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Two dead after plane crashes onto German house’s roof
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UK PM vows to put ‘Britain’s interest first’ in Trump ties
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Spain fights to ‘save lives’ as wildfires rage near Madrid
26 July 2026
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Rome to offer free movies for heat-relief
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France records 5,700 excess deaths in June heatwave
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Hitler’s birthplace begins new life as a police station
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Plane strikes flock of birds in Russia, 23 hurt
Russians hails a miracle after a passenger plane carrying 233 people made an emergency landing in a corn field on the outskirts of Moscow after striking a flock of birds shortly after take-off.
15 August 2019
‘No-deal Brexit would betray UK’
A no-deal Brexit would betray Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, former finance minister Philip Hammond said Wednesday, as he slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “wrecking” approach to negotiations. Hammond, who quit as chancellor just hours before
14 August 2019
Indigenous and women’s rights can boost climate fight: UN
Indigenous peoples said on Thursday that a United Nations report on climate change had for the first time recognised their land rights as important for curbing global warming.
9 August 2019
Moscow says US backed opposition protests
Moscow yesterday summoned a representative of the US embassy over what it said were calls to take part in opposition protests, despite US warnings to stay away from the rallies.
9 August 2019
It’s up to EU to avoid no-deal Brexit: UK FM
Britain’s foreign minister on Thursday pressed the European Union to amend the terms of Britain’s EU withdrawal agreement, saying Brussels would have to take responsibility for a no-deal Brexit if it does not compromise.
9 August 2019
Pope warns against rise of nationalism
Pope Francis yesterday warned against European nationalism, raising the “frightening” spectre of Hitler in comments published a day after Italy’s far-right interior minister bid to strengthen his hold on government.
9 August 2019
Trump lashes out at French president
President Donald Trump on Thursday accused his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron of getting in the way of US policy and sending “mixed signals” to Iran.
9 August 2019
Damascus rejects plan
Damascus said yesterday it strongly rejects a proposed US-Turkish buffer zone for northern Syria, blaming the “aggressive” project on Syria’s Kurds, who gave the proposal a guarded welcome.
8 August 2019
Change now or endanger climate
Humanity faces increasingly painful trade-offs between food security and rising temperatures within decades unless it curbs emissions and stops unsustainable farming and deforestation, a landmark climate assessment said yesterday.
8 August 2019
Venezuela accuses US of ‘economic terrorism’
Venezuela’s government yesterday accused the United States of trying to derail political crisis resolution talks with the opposition after
6 August 2019
July 2019 hottest month ever recorded: EU
July 2019 was the hottest month across the globe ever recorded, according to data released yesterday by the European Union’s satellite-
5 August 2019
English? Non merci, French minister tells fellow citizens
France’s culture minister has urged people to cut down on their increasing use of English, in the latest effort to protect the French
5 August 2019
Boy thrown from London’s Tate Modern is ‘stable’
A six-year-old boy thrown from a tenth-floor viewing platform at London’s Tate Modern gallery is no longer in a life-threatening
5 August 2019
Putin urges new arms talks with US
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday urged the United States to begin new arms talks after the collapse of a Cold War nuclear
5 August 2019
China destabilising Indo-Pacific
China is destabilising the Indo-Pacific, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said yesterday, charging Beijing with predatory economics,
4 August 2019
Venezuela rivals in Barbados talks
The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition are continuing to hold talks in Barbados in an effort to find
3 August 2019
How to feed 10b without ruining Earth
Experts yesterday began negotiating the most comprehensive scientific assessment ever of the role the land we live off plays in climate change, expected to highlight the stark choices humanity faces to feed 10 billion people while preserving Nature.
2 August 2019
Dutch ban on burqas takes effect
The Netherlands banned the wearing of a face-covering veil, such as a burqa or niqab, in public buildings and on transport from
1 August 2019
UK to spend extra $2.6b on no-deal Brexit planning
Britain said it is ramping up preparations for a no-deal Brexit by spending an extra 2.1 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) to stockpile medicines, hire more border officials and fund one of the biggest peacetime advertising campaigns.
1 August 2019
Macron, Rouhani hold talks amid tensions
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday spoke with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani and reiterated his call for a de-escalation of tensions between Iran and the United States, the Elysee said. Paris has engaged in intense diplomacy seeking to solve the
31 July 2019