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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Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
4 August 2026
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Europe
Calais camp to be dismantled
French President Francois Hollande said yesterday the sprawling "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais would be dismantled by the end of this year under a plan to spread asylum seekers around the country.
26 September 2016
Swiss voters back surveillance law
Swiss voters approved a new surveillance law yesterday, giving security services needed enhanced powers such as phone tapping and
25 September 2016
N Korea defends nuke power at UN
North Korea's foreign minister on Friday told the United Nations that "going nuclear" is his country's only way to defend
24 September 2016
EU drops Myanmar rights resolution
The European Union praised Myanmar's progress on human rights under the leadership of Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday
24 September 2016
Wounded Merkel meets Balkan leaders
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, hurt by a string of dismal election results over her refugees policy, was in Vienna
24 September 2016
US arming Syrian Kurd militia: Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States of sending more weapons to a Syrian Kurdish militia
23 September 2016
UK to trigger Brexit early 2017: Johnson
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Thursday that Britain plans to trigger Article 50, the formal process for leaving the
23 September 2016
Abbas seeks UK's apology
Britain should apologize for its 1917 declaration endorsing the founding of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and
23 September 2016
King penguin chick shows up at Vienna zoo
A King penguin chick, hatched in Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo four weeks ago, has emerged from the folds of a protective parent's body.
22 September 2016
Corbyn set to win in UK leadership race
Britain's Labour Party faces deadlock in a power struggle between the party's centrist lawmakers and its leftist leader
21 September 2016
Man shot outside Israel embassy
A mentally disturbed Turkish man wielding a knife tried to storm the Israeli embassy in Ankara yesterday but was
21 September 2016
No God of war
Pope Francis denounced those who wage war in the name of God yesterday, as he met faith leaders and conflict victims
20 September 2016
A German charged with spying on Sikhs
A German immigration official has been arrested and charged with espionage for an Indian secret service for allegedly spying on members of the Sikh religion, prosecutors said yesterday.
20 September 2016
Putin party in record election win
Russia's ruling United Russia party has won a record number of seats in parliamentary polls that could pave the way for
19 September 2016
Syria truce ends
Two 20-truck aid convoys destined for eastern Aleppo with enough supplies to feed 185,000 people for a month are
19 September 2016
NAM summit backs Maduro
The Non-Aligned Movement wrapped up a summit Sunday in Venezuela with an expression of support for its
19 September 2016
Jacques Chirac hospitalised
Former French president Jacques Chirac, 83, was admitted to hospital yesterday with a lung infection, his son-in-law
18 September 2016
Pro-Putin party expected to extend control
The ruling United Russia party is expected to win even greater dominance over Russia's lower house in a
18 September 2016
UN: Paris climate deal 'will enter into force by 2016'
UN officials have said they are confident the Paris climate change agreement will enter into force by the end of 2016,
17 September 2016
Belgium reports first case of euthanasia for a minor
A 17-year-old has been euthanised in Belgium in what is the first application of rules adopted by the country in
17 September 2016