasia for children aged between 1 and 12 who are facing severe and unbearable suffering from a terminal illness.

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  German City Sizzles At 41.3 Degrees, Country's Highest-Ever Temperature

  The extreme forecast has already prompted the cancellation of numerous events over the weekend, including concerts, festivals and sporting competitions.

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  'Shouldn't Become Islamabad Suburb': Denmark Pushes To Ban Public 'Azaan'

  Denmark's Immigration Minister Morten Bodskov said that the call to prayer should not be heard over Danish rooftops and that it should not seem that one has ended up in Islamabad while walking through the country.

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  Ukraine Launches 'TrophyLab' Website To Catalogue Captured Russian Weapons

  Ukraine has launched TrophyLab, a database containing detailed technical information on captured Russian weapons, allowing approved Ukrainian experts and international partners to study the technology.

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  In A First For UK Monarch, King Charles Reveals Tax Bill, $40 Million

  UK monarchs are legally exempt from paying certain taxes, though they have paid some duties voluntarily for decades, and they also have no obligation to disclose their private tax bills.

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  Europe Becomes World's Fastest-Warming Continent As Heatwaves Disrupt Daily Life

  A recent report confirms that Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average, triggering severe heatwaves, environmental damage, and public health red alerts across major nations.

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  Europe's Summers Are Heating Up, But Air Conditioners Are Still Rare

  According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), nearly 90% of US homes have air conditioning, compared with only around 20% across Europe.

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  Celebrity Island Drug Bust: Italian Police Divers Find Rs 5 Crore Hashish Stash In Secret Sea Cave

  Italian police divers have uncovered 40 kilograms of hashish, worth an estimated Rs 5 Crore, hidden inside a secret sea cave on the celebrity holiday island of Ponza ahead of the busy summer tourist season.

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  Women Drugged, Raped, Stabbed As France's Annual Music Night Turns Deadly

  The annual Fete de la Musique festival in France descended into widespread violence and anarchy, resulting in 243 arrests nationwide, multiple stabbings, and severe sexual assaults, including instances of women being targeted with needle spikes.

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  2 Children Found Dead In Car In France As Europe Sizzles Under Heatwave

  The children, aged two and four, were found in their family car in a residential parking lot in Carpentras, where investigators said they believed the heatwave was the most likely reason for the deaths.

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  Ray-Ban Heir Escalates Fight For Control Of Family's $11.5 Billion Fortune

  Del Vecchio is attempting to buy the combined 25% stakes held by his siblings Luca and Paola in Delfin.

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  French Police Raid House For Drugs And Discover Picasso Painting

  A routine police raid targeting drug trafficking in a Paris suburb unexpectedly uncovered an authenticated painting by Pablo Picasso alongside cannabis, cash, and luxury goods, leading to court appearances for four individuals and a new investigation into stolen property.

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  Meloni's Spat With Trump Shows Italy PM's Readiness To Risk A Bigger Fight

  Giorgia Meloni, the person who Donald Trump once praised for taking "Europe by storm", has done three things that some US allies may have thought privately but never said publicly.

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  Spain PM's Wife To Face Corruption Trial, Told To Surrender Passport

  Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez's wife Begona Gomez is accused of using her position to influence government contracts given to a group of technology companies.

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  In A First For Monarchs, King Charles To Reveal Personal Tax Bill

  British monarchs are legally exempt from paying certain taxes, though they have paid some duties on a voluntary basis for decades.

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  UK PM Keir Starmer May Quit Next Week, Top Contenders Who Could Replace Him

  The speculation about his exit has grown after former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election, defeating Reform UK's Robert Kenyon by more than 9,000 votes.

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  Claude Guillemot, Co-founder Of 'Assassin's Creed' Company Ubisoft Killed In Plane Crash

  Claude Guillemot, co-founder of Ubisoft and one of the creators behind the Assassin's Creed and Far Cry franchises, has died at the age of 69 after a small plane crashed in western France.

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  "My Popularity None Of Your Concern": Trump-Meloni Photo War Escalates

  In a post on X, US President Donald Trump said that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked him for a photo "over and over" during the G7 Summit in France. He claimed that Meloni is resorting to these tactics because she is "doing poorly" in Ital

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  Deal Done, Trump's Envoy, Iran's Minister Head To Switzerland For Next Talks

  JD Vance had canceled plans on Thursday to travel to Switzerland for the talks amid rising tension in Lebanon between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.