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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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 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
Purge 'not complete': PM
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim warned the crackdown following a failed coup attempt was "not completed yet"
27 July 2016
Russia dismisses claims as 'absurd'
The Kremlin yesterday dismissed allegations that Russia was behind a hack of the Democratic National Committee's emails as
26 July 2016
Pressure mounts on Merkel
A rash of attacks in Germany has emboldened political rivals of Chancellor Angela Merkel, who blamed her liberal asylum
26 July 2016
Generals, more journos detained
Defying international alarm, Turkey yesterday widened its crackdown after a failed coup, detaining top generals serving in
26 July 2016
Patient kills doctor in Berlin, commits suicide
A patient shots at a doctor in a university clinic in Steglitz before shooting himself dead.
26 July 2016
May rules out return of hard Irish border
British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday promised a "practical solution" on the Irish border after Britain leaves the European Union in a bid to allay fears about a return to tough checks.
25 July 2016
Munich gunman 'planned attack for year'
The gunman who killed nine in Munich had planned his attack for a year and appeared to have bought his gun on the "dark net", German officials say.
24 July 2016
German officials urge close look at gun laws in wake of shooting
Senior German officials call for further controls on the sale of guns after Friday's deadly shooting in Munich that claimed the lives of nine people and the gunman, a deranged 18-year-old who was obsessed with mass killings.
24 July 2016
Russian balloonist sets world record
Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov has landed safely in a field on a private property in West Australia after setting a world
23 July 2016
Turkey purge continues
Turkey yesterday pushed with a sweeping crackdown against suspects accused of taking part in the failed coup
23 July 2016
Munich gunman 'had link to Anders Breivik', Norway killer
The gunman who killed nine people in Munich was obsessed with mass shootings and had an obvious link to Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, German police say.
23 July 2016
Mustafizur Rahman’s Sussex lose to Surrey
Mustafizur Rahman’s Sussex Sharks suffer a potentially crippling blow to their NatWest T20 Blast campaign as they are comfortably defeated by Surrey at the Kia Oval by six wickets.
23 July 2016
3,000 migrants killed in Med this year: IOM
Nearly 3,000 migrants and refugees have perished in the Mediterranean Sea already this year while almost 250,000
22 July 2016
Karadzic appeals genocide sentence
Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic yesterday lodged an appeal against his 40-year jail sentence for
22 July 2016
IMF boss to stand trial
IMF chief Christine Lagarde was ordered yesterday to stand trial in France over a massive state payout to a controversial tycoon when
22 July 2016
Erdogan vows 'new blood' in army
Turkey rebuffed the European Union on Friday over the death penalty, while President Tayyip Erdogan vowed to restructure the military and give it
22 July 2016
Chicken odour prevents malaria: study
The smell from a live chicken could help protect against malaria, researchers have found.
21 July 2016
France urges Brexit talks 'as soon as possible'
French President Francois Hollande yesterday urged Britain to begin talks to leave the EU "as soon as possible" and ruled out
21 July 2016
IS 'jihadists' and psychopaths
Not all jihadists are psychopaths, and not all psychopaths turn violent.
21 July 2016
France extends emergency
French lawmakers approved a six-month extension of emergency rule yesterday after last week's truck attack on holiday crowds
20 July 2016