Merkel okay after third trembling spell

German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted she was “very well”, despite suffering her third trembling spell in less than a month yesterday. Merkel began shaking involuntarily as national anthems were being played at the reception of Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne. But she
10 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi-origin workers paid least

Workers of Pakistani or Bangladeshi heritage have the lowest median hourly pay of any ethnic group, in the latter case earning 20.1% less than white British workers, the first official statistics on the subject show.
10 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Paris says its missiles found on pro-Haftar rebel base in Libya

The French government yesterday said that its missiles had been found in Libya on a base used by rebel forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, in
10 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Turkey orders arrests of 200 troops over coup

Turkish police began nationwide raids yesterday aimed at detaining over 200 military personnel suspected of ties to the group blamed
9 July 2019, 18:00 PM

New UK PM must hold 2nd Brexit referendum

Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday said Britain’s next prime minister must put their Brexit plan to a second
9 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Maduro ‘optimistic’ after Venezuela crisis talks

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro said Monday he was “optimistic” after dialogue between his government and the opposition
9 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Greece will be proud again

Greece’s new conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in yesterday after a sweeping election victory put him in
8 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Maximum sentences sought for bosses

French prosecutors on Friday urged a Paris court to find the former bosses of France Telecom guilty of “moral harassment” and hand
6 July 2019, 18:00 PM

China, UK in war of words

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday that he had not backed violent protests in Hong Kong, after Chinese state media blamed “Western ideologues” for fomenting unrest in the former British colony.
4 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Volcano erupts on Italian island of Stromboli, kills one person

A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli has erupted, releasing hot trapped magma in a powerful explosion, killing one person and enveloping the popular tourist destination in ash, witnesses and local officials have said.
4 July 2019, 04:33 AM

Russia’s Putin formally suspends INF treaty

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday signed into law a bill on the suspension of a crucial arms control treaty signed by US president
3 July 2019, 18:00 PM

EU elects new parliament president

The European Parliament yesterday elected an Italian social democrat as its new president, filling the final top EU job a day after Brussels named two women to key posts for the first time.
3 July 2019, 18:00 PM

China slams UK FM for colonial fantasy

China yesterday said it lodged an official protest with London over remarks by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt about Hong Kong, accusing him of “fantasising in the faded glory of British colonialism”.
3 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Last month hottest June on record: data

Last month was the hottest June ever recorded with soaring temperatures worldwide capped off by a record-breaking heatwave across
2 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Antarctic sea ice in dizzying decline since 2014: study

After mysteriously expanding for decades, Antarctica’s sea ice cover melted by an area four times greater than France in just a few years
2 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Man fell from Kenya Airways jet

The body of a man thought to have been a stowaway who fell from the landing gear of a Kenya Airways flight on its way into Heathrow Airport has been found in a garden in London, police said.
2 July 2019, 08:10 AM

Missile from Syria-Israel clash lands in Cyprus

An errant missile struck Cyprus early yesterday, skimming the densely populated capital Nicosia and crashing on a mountainside in
1 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Four murdered in London in 28 hours

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said police were working around the clock after four people were murdered in a bloody 28-hour period for
30 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Venezuelan parties to restart negotiations

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government and opposition leader Juan Guaido’s team will restart negotiations to try to resolve
30 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Prince William and Kate announce Pakistan visit

Prince William and his wife Kate will visit Pakistan later this year on the first royal trip to the country in more than a decade, Kensington
30 June 2019, 18:00 PM