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
Belarus detains dozens over social media posts
Belarus has detained dozens of people for commenting online about a shooting incident that resulted in the deaths of an IT worker and a KGB officer, the Viasna rights group said yesterday.
1 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia sees record deaths, Australia to ease curbs
Amid surging infections, Russia yesterday reported a high for coronavirus deaths for a fourth day running as Australia said it will begin to reopen its borders next month.
1 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Global energy shortage or a regional crises?
British gasoline stations running dry, surging power costs in the European Union ahead of winter, forced restrictions on energy use in China and rising oil, natural gas and coal prices.
1 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Is this Greta Thunberg’s year?
The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced just three weeks before world leaders gather for a climate summit that scientists say could determine the future of the planet, one reason why prize watchers say this could be the year of Greta Thunberg.
1 October 2021, 18:00 PM
UK cop given whole-life jail term
A British police officer who falsely arrested a woman for breaking coronavirus restrictions, then kidnapped, raped and murdered her, was given a rare whole-life jail term yesterday.
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Someone lied’
France has accused Australia of lying shortly before Canberra cancelled a major submarine contract, with the French foreign minister declaring “someone lied”.
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia blocking work of UN sanctions committees:diplomats
The investigative work of several panels of experts tasked with monitoring compliance with UN arms embargoes and economic sanctions in conflict zones including Mali is being blocked, sometimes for months, by Russia, diplomats said Wednesday.
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Norway to shut its last Arctic coal mine in 2023
Norway will in 2023 shut its last coal mine in Svalbard, its operator said yesterday, drawing to a close more than a century of prospecting by Oslo in this Arctic archipelago.
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Former Nazi death camp secy caught
A 96-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary who fled hours before the opening of her trial in Germany has been found, a court said yesterday in a dramatic start to the proceedings.
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Go back to Minsk’
Poland has sent tens of thousands of text messages to foreign mobile phones along the country’s border with Belarus in a bid to target migrants and dissuade them from crossing.
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
France’s ex-president Sarkozy likely to avoid jail
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was handed a one-year prison sentence by a Paris court yesterday after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing over his failed 2012 re-election bid.
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
COP26 ‘won’t be easy’
The forthcoming COP26 summit -- which could determine the viability of the Paris Agreement -- will “not be easy” but an outcome matching the urgency of the crisis is an “absolute necessity”, the UN’s climate chief said yesterday.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1938 - After signing the Munich agreement with Hitler in Germany, Neville Chamberlain returned to Britain and declared that there would be “peace with honour for our time”.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Unheard Lennon tape goes on sale
A 1970 tape of John Lennon singing a hitherto unheard song called “Radio Peace” and expressing frustration at his Beatles image to a group of Danish schoolboys goes under the hammer in Copenhagen.
28 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Swiss court reopens probe into Iran opposition figure’s killing
A Swiss investigation into the 1990 killing of Iranian opposition figure Kazem Rajavi must reopen, after a court ordered genocide and crimes against humanity charges added to the probe.
28 September 2021, 18:00 PM
WHO ‘heartbroken’ after probe findings
The World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa said yesterday that the agency was “heartbroken” by the findings of an independent commission on sex abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
28 September 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1923 - Britain began to govern Palestine under a mandate from the League of Nations.
28 September 2021, 18:00 PM
UK puts army on standby to ease supply chain crisis
The British government says it is putting the military on standby as part of further measures to address a supply chain crisis which has led fuel pumps to run dry amid panic-buying by motorists.
28 September 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Blah, blah, blah’
Greta Thunberg is not very optimistic about the climate talks held in Italy this week, the environmental youth activist said as she arrived at the venue in Milan yesterday.
28 September 2021, 18:00 PM
News In Brief
A 36-year-old delivery driver appeared in court in Britain yesterday, charged with the murder of a young primary school teacher whose death sparked renewed calls to improve women’s safety.
28 September 2021, 18:00 PM