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
Spain, Morocco halt deadly rush on Spanish enclave after 49,000 cross in a day
31 July 2026
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Europe
UK PM pledges to tackle elderly care crisis
30 July 2026
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Europe
Two dead after plane crashes onto German house’s roof
27 July 2026
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Europe
Over 4,000-year-old polychrome wall found in Peru
An ancient polychrome wall discovered in northern Peru is believed to be over 4,000 years old and could have been part of a ceremonial temple, according to archaeologists, offering new insights into the region’s historic cultures.
25 August 2023
Heineken sells off business for €1 in a bid to exit Russia
Dutch brewer Heineken said on Friday it had completed its exit from Russia by selling its operations there to Russia's Arnest Group for a symbolic one euro
25 August 2023
Putin delivers mixed tribute to Prigozhin
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to the family of Yevgeny Prigozhin yesterday, breaking his silence after the mercenary leader’s plane crashed with no survivors two months after he led a mutiny against army chiefs.
24 August 2023
UK backlog hits record high
The UK’s backlog of asylum claims has hit a record high, official figures showed yesterday, heaping fresh pressure on the government which has pledged to cut immigration.
24 August 2023
Prigozhin made 'mistakes' but 'achieved results': Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday expressed his "condolences" over a plane crash that killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, describing him as a man who made mistakes but "achieved results"
24 August 2023
Citizenship: Germany agrees to ease rules
The German cabinet yesterday approved plans to shorten the path to citizenship for immigrants and allow more people to have dual nationality.
23 August 2023
Firefighters battle blazes on multiple fronts
Greek firefighters yesterday struggled to contain uncontrolled fires throughout the country for a fifth day, several of them bordering an acrid, smoke-filled Athens.
23 August 2023
Germany agrees to ease rules
The German cabinet yesterday approved plans to shorten the path to citizenship for immigrants and allow more people to have dual nationality.
23 August 2023
Hitler’s birth house to be turned into police station
The redesign of Adolf Hitler’s birth house will go ahead as planned, starting on October 2, Austria’s interior ministry said Monday, after a documentary aired new claims about the late Nazi dictator’s wishes for it.
22 August 2023
AI likely to augment rather than destroy jobs
Artificial Intelligence is more likely to augment jobs than to destroy them, a UN study indicated on Monday, at a time of growing anxiety over the potential impact of the technology.
22 August 2023
Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into moon in failure
Russia’s first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme.
20 August 2023
Russia targets independent election monitor in raids
Russian security forces yesterday launched mass raids targeting the independent election monitoring group Golos, the group said, as its co-chair was taken in for questioning.
17 August 2023
Man arrested after Eiffel Tower jump
A man was arrested in Paris yesterday after jumping off the Eiffel Tower with a parachute, police and the monument’s operator said
17 August 2023
Fire at Russian fuel station kills 35
At least 35 people were killed in an explosion that created a huge fire ball at a fuel station in Russia’s remote Caucasus republic of Dagestan, spurring condolences from President Vladimir Putin yesterday.
15 August 2023
Russia air strikes target western Ukraine
Russian air strikes hit two western regions of Ukraine bordering Nato member Poland and other areas yesterday, killing three people and wounding more than a dozen, Ukrainian officials said.
15 August 2023
Three Bulgarians arrested in Britain
British police said yesterday they had charged two men and a woman with identity document offences after the BBC reported the group were accused of spying for Russia.
15 August 2023
Tourists found sleeping it off atop Eiffel Tower
Two American tourists were found sleeping off a heavy night in the heights of Paris’ Eiffel Tower on Monday, after dodging security the night before, the monument’s operator said yesterday.
15 August 2023
Russia delivering order to India on schedule: official
Russia will deliver an order of S-400 anti-aircraft systems to India within the agreed timeframe, Interfax news agency quoted a senior Russian defence export official yesterday as saying.
14 August 2023
Russia launches first Moon mission in 50yrs
Russia yesterday launched its first probe to the Moon in almost 50 years, a mission designed to give fresh impetus to its long-struggling space sector, which has been also hit by sanctions since the conflict in Ukraine.
11 August 2023
Over 100,000 crossings made since 2018: UK
More than 100,000 migrants have crossed the Channel on small boats from France to southeast England since Britain began publicly recording the arrivals in 2018, official figures revealed yesterday.
11 August 2023