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What do people want from Argos?

As Sainsbury agrees to sell Argos for £120m, we ask people if they still shop there, and what the new owners can do to compete with big online retailers like Amazon.

Metsola's re-election drive puts Socialists under pressure

The European People’s Party is set to bank on a third mandate for the Maltese leader, who is popular among MEPs. This is a concern for the S&D group, which claims to be entitled to the presidency according to an informal agreement among centrist political forces.

Thailand shooting incidents in recent years

BANGKOK, Aug 7 - A teenage gunman killed at least five people and himself at school on the outskirts of Thailand's capital after fatally shooting his grandparents, police said, in the country's worst mass killing in nearly four years.

Asia

Residential burglaries in the EU down by 38% in a decade

As summer holidays begin, police authorities everywhere are urging residents to take extra care to protect their homes against burglaries and break-ins. In 2024, police recorded 1.20 million burglary offences in the EU, of which 721,876 (60.3%) were burglaries of private

One in six people use tobacco or related products daily

In 2025, 16.5% of people 16 years or older in the EU used tobacco and related products (e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches or heated tobacco products) daily, indicating a slight decrease from the 17.5% registered in 2022. Most people (77.5%) do not use such products or had not used