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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
Resource degradation, conflicts to escalate
A vicious cycle linking the depletion of natural resources with violent conflict may have gone past the point of no return in parts of the world and is likely to be exacerbated by climate change, a report said yesterday.
7 October 2021, 18:00 PM
UK justice minister rapped for ‘misogyny’ gaffe
British justice minister Dominic Raab yesterday came under fire after saying that “misogyny is wrong, whether it’s a man against a woman or a woman against a man”.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Austria prosecutors raid offices of ruling party
Austria’s ruling People’s Party (OeVP) said it had been targeted by raids from prosecutors yesterday morning, with local media reporting that offices in the chancellery were among those searched.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Work on Catalysts: Duo wins Nobel Chemistry Prize
Germany’s Benjamin List and US-based David MacMillan yesterday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for developing a tool to build molecules which has helped make chemistry more environmentally friendly.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
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Assailants have separately shot and killed three men in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said, blaming the rebels fighting against the Indian rule in the disputed region for the string of attacks.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Germany inches closer to Scholz-led govt
Germany’s Greens and the liberal FDP party yesterday said they wanted to try to form a coalition government with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), dealing a blow to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
WHO okays world’s first malaria vaccine
The World Health Organization yesterday endorsed the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, the first against the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly children.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
After Pandora Papers, EU says it plans new rules against tax avoidance
The European Commission will present by the end of the year new legislative proposals to tackle tax avoidance and tax evasion, the EU tax commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told the European Parliament on Wednesday.
6 October 2021, 16:35 PM
This day in history
1908 - Bosnia and Herzegovina were annexed by Austria.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Macron meets Blinken
President Emmanuel Macron yesterday held talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in his first meeting with an American official since the scrapping of a submarine contract with Australia plunged relations into crisis.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Global tax deal drops ‘at least” from proposed minimum of 15pc
An updated draft of a global corporate tax overhaul has dropped “at least” from a proposed minimum rate of “at least 15 percent”, possibly clearing a major hurdle for Ireland as negotiations enter a final stretch, sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia reports record daily Covid deaths
Russia yesterday recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll as cases linked to the Delta variant spike amid a lacklustre vaccination drive and few anti-virus restrictions.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
France says it could review bilateral deals with Britain in fishing row fury
France is ready to review bilateral cooperation with Britain if London continues to ignore the agreement reached over fishing rights in its post-Brexit trading relationship with the European Union, the French prime minister said on Tuesday.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Work on Climate, Physical Systems: Trio wins Nobel Prize in Physics
US-Japanese scientist Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Giorgio Parisi of Italy yesterday won the Nobel Physics Prize for climate models and the understanding of physical systems, the jury said.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Russian crew to shoot first movie in space
A Russian actress and director yesterday arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) in a bid to best the United States and film the first movie in orbit.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Heat and Touch Work: US duo wins Nobel Prize for medicine
US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian yesterday won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch.
4 October 2021, 18:00 PM
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was sworn in for a new five-year term yesterday, but the milestone risked being undermined by growing alarm over the war in the north.
4 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Rome votes in mayoral polls dominated by rubbish and boars
The people of Rome began voting yesterday to elect a new mayor who will have the daunting task of tackling poor public transport and disastrous rubbish management in the Italian capital, dubbed one of the dirtiest cities in the world.
3 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Merkel calls for compromise
Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped a hint for political leaders to overcome their differences, as talks between the parties to choose her successor got under way yesterday, following last week’s election.
3 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Big nations must ‘stretch to do more’
The world’s major economies must “stretch to do more” at next month’s UN climate talks to show they are serious about wanting to tackle global warming, US Climate Envoy John Kerry said yesterday.
2 October 2021, 18:00 PM