Half of world’s soils are in poor condition: UN
28 August 2026
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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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Europe
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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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
Macron names Philippe as French PM
France's new President Emmanuel Macron named Edouard Philippe, a little-known centre-right mayor, as prime
15 May 2017
Putin points finger at US
Russia had nothing to do with a massive global cyberattack, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday, criticising the
15 May 2017
New French President Emmanuel Macron to name prime minister on first full day in office
New French President Emmanuel Macron is set to name a prime minister and visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel on his first full day in office.
15 May 2017
150 nations, 200,000 victims
The unprecedented global cyberattack has hit more than 200,000 victims in scores of countries, Europol said yesterday, warning that the situation could escalate when people return to work.
14 May 2017
Macron takes power as French president
Emmanuel Macron became France's youngest ever president yesterday, promising at his inauguration to restore the country's lost confidence and pledging to relaunch the flagging European Union.
14 May 2017
Pope makes child shepherds saints
Two young shepherds who had visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago in Fatima, a Portuguese site now a global draw for pilgrims,
13 May 2017
World first 'drone-diving'
A Latvian tech company is claiming a world first after successfully test-flying a super-powered drone which lifted a
12 May 2017
Turkey angered by US move to arm Syrian Kurds
Turkey yesterday slammed as unacceptable a US plan to arm Syrian Kurdish fighters whom Ankara considers
10 May 2017
Nato mulls sending more troops to fight militants
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said yesterday that military chiefs wanted a few thousand more troops from
10 May 2017
Germany to make reforms to army
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen yesterday said she would respond to the discovery of far right
10 May 2017
US criticises Russia build-up near Baltics
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said yesterday that a Russian missile deployment near the Baltic states was
10 May 2017
Ex-French PM seeks to join Macron team
Incoming French president Emmanuel Macron was starting to build his centrist government yesterday, with his former Socialist boss jockeying for position in a radically changed political landscape.
9 May 2017
Macron will not seek to 'punish' UK over Brexit
Incoming French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a "tough" line during Brexit negotiations but will not seek to
8 May 2017
11 dead, 200 missing in Mediterranean
Eleven migrants have died and nearly 200 are missing after two boats sank off the coast of Libya, UN agencies said
8 May 2017
Le Pen looks ahead to parliamentary polls
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen lost her bid to become France's first female head of state but she is unbowed, making
8 May 2017
Third of voters spoiled ballots
A third of French voters declined to choose between centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen in
8 May 2017
5 reasons why Macron won French election
France has a new president and election was hugely significant for the European Union, Brexit and business. Here's why Emmanuel Macron wins.
8 May 2017
WWII bombs force mass evacuation in Germany
German police yesterday evacuated some 50,000 people from the northern city of Hanover in one of the largest post-
7 May 2017
Frenchman kidnapped in Chad freed in Sudan
A French mineworker who was kidnapped in Chad and taken to neighbouring Sudan has been freed after more than six weeks in
7 May 2017
6,000 rescued in Med in two days
Some 6,000 migrants hoping to head to Europe were rescued in the Mediterranean on Friday and Saturday in dozens of
7 May 2017