August hottest month ever recorded globally
11 September 2026
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Europe
US war on Iran: Oil tops $100 a barrel for first time since July
10 September 2026
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Europe
Eiffel Tower reopens after row over removing women staff
9 September 2026
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Europe
Occupied west bank: UK, France, Canada sanction Israeli settlements
9 September 2026
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Europe
Ukraine talks with US envoys useful: Kremlin
7 September 2026
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Europe
Italy's Meloni throws party to celebrate record tenure
4 September 2026
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Europe
Italy extends Schengen ban for Spain for 15 days
1 September 2026
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Europe
Far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos deported to UK
30 August 2026
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World
Half of world’s soils are in poor condition: UN
28 August 2026
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Europe
El Nino to be ‘biggest for over a century’
22 August 2026
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Europe
Russia praises US security strategy shift
The Kremlin on Sunday welcomed US President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy and said it largely accorded with Russia’s own perceptions, the first time that Moscow has so fulsomely praised such a document from its former Cold War foe.
8 December 2025
Roman slaves ate better than ordinary people
While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than “speaking tools”, some received better food than ordinary people, Italy’s culture ministry said on Friday, citing evidence from recent excavations.
7 December 2025
French town offers birth bonuses to save local clinic
A small French town is to offer expectant mothers 1,000 euros from next year to give birth at the local maternity ward in a bid to save it from closing.
6 December 2025
AI chatbots can influence voters: studies
A brief conversation with a partisan AI chatbot can influence voters’ political views, studies published Thursday found, with evidence-backed arguments -- true or not -- proving particularly persuasive.
5 December 2025
Putin and Modi discuss trade, peace in New Delhi summit
Raft of agreements and deals to be announced
5 December 2025
Putin to hold summit talks with Modi in Delhi
Will discuss defence, oil, and nuclear energy
5 December 2025
Putin visits Delhi as Russia and India seek to increase and diversify trade
India, Russia aim for $100 billion in trade by 2030
4 December 2025
Putin arrives in India for summit talks with Modi
Two leaders will hold summit talks on Friday
4 December 2025
No conspiracy in collapse of China spy case: UK inquiry
A high-profile case against two British men accused of spying for China collapsed because of “systemic failures” and not a government conspiracy, a UK parliamentary inquiry concluded yesterday.
3 December 2025
Sick young ants invite destruction to save colony
Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.
3 December 2025
French pastry chefs auction chocolate sculptures
Chocolate artworks by some of France’s most famous pastry chefs sold at auction Monday for more than 100,000 euros in a charity event that had bidders smacking their lips.
2 December 2025
Fraud probe: 3 arrests as EU diplomatic arm raided
Police arrested three people yesterday following raids on EU offices and a prestigious graduate school in a probe into suspected fraud linked to the training of future diplomats, prosecutors said.
2 December 2025
'If Europe wants a war, we are ready'
Putin warns European superpowers that their defeat will be swift if they start a war
2 December 2025
Russia bans HRW
Russian authorities have outlawed Human Rights Watch as an “undesirable organisation”, a label that, under a 2015 law, makes involvement with it a criminal offence.
29 November 2025
Russian threat France’s Macron unveils voluntary military service
France will introduce a voluntary military service of 10 months beginning next summer, President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday, in the face of what he called a growing threat posed by Russia.
27 November 2025
Two break out of French jail in 'old-fashioned' bed sheets escape
The pair 'seem to have sawn through bars' and 'fled using bed sheets'
27 November 2025
France must not be ‘weak’ against Russia ‘threat’
French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday that France must not be “weak” faced with the threat from Russia, while emphasising it had no intention of “sending our young people” to fight in the Ukraine war.
25 November 2025
What did nations agree to at COP30?
The COP30 climate summit has drawn to a close after two weeks in the Amazonian city of Belem where protests, street marches and even a fire caused unexpected moments of drama.
23 November 2025
BBC apologises to Trump over speech edit
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) sent a personal apology to US President Donald Trump on Thursday but said there was no legal basis for him to sue the public broadcaster over a documentary his lawyers called defamatory.
14 November 2025
US designates four groups in Europe as terrorists
Groups ascribe to anti-Americanism, 'anti-capitalism,' and anti-Christian ideologies, says Rubio
14 November 2025