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
‘We’ve already run out of time’
In the six years since the Paris Agreement on climate change was adopted in 2015, Madagascar has had only one decent rainy season, leaving more than a million people severely hungry in the southeast African island nation.
10 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia fires prison officials after torture videos leaked
Russia’s prison service yesterday said it had dismissed 18 officials after a whistleblower leaked videos of rape and torture inside its facilities.
10 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Not even on official negotiation agenda
When countries first signed up to the COP negotiations process more than 30 years ago, climate change was viewed as a future problem.
9 November 2021, 18:00 PM
45m people on edge of famine
The UN’s food agency said yesterday the number of people on the edge of famine in 43 countries had risen to 45 million, as acute hunger spikes around the world.
8 November 2021, 18:00 PM
French school children mask up again
Schoolchildren in large parts of France were ordered yesterday to again wear face masks in class, less than a month after being allowed to remove them, as the country tries to tamp down a surge in Covid cases.
8 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Climate on track to devastate world’s poorest economies
The 65 most vulnerable nations will see GDP drop 20 percent on average by 2050 and 64 percent by 2100 if the world heats up 2.9 degrees Celsius, according to a report released yesterday at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow.
8 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Migrants trying to cross border: Poland blames Belarus
Poland accused Belarus of trying to spark a major confrontation on Monday as video clips showed hundreds of migrants walking towards the Polish border and some trying to breach the fence using spades and other implements.
8 November 2021, 16:34 PM
Decades of child abuse: France's bishops kneel in penance
Senior members of France's Catholic hierarchy knelt in a show of penance at the shrine of Lourdes on Saturday (Nov 6), a day after bishops accepted the church's responsibility for decades of child abuse.
7 November 2021, 08:56 AM
Slave room found at Pompeii
Pompeii archaeologists yesterday said they have unearthed the remains of a “slave room” in an exceptionally rare find at a Roman villa destroyed by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption nearly 2,000 years ago.
6 November 2021, 18:00 PM
US offers up to $5m reward for tips to help capture Mexican drug kingpins
The US State Department announced Friday it would offer up to $5 million each for information that would help authorities capture and convict four Mexican drug cartel kingpins, including the brother of infamous trafficker “El Chapo.”
6 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Passengers run off after plane makes emergency landing in Spain
One of Spain’s busiest airports, Palma de Mallorca, was forced to close for nearly four hours after several passengers ran off when their plane made an emergency landing, according to airport authorities.
6 November 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Sacrifice’ to save Ethiopia
Ethiopia must be ready to make “sacrifices” to “salvage” the country, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said yesterday, as fighting in the north intensifies between government forces and Tigrayan rebels who threaten to advance on the capital.
6 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Several wounded in knife attack on train in German
Several people were injured in a knife attack on an express train between the south German cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg on Saturday and a male suspect has been arrested, police said.
6 November 2021, 16:12 PM
Portugal’s president calls early election by January 2022
Portugal is in the midst of a political crisis over the proposed national budget for 2022, with early elections expected in January.
6 November 2021, 16:07 PM
Man who fell to death from Russian embassy in Berlin was a spy, claims German security services
German security services believe that a man found dead in a street outside the Russian Embassy in Berlin last month was an undercover agent of Russia's FSB intelligence service, Der Spiegel reported on Friday.
5 November 2021, 19:32 PM
Debates spark in Poland over woman's death post abortion ban
The death of a pregnant Polish woman has reignited debate over abortion in one of Europe's most devoutly Catholic countries, with activists saying she could still be alive if it were not for a near total ban on terminating pregnancies.
5 November 2021, 19:15 PM
Richest 1 percent put climate goals at risk: study
The carbon footprint of the world’s richest 1 percent is on track to be 30 times higher than what’s needed to limit global warming to 1.5C, a study says.
5 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Progress made, but not enough
With science warning that only swift action can avoid cataclysmic global warming, countries already feeling the lash of climate change are demanding that the timetable for updating national carbon-cutting pledges be radically accelerated.
5 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Global food prices hit 10yr high: FAO
World food prices rose for a third straight month in October to reach a fresh 10-year peak, led again by increases in cereals and vegetable oils, the UN food agency said on Thursday.
5 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Rebels to unite to defeat govt
Nine rebel groups battling Ethiopia’s government will “collaborate and join forces”, they said in a statement announcing the alliance, which comes as fears grow of Tigrayan fighters advancing on the capital.
5 November 2021, 18:00 PM