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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
Russia steps up assault
Russian forces stepped up heavy artillery bombardments and air strikes on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, while President Vladimir Putin has met his commanders in two regions of Ukraine that Moscow claims to have annexed.
18 April 2023, 18:00 PM
G7 ministers stress unity
The Group of Seven industrial powers drew together yesterday to criticise China’s coercion of Taiwan and Russia’s threat to station nuclear weapons in Belarus, promising to intensify sanctions on Moscow for its war on neighbouring Ukraine.
18 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Coastal shellfish ‘colonise’ ocean plastic: study
Scientists have found coastal species of shellfish and anemones living and breeding on floating islands of garbage in the Pacific thousands of miles from home.
18 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Macron defends pension reform, understands ‘anger’
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday staunchly defended his widely unpopular pension reform but said he understood the “anger” felt by the French after three months of protests.
18 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Mexico president slams US ‘spying’
Mexico’s president said Monday that his country would not tolerate spying by US on its security institutions, as an intelligence leak sparked new diplomatic tensions between the neighbours.
18 April 2023, 18:00 PM
EU Parliament adopts sweeping reforms
The European Parliament yesterday approved sweeping reforms to make EU climate change policies more ambitious, including an upgrade of the bloc’s carbon market that is set to hike the cost of polluting in Europe.
18 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Oldest machine-printed book on show in Paris
The oldest known work printed on a mechanical press -- a Korean book that predates the first European example by several decades -- went on display in Paris for the first time in 50 years on Wednesday.
17 April 2023, 18:00 PM
UK PM Sunak being probed over wife’s shares
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under investigation by the parliamentary watchdog over a possible failure to declare shares his wife holds in an agency benefiting from a recent budget, an official said yesterday.
17 April 2023, 18:00 PM
US reporter in Russian jail ‘in good health’
US ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy said she found journalist Evan Gershkovich “in good health” when meeting him in prison yesterday for the first time after his arrest on spying charges.
17 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Putin, Chinese defence minister hail military co-op
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu in Moscow on Sunday and both men hailed military cooperation between the two nations, which have declared a “no limits” partnership.
17 April 2023, 18:00 PM
UK cancels new ‘smart motorways’
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has cancelled the building of new “smart motorways” amid concerns about safety and cost, the Department for Transport said.
16 April 2023, 18:00 PM
G7 pledges to quit fossil fuels faster
The G7 yesterday pledged to quit fossil fuels faster and urged other countries to follow suit, but failed to agree to any new deadlines on ending polluting power sources like coal.
16 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Macron signs controversial law
French President Emmanuel Macron signed his controversial pension reform into law yesterday, prompting accusations from unions and the left he was showing “contempt” towards those behind a three-month protest movement.
15 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Germany closes last nuclear plants
Germany was scheduled to switch off its last three nuclear reactors yesterday, exiting atomic power even as it seeks to wean itself off fossil fuels and manage an energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.
15 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Ukraine forces cut off inside Bakhmut
Moscow said yesterday that Russian forces were “blocking” Ukrainian forces from getting in or out of the frontline hotspot of Bakhmut.
13 April 2023, 18:00 PM
World would gain $1tn by closing gender gap: UN
Closing the gender gap in the agriculture and food system, where women still earn less than men, would add $1 trillion to the global economy, a UN report said yesterday.
13 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Restore power-sharing
US President Joe Biden urged political compromise in Northern Ireland yesterday, using a brief visit to promote benefits of enduring peace and investment, but faced criticism from pro-UK hardliners. “I hope the (Northern Ireland) Executive and Assembly
12 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Two migrants dead, 20 missing in the Med
At least two migrants have died and around 20 others are missing after their vessel sank in the Mediterranean between Tunisia and Italy, German aid group ResQship told AFP.
10 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Europe must not be ‘follower’ of US, China on Taiwan
French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview published yesterday that Europe must not be a “follower” of either the US or China on Taiwan, saying that the bloc risks entanglement in “crises that aren’t ours”.
9 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Police warn of possible toxins in air
Police and fire officials in the German city of Hamburg warned locals of possible toxins in the air after fires broke out early yesterday at multiple storage facilities.
9 April 2023, 18:00 PM