New wildfire forces evacuations in Spain

Authorities on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria were set to evacuate more residents yesterday as a forest fire broke out just days after
18 August 2019, 18:00 PM

UK faces food, fuel and drugs shortages in no-deal Brexit

Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal, jamming ports and requiring a hard border in Ireland, official government documents leaked to the Sunday Times show.
18 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Ukraine hotel fire kills nine

Nine people were killed in a hotel fire in Ukraine’s port city of Odessa yesterday, leading authorities to launch a country-wide inspection of safety regulations in holiday resorts and hotels.
17 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Small protests in Moscow for free elections

Russian opposition activists held small one-man protests in Moscow yesterday to demand free elections, as the wave of the Russian capital’s larger demonstrations took a breather this weekend.
17 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Key wildlife meet eyes to toughen trade rules

Amid growing alarm over accelerating extinctions, a major international conference opened in Geneva yesterday aiming to tighten rules on trade in elephant ivory and other endangered animal and plant species.
17 August 2019, 18:00 PM

9 killed in Ukraine hotel fire

Nine people are killed in a hotel fire in Ukraine's port city of Odessa, leading authorities to launch a country-wide inspection of safety regulations in holiday resorts and hotels.
17 August 2019, 13:47 PM

Boost for UK PM Johnson

President Donald Trump on Thursday again signalled his desire for close trading ties with Britain once it leaves the European Union, saying a “fantastic” deal was in the works.
16 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Russian pilot hailed hero after crash landing

A Russian pilot was being hailed as a hero for landing an Airbus carrying more than 230 people in a Moscow corn field after a bird strike.
15 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Scientists find micro plastic in Arctic ice

Tiny pieces of plastic have been found in ice cores drilled in the Arctic by a US-led team of scientists, underscoring the threat the growing form of pollution poses to marine life in even the remotest waters on the planet.
15 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Norway detects radioactive iodine near Russia border

Norway’s nuclear safety authority said yesterday it detected tiny amounts of radioactive iodine in a region bordering Russia after an explosion at a Russian missile testing site.
15 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Labour vows to delay Brexit

Britain’s opposition Labour Party has vowed to call a vote of no-confidence in Boris Johnson’s government as soon as it believes it can win it and seeks to form a temporary government under leader Jeremy Corbyn to delay Brexit.
15 August 2019, 18:00 PM

‘No-deal Brexit would betray UK’

A no-deal Brexit would betray Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, former finance minister Philip Hammond said Wednesday, as he slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “wrecking” approach to negotiations. Hammond, who quit as chancellor just hours before
14 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Pope warns against rise of nationalism

Pope Francis yesterday warned against European nationalism, raising the “frightening” spectre of Hitler in comments published a day after Italy’s far-right interior minister bid to strengthen his hold on government.
9 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Trump lashes out at French president

President Donald Trump on Thursday accused his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron of getting in the way of US policy and sending “mixed signals” to Iran.
9 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Indigenous and women’s rights can boost climate fight: UN

Indigenous peoples said on Thursday that a United Nations report on climate change had for the first time recognised their land rights as important for curbing global warming.
9 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Moscow says US backed opposition protests

Moscow yesterday summoned a representative of the US embassy over what it said were calls to take part in opposition protests, despite US warnings to stay away from the rallies.
9 August 2019, 18:00 PM

It’s up to EU to avoid no-deal Brexit: UK FM

Britain’s foreign minister on Thursday pressed the European Union to amend the terms of Britain’s EU withdrawal agreement, saying Brussels would have to take responsibility for a no-deal Brexit if it does not compromise.
9 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Damascus rejects plan

Damascus said yesterday it strongly rejects a proposed US-Turkish buffer zone for northern Syria, blaming the “aggressive” project on Syria’s Kurds, who gave the proposal a guarded welcome.
8 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Change now or endanger climate

Humanity faces increasingly painful trade-offs between food security and rising temperatures within decades unless it curbs emissions and stops unsustainable farming and deforestation, a landmark climate assessment said yesterday.
8 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Venezuela accuses US of ‘economic terrorism’

Venezuela’s government yesterday accused the United States of trying to derail political crisis resolution talks with the opposition after
6 August 2019, 18:00 PM