Half of world’s soils are in poor condition: UN
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El Nino to be ‘biggest for over a century’
22 August 2026
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Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion
21 August 2026
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UK PM urges ‘reflection’ after death of Cambridge professor
16 August 2026
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UK homes burnt, residents evacuated in fires
15 August 2026
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Explosion rocks ammunition factory near Rome
15 August 2026
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Europe Heatwave: More than 135m in Europe face 35°C plus
13 August 2026
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Western Europe logs hottest June–July on record
11 August 2026
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Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
10 August 2026
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Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
4 August 2026
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Europe
Dutch open 'world's first 3D-printed bridge'
Dutch officials toast the opening of what is being called the world's first 3D-printed concrete bridge, which is primarily meant to be used by cyclists.
18 October 2017
UK hate crimes surge on Brexit
Hate crimes in Britain surged by the highest amount on record last year, official figures showed yesterday, with the vote to leave the
17 October 2017
Malta car bomb blast kills Panama Papers journo
A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation's links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was
17 October 2017
Catalans take to the streets again
Thousands of people took to the streets of Catalonia yesterday after a judge ordered the detention of two separatist leaders, further
17 October 2017
May heads for Brussels amid Brexit deadlock
Prime Minister Theresa May travelled to Brussels yesterday for talks over dinner with European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker
16 October 2017
Austria shifts to right
Austria's shift to the right in a parliamentary election has paved the way for young conservative star Sebastian Kurz to become the
16 October 2017
Catalan leader stalls on independence drive
Madrid yesterday gave Catalonia's separatist leader three more days to "return to legality" after he refused to say whether he would
16 October 2017
Two killed as freak storm hits Ireland
Ireland was hit by an "unprecedented storm" yesterday that left two people dead, 120,000 homes and businesses without power and
16 October 2017
Wildfires kill 34 in Portugal, Spain
At least 31 people have died in fires ravaging forests in northern and central Portugal over the past 24 hours, rescuers said yesterday
16 October 2017
Rare hurricane heads for Ireland, UK
Britain and Ireland yesterday braced for a lashing from Ophelia, the largest hurricane ever recorded so far east in the
15 October 2017
Austria votes in watershed polls
Austrians were voting yesterday in a watershed election tipped to see conservative Sebastian Kurz, 31, become the
15 October 2017
Catalan leader calls for calm as deadline looms
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont yesterday called for calm less than 24 hours ahead of a deadline from Spain's
15 October 2017
Nobel peace winner denounces US move
The nuclear weapons disarmament campaigners awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize denounced US President Donald
14 October 2017
Germany plans border controls citing terror
Germany will extend border controls introduced amid the 2015 mass refugee and migrant influx by another six months until May 2018,
12 October 2017
Brexit negotiations 'deadlocked': EU
Brexit negotiations are deadlocked on the crucial issue of Britain's exit bill but a breakthrough remains possible in the next two months,
12 October 2017
Spy vs spy vs spy
Israeli intelligence officials spying on Russian government hackers found they were using Kaspersky Lab antivirus software that is also
11 October 2017
Child obesity grows tenfold worldwide since 1975: study
The world had 10 times as many obese children and teenagers last year than in 1975, but underweight kids still outnumbered them, a study said yesterday.
11 October 2017
EU sets Dec deadline
EU President Donald Tusk yesterday warned that the bloc may rethink whether a Brexit deal is possible if there is no progress towards
10 October 2017
Turkey boycotts US ambassador
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday vowed that Turkish officials would boycott the US ambassador to Ankara, stepping up one of
10 October 2017
Liberians vote to elect new president
Liberians yesterday started voting to elect a new president in a contest set to complete the country's first democratic
10 October 2017