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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
Every heatwave enhanced by climate change: experts
All heatwaves today bear the unmistakable and measurable fingerprint of global warming, top experts on quantifying the impact of climate change on extreme weather said Wednesday.
11 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Phone hacking: Spain’s spy chief sacked
Spain’s government yesterday sacked the country’s spy chief as part of a widening scandal over the hacking of the mobile phones of the prime minister and Catalan separatist leaders.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Rare miss for Queen
Head of state Queen Elizabeth II missed yesterday’s ceremonial opening of the UK parliament for the first time in nearly 60 years, handing the duty to her heir Prince Charles in a clear sign of the looming transition of power.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
World could see 1.5C of warming in 5 yrs
The world faces a 50 percent chance of warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, if only briefly, by 2026, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Overwhelming support for Nato bid among Finns: poll
More than three quarters of people in Finland now support joining Nato, a new poll showed yesterday, after opinion on the military alliance flipped following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
9 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Putin ‘mirroring fascism’
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace yesterday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “mirroring fascism”, as the country held an annual Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square.
9 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Macron sworn in for second time as French president
Emmanuel Macron was sworn in for his second term as France’s president yesterday at a ceremony at the Elysee Palace, followed by the firing of canons at the Invalides gardens.
7 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Vegetable oil prices drop 5.7pc in April
World food prices fell slightly last month after hitting a record in March, thanks to a 5.7 percent drop in vegetable oil prices, UN food agency said yesterday.
6 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Tories suffer loses in local elections
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party lost control of traditional strongholds in London and suffered setbacks elsewhere in local elections, with voters punishing his government over a series of scandals.
6 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Europe becoming a cocaine hub, worth over €10bn a year
Europe is increasingly becoming a hub for production and trans-shipment of cocaine to other regions of the world, in addition to being a major consumption market, EU agencies said on Friday, warning also about the expanding methamphetamine industry.
6 May 2022, 12:16 PM
Why EU may find it tough to squeeze out Russian oil
The European Union has proposed a phased embargo of Russian oil but may find it tricky to implement, given Europe’s complex distribution
5 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Tough lessons for China
From countering a Western “information war” during a Taiwan conflict to using “shock and awe” to swiftly subdue the island’s forces, Chinese strategists are soaking up lessons from Russia’s Ukrainian quagmire, diplomats, scholars and analysts say.
30 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Germany takes Italy to court over Nazi compensation claims
Germany on Friday brought a case against Italy before the International Court of Justice on the grounds that Rome is continuing to claim World War II compensation, thereby “failing to respect its jurisdictional immunity”, the court said.
30 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Over 3,000 lost at sea in 2021: UN
More than 3,000 refugees, migrants and asylum seekers died or went missing last year while trying to reach Europe via Mediterranean and
29 April 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Ukraine mortgaging itself to US’
Russia’s most senior lawmaker yesterday said that Ukraine was effectively mortgaging itself to the United States by seeking to tap billions of dollars of weapons loans proposed by US President Joe Biden.
29 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Should they decide to join, Finland, Sweden will get swift membership: Nato chief
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Finland and Sweden would be embraced with open arms should they decide to join the 30-nation military organization and could become members quite quickly.
28 April 2022, 14:10 PM
World’s oldest person eyes new record
France’s Sister Andre, believed to have become the oldest person alive this week at the age of 118, yesterday said she would now like to beat
26 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Macron vows to unite France after win
French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday sought to unite a deeply divided nation after winning re-election in a battle against rival Marine Le Pen that saw the far right come its closest yet to taking power.
25 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Global military spending hits all-time high
Global military spending rose again in 2021, setting new records as Russia continued to beef up its military prior to its invasion of Ukraine, researchers said yesterday, predicting the trend would continue in Europe in particular.
25 April 2022, 18:00 PM
World leaders congratulate France's Macron on election victory
Western leaders rushed to congratulate France's centrist President Emmanuel Macron on his re-election and defeat of far-right leader Marine Le Pen in elections Sunday.
25 April 2022, 05:58 AM