Macron defeats Le Pen to win a second term, projections show

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday defeated his rival Marine Le Pen in presidential elections, projections showed, prompting a wave of relief in Europe that the far-right had been prevented from taking power.
24 April 2022, 18:12 PM

‘I want to see the sun’

Women and children sheltering in a giant steel works in Mariupol that is the last holdout of Ukrainian defenders of the southern port city, said in a video released on Saturday they are desperate to get out and are running out of food.
24 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Presidential polls: Macron vs Le Pen as French vote

French voters headed to the polls yesterday for the presidential run-off between centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron and his challenger Marine Le Pen, after a fractious campaign that has seen the far right come its closest yet to winning power.
24 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Eurocentric or eurosceptic: Macron, Le Pen battle for presidency

The French voted on Sunday in an election that will decide whether pro-European Union, centrist President Emmanuel Macron keeps his job or is unseated by far-right eurosceptic Marine Le Pen in what would amount to a political earthquake.
24 April 2022, 17:21 PM

Le Pen or Macron?

France yesterday prepared to choose between centrist President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen to rule the country for the next five years after a bitterly contested and polarising election campaign.
23 April 2022, 18:00 PM

EU eyes deal to tame internet ‘Wild West’

The European Union yesterday homed in on new regulation to require Big Tech to remove harmful online content, the bloc’s latest move to rein in the world’s online giants.
22 April 2022, 18:00 PM

EU eyes deal to tame internet ‘Wild West’

The European Union yesterday homed in on new regulation to require Big Tech to remove harmful online content, the bloc’s latest move to rein in
22 April 2022, 18:00 PM

UK’s Johnson faces test as MPs mull ‘Partygate’ probe

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a test of Conservative party loyalty yesterday when MPs vote on whether he should be investigated for misleading them over the “Partygate” scandal.
21 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Queen Elizabeth II turns 96

Queen Elizabeth II turned 96 yesterday, receiving a rousing “Happy Birthday” from a military band outside her Windsor Castle home, after a troubled year hit by health concerns. 
21 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Water on Europa closer to surface

Ridges that criss-cross the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa indicate there are shallow pockets of water beneath, boosting hopes in the search for extra-terrestrial life, scientists said Tuesday.
20 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Up to 40pc of Brits face fuel poverty in winter

Spiking electricity and gas prices could force as many as four in ten Britons into fuel poverty next winter and the government must offer more help, the sector warned Tuesday.
20 April 2022, 18:00 PM

European car sales plunge for war

European car sales sank in March as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine added more problems to a sector already struggling with shortages of semiconductors, industry data showed Wednesday.
20 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Finnish MPs open debate on joining Nato

Finland’s parliament yesterday opened a debate on whether to seek Nato membership, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked a surge in political and
20 April 2022, 18:00 PM

UK House can debate PM’s comments

Britain’s House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said he would allow the opposition Labour Party to put forward a motion for debate in parliament tomorrow around whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled lawmakers over breaching Covid-19 rules.
19 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Western sanctions failed

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said that the barrage of Western sanctions imposed against Russia over its invasion of neighbouring Ukraine has failed.
19 April 2022, 18:00 PM

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen tones down rhetoric on hijab ban

A planned hijab ban if French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is elected would come "little by little" and would be determined by lawmakers, her allies said on Monday of a move critics and allies alike said would be hard to implement.
18 April 2022, 14:58 PM

EU anti-fraud body accuses Marine Le Pen

The EU’s anti-fraud body has accused French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and associates of embezzling around 600,000 euros during their time as MEPs, French website Mediapart said Saturday, quoting a new report.
17 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Lost warship dents Russian pride, capability

Russia’s loss of its flagship cruiser Moskva represents a dent in the operational capabilities of the Russian navy and a severe wound to Russian pride at the
16 April 2022, 18:00 PM

40,000 more Ukrainians flee war: UN

Many of the nearly five million people who have fled Ukraine will not have homes to return to, the United Nations said yesterday as another 40,000 fled the country in 24 hours.
16 April 2022, 18:00 PM

UK to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda

Britain will send migrants and asylum-seekers who cross the Channel thousands of miles away to Rwanda under a controversial deal announced Thursday as the government tries to clamp down on record numbers of people making the perilous journey.
15 April 2022, 18:00 PM