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
King Charles won’t attend COP27 on PM Truss’s advice
Britain’s King Charles will not attend a world leaders’ climate change summit in Egypt next month, a royal source said yesterday, as the new monarch steps back from his previous high-profile campaigning roles.
2 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Pope begs Putin to end Ukraine war
Pope Francis for the first time directly begged Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday to stop the “spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine, saying that the crisis was risking a nuclear escalation with uncontrollable global consequences.
2 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Cholera outbreaks surging worldwide
After years of decline, the planet is now witnessing a “worrying upsurge” in cholera outbreaks, the World Health Organization warned yesterday.
30 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Hurricane Ian veers toward Carolinas
A resurgent Hurricane Ian yesterday barrelled north toward a second landfall in South Carolina, a day after carving a path of destruction across central Florida that left rescue crews racing to reach trapped residents along the state’s Gulf Coast.
30 September 2022, 18:00 PM
UK avoids recession in boost for Truss
Britain is not yet in recession, revised data showed yesterday in a boost for under-fire Prime Minister Liz Truss, but its economy may still face a downturn on soaring interest rates.
30 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Europe’s biggest nuclear reactor reaches full power
Finland’s long-delayed Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor has reached full power to become the most powerful electricity production facility in Europe, operator TVO said yesterday, a boost amid a continent-wide energy crunch.
30 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Putin eases citizenship rule for foreigners in Russian army
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree making it easier for foreigners to obtain Russian citizenship if they join the army, a
30 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Online hate speech: FB must compensate Rohingyas: Amnesty
Facebook should pay reparations to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya forced from their homes in Myanmar in a campaign exacerbated by
29 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Hurricane Ian batters Florida
Rescue workers and residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast searched for missing people and picked up the pieces from wrecked homes yesterday after Hurricane Ian tore through the area with howling winds, torrential rains and raging surf.
29 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Finland to ban Russian tourists starting midnight
Finland said on Thursday it would close its border to Russian tourists at midnight, shutting off the last remaining direct land route to the European Union for them as thousands of Russians seek to avoid conscription into the war in Ukraine.
29 September 2022, 11:04 AM
Mobile phones could go dark around Europe this winter
Once unthinkable, mobile phones could go dark around Europe this winter if power cuts or energy rationing knocks out parts of the mobile networks across the region.
29 September 2022, 10:29 AM
"Sabotage" on Russian gas pipelines: EU vows to protect energy systems
Any intentional disruption to EU energy networks would meet a "robust and united response", its top diplomat said, after several states said two Russian pipelines to Europe had been attacked, causing gas to spew into the Baltic Sea.
28 September 2022, 13:44 PM
Putin grants Edward Snowden Russian citizenship
President Vladimir Putin on Monday granted Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden, who exposed massive surveillance by the US National Security Agency on Americans and then sought refuge in Russia.
27 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Starmer insists Labour fit to govern as crisis grips UK
Labour leader Keir Starmer yesterday argued he was ready to lead Britain out of economic crisis, as a new poll gave his once-fractured party its biggest lead in two decades over the ruling Conservatives.
27 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Boost action or we’ll see you in court
Governments around the world must scale up climate action “or face further legal action”, an open letter from 20 organisations around the world
27 September 2022, 18:00 PM
‘I need my salary’
Depositors scuffled and long lines formed at Lebanese banks yesterday as they partially reopened after a week-long closure following a slew of heists by customers desperate to access their money.
26 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Italy takes step into unknown with far-right win
Italy took a sharp turn to the right yesterday after Giorgia Meloni’s Eurosceptic populist party swept to victory in general elections, putting a one-time Mussolini admirer on course to become the first woman to lead the country.
26 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Iran protests flare
Iran has arrested more than 1,200 protesters, officials said Monday, in its lethal crackdown on 10 nights of unrest driven by outrage over the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in the custody of the notorious morality police.
26 September 2022, 18:00 PM
World economy to slow, ‘paying the price of war’: OECD
The world economy will take a bigger hit than previously forecast next year due to the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the OECD said yesterday.
26 September 2022, 18:00 PM
UN chief urges end to ‘era of nuclear blackmail’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday renewed his call for the global abolition of nuclear weapons as concerns grow over Russia’s threat to use them in the Ukraine war.
26 September 2022, 18:00 PM