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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
Cops arrest Canada protest leaders
Canadian police on Thursday began arresting leaders of the trucker-led protest that has choked the capital’s streets for three weeks and provoked the government into calling on rarely used emergency powers.
18 February 2022, 18:00 PM
World funding its own destruction
The world must by 2030 slash $1.8 trillion in annual subsidies that destroy the environment, in order to “finance a net-zero global economy”, according to a study Thursday from business groups including one founded by tycoon Richard Branson.
18 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Mali asks France to pull out troops ‘without delay’
Mali’s army-led government yesterday asked France to withdraw its troops from the Sahel state “without delay”, calling into question Paris’ plans to pull out over several months.
18 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Ukraine-russia standoff: Europe’s security at risk
Germany yesterday accused Russia of endangering Europe’s security with demands that recall the Cold War, as Western leaders arrived for a Munich Security Conference set to be dominated by the Ukraine crisis.
18 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Red warning issued as UK braces for ‘Storm Eunice’
Britain’s meteorological service yesterday issued a rare “red weather” warning with the approaching Storm Eunice packing wind gusts of 100 miles (160 kilometres) per hour and set to cause “danger to life”.
17 February 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Can’t just fly away’
The Kremlin yesterday said that Russia’s withdrawal of forces from around Ukraine’s borders would take place over an extended period, after reports of Moscow’s drawdown drew scepticism from Kyiv’s allies.
17 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Pollution causing more deaths than Covid: UN
Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than Covid-19, a UN environmental report said, calling for “immediate and ambitious action” to ban some toxic chemicals.
16 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Russia mocks West over war ‘paranoia’
The Kremlin and senior officials yesterday made fun of Western media for running with February 16 as the “invasion date” when Russia might attack Ukraine, some even went further suggesting western leaders should see a doctor for their war “paranoia”.
16 February 2022, 18:00 PM
West disputes Russian claims
Russia said more of its forces surrounding Ukraine were withdrawing yesterday but Nato urged Moscow to prove it was pulling back, saying there were signs that more troops were on the way.
16 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Ukraine crisis shows sign of de-escalation
Russia said yesterday some of its military units were returning to their bases after exercises near Ukraine and mocked repeated Western warnings about a looming invasion, but Nato said it had yet to see any sign of de-escalation on the ground.
15 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Ukraine Crisis: Who said what
We’ve got Russian field hospitals being constructed near the border with Ukraine in Belarus, for what only can be construed as a preparation for an invasion.
15 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Trudeau invokes emergency powers
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday invoked rarely used emergency powers to bring an end to trucker-led protests against Covid health rules, after police arrested 11 people with a “cache of firearms” blocking a border crossing with the United States.
15 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Russia does not want war: Putin
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia does not want a war in Europe, but described the situation in east Ukraine's breakaway regions as "genocide" and called for the conflict there to be resolved through the Minsk peace progress.
15 February 2022, 15:26 PM
Stakes ‘never been higher’
The stakes in the fight against global warming are higher than ever, the UN’s climate science chief said yesterday as nearly 200 nations met to finalise what is sure to be a harrowing report on climate impacts.
14 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Solution still possible
Russia said yesterday that a diplomatic solution to Moscow’s standoff with the West was still possible and that some of its military drills were ending, after tensions over Ukraine reached fever pitch.
14 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Ukraine crisis: German leader lands in Kyiv before heading to Moscow
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz landed in Kyiv today before visiting Moscow to try to head off a “very critical” threat of a Russian invasion that could spark the worst crisis since the Cold War.
14 February 2022, 07:14 AM
Tunisia leader extends powers over judiciary
Tunisian President Kais Saied yesterday officially replaced a key judicial watchdog and gave himself powers to sack judges, as well as banning them from going on strike.
13 February 2022, 18:00 PM
War ‘hysteria has reached its peak’
The Kremlin yesterday denounced US “peak hysteria” surrounding the Ukraine conflict but said Russian President Vladimir Putin and US leader Joe Biden had agreed to continue dialogue.
13 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Russia-Ukraine standoff: Biden-Putin talks yield no breakthrough
Efforts to defuse the crisis in Ukraine via a frenzy of telephone diplomacy failed to ease tensions, with US President Joe Biden warning that Russia faces “swift and severe costs” if its troops carry out an invasion.
13 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Covid curb protests: Paris cops hold 81
Paris police said they arrested 97 people who defied a ban on a Canada-style protest convoy over coronavirus regulations to try block traffic in the capital, with 81 still in custody yesterday.
13 February 2022, 18:00 PM