Ocean wildlife to shrink by 17pc

Climate change is set to empty the ocean of nearly a fifth of all living creatures, measured by mass, by the end of the century, researchers have calculated.
13 June 2019

Putin to visit Saudi Arabia in October

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Saudi Arabia, a traditional U.S. ally in the Middle East, in October this year, Saudi Energy
10 June 2019

HK vows to push ahead

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam yesterday vowed to push ahead with amendments to laws allowing suspects to be extradited to
10 June 2019

Hunt: EU willing to renegotiate

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, a contender to replace Theresa May as prime minister, yesterday said that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had indicated the EU was willing to renegotiate the Brexit divorce deal.
9 June 2019

May quits as party leader

British Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of her Conservative Party yesterday, formally triggering the race for a successor who will try where she failed to deliver Brexit.
7 June 2019

Explosion in southern town in Sweden injures 25, cause unclear

A powerful explosion in the southern Swedish town of Linkoping damages buildings and lightly injured 25 people, police say.
7 June 2019

UK's May quits as party leader

British Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of her Conservative Party, formally triggering the race for a successor who will try where she failed to deliver Brexit.
7 June 2019

Swedish court rejects request to detain Assange

A Swedish court yesterday rejected a request to detain Julian Assange over a 2010 rape case, dashing the prosecutor’s hopes of having
3 June 2019

New questions over Merkel’s coalition as SPD chief resigns

The leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s junior coalition partner SPD said yesterday she was resigning as her party’s chief, raising the
2 June 2019

Bolton wants UK to leave EU: report

The United States wants Britain to leave the European Union as it would strengthen the Nato military alliance and show respect for the result of 2016’s referendum, US National Security Advisor John Bolton said in an interview published on Friday.
1 June 2019

7 South Koreans die; 21 missing

Hungarian rescuers were hunting for survivors yesterday after one of the country’s worst boat disasters that left seven South Korean tourists dead and 21 others still missing.
30 May 2019

EU leaders clash over top Brussels jobs

European leaders launched a summer of wrangling over their union’s political direction on Tuesday with a clash over nominations for Brussels’ top job.
29 May 2019

No-deal Brexit is ‘political suicide’

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt yesterday said that Britain’s governing Conservative Party would be committing “political suicide” if it tries
28 May 2019

Mother, daughter sue France over air pollution

A Paris court yesterday began hearing a case brought by a mother and daughter who, in a legal first in France, are suing the state for
28 May 2019

Dark forces on the rise

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said “there is work to be done” in Germany to face up to the dark forces that are finding
28 May 2019

Battered EU centre holds off populist surge in vote

Europe's mainstream political parties takes a hit in elections but holds off a strong surge by the populist right of Marine Le Pen, Matteo Salvini and Nigel Farage.
27 May 2019

Race to succeed May centres on ‘no deal’ Brexit battle

The prospect of a “no deal” Brexit was fast becoming the central battle of the race to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday, as
26 May 2019

European voters set stage for battle for EU’s soul

Europeans headed to the polls in their tens of millions yesterday as 21 countries chose their champions in a battle between the
26 May 2019

Europeans vote, with EU future in balance

Europeans vote on Sunday in an election expected to further dent traditional pro-EU parties and bolster the nationalist fringe in the European Parliament, putting a potential brake on collective action in economic and foreign policy.
26 May 2019

Cops hunt for suspect

French police were yesterday pulling out all the stops to locate a suspect following a blast in the heart of Lyon that wounded 13
25 May 2019