Half of world’s soils are in poor condition: UN
28 August 2026
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Europe
El Nino to be ‘biggest for over a century’
22 August 2026
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Europe
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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Europe
Western Europe logs hottest June–July on record
11 August 2026
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Europe
Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
10 August 2026
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World
Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
4 August 2026
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Europe
Suu Kyi rejects UN Myanmar probe
Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday rejected a decision by the UN's rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by
2 May 2017
Merkel holds talks with Putin on rare Russia visit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks yesterday with President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine and Syria in a signal
2 May 2017
Turkey fires 3,900 more officials
Turkey on Saturday expelled more than 3,900 people from the civil service and military as threats to national security, in the second
30 April 2017
'Not in a different galaxy' over Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday denied she was "in a different galaxy" after European Union leaders were reportedly
30 April 2017
Famed Swiss climber dies on Everest
Swiss climber Ueli Steck, one of the most feted mountaineers of his generation and famed for his speed ascents of iconic Alpine
30 April 2017
Le Pen unveils her PM pick
Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen yesterday announced that if she wins France's May 7 runoff she would name eurosceptic
29 April 2017
Turkey blocks access to Wikipedia
Turkey yesterday blocked all access inside the country to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the communications agency said, in the
29 April 2017
EU adopts tough Brexit strategy
European Union leaders unanimously adopted their Brexit strategy at a special summit in Brussels yesterday, in a show of unity ahead
29 April 2017
El Nino likely to return this year: WMO
El Nino weather conditions associated with droughts and flooding have a 50-60 percent probability of returning this year, the UN World
28 April 2017
German MPs approve partial burqa ban
German lawmakers on Thursday approved a partial ban on the full-face burqa Islamic veil and a package of security measures aimed at
28 April 2017
UK on heightened alert
British police warned yesterday they were facing an "increased level of terrorist activity", the day after a knifeman was arrested near
28 April 2017
Brexit talks must settle 'people, money, Ireland' first: Tusk
EU President Donald Tusk yesterday said that Britain must first settle the divorce issues of "people, money and Ireland" before any
28 April 2017
Ties with Japan moving forward: Putin
President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia's ties with Japan were moving forward as he met with Prime Minister
27 April 2017
Britons shun ebooks due to 'screen fatigue'
British sales of ebooks are waning, trade figures revealed yesterday, suggesting readers were suffering from "screen
27 April 2017
Le Pen uses guerrilla tactics to unsettle frontrunner Macron
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen hopped on to a fishing boat at dawn yesterday as she pursued
27 April 2017
Avoid 'illusions' on Brexit
Germany's Angela Merkel yesterday told Britain it should have no "illusions" it would retain the rights of an EU
27 April 2017
Syrian refugee replaces Jolie
The UN yesterday said it had enlisted Yusra Mardini, the teenage Olympic swimmer who braved a Mediterranean
27 April 2017
Turkey detains 1,000 'secret imams'
Turkish authorities arrested more than 1,000 people yesterday they said had secretly infiltrated police forces across
26 April 2017
May hosts key summit as EU hardens stance
British Prime Minister Theresa May held her first talks with key EU Brexit negotiators yesterday, as the bloc hardens
26 April 2017
Syria regime launched 'chemical attack'
French intelligence services have scientific proof that the Syrian regime was responsible for a suspected chemical
26 April 2017