Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion
4 HOUR(s)
•
Europe
UK PM urges ‘reflection’ after death of Cambridge professor
16 August 2026
•
Europe
UK homes burnt, residents evacuated in fires
15 August 2026
•
Europe
Explosion rocks ammunition factory near Rome
15 August 2026
•
Europe
Europe Heatwave: More than 135m in Europe face 35°C plus
13 August 2026
•
Europe
Western Europe logs hottest June–July on record
11 August 2026
•
Europe
Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
10 August 2026
•
World
Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
4 August 2026
•
Europe
Spain, Morocco halt deadly rush on Spanish enclave after 49,000 cross in a day
31 July 2026
•
Europe
UK PM pledges to tackle elderly care crisis
30 July 2026
•
Europe
EU wants to send more people back to ‘home’
European Union migration ministers were set to meet yesterday to discuss visa restrictions and better coordination inside the bloc to be able to send more people with no right to asylum in Europe back to their home countries.
26 January 2023
EU wants to send more people back to Asia, Africa, Middle East
European Union migration ministers meet on Thursday to discuss visa restrictions and better coordination inside the bloc to be able to send more people with no right to asylum in Europe back to their home countries including Iraq.
26 January 2023
1 killed in Spain church attack, 'terror' motive probed
At least one person was killed and another was severely injured by a man wielding a bladed weapon in southern Spain on Wednesday, officials said.
26 January 2023
Microsoft scrambles to fix global outage
US tech giant Microsoft yesterday said it was working to fix a networking problem that had left users across the world struggling to
25 January 2023
Chris Hipkins takes charge as NZ PM
Hundreds gathered to applaud Jacinda Ardern as she left New Zealand’s parliament to resign as prime minister yesterday, before
25 January 2023
Norway fund drops China, India firms
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest, has excluded two companies from China and India for selling weapons to Myanmar, the Norwegian central bank said.
25 January 2023
ChatGPT bot passes US law school exam
A chatbot powered by reams of data from the internet has passed exams at a US law school after writing essays on topics ranging from constitutional law to taxation and torts.
25 January 2023
Knife attack on German train kills 2
Two people were killed and several others wounded in a knife attack on a regional train in northern Germany Wednesday, police said, announcing that the alleged assailant had been captured.
25 January 2023
Earth’s inner core may have started spinning other way
Far below our feet, a giant may have started moving against us.
24 January 2023
Cable sabotage paralyses busy Paris rail station
A busy railway hub in Paris suffered a near-total traffic shutdown yesterday after vandals triggered a crippling signal malfunction by setting cables on fire.
24 January 2023
Leopard tanks for Ukraine: Germany promises swift answer
Germany yesterday said it would decide “shortly” whether to authorise the export of powerful German-made Leopard battle tanks long sought by Kyiv and encouraged allies to start training Ukrainian forces to use them.
24 January 2023
Ardern makes last bow as NZ PM
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said yesterday she was grateful for her time in office, insisting that a sustained barrage of online abuse was not the reason for her shock resignation.
24 January 2023
UK PM orders probe into ally’s tax affairs
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday ordered an investigation into a wealthy ally’s murky tax dealings as he again vowed “integrity” in his government after Boris Johnson’s scandal-plagued tenure.
23 January 2023
WHO seeks $2.5b for health emergency responses in 2023
The World Health Organization yesterday appealed for $2.54 billion for its work in 2023 to help millions of people facing health emergencies around the world.
23 January 2023
EU imposes new sanctions on Iran
The EU yesterday placed 37 more Iranian officials and entities on an asset-freeze and visa-ban blacklist over Tehran’s bloody crackdown on protesters, officials said.
23 January 2023
Russia pushing towards 2 towns in Zaporizhzhia
Moscow’s forces are pushing towards two towns in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, where fighting intensified this week after several months of a stagnant front, Russian state media reported yesterday.
22 January 2023
French court convicts 14 Sri Lankans of migrant smuggling
A court in northern France on Thursday sentenced 14 Sri Lankans to prison for operating a migrant smuggling ring across Europe, as authorities across the continent try to crack down on the lucrative criminal networks.
20 January 2023
Race on to replace Ardern as NZ PM
Jacinda Ardern’s shock resignation yesterday sparked a push for New Zealand to choose its first Maori prime minister, as a small pack of candidates emerged for the top job.
20 January 2023
UK health system faces biggest day of strikes next month
The UK’s crisis-hit National Health Service (NHS) is set for its biggest ever day of industrial action next month after thousands of ambulance workers yesterday announced a series of new strikes.
20 January 2023
Nazi gold sparks Dutch village treasure hunt
Muddy holes dot the ground in a Dutch village where a map allegedly showing the location of Nazi loot buried in World War II has triggered an invasion of treasure hunters.
19 January 2023