AI not a reliable source of news, EU media study says
22 October 2025, 02:41 AM
Sarkozy begins 5-yr prison sentence
21 October 2025, 18:00 PM
France's ex-leader Sarkozy jailed, proclaiming his innocence
21 October 2025, 17:44 PM
EU seeks ways to step up checks on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
20 October 2025, 18:21 PM
Amazon’s outage disrupts internet services
20 October 2025, 18:19 PM
Italian coastguard rescues dozens of migrants, 2 dead
20 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Louvre denies tapping Israeli firm in theft probe
20 October 2025, 15:44 PM
Louvre’s prized jewels stolen in daring heist
19 October 2025, 18:17 PM
Ex-French President Sarkozy says 'not afraid' ahead of jail term
19 October 2025, 14:15 PM
Protest hits Rome over Libya migrant deal after boat wreck
19 October 2025, 02:45 AM
French PM resigns hours after naming cabinet
France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his govern-ment resigned yesterday, hours after Lecornu announced his cabinet line-up, making it the shortest-lived administration in modern French history and deepening the country’s political crisis.
6 October 2025, 18:05 PM
‘Signs of life’ on Saturn’s moon Enceladus!
The ocean hidden under the icy shell of Saturn’s moon Enceladus harbours complex organic molecules, a study said yesterday, offering further evidence that the small world could have all the right ingredients to host extraterrestrial life.
5 October 2025, 18:45 PM
UK cops quiz 6 after attack on synagogue
Six people arrested on suspicion of “terrorism”-linked offences after a fatal car-ramming and knife attack on a UK synagogue remained in police custody yesterday, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged people not to take part in pro-Palestinian protests.
4 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Finland dismisses case over Baltic cable cuts
A Helsinki court on Friday dismissed a case against three members of a ship from Russia’s “shadow fleet” suspected of cutting Baltic Sea cables, saying it was beyond its jurisdiction.
3 October 2025, 19:38 PM
UN-backed climate banking alliance ceases operations
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance, a UN-backed initiative seeking carbon neutral investments by banks, announced Friday its immediate shutdown -- at a time of faltering climate commitments in the United States and Europe.
3 October 2025, 19:35 PM
Sarah Mullally first woman to lead Church of England
The Church of England named Sarah Mullally yesterday as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to serve as ceremonial head of Anglican Christianity worldwide, prompting immediate criticism from conservative church leaders in Africa.
3 October 2025, 19:33 PM
Munich airport halts flights after drone sightings
Germany's Munich airport halted flights after several drone sightings, a police spokesperson told AFP early Friday, the latest in a string of similar aviation disruptions across Europe
3 October 2025, 03:46 AM
Europe must step up efforts to protect environment: EEA
Europe is a world leader in the fight against climate change but must do more to improve its resilience against global warming, the European Union’s environment agency warned on Monday.
29 September 2025, 19:35 PM
Air France, Airbus back on trial over doomed 2009 Rio flight
An appeals trial of Air France and Airbus opened Monday over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in the French flag carrier’s history.
29 September 2025, 19:33 PM
Starmer warns UK Labour in ‘fight of our lives’ as party meets
Britain’s ruling Labour party gathered for its annual meeting on Sunday, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer battling to convince nervous lawmakers that he can lead the “fight of our lives” against the insurgent hard-right.
28 September 2025, 18:56 PM
New Zealand says it won’t recognise Palestine now
New Zealand will not recognise a Palestinian state at this time but remains committed to a two-state solution, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said.
27 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Drones disrupt Danish airports again, Russia denies involvement
Denmark said on Thursday that drone incursions overnight, which briefly closed two airports and affected military installations, were hybrid attacks aimed at spreading fear, though authorities could not identify the perpetrators.
25 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Russia slams UN vote to reimpose Iran sanctions
Russia yesterday slammed the UN Security Council vote to reimpose economic sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme and warned of a risk of an “escalation of tensions”.
20 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Cyberattack hits Europe’s airports
Major European airports, including Brussels, Berlin and London’s Heathrow, were hit by a cyberattack yesterday on check-in systems that caused cancellations and long delays for many passengers.
20 September 2025, 18:00 PM
EU seeks to speed up Russian gas phase-out
The European Union yesterday proposed to bring forward a ban on Russian gas imports as part of a new package of sanctions aimed at sapping Moscow’s war chest -- and pleasing US President Donald Trump.
19 September 2025, 19:54 PM
UK police arrest 3 suspected of spying for Russia
UK counter-terror police have arrested two men and a woman in southeast England on suspicion of spying for Russia, the Metropolitan Police said yesterday.
18 September 2025, 19:21 PM
New Picasso portrait unveiled at Paris auction house
A previously unknown portrait by Pablo Picasso of one of his lovers was revealed on Thursday after being put up for sale at auction in Paris with a reserve price of eight million euros ($9.5 million).
18 September 2025, 18:09 PM
Ostrich and emu ancestors could fly: study
It may sound like a joke, but scientists have long been puzzled by how the family of birds that includes African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, New Zealand kiwis and South American rheas spread across the world -- given that none of them can fly.
17 September 2025, 18:38 PM
Fossil fuels harm from ‘cradle to grave’: report
The extraction, transportation and burning of planet-heating fossil fuels have a huge impact on people’s health that starts before they are born and lasts until they die, a report warned Tuesday.
16 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Inflation defences are no match for debt burden
Countries across the Western world are over-indebted. In theory, they could grow their way out of the debt or rein in their fiscal deficits. But the richer countries have a miserable recent growth record.
13 September 2025, 19:05 PM