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
Ukrainian city protests saying, 'Kharkiv is Ukraine, stop Russian aggression'
Thousands took to the streets of Ukraine's second-largest city on Saturday carrying banners saying "Kharkiv is Ukraine" and "stop Russian aggression", as the country braced for a possible military offensive from Russia.
5 February 2022, 19:18 PM
German industrial orders rise in Dec
Incoming orders to German industry rose for the second month in a row in December, official figures published Friday showed, after the economy was buffeted by supply bottlenecks in 2021.
5 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Putin hails $117.5b of China deals as Russia squares off with West
President Vladimir Putin unveiled new Russian oil and gas deals with China worth an estimated $117.5 billion on Friday, promising to ramp up Russia’s Far East exports at a time of heightened tension with European customers over Ukraine.
5 February 2022, 18:00 PM
West ‘making things up’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday accused “Western colleagues” of making things up after US officials claimed to have evidence of a planned operation by Moscow to film a fake Ukrainian attack on Russians.
4 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Taking charge or losing control?
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was scrambling to save his premiership yesterday after four of his inner circle quit in the fallout from lockdown-breaking parties in his Downing Street office.
4 February 2022, 18:00 PM
US troop boost fuels tensions in Europe
The deployment of additional United States troops in Eastern Europe is escalating tensions in the region, the Kremlin said yesterday, after Washington said it would send 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania.
3 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Netherlands to dismantle historic bridge to allow Bezos’s superyacht to pass
The Dutch port city of Rotterdam said Wednesday it would temporarily dismantle an historic bridge to allow a superyacht built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to pass.
3 February 2022, 12:25 PM
US trying to lure Russia into war
Nato leaders pursued diplomatic efforts on the Ukraine crisis yesterday after President Vladimir Putin accused the West of trying to draw Russia into a war but left the door open to further talks.
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Gas, nuclear get EU nod as green power
The European Commission yesterday defied protests from green campaigners and dissent in its own ranks to give a sustainable finance label to investments in both gas and nuclear power.
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Won’t back down
Russia’s embassy in Washington yesterday said that Moscow will not back down in the face of US sanctions threats over Ukraine, ahead of a phone call between the top US and Russian diplomats.
1 February 2022, 18:00 PM
WHO warns of Covid medical waste threat
Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the Covid-19 pandemic have piled up to create tens of thousands of tonnes of
1 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Russia wants ‘respectful’ ties with US
Russia said yesterday it wants “mutually respectful” relations with the United States and denied posing a threat to Ukraine, as the UK said it was preparing fresh sanctions against Moscow.
30 January 2022, 18:00 PM
51 sentenced to death in DR Congo
A military court in Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday sentenced 51 people to death, several in absentia, in a mass trial over the 2017 murder of two UN experts in a troubled central region.
30 January 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Bomb cyclone’ batters eastern US
Blinding snow whipped up by powerful winds pummeled the eastern United States into yesterday’s early hours, as one of the strongest winter storms in years triggered transport chaos and power outages across a region of some 70 million people.
30 January 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Brutally ironic’
A pregnant New Zealand journalist denied re-entry to her home country to give birth due to strict Covid-19 regulations said she has been offered refuge by the Afghan Taliban.
30 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Over 300 migrants trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands rescued
Spain's sea rescue service on Wednesday picked up more than 300 migrants trying to reach the Canary Islands in rickety boats, with nine of them clinging to a semi-sunken dinghy.
29 January 2022, 18:16 PM
Russia loses a million people in historic population fall
Russia’s population declined by more than one million people in 2021, the statistics agency Rosstat reported Friday, a historic drop not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
29 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Global Covid deaths surge by a fifth in a week
The number of deaths from Covid-19 soared by a fifth worldwide in the last week, as the number of daily cases surged in the Middle East, Europe and Asia.
29 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Italian parties to beg president to stay another term
Italy’s warring parties were yesterday set to beg outgoing President Sergio Mattarella to stay for another term, fearing political chaos due to a possible failure to elect his successor.
29 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Talks paused for ‘political decisions’
The latest round of talks to salvage the Iran nuclear deal have been put on pause, the European Union’s coordinator said, calling for “political decisions” to break the deadlock.
29 January 2022, 18:00 PM