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El Nino to be ‘biggest for over a century’
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Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion
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UK homes burnt, residents evacuated in fires
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Explosion rocks ammunition factory near Rome
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Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
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10 August 2026 World

Punishing terms of Greek bailout deal

Here are the key points of the statement issued by eurozone leaders after 17 exhausting hours of talks, with many far-reaching steps
13 July 2015

World powers seek breakthrough

Iran and major powers scrambled to finally nail down an elusive nuclear accord ahead of yesterday's deadline, with China calling for "no
13 July 2015

French Police hunt mall attackers

French police yesterday were hunting armed robbers who escaped after holding up a store in a shopping mall near Paris, prompting
13 July 2015

Global warming to fuel migration, terrorism: report

Global warming-induced food and water shortages may cause mass migration, competition for resources and state failure, providing
13 July 2015

Deadlock remains

World powers huddled again yesterday behind closed doors on the 15th day of negotiations seeking a deal to curb Iran's nuclear
11 July 2015

'Give rebels self-rule'

German Chancellor Angel Merkel and French President Francois Hollande took the rare step Friday of pressing Ukraine's Western-
11 July 2015

Bosnian crowd chases away Serbia PM

Serbian premier Aleksandar Vucic was forced to flee a Srebrenica memorial yesterday when an angry crowd hurled stones at him at the
11 July 2015

Take a selfie with Kim Kardashian!

Madame Tussauds London reveals the newest addition to their waxwork line up, which takes the form of none other than a selfie-taking Kim Kardashian, reports Mashable.
11 July 2015

Turkey PM to begin coalition talks next week

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said yesterday that he would begin coalition talks next week, over a month after legislative elections where his
10 July 2015

Pope apologises for Catholic crimes

On his first papal visit to his native Latin America, Pope Francis issued an historic apology to the native peoples of the Americas for sins committed by the
10 July 2015

Migrant crossings to Europe hit 150,000

Some 150,000 migrants and refugees have so far this year made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe, and more than 1,900 of them
10 July 2015

Poroshenko warns of terror as 2 killed in clashes

President Petro Poroshenko warned yesterday that the threat of terror was "significantly" rising across Ukraine as pro-Russian militias resumed attacks that
10 July 2015

New reform plan to stay in euro cheers France, Italy

Fresh Greek reform proposals submitted to eurozone partners were cheered by France and Italy yesterday, raising hopes that a last-ditch compromise could
10 July 2015

HSBC fires staff for mock IS execution video

British bank HSBC fires six staff after they filmed a mock Islamic State-style execution video during a team-building day out and posted footage online.
7 July 2015

Let Greece stay or let it go?

Europe faces a near impossible choice between giving debt-laden Greece a chance or pushing it out of the euro and risking global turmoil, analysts said Sunday, after Greek voters overwhelmingly rejected international creditors' terms.
6 July 2015

Greece names new finance minister

Greece yesterday named economist Euclid Tsakalotos, its top negotiator in the stalled EU-IMF talks, as the country's new finance minister, the president's office said.
6 July 2015

Nine days in the Greek debt crisis

Here is a look at recent financial and political drama in Greece.
5 July 2015

EU could grant emergency loans to Athens

Europe will not "desert" the people of Greece regardless of the outcome of yesterday's referendum and may provide it emergency loans, the head of the
5 July 2015

'Dead' Turkish man spends decade to prove he is alive

A 46-year-old Turkish man mistakenly listed as dead by authorities has spent 10 years fighting to prove he is alive, state media reported yesterday. Sinan Avci,
5 July 2015

Princess Charlotte to be christened

Princess Charlotte is set to christened later at a ceremony attended by the Queen and other senior members of the Royal Family in Norfolk.
5 July 2015