Western Europe logs hottest June–July on record
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Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
10 August 2026
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Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
4 August 2026
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Europe
Spain, Morocco halt deadly rush on Spanish enclave after 49,000 cross in a day
31 July 2026
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Europe
UK PM pledges to tackle elderly care crisis
30 July 2026
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Europe
Two dead after plane crashes onto German house’s roof
27 July 2026
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Europe
UK PM vows to put ‘Britain’s interest first’ in Trump ties
27 July 2026
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Europe
Spain fights to ‘save lives’ as wildfires rage near Madrid
26 July 2026
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Europe
Rome to offer free movies for heat-relief
24 July 2026
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Europe
France records 5,700 excess deaths in June heatwave
23 July 2026
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Europe
Slash meat consumption to save climate: study
The world must drastically reduce its meat consumption in order to avoid devastating climate change, scientists said Wednesday in the most thorough study so far on how what we eat affects the environment.
11 October 2018
Tobacco giants cry foul after hard-line UN treaty
Big tobacco companies yesterday moved to counter the hard line taken by a global tobacco control treaty, including its decision that new "vaping" products should face the same restrictions as cigarettes.
11 October 2018
Tony Blair sees 50-50 chance
Former British leader Tony Blair said there was a 50-50 chance of another Brexit referendum as Prime Minister Theresa May will be unlikely to secure a parliamentary majority for any divorce deal.
11 October 2018
Climate-linked disasters cost soars: UN
The economic cost of climate-related disasters hit $2.25 trillion over the last two decades, an increase of more than 250 percent compared to the previous 20 years, the UN said yesterday.
10 October 2018
Pope blames devil
The devil is alive and well and working overtime to undermine the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis says.
8 October 2018
UK PM seeks support as others draw battle lines
Prime Minister Theresa May appealed to wavering British voters yesterday ahead of a defining few months in which she hopes to secure a Brexit deal and face down opponents who say her EU exit plan is too hard, too soft, or just plain wrong.
7 October 2018
UK, Australia blame Russia
Britain and Australia yesterday blamed Russia's military intelligence service for some of the biggest cyber attacks of recent years -- including one on the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 US presidential campaign.
4 October 2018
Dutch expelled four Russians over chemical weapons watchdog: intel agency
Dutch intelligence thwarted a Russian plot targeting global chemical weapons watchdog the OPCW in April and expelled four Russian agents, the defence minister said today.
4 October 2018
French interior minister quits
French President Emmanuel Macron was left scrambling to fill another key cabinet post yesterday after Interior Minister Gerard Collomb resigned, the third minister to step down in two months.
3 October 2018
America's global image worsens under Trump
The image of the United States has deteriorated further among its traditional allies after a year in which President Donald Trump ratcheted up his verbal attacks on countries like Canada and Germany, a leading survey showed.
2 October 2018
Merkel warns Trump against destroying UN
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday warned US President Donald Trump against "destroying" the United Nations.
1 October 2018
Nearly 700 migrants rescued off Spain
A total of 675 migrants, including children and babies, were rescued off the Spanish coast over the weekend, a government spokesman
1 October 2018
Macedonia votes to change name
More than 90 percent of the Macedonia's 1.8 million voters voted to change the country's name to North Macedonia but only a third of
1 October 2018
Frenchman in Nobel scandal jailed for two years for rape
A Swedish court yesterday sentenced a Frenchman at the heart of a Nobel scandal to two years in jail for rape in a scandal that emerged during the #MeToo campaign.
1 October 2018
'Don't bully us'
Britain cannot be bullied, Brexit minister Dominic Raab said yesterday, sharpening the government's criticism of the European Union for taunting Prime Minister Theresa May and souring difficult Brexit talks.
1 October 2018
British ministers' phone numbers leaked
Phone numbers and other personal details of senior ministers from Britain's Conservative party were made public by an app security flaw
30 September 2018
What's in a name?
Macedonians went to the polls yesterday to vote on whether to re-name their country North Macedonia in a bid to settle a long-
30 September 2018
'Let's come together'
Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday called on her party to unite behind her plan to leave the European Union, making a direct appeal
30 September 2018
Merkel, Erdogan vow to rebuild ties
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Friday to rebuild strained relations after a two-
29 September 2018
Major terror attack foiled in Netherlands
Dutch police arrested seven men Thursday suspected of plotting to carry out a "major terrorist attack" at a public event using explosive belts and an AK-47 assault rifle, the public prosecutor's office said.
28 September 2018