A happy ending

For many visitors to New York, Times Square is a must-see. For one British man, it was where his romantic marriage proposal went
3 December 2018

'The war will continue' in Ukraine: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he saw no end to the conflict in eastern Ukraine "as long as the current authorities
2 December 2018

COP24 begins with direst warnings

With the direst environmental warnings yet still ringing in their ears, nations gathered in Poland yesterday for a UN summit aimed at
2 December 2018

France mulls state of emergency

President Emmanuel Macron rushed to the Arc de Triomphe yesterday after one of France's most revered monuments was vandalised
2 December 2018

Another UK minister quits over Brexit

British government minister Sam Gyimah quit late Friday over Prime Minister Theresa May's "naive" Brexit plan, dealing her another blow in her fight to pass it through parliament.
1 December 2018

1.5m children need emergency aid: UN

Two-thirds of all children in Central African Republic need emergency aid, the UN said yesterday, sounding an alarm about the impoverished country's worsening "neglected" crisis.
30 November 2018

Brexit future lies in MPs' hands: May

Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday said it was up to MPs to decide whether Britain leaves the European Union next March with no deal despite the potentially catastrophic impact.
29 November 2018

Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress

President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen yesterday pleaded guilty in a New York court to misleading Congress over the ongoing Russia investigation.
29 November 2018

German police raid Deutsche Bank

German prosecutors raided several Deutsche Bank offices in the Frankfurt area yesterday over suspicions of money laundering based on revelations from the 2016 "Panama Papers" data leak.
29 November 2018

UN: 2018 set to be among the hottest

Global temperatures in 2018 are set to be the fourth highest on record, the UN said yesterday, stressing the urgent need for action to rein in runaway warming of the planet.
29 November 2018

Putin wants whole Ukraine

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko yesterday accused Russia's Vladimir Putin of wanting to annex his entire country and called for Nato to deploy warships to a sea shared by the two nations.
29 November 2018

'Full-scale war' looms

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned of the threat of "full-scale war" and said Russia had sharply increased its military presence on their shared border as tensions escalate between the ex-Soviet neighbours.
28 November 2018

France to close 14 nuke reactors by 2035

President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that France would shut down 14 of the country's 58 nuclear reactors currently in operation by
27 November 2018

French official arrested For spying for N Korea

Intelligence agencies have arrested a senior French civil servant who worked at the Senate on suspicion he passed confidential
27 November 2018

Weak El Nino likely to form by February

There is a 75-80 percent chance of a weak El Nino weather pattern forming by February and a slightly lower likelihood that it will continue through the northern hemisphere winter of 2018-19, the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said yesterday.
27 November 2018

May's Brexit hope ebbs

Theresa May's Brexit deal is "doomed" to fail, a former Tory cabinet minister has said, in the wake of warnings from Donald Trump that the blueprint could hinder trade with the US.
27 November 2018

May campaigns to sell Brexit deal at home

British Prime Minister Theresa May convened her cabinet and was to face parliament on the newly-agreed Brexit deal yesterday, as she begins the tricky task of selling the plan to a sceptical country.
26 November 2018

TRIBES OF WESTMINSTER

The Brexit deal agreed by EU leaders yesterday now faces the daunting task of approval in the British parliament, where it faces stiff
25 November 2018

EU leaders seal Brexit deal, urge Britons to back May

European Union leaders formally agree on a Brexit deal at a Brussels summit, urging Britons to back Prime Minister Theresa May's package, which faces furious opposition in the British parliament.
25 November 2018

Save our Brexit: May writes open letter to the nation

Britain's Minister Theresa May makes a dramatic direct appeal to the British public to support her deal to exit the European Union today even as backing from her own party for the agreement appears to elude her.
25 November 2018