The EU and Lebanon have agreed upon an aid package to help the country deal with its financial crisis and high numbers of refugees. Most experts believe the deal could increase, not dampen, irregular migration.

About a quarter of Germans cited immigration as their main priority in 2022, which rose to 44% in the 2024 survey. About a third were most concerned about climate change two years ago, falling below the 25% mark this time.

OpenAI will announce plans for a search engine powered by artificial intelligence on Monday May 13, Reuters reports. It's the latest challenge to search king Google and comes just one day before the tech giant's annual developer conference. On this week's Tech 24, Peter O'Brien looks at what might get Google sweating, amid changing search habits, a federal antitrust trial and smart new AI "answer engines".

It has been called an invisible epidemic. Every year, around 300,000 people in Europe die prematurely because of air pollution, according to the European Environment Agency. Those of us living in cities are particularly exposed to unsafe levels of fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide. The EU is trying to bring air quality closer to World Health Organization guidelines, but the political deal that has been struck includes a clause that will allow member states to delay action by up to 10 years, if specific conditions are met.

Friday's test demonstrated the "advantage and destructive power" of the 240-millimeter multiple rocket launcher and its guided shells, according to Pyongyang's state news outlet the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

Is Putin driving the energy transition forward? The war in Ukraine has increased Germany’s commitment to renewable energy, but the process is often hindered by bureaucratic hurdles. What’s going wrong?