Half of world’s soils are in poor condition: UN
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El Nino to be ‘biggest for over a century’
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22 August 2026 Europe
Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion
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21 August 2026 Europe
UK homes burnt, residents evacuated in fires
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15 August 2026 Europe
Explosion rocks ammunition factory near Rome
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15 August 2026 Europe
Western Europe logs hottest June–July on record
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11 August 2026 Europe
Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
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Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
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4 August 2026 Europe

UK's Prince Philip in hospital

Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has been admitted to hospital as a "precautionary measure" for
21 June 2017

Macron allies quit French govt

Two more ministers from the centrist party that helped bring French President Emmanuel Macron to power quit the
21 June 2017

'Could have been much worse'

Belgium yesterday said a Moroccan man carried out a foiled terrorist attack with a nail bomb at a busy Brussels train
21 June 2017

Temps soar in Europe, US

Europe, US sizzled in a heatwave yesterday, with London bracing for Britain's hottest June day since 1976 as Portugal
21 June 2017

May softens tone on Brexit

Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday promised to listen more closely to businesses' concerns about Britain leaving
21 June 2017

130 feared dead

Nearly 2,000 people are believed to have drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean this year, the UN's refugee agency said yesterday
20 June 2017

Terrorism or an act of violence?

When is terrorism simply a hate crime or an act of violence? Only when it involves Muslims, some have complained.
20 June 2017

UK bows to EU pressure

Britain accepted the European Union's timetable for Brexit talks on Monday, in an apparent climbdown on the first day of formal
20 June 2017

French minister quits over fake jobs claims

French Defence Minister Sylvie Goulard announced her resignation yesterday over a fake jobs scandal that has hit her small centrist
20 June 2017

EU kicks off formal Brexit process

Britain and the European Union began their first formal Brexit negotiations yesterday, under pressure to seal a deal amid disarray in
19 June 2017

Attack on shared values

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said an incident in which a man drove a van into worshippers near a London mosque killing one person and
19 June 2017

First journos go on trial over Turkey coup bid

Prominent journalists were among 17 people who went on trial in Istanbul yesterday on charges of links to the group allegedly behind
19 June 2017

Portugal weeps as forest fire still rages

More than 1,000 firefighters yesterday continued to battle a giant forest fire that swept through central Portugal at the weekend, killing
19 June 2017

79 presumed dead in London fire: police

Seventy-nine people are dead or missing and presumed dead following a devastating blaze in a London tower block, police said
19 June 2017

Record number of women elected

France voted a record number of women into parliament, election results showed yesterday, after President Emmanuel Macron's
19 June 2017

France's Macron wins strong parliamentary majority

President Emmanuel Macron wins a commanding majority in France's parliamentary election, sweeping aside traditional parties and securing a powerful mandate for pro-business reforms.
19 June 2017

London attacker screamed 'going to kill all Muslims': Witnesses

Witnesses say the driver of a van that ploughs into worshippers leaving a London mosque, killing at least one person and injuring 10 others was screaming that he would kill all Muslims. British Prime Minister Theresa May says the incident is being treated as a potential terrorist attack.
19 June 2017

Russia slams Trump's policy on Cuba

Russia's foreign ministry yesterday said it regretted US President Donald Trump's policy reversal on Cuba, calling it
18 June 2017

France elects parliament

Voters turned out in low numbers yesterday in the second round of France's parliamentary election, where President
18 June 2017

Tragedy caused by years of neglect: Sadiq Khan

The Grenfell Tower fire was a "preventable accident" caused by "years of neglect" by the local council and successive
18 June 2017