40 Tunisians missing in Med

Around 40 Tunisian migrants attempting to reach Italy by sea have been missing for five days, the Tunisian National Guard said.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Births in France fall to post-war low in 2023

Births in France fell last year to their lowest annual number since World War II, the national statistics bureau said yesterday. Around 678,000 babies were born in 2023, INSEE said, a drop of 6.6 percent from the previous year and the lowest number for any year since 1946.
16 January 2024, 18:00 PM

NZ MP resigns after CCTV footage emerges

The first refugee to be elected to New Zealand’s parliament resigned yesterday over alleged shoplifting, which she said was related to personal stress and trauma.
16 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Tobacco use shrinking worldwide

The number of adult tobacco users has dropped steadily in recent years, the World Health Organization said yesterday but it warned Big Tobacco was working hard to reverse that trend.
16 January 2024, 18:00 PM

UK declares Hizb ut-Tahrir as terrorist group

Britain yesterday declared global Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir as a proscribed terrorist group, making it a criminal offence to belong to what it described as an antisemitic organisation.
15 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Ukraine downs two Russian command aircraft

Ukraine said yesterday it had destroyed a Russian Beriev A-50 spy plane and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne command post in the Sea of Azov area, dealing a blow to Russian military operations in occupied southern Ukraine.
15 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Five migrants die trying to cross Channel

Five migrants trying to cross the Channel to Britain died in French waters in the early hours of yesterday, French local authorities said.
14 January 2024, 18:00 PM

NZ’s ex-PM Ardern marries partner

New Zealand’s former prime minister Jacinda Ardern married her longtime partner Clarke Gayford in a private ceremony on Saturday, finally tying the knot after cancelling ceremonies during strict Covid-19 controls she imposed on the country.
14 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Vast network of lost ancient cities found in the Amazon

Archaeologists have discovered the largest and oldest network of pre-Hispanic cities ever found in the Amazon rainforest, revealing a 2,500-year-old lost civilisation of farmers.
13 January 2024, 18:00 PM

16 killed in Papua New Guinea rioting

Papua New Guinea’s prime minister declared a state of emergency yesterday, suspending government and police officials after 16 people were killed in rioting in the Pacific island nation.
11 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Ceasefire would only benefit Moscow

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday that a ceasefire in Russia’s war against Ukraine would not lead to political dialogue, and would only benefit Moscow.
11 January 2024, 18:00 PM

US, UK repel major Houthi attack in Red Sea

US and UK forces have shot down more than 20 drones and missiles over the Red Sea launched by Yemen’s Houthis, in what London branded yesterday the “largest attack” yet by Iran-backed rebels.
10 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Over 6,000 migrants vanished trying to reach Spain in 2023

At least 6,618 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2023, when record numbers headed for the Canary Islands, a migrants rights group said yesterday.
9 January 2024, 18:00 PM

2023 was world’s hottest year on record

Last year was the planet’s hottest on record by a substantial margin and likely the world’s warmest in the last 100,000 years, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said yesterday.
9 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Gabriel Attal picked as France’s youngest PM

French leader Emmanuel Macron yesterday picked Gabriel Attal as prime minister in a bid to give new momentum to his presidency, with the 34-year-old becoming France’s youngest and first openly gay head of government.
9 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Italian junior culture minister probed over stolen painting

Italian prosecutors said yesterday they were investigating a junior culture minister over allegations a painting he owned and exhibited had been stolen and modified to hide its origins -- claims he denies.
9 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Gabriel Attal picked as France's youngest PM

French leader Emmanuel Macron today picked Gabriel Attal as prime minister in a bid to give new momentum to his presidency, with the 34-year-old becoming France's youngest and first openly gay head of government
9 January 2024, 14:36 PM

France to build ‘beyond’ planned 6 new nuke plants

France is set to build eight new nuclear plants on top of six already announced, the energy minister has said, arguing more reactors are needed to hit carbon reduction targets.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Italian FM calls for formation of EU army

The European Union should form its own combined army that could play a role in peacekeeping and preventing conflict, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Russia launches 28 drones, 3 missiles at Ukraine

Russia launched 28 attack drones and three cruise missile at Ukraine overnight, Ukraine’s air force said yesterday, adding that its air defence systems destroyed 21 of the drones.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM