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Spain to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants: Minister
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US withdraws from WHO
24 January 2026, 02:38 AM
EU chief vows 'massive' Greenland investments
20 January 2026, 18:43 PM
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Russia hits energy system in 5 regions of Ukraine
20 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Avoid Iranian airspace
18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
US approves $1.5bn deal for Peru naval base
17 January 2026, 00:00 AM
UK govt retreats on mandatory digital ID to work
15 January 2026, 04:34 AM
kill two near Russian border
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Trump says US will deal with Greenland 'easy way' or 'hard way'
10 January 2026, 09:17 AM
Sweden gets first woman PM
Sweden’s parliament elected Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson as the country’s first woman prime minister yesterday,
24 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Israel, Morocco sign security agreement
Israel and Morocco yesterday signed a security agreement making it easier for Rabat to acquire high-tech exports from Israel’s defence industry, as the countries expand ties following their normalisation deal last year.
24 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Merkel era ends
German Social Democrat Olaf Scholz yesterday said he had reached a deal with the Free Democrats and Greens to form a new coalition government that will bring the curtain down on the Angela Merkel era.
24 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Pandemic: EU considers booster shots for all adults
The head of the European Union’s public health agency Andrea Ammon yesterday said that Covid-19 vaccine boosters should be considered for all adults, with priority for those above 40 years, in a major change to the agency’s guidance.
24 November 2021, 18:00 PM
31 migrants die trying to cross English Channel to UK
Thirty-one people died on Wednesday after their dinghy capsized while crossing the Channel from France to Britain, in the worst disaster on record involving migrants in the waters separating the countries.
24 November 2021, 17:45 PM
1st Swedish female PM Andersson resigns less than 12 hours in job
Sweden's first female prime minister, Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson, resigned on Wednesday after less than 12 hours in the top job after the Green Party quit their two-party coalition, stoking political uncertainty.
24 November 2021, 16:04 PM
Olaf Scholz to take over as German chancellor in coalition deal, ending Merkel era
Social Democrat Olaf Scholz was preparing to take over as German chancellor after agreeing a coalition deal on Wednesday that aims to modernise Europe's largest economy, accelerate its green transition and bring the curtain down on the Angela Merkel era.
24 November 2021, 14:21 PM
Spanish researchers open up Covid antibody tests tech
Spain’s top research institution reached a licensing deal yesterday that paves the way for its Covid-19 antibody test to be produced more cheaply in developing countries.
23 November 2021, 18:00 PM
UK, US vow to recover crashed stealth jet before Russia
UK, US and Nato officials said on Monday they were confident of recovering a stealth fighter that crashed after take-off from the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier before Russia gets to it.
23 November 2021, 18:00 PM
WHO fears 700,000 more deaths by March
The World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday it feared Covid deaths in Europe would rise from the current 1.5 million to 2.2 million by March 2022 if the current trend continues.
23 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Forecasts may be too rosy: study
UN projections of how much current climate policies and national pledges to cut carbon pollution will slow global warming are more uncertain than widely assumed, researchers reported Monday.
23 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Poor diets imperilling the planet
Nearly half the world’s population suffer from poor nutrition linked to too much or not enough food, a global assessment said yesterday with wide-ranging impacts on health and the planet.
23 November 2021, 18:00 PM
At least 45, including children, dead in Bulgaria bus accident
At least 45 people were killed when a bus with North Macedonian plates caught fire on a highway in western Bulgaria on Tuesday, officials said.
23 November 2021, 05:04 AM
Egypt using French military aid to ‘kill civilians’: report
Egypt has used intelligence supplied by the French military to target and “kill civilians” suspected of smuggling, according to a report Sunday by investigative website Disclose, based on leaked documents.
22 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Belarus leader says EU refusing to discuss migrants
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said yesterday that the European Union was refusing to discuss the fate of 2,000 migrants wishing to go to Europe and stranded in Belarus.
22 November 2021, 18:00 PM
US, Australia, UK sign key deal
Australia formally embarked yesterday on a hotly-contested programme to equip its navy with nuclear-powered submarines in a new defence alliance with Britain and the United States.
22 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Death toll hits four from flooding in western Canada
The death toll from record flooding in western Canada has risen to four, with a fifth person still missing, local authorities there said Saturday.
21 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Fifth Covid wave hitting at ‘lightning’ speed
Fifth-wave coronavirus infections in France are rising at an alarming rate, the government reported yesterday, with new daily Covid cases close to doubling over the past week.
21 November 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Greatest attempt to destabilise Europe’
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki yesterday called the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border, the EU’s eastern frontier, the “greatest attempt to destabilise Europe” since the Cold War.
21 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Jabs alone won’t stop infections
As Western Europe’s vaccination rollout gained strength in the early part of 2021, many of the region’s leaders touted the shots as their immediate route out of the pandemic.
20 November 2021, 18:00 PM