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
WWII veteran, 100, weds 96-yr-old bride on D-Day anniversary
It might have been the longest wait but on Saturday 100-year-old American World War II veteran Harold Terens married his 96-year-old fiancee in Normandy, just days after being honoured on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in northwestern France.
9 June 2024, 18:00 PM
UK foreign minister fooled by hoax call
Britain’s foreign minister David Cameron has been the victim of a hoax video call from someone claiming to be the former president of Ukraine, officials said.
8 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Humble fern wins world record for largest genome
A small, seemingly unremarkable fern that only grows on a remote Pacific island was crowned the Guinness World Record holder for having the largest genome of any organism on Earth.
3 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Zelensky hails US weapons green light as ‘step forward’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday hailed a US decision to partially lift restrictions on using US-donated weapons to strike inside Russia as a “step forward”.
31 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Moscow fumes as G7 mulling to use assets
G7 finance ministers cited “progress” in finding ways to use profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine as they wrapped up a meeting Saturday, envisioning a concrete proposal to present to a leaders’ summit next month.
25 May 2024, 18:00 PM
UK police arrest 16 at Oxford Univ
British police said they had arrested 16 people on suspicion of aggravated trespass at the University of Oxford on Thursday, after pro-Palestinian protesters held a sit-in at the university vice-chancellor’s office.
24 May 2024, 18:00 PM
IS behind deadly Moscow concert hall attack: Russia
Russia yesterday said for the first time that the Islamic State group coordinated the March concert hall assault in Moscow, the country’s deadliest terror attack in two decades.
24 May 2024, 18:00 PM
WWF takes Norway to court over deep sea mining
The World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Norwegian chapter said yesterday it would take legal action against Norway for opening up its seabed to mining before performing sufficient impact studies.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Rishi Sunak calls surprise polls for July 4
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a national election yesterday, naming July 4 as the date for a vote his governing Conservatives are widely expected to lose to the opposition Labour Party after 14 years in power.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Russian hypersonics expert jailed for 14 years for treason
Elderly Russian physicist Anatoly Maslov was sentenced on Tuesday to 14 years in a penal colony for treason, the latest of a string of cases against experts working on the science that underpins Russia's development of hypersonic missiles
21 May 2024, 12:32 PM
Assange can now appeal extradition
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission yesterday to appeal against extradition to the United States after arguing at London’s High Court that he might not be able to rely on his right to free speech in a US court.
20 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Russian strikes on Kharkiv kill 10
Russian strikes killed at least 10 people, including a pregnant woman, and injured 25 others in two separate attacks in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region yesterday, local officials said.
19 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Russian Offensive: Ukraine struggles on eastern front
For Ukrainian gun commander Oleksandr Kozachenko, the long-awaited US ammunition can’t come fast enough as he and his comrades struggle to hold off relentless Russian attacks.
18 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Slovakia PM ‘still in serious condition’
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains in serious condition and still faces risks of complications but has stabilised, officials said yesterday, following Wednesday’s assassination attempt.
18 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Pyramids in Egypt built along long-lost river
Scientists have discovered a long-buried branch of the Nile river that once flowed alongside more than 30 pyramids in Egypt, potentially solving the mystery of how ancient Egyptians transported the massive stone blocks to build the famous monuments.
17 May 2024, 18:00 PM
US sanctions undermine confidence in dollar
President Vladimir Putin yesterday said that US sanctions policy was undermining confidence in the dollar and that Russia and China would find a way to stop the threat of measures against Chinese banks from disrupting their burgeoning trade.
17 May 2024, 18:00 PM
UK charges three for allegedly assisting HK intel services
UK police said yesterday that they had charged three men for allegedly assisting Hong Kong intelligence services, with the suspects due to appear in court later in the day.
13 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia claims gains in Kharkiv offensive
Russia yesterday said it had captured six villages in Ukraine’s east during a surprise ground offensive that prompted mass evacuations.
11 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Putin reappoints Mishustin as Russia's PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the reappointment on Friday of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, a technocrat who has helped him through the war in Ukraine and the economic challenges wrought by Western sanctions over Moscow's invasion
10 May 2024, 07:25 AM
Two Paris police officers wounded after man shot them inside police station
A man shot and wounded two police officers in Paris after he got hold of one of the officer's weapons while he was being held at a police station, said Paris police chief Laurent Nunez on Friday, confirming earlier media reports
10 May 2024, 02:30 AM