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US withdraws from WHO
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EU chief vows 'massive' Greenland investments
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Russia hits energy system in 5 regions of Ukraine
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US approves $1.5bn deal for Peru naval base
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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
Moscow invites Taliban to Afghanistan talks on Oct. 20
Russia will invite representatives of the Taliban to international talks on Afghanistan that it plans to host in Moscow on Oct. 20, President Vladimir Putin’s special representative on Afghanistan said on Thursday.
7 October 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1912 - Montenegro declared war on Turkey, beginning the First Balkan War.
7 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Resource degradation, conflicts to escalate
A vicious cycle linking the depletion of natural resources with violent conflict may have gone past the point of no return in parts of the world and is likely to be exacerbated by climate change, a report said yesterday.
7 October 2021, 18:00 PM
UK justice minister rapped for ‘misogyny’ gaffe
British justice minister Dominic Raab yesterday came under fire after saying that “misogyny is wrong, whether it’s a man against a woman or a woman against a man”.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Austria prosecutors raid offices of ruling party
Austria’s ruling People’s Party (OeVP) said it had been targeted by raids from prosecutors yesterday morning, with local media reporting that offices in the chancellery were among those searched.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Work on Catalysts: Duo wins Nobel Chemistry Prize
Germany’s Benjamin List and US-based David MacMillan yesterday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for developing a tool to build molecules which has helped make chemistry more environmentally friendly.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
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Assailants have separately shot and killed three men in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said, blaming the rebels fighting against the Indian rule in the disputed region for the string of attacks.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Germany inches closer to Scholz-led govt
Germany’s Greens and the liberal FDP party yesterday said they wanted to try to form a coalition government with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), dealing a blow to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
WHO okays world’s first malaria vaccine
The World Health Organization yesterday endorsed the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, the first against the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly children.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
After Pandora Papers, EU says it plans new rules against tax avoidance
The European Commission will present by the end of the year new legislative proposals to tackle tax avoidance and tax evasion, the EU tax commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told the European Parliament on Wednesday.
6 October 2021, 16:35 PM
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1908 - Bosnia and Herzegovina were annexed by Austria.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Macron meets Blinken
President Emmanuel Macron yesterday held talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in his first meeting with an American official since the scrapping of a submarine contract with Australia plunged relations into crisis.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Global tax deal drops ‘at least” from proposed minimum of 15pc
An updated draft of a global corporate tax overhaul has dropped “at least” from a proposed minimum rate of “at least 15 percent”, possibly clearing a major hurdle for Ireland as negotiations enter a final stretch, sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia reports record daily Covid deaths
Russia yesterday recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll as cases linked to the Delta variant spike amid a lacklustre vaccination drive and few anti-virus restrictions.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
France says it could review bilateral deals with Britain in fishing row fury
France is ready to review bilateral cooperation with Britain if London continues to ignore the agreement reached over fishing rights in its post-Brexit trading relationship with the European Union, the French prime minister said on Tuesday.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Work on Climate, Physical Systems: Trio wins Nobel Prize in Physics
US-Japanese scientist Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Giorgio Parisi of Italy yesterday won the Nobel Physics Prize for climate models and the understanding of physical systems, the jury said.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Russian crew to shoot first movie in space
A Russian actress and director yesterday arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) in a bid to best the United States and film the first movie in orbit.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Heat and Touch Work: US duo wins Nobel Prize for medicine
US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian yesterday won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch.
4 October 2021, 18:00 PM
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was sworn in for a new five-year term yesterday, but the milestone risked being undermined by growing alarm over the war in the north.
4 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Rome votes in mayoral polls dominated by rubbish and boars
The people of Rome began voting yesterday to elect a new mayor who will have the daunting task of tackling poor public transport and disastrous rubbish management in the Italian capital, dubbed one of the dirtiest cities in the world.
3 October 2021, 18:00 PM