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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
NZ Covid outbreak claims first death in six months
New Zealand recorded its first Covid-related death in six months yesterday, but health authorities said there were signs the outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant was coming under control.
4 September 2021, 18:00 PM
New Zealand to criminalise terror attack planning
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday vowed to tighten counter-terrorism laws this month after a knife-wielding militant known to the authorities stabbed and wounded seven people in a supermarket.
4 September 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
476 - Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed by Odoacer, a German barbarian who proclaims himself king of Italy.
3 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Quotes of the day
The sooner the Taliban will enter the family of civilised people, so to speak, the easier it will be to contact, communicate, and somehow influence and ask questions.
3 September 2021, 18:00 PM
New Zealand police kill 'extremist' who stabbed six in supermarket
New Zealand police on Friday shot and killed a knife-wielding "extremist" who was known to authorities, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in a supermarket.
3 September 2021, 08:16 AM
Countries eye UN deal to rein in plastic pollution
The European Union and other countries yesterday called for negotiations towards a legally-binding agreement to reduce plastic pollution, including the microplastics infesting oceans and waterways.
2 September 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1783 - Treaty of Paris signed in Paris ends the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and United States of America.
2 September 2021, 18:00 PM
World’s biggest triceratops on sale in Paris
A Paris auction house will seek to sell in October the world’s biggest known example of the dinosaur triceratops, known as “Big John”, with the spectacular skeleton on show to the public beforehand, organisers said Tuesday.
1 September 2021, 18:00 PM
4.1b living without any social safety nets: UN
Over half of all people in the world have no social protections, the United Nations said yesterday, even after the pandemic spurred countries to offer more services to their populations.
1 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Russian cosmonauts find new cracks in ISS module
Russian cosmonauts have discovered new cracks in a segment of the International Space Station that could widen, a senior space official said yesterday, the latest in a series of setbacks.
30 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Teachers should be priority group for Covid jabs: WHO
Teachers and school staff should be among the groups prioritised for Covid-19 vaccinations so that schools in Europe and Central Asia can stay open, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef said yesterday.
30 August 2021, 18:00 PM
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Russia yesterday called on the United States to release Afghan central bank reserves that Washington blocked after the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul earlier this month.
30 August 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1907 - The Anglo-Russian Convention was signed in St Petersburg, settling differences between Britain and Russia over Persia, Afghanistan and Tibet.
30 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Canada polls show Trudeau rival gaining weeks ahead of vote
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party appears to be ceding popularity to its Conservative rivals, according to polls published Saturday, with early elections only weeks away.
29 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid Pandemic: Delta doubles hospital risk
The Delta variant of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 doubles the risk of hospitalisation compared with the Alpha variant it has supplanted as the dominant strain worldwide, researchers reported in The Lancet on Saturday.
29 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Quotes of the day
The risk now, as we have seen in Afghanistan, is that the impression is given that the west has conditional allies that they are abandoning when their agenda changes. This is not our case. France does not abandon those who fought alongside it.
29 August 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Asleep on watch’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended Britain’s airlift from Kabul yesterday following growing criticism that ministers had been “asleep on watch”, potentially leaving thousands of eligible Afghans behind in the country.
29 August 2021, 18:00 PM
France, UK to push for Kabul safe zone
France and Britain will submit a resolution to an emergency United Nations meeting due today proposing a safe zone in Kabul to try and protect people trying to leave Afghanistan, French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday.
29 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Police, protesters clash as thousands march against Covid curbs in Berlin
Police tussled with protesters as thousands of people marched through Berlin yesterday chanting slogans and waving banners against COVID-19 restrictions.
28 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Researchers discover world’s ‘northernmost’ island
Scientists have discovered what is believed to be the world’s northernmost landmass -- a yet-to-be-named island north of Greenland that could soon be swallowed up by seawaters.
28 August 2021, 18:00 PM