Under new EU rules, large companies across the bloc can no longer dispose of unsold clothes, accessories and footwear. The regulation aims to reduce textile waste from the fashion industry.
The EU Commission has proposed weakening Europe's emissions trading system, a scheme that became a global blueprint for carbon pricing and cutting CO2. The move has reopened debate over how effective the system has been and where it falls short.
Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Manchester, is set to become the United Kingdom's new prime minister on Monday. His move from regional government to the global stage raises questions about how he will approach foreign affairs.
Russia launched strikes on Kyiv on Sunday that killed one person and wounded several others. The attack came a day after a Ukrainian drone strike hit e-commerce warehouses near Moscow, in the latest exchange of the war.
A widening fuel shortage across Russia is increasingly disrupting ordinary citizens' daily lives. A couple returning to the city of Vologda had to pass four petrol stations before finding one that actually had fuel.
Russia's latest missile attack on Kyiv used the highest number of ballistic missiles of the war so far. Fires broke out across the Ukrainian capital and several people were injured.
Protesters rallied in the Ukrainian capital for a second day on Friday, angered by President Volodymyr Zelensky's decision to fire youthful Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, seen as the innovator who pioneered the country's successful drone warfare.
Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok signed the seventeenth amendment to the country's Fundamental Law on Saturday, he announced on Facebook. The sitting president's mandate will end the day after the amendment takes effect.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the targeted facilities were used to supply sanctioned components for drone production and navigation equipment. The strike marks a new phase of the war reaching deep into Russian territory.
Surrogacy is not permitted in Germany, and the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) opposes its legalization. Jens Spahn and his husband had their child through a surrogate mother in the United States, prompting scrutiny that led to his resignation.