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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that Moscow would emerge from the aftermath of the Wagner mercenary group’s aborted rebellion “stronger” than before. The uprising sparked the largest political crisis in decades in Russia and posed a potential threat to President Vladimir Putin’s authority. Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell had warned ahead of a bloc summit on Thursday that a “weaker” Putin would pose a “greater danger”. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

Tear gas fired at people protesting over the police shooting of a teenager in France

More and more Germans are swapping meat products for plant-based proteins, according to Germany’s Ministry for Agriculture, but not everyone is ready to give them up.

US Coast Guard says what is thought to be human remains have been found from the wreckage of the doomed submersible Titan.

A man tore up and burned a Koran outside Stockholm’s central mosque on Wednesday, an event that risks angering Turkey as Sweden bids to join NATO, after Swedish police granted permission for the protest to take place.

What we know about the police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M.

The EU’s cohesion policy is financed by member states. Richer EU countries pay in more to help the bloc’s poorest regions catch up. But does that mean that richer EU nations are getting a rough deal from the bloc’s cohesion policy? FRANCE 24 sorts the fact from the fake.

To what extent is the well-being of a country’s youth a barometer for the state of society at large? Do dictatorships or geopolitical isolation affect citizens’ sense of direction? And can love or friendship save people from the deepest depths of despair? These are some of the themes explored in Russian director Marusya Syroechkovskaya’s film “How to Save a Dead Friend”. She joined us for Perspective.

The final work by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has fetched EUR86 million at auction setting a new record for the most expensive painting ever sold in Europe.

Leading online travel agency Booking.com has ventured into the world of AI with a new ChatGPT-powered trip planner.