Far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos deported to UK
30 August 2026
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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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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 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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Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
10 August 2026
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World
History under a loo
All Luciano Faggiano wanted, when he purchased a seemingly unremarkable building at 56 Via Ascanio Grandi, to open a trattoria -- a
15 April 2015
Germanwings plane evacuated after bomb scare
A Germanwings flight bound for Italy from Germany is evacuated late on Sunday due to a bomb threat, the airline said.
13 April 2015
Massive anti-corruption rally in Brazil
Hundreds of thousands of people joins peaceful demonstrations across Brazil against government corruption.
13 April 2015
Turkey furious as pope terms killings as genocide
Pope Francis yesterday uttered the word "genocide" to describe the mass murder of Armenians 100 years ago, sparking fury from Turkey which slammed the term as "far from historical reality".
In a solemn mass in Saint Peter's Basilica to mark the centenary of the Ottoman killings of Armenians, Francis said the murders were "widely considered 'the first genocide of the 20th century'," quoting a statement signed by Pope John Paul II and the Armenian patriarch in 2001.
12 April 2015
'World first' premature baby dialysis in Poland
An extremely premature Polish infant weighing just 820 grammes (1.8 pounds) becomes the world's smallest and youngest patient to escape death thanks to an artificial kidney, according to the doctor who oversaw the treatment.
12 April 2015
Poll predicts 'draw' in UK vote
Labour will draw with the Conservatives for the number of votes received at next month's general election, according to a new poll.
11 April 2015
Germany to bring back 100 tanks
Germany plans to bring 100 mothballed tanks back into service in what is widely seen as a response to rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine.
11 April 2015
Row over Falklands heats up
Britain and Argentina's longstanding dispute over the Falklands escalated yesterday as Buenos Aires took legal action against
9 April 2015
More chaos as French air strike continues
Hundreds of flights were cancelled and delays reported at airports around France yesterday as a strike by air traffic controllers entered
9 April 2015
Man shoots dead judge in Italy court
An armed man facing bankruptcy yesterday shot dead a judge and lawyer in a Milan court and wounded two other people before
9 April 2015
Clarkson to host HIGNFY
Jeremy Clarkson is set to make his first appearance on the BBC since losing his job as co-presenter on Top Gear.
8 April 2015
Tsipras, Putin in talks irks EU
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin in Moscow yesterday with the EU nervous that cash-strapped
8 April 2015
Chile flood toll rises; fears grow for missing
Rescue workers in Chile say the death toll from last week's floods has risen to 25 and could increase further. There is growing concern
5 April 2015
300 migrants rescued off Sicily
Around 318 migrants in distress at sea between Sicily and the coast of Libya were rescued by an Icelandic navy ship taking part in an EU
5 April 2015
Cern restarts 'Big Bang' collider
Scientists at Europe's particle physics research centre Cern yesterday restarted their "Big Bang" Large Hadron Collider (LHC), embarking
5 April 2015
Alps plane crash body search ends
French investigators have ended their search for bodies in the Alps where a Germanwings passenger jet crashed last month, killing all
5 April 2015
6 Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel east
Six Ukrainian troops were killed in two separate incidents in the troubled separatist-held east yesterday as isolated clashes continue to
5 April 2015
Three troops killed in restive east Ukraine
Three Ukrainian soldiers died when a mine exploded in the separatist-held east where isolated clashes continue to undermine a ceasefire
4 April 2015
Second black box found after 9 days
The second black box from the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps last week has been found after a nine-day search,
2 April 2015
Children’s hospital builds sleep app
A free app to improve children's sleep has been launched by doctors at the Evelina Children's Hospital in London.
2 April 2015