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Poland must pay 1 million euros ($1.16 million) a day for maintaining a disciplinary chamber for judges, the European Union's top court said on Wednesday, in the latest episode of a clash over the rule of law with implications for Warsaw's future ties with the bloc.

The Kremlin on Wednesday denied a media report which suggested that Russian energy giant Gazprom was using gas talks with Moldova to try to extract political concessions and said the negotiations were purely commercial.

Indonesia's decision to block internet access during periods of social unrest was lawful, its constitutional court ruled on Wednesday, in a move activists said sets a dangerous precedent for internet freedom in the world's third largest democracy.

Top advisers to U.S. President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke on Wednesday about defense issues and how to resolve disagreements, the White House said, days after Turkey's leader threatened to expel U.S. and other ambassadors.

The Turkish lira jumped more than 1.5% on Tuesday in its biggest rally since mid-June, recovering from an all-time low a day earlier when Ankara and its Western allies climbed down from a possible full-blown diplomatic crisis.

COVID-19 health passes will be mandatory for all workers in Italy from Friday, a measure that some politicians, unions and businesses fear will cause shortages and disruptions rather than boost inoculations and output as the government hopes.

India is part of the global climate solution, not just part of a dirty problem to be fixed. That’s the grand message Prime Minister Narendra Modi might prefer to emphasise when he attends the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, that kicks off in Glasgow at the end of the month.

When a storm hits their village in northeastern Spain, Marcela and Maria Cinta Otamendi rush to the coast, day or night, to check on their restaurant and rice fields, fearing the sea may have swallowed them.

Democratic Republic of Congo's constitutional court on Tuesday swore in an electoral commission chief whose contested nomination threatens to weaken President Felix Tshisekedi's ruling coalition.

Spain has suggested that the European Union set up a system to jointly secure gas by auctioning contracts that give countries the option to buy the fuel when prices rise sharply or supply is threatened, a document seen by Reuters showed.