Danes yesterday voted in a knife-edge election with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen fighting for political survival. After a campaign dominated by climate concerns, inflation and healthcare, almost a quarter of voters were still undecided heading into election day, according to polls.

Greece’s coastguard said it was engaged in two separate rescue operations yesterday in search of dozens of migrants feared missing in gale-force winds.

The war raging in Ukraine and other overlapping crises are taking a toll on labour markets worldwide, the UN said yesterday, suggesting a “sharp” slowdown was already underway.

A painting by Dutch abstract painter Piet Mondrian has been hanging upside down for 77 years, says a curator at the German museum.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will host talks in Sochi on Monday between the leaders of arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Kremlin said, reasserting Moscow’s role following Western-led efforts to bring peace.

Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday that British navy personnel blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month, a claim that London said was false and designed to distract from Russian military failures in Ukraine.

The European Union on Thursday struck an agreement on legislation to phase out new CO2-emitting vehicles by 2035, negotiators announced.

When we look at the Russia of today, there is no room for old dreams. Our countries are standing against each other today.

The historical period of the West’s undivided dominance over world affairs is coming to an end. We are standing at a historical frontier: Ahead is probably the most dangerous, unpredictable and, at the same time, important decade since the end of World War Two.

Everybody is holding its breath about this. Further tests, of course, means that they are refining the preparations and the construction of their arsenal.

Whether they realised it or not, some 7.6 billion people -- 96 percent of humanity -- felt global warming’s impact on temperatures over the last 12 months, researchers have said.

Bees order numbers in increasing size from left to right, a study has shown for the first time, supporting the much-debated theory that this direction is inherent in all animals including humans.

Italy’s coastguard said yesterday it had rescued more than 1,000 migrants from two fishing boats in the Mediterranean overnight, while two bodies had been recovered.

French President Emmanuel Macron hosted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for lunch yesterday, with the leaders hoping to pare back differences on energy and defence and revitalise the EU’s key double act.

International climate pledges remain far off track to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a UN report released yesterday, less than two weeks ahead of high-stakes negotiations to tackle global warming.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni confirmed her government’s support for the European Union, Nato and Ukraine yesterday in her first address to parliament, one month after her far-right party won a historic election victory.

Rishi Sunak took charge yesterday as Britain’s third premier this year with his Conservative Party floundering in the polls and daunting challenges ahead.

Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister vessel of the iconic 17th-century warship “Vasa”, which sank on its maiden voyage, the Swedish Museum of Wrecks said on Monday.

Rishi Sunak yesterday became Britain’s third prime minister this year and the first person of colour to lead the former imperial power, vowing to lead the country out of a profound economic crisis and rebuild trust in politics.

As winter approaches, the World Health Organization yesterday stressed the importance of staying vigilant as cases of Covid and influenza rise in Europe, encouraging more people to get vaccinated.