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King Charles III, despite his battle with cancer, personally greeted Emperor Naruhito of Japan at Buckingham Palace during Naruhito's long-planned state visit to Britain.

France leads Europe in terms of generative AI funding, raising 2. 29 billion euros, while Europe and Israel typically account for only half of the global venture capital funding in this particular area of AI.

The 85-year-old actor Ian McKellen fell off the stage during a theater performance in London and was hospitalized, but doctors assured him that he would recover quickly.

NATO is investing $1. 1 billion in artificial intelligence, robotics and space technology from four European companies to strengthen the Alliance's defense capabilities.

Today, on June 18, all outdoor enthusiasts can join the celebration of the International Picnic Day. Picnics became especially popular among French aristocrats in the eighteenth century. But back then, they were held in the format of social gatherings organized at home or in a rented room.

Companies controlled by Odesa businessmen Serhiy Groza and Volodymyr Naumenko continue to evade taxes by exporting gray grain from the Olympex terminal, despite ongoing criminal investigations and asset freezes by Ukrainian law enforcement agencies.

A cyberattack by a ransomware program on a contractor for the National Health Service of England disrupted medical procedures and services in several London hospitals, forcing patients to be redirected to other facilities.

British intelligence agency MI5 will focus more resources on counterintelligence operations against spies from Russia, China and Iran due to the Russian-Ukrainian war, the growing number of Chinese agents and organized crime activities in Iran.

Princess Catherine of Wales, who was recently diagnosed with cancer, will miss the Colonel's Review event on June 8 in London, where she usually parades as a colonel in the Irish Guard.

European security services suspect russia of organizing arson attacks and sabotage attacks on infrastructure across Europe in an attempt to destabilize the situation on the continent.

A Russian plant in Tatarstan plans to produce 6,000 Iranian Shahed strike and reconnaissance drones annually, involving students from Africa in the production process.

Today, May 27, is World Emergency Medical Day. The event was established not in honor of the fact that the European Society of Emergency Medicine was signed in London on May 27.

Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, who was born in London and died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, will become the first saint of the millennium after the Vatican recognized two miracles attributed to his intercession.

The resumption of the grain corridor actually saved the Ukrainian economy, allowing it to preserve the potential of the agricultural sector, jobs and foreign currency earnings. This was done thanks to the Ukrainian Defense Forces, which established control over the waters of the Black Sea. Therefore, the enemy began to act through interested parties.

Beijing denies UK accusations of supplying lethal aid to Russia for the war in Ukraine, denouncing the allegations as baseless slander and emphasizing its position on peace and dialogue to resolve the conflict.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced early parliamentary elections in the UK to be held on July 4, citing the need for the country to choose its future amid global challenges such as the war in Ukraine and the threat of extremism.

British Defense Secretary Grant Sheps accused China of providing or preparing to provide lethal assistance to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine, citing US and British intelligence data.

A 37-year-old former British Marine accused of spying for Chinese intelligence has been found dead in a park near London under unclear circumstances.

German writer Jenny Erbenbeck won the International Booker Prize for her novel Kairos about the devastating relationship between a young woman and an elderly man in East Berlin in the 1980s, sharing a £ 50,000 prize with translator Michael Hoffmann.

The High Court of London has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will have the opportunity to appeal the decision to extradite him to the United States, where he faces espionage charges related to the publication of classified documents.

French MP Jean-Louis Bourlanger called on Paris to allow Ukraine to strike at the territory of Fosiya with French weapons.

Ukrainian athlete Anna Ryzhykova won the 400-meter hurdles at the Challenge Series tournament in Savona, Italy, with a time of 55. 83 seconds.

Russia has declared the British Defense Attaché in Moscow "persona non grata" in response to the UK's expulsion of the Russian Defense Attaché from London.

Sony has appointed Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino to lead the PlayStation division, sharing responsibility for the platform and gaming businesses.

European intelligence agencies are warning of Russian plans for large-scale sabotage across the continent, including explosions, arson and attacks on infrastructure that could lead to civilian casualties, as a new threat emerges involving locals recruited online to attack Western targets.

Russia threatens to strike at British military targets in response to the British Foreign Secretary's statement about Ukraine's right to use British weapons to attack Russian territory.

The United Kingdom will provide Ukraine with $3. 74 billion in annual military aid, the largest aid package from the country to date, with some equipment already arriving in Ukraine.

Sydney's bid to join the world's marathons has received an additional boost after it reached a record number of participants in 2024 - 24,000 runners, the largest audience for an Australian endurance marathon.

South Korea held talks on joining the second phase of the AUKUS defense pact, aimed at exchanging military technologies, with the possibility of providing its defense, scientific and technological capabilities.

A 36-year-old man crashed his car into a house in London and then attacked bystanders and police with a sword, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 other people before being arrested.