Rome’s Colosseum metro station reveals ancient treasures
17 December 2025, 18:22 PM
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EU to deploy observers for national polls
16 December 2025, 21:30 PM
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Italian team crafts 3D‑printed pastries from plant cells
16 December 2025, 18:35 PM
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Thousands of glaciers to melt each year by mid-century: study
16 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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Small boat migrant crossings resume in English Channel
14 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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Spanish PM slams US ‘extrajudicial ops’ off Venezuela
12 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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Germany blames Russia for polls interference
12 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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UN urges Ethiopia, Eritrea to respect border pact
12 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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Bulgarian government resigns after mass anti-graft protests
12 December 2025, 08:25 AM
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Russia praises US security strategy shift
8 December 2025, 18:34 PM
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Heatwave across Med sparks health, fire warnings
Southern European countries yesterday braced for a punishing weekend heatwave, with temperatures predicted to hit up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and beyond, prompting health warnings for residents and tourists plus fears of wildfires.
27 June 2025, 19:01 PM
Trump, Europe at odds over Putin’s ambitions
For US President Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin is a man looking for an off-ramp to his bloody three-year assault on Ukraine.
27 June 2025, 18:54 PM
E.coli bacteria can turn plastic into painkillers
Scientists have found a way to use the bacteria E.Coli to convert plastic waste into a popular painkiller, a study said Monday, though outside experts doubted the technique would make a dent in the fight against plastic pollution.
24 June 2025, 18:15 PM
Us strikes on Iran: Hopes for nuke diplomacy shattered
In a bid to defuse the conflict over Iran’s nuclear program, foreign ministers from Europe’s top three powers hurried to meet their Iranian counterpart on Friday in Geneva.
23 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Pro-Gaza activists in UK damage planes at air base
Pro-Palestinian activists broke into a Royal Air Force base in central England yesterday, damaging and spraying red paint over two planes used for refuelling and transportation.
20 June 2025, 20:00 PM
Pope warns of AI risks to young brains
Pope Leo XIV yesterday warned of the potential consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) on the intellectual development of young people, saying it could damage their grip on reality.
20 June 2025, 19:59 PM
Moth uses stars to navigate
A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometres every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said Wednesday, the first time this talent has been discovered in an invertebrate covering vast distances.
19 June 2025, 18:27 PM
UK slaps new sanctions on Russia shadow fleet
The UK yesterday tightened its sanctions on Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, imposing bans on 20 more ships and blacklisting 10 other people or bodies involved in energy and shipping.
17 June 2025, 19:35 PM
Trump’s threats are ‘not what allies do’
French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday criticised US President Donald Trump for his threats to take over Greenland, saying that was “not what allies do”, as he arrived in the Danish autonomous territory for a visit.
15 June 2025, 19:49 PM
Conviction for graft: Ex-president Sarkozy stripped of France’s top honour
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of his Legion of Honour -- the country’s highest distinction -- following a conviction for graft, according to a decree published yesterday.
15 June 2025, 19:39 PM
May 2025 second warmest on record: EU monitor
Global heating persisted as the new norm, with last month the second warmest May on record on land and in the oceans, according to the European Union’s climate monitoring service.
11 June 2025, 19:47 PM
UK nuclear site could leak until 2050s: MPs
Britain’s most hazardous building threatens to leak radioactive water until the 2050s unless the clean-up of a former nuclear power plant is quickened, UK lawmakers warned yesterday.
4 June 2025, 19:43 PM
EU ‘well on track’ to reach 2030 climate targets
The European Union is on track to reach its 2030 climate targets, Brussels said yesterday, but uncertainty remains over the bloc’s ambitions to cut greenhouse gas emissions much further by 2040.
28 May 2025, 19:42 PM
Earliest proof of humans using whale bone tools found
Scientists announced Tuesday they have discovered the earliest evidence of humans using whale bones, finding weapons made from the remains of the massive mammals dating back more than 20,000 years.
28 May 2025, 18:35 PM
Cops say suspect mentally unstable
A German woman accused of a mass stabbing attack that wounded 18 people at a train station in Hamburg suffers from mental illness, police said yesterday.
24 May 2025, 19:26 PM
Dire sea level rise likely at 1.5C global warming
Rising seas will severely test humanity’s resilience in the second half of the 21st century and beyond, even if nations defy the odds and cap global warming at the ambitious 1.5 degrees Celsius target, researchers said yesterday.
20 May 2025, 18:26 PM
Russia bans Amnesty Int’l
Russia’s prosecutor general said yesterday it had banned human rights group Amnesty International Limited as an “undesirable organisation”, accusing it of backing Ukraine against Russia.
19 May 2025, 18:28 PM
Russian demands ‘non-starters’
The first direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in more than three years lasted well under two hours, with no apparent sign of progress so far in narrowing the gap between the sides, and a Ukrainian source called Moscow’s demands “non-starters”.
16 May 2025, 18:56 PM
Global acute hunger hits new high
More than 295 million people faced acute hunger last year, a new high driven by conflict as well as other crises -- and the outlook is “bleak” for 2025 as humanitarian aid falters, a UN-backed report said yesterday.
16 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Detained people: France sues Iran at top UN court
Paris has filed a case against Tehran at the top UN court over two French citizens who have been held in Iran for three years, the French foreign minister said yesterday.
16 May 2025, 18:00 PM