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
Norway fund drops China, India firms
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest, has excluded two companies from China and India for selling weapons to Myanmar, the Norwegian central bank said.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Knife attack on German train kills 2
Two people were killed and several others wounded in a knife attack on a regional train in northern Germany Wednesday, police said, announcing that the alleged assailant had been captured.
25 January 2023, 16:57 PM
Earth’s inner core may have started spinning other way
Far below our feet, a giant may have started moving against us.
24 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Cable sabotage paralyses busy Paris rail station
A busy railway hub in Paris suffered a near-total traffic shutdown yesterday after vandals triggered a crippling signal malfunction by setting cables on fire.
24 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Ardern makes last bow as NZ PM
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said yesterday she was grateful for her time in office, insisting that a sustained barrage of online abuse was not the reason for her shock resignation.
24 January 2023, 18:00 PM
EU imposes new sanctions on Iran
The EU yesterday placed 37 more Iranian officials and entities on an asset-freeze and visa-ban blacklist over Tehran’s bloody crackdown on protesters, officials said.
23 January 2023, 18:00 PM
UK PM orders probe into ally’s tax affairs
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday ordered an investigation into a wealthy ally’s murky tax dealings as he again vowed “integrity” in his government after Boris Johnson’s scandal-plagued tenure.
23 January 2023, 18:00 PM
WHO seeks $2.5b for health emergency responses in 2023
The World Health Organization yesterday appealed for $2.54 billion for its work in 2023 to help millions of people facing health emergencies around the world.
23 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Russia pushing towards 2 towns in Zaporizhzhia
Moscow’s forces are pushing towards two towns in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, where fighting intensified this week after several months of a stagnant front, Russian state media reported yesterday.
22 January 2023, 18:00 PM
French court convicts 14 Sri Lankans of migrant smuggling
A court in northern France on Thursday sentenced 14 Sri Lankans to prison for operating a migrant smuggling ring across Europe, as authorities across the continent try to crack down on the lucrative criminal networks.
20 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Race on to replace Ardern as NZ PM
Jacinda Ardern’s shock resignation yesterday sparked a push for New Zealand to choose its first Maori prime minister, as a small pack of candidates emerged for the top job.
20 January 2023, 18:00 PM
UK health system faces biggest day of strikes next month
The UK’s crisis-hit National Health Service (NHS) is set for its biggest ever day of industrial action next month after thousands of ambulance workers yesterday announced a series of new strikes.
20 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Rapid scale-up of CO2 extraction crucial: report
Capping global warming at liveable levels will be impossible without massively scaling up the extraction of planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the first global assessment of CO2 removal warned yesterday.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Nazi gold sparks Dutch village treasure hunt
Muddy holes dot the ground in a Dutch village where a map allegedly showing the location of Nazi loot buried in World War II has triggered an invasion of treasure hunters.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM
New Zealand PM Ardern to resign
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a global figurehead of progressive politics, shocked the country yesterday by announcing she would resign from office.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Davos elite ‘fuelling destruction of planet’
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg slammed business and political leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos yesterday, saying it was “absurd” to listen to them while they fuelled “the destruction of the planet”.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM
World’s oldest runestone found in Norway
Norwegian archaeologists believe they have found the world’s oldest runestone inscribed almost 2,000 years ago, making it several hundred centuries older than previous discoveries.
18 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Global Warming: UN chief slams Big Oil’s ‘big lie’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres skewered oil firms yesterday for having “peddled the big lie” about their role in global warming, telling the World Economic Forum that they should be held accountable.
18 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Russia and China alert to Western ‘games’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday that the United States was attempting to “contain” both Russia and China with the help of other countries, but they were alert to its “games”.
18 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Scientists use laser to guide lightning bolt
Scientists said Monday they have used a laser beam to guide lightning for he first time, hoping the technique will help protect against deadly bolts -- and one day maybe even trigger them.
17 January 2023, 18:00 PM