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
UK defends Rwanda deportation policy
The UK government yesterday defended its controversial policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, even as the entire senior leadership of the Church of England branded it shameful and immoral.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Life expectancy cut by 2 yrs
Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported yesterday.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Urgent UN appeal to Myanmar junta to halt executions
The UN rights chief said yesterday Myanmar’s junta has likely committed crimes against humanity and urged authorities to stop planned executions, including of prominent democracy activists.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Countries blame China
Dozens of countries yesterday voiced concern at alleged abuses in China’s Xinjiang region, and demanded that the UN rights chief publish a long-delayed report on the rights situation there.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny moved to undisclosed location from jail
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been abruptly transferred from the prison where he is serving an 11-1/2 year sentence to an undisclosed location, nearly two years since he was poisoned with what the West said was a nerve agent.
14 June 2022, 14:35 PM
Illegal migrant crossings to EU up 82pc
Illegal migrant crossings into the European Union rose by 82 percent between January and May compared to the same period in 2021, the European border agency said yesterday.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
French army quits Mali base
French troops were yesterday handing back a military base in northeastern Mali ahead of a final withdrawal from the Sahel nation, France’s army said, after nine years fighting a jihadist insurgency.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Scientists map brain network linked to addiction
Researchers said yesterday they had mapped the network in the brain linked to addiction by studying long-time smokers who abruptly quit after suffering brain lesions.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
UN rights chief declines 2nd term
The United Nations human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, indicated yesterday that she would not seek a second term, the surprise announcement coming in a wide-ranging speech to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
World nuke arsenal set to grow
The number of nuclear weapons in the world is set to rise in the coming decade after 35 years of decline as global tensions flare amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, researchers said yesterday.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Russia opens rebranded McDonald’s restaurants
It might look and smell like McDonald’s but now it’s Vkusno & tochka. The golden arches are gone, the Filet-O-Fish is simply a fish burger. The Big Mac has left Russia.
12 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Offshore leak spotted from space for the first times
Scientists have for the first time used satellite data to detect a major offshore leak of the potent greenhouse gas methane, according to peer-reviewed research.
12 June 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Appalling’
Britain’s Prince Charles has called the government’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda “appalling”, a report said yesterday as opponents readied a last-gasp legal bid to stop the first flight.
11 June 2022, 18:00 PM
ILO adds health, safety to workers’ fundamental rights
The International Labour Organization has elevated occupational health and safety to the status of a “fundamental right” for the world’s workers, a “historic” decision that will mean new obligations for member states.
11 June 2022, 18:00 PM
At least 7 bodies recovered from Italy helicopter crash
Rescuers have found the bodies of seven people killed in a helicopter crash in Italy, local authorities said on Saturday, two days after the aircraft disappeared from radar screens.
11 June 2022, 14:08 PM
Asylum-seekers:
The UN refugee agency yesterday accused Britain of dishonesty over London’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, as a court heard an emergency bid to block the first deportations next week.
10 June 2022, 18:00 PM
La Nina climate cycle could last into 2023: UN
The weather phenomenon La Nina, which has affected global temperatures and worsened drought and flooding, will likely continue for months, and possibly even into 2023, the UN warned yesterday.
10 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Man crashes into crowd killing teacher, injuring 14 students in Berlin
A 29-year-old man drove into a crowd of people in Berlin on Wednesday, killing a teacher and injuring 14 of her students, as his car twice veered onto a pavement in a popular shopping district, officials said.
8 June 2022, 19:15 PM
NGOs call on UN rights chief to quit
Dozens of rights groups yesterday called for the resignation of UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, charging that she “whitewashed” Beijing’s “atrocities”
8 June 2022, 18:00 PM
‘A hollow victory’
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday lauded the loyalty of his cabinet and vowed to “get on with the job” after surviving a confidence vote of his Conservative MPs that has still left him severely weakened.
7 June 2022, 18:00 PM