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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Europe
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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Europe
Explosion rocks ammunition factory near Rome
15 August 2026
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Europe
Europe Heatwave: More than 135m in Europe face 35°C plus
13 August 2026
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Europe
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
18-year-old arrested
British police arrested an 18-year-old man in the southern port of Dover yesterday in a "significant" development in
16 September 2017
A fifth of global deaths linked to diet: study
Fewer children are dying before their fifth birthday and although humans are living longer than ever before, one in
15 September 2017
Knife-wielding man attacks soldier in Paris
A knife-wielding man attacked a soldier in Paris yesterday, the latest assault to raise questions over whether France's
15 September 2017
TERROR ATTACKS IN BRITAIN
London Bridge attack (June 3, 2017): Three men wearing fake suicide vests mow down pedestrians with a van at a
15 September 2017
3 powers agree Idlib safe zone
Russia, Iran and Turkey yesterday agreed a deal to jointly police a fourth safe zone around Syria's Idlib province as
15 September 2017
Russia begins war games 'eyeing Nato'
Russia yesterday began major joint military exercises with Belarus along the European Union's eastern flank -- a show of strength that
14 September 2017
'Wind back in Europe's sails'
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, in a flagship speech yesterday, declared the "wind is back in Europe's sails" after
13 September 2017
Germany drops case against Auschwitz medic Zafke
A German court yesterday said it had dropped a case against a 96-year-old former medical orderly at the Auschwitz death camp because
12 September 2017
Turkey to get Russian S-400 missile systems
Turkey has signed a deal for its first major weapons purchase from Moscow to buy S-400 missile defence systems, both sides
12 September 2017
Brexit bill passes first vote in UK parliament
British MPs yesterday voted in favour of a bill to end Britain's EU membership, a key moment for the government's Brexit strategy.
12 September 2017
Trial of opposition daily's staff resumes
The controversial trial of staff from Turkey's main opposition newspaper resumed yesterday in a case seen as a test for press freedom
11 September 2017
IS has 11,100 blank Syrian passports
German authorities believe the Islamic State group holds some 11,100 blank Syrian passports that can be completed with any
10 September 2017
Mexico quake toll rises to 90
The death toll from the massive earthquake that struck Mexico on Thursday night has risen to at least 90 after
10 September 2017
EU 'turning blind eye' to abuses, says UN
The United Nations on Friday accused the European Union of "turning a blind eye" to the brutality faced by migrants
9 September 2017
Mexico in double trouble
Police, soldiers and emergency workers raced to rescue survivors from the ruins of Mexico's most powerful
9 September 2017
Spain blocks Catalan independence vote
Spain's central authorities moved on Thursday to crush plans by the northeastern region of Catalonia to hold an independence
8 September 2017
Russia claims killing IS 'minister of war'
Russia yesterday claimed to have killed several top commanders of the Islamic State group in an air strike in Syria, including the US-
8 September 2017
Revoke Suu Kyi's Nobel peace prize
Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for the Nobel committee to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi's peace prize over the
7 September 2017
Brexit battle returns to UK House
British lawmaker yesterday began debating a landmark bill to end Britain's membership of the European Union, with Prime Minister
7 September 2017
Tillerson with a 'bad crowd'!
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday said that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had "fallen in with a bad crowd" and was
7 September 2017