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