Australian children take 900km drive in stolen car

Four children took a stolen four-wheel drive on a 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) road trip across the Australian outback before being
15 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Power back in Manhattan after huge power outage

A power outage that gripped New York’s Manhattan ended on Saturday after it plunged Broadway theaters into darkness, brought subways to a halt
14 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Spain rescues 141 migrants at sea

A total of 141 migrants from the sub-Sahara region were rescued at sea Saturday between Spain and Morocco, from a variety of
14 July 2019, 18:00 PM

France announces creation of a space force command

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday announced the creation of a new national military space force command that would
14 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Iran tanker will be freed if it doesn’t head to Syria

British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt sought to ease tensions with Iran on Saturday, saying a tanker held by Gibraltar would be released
14 July 2019, 18:00 PM

New Zealanders give up weapons

Dozens of New Zealanders handed in their firearms yesterday as a gun buyback scheme went into operation aimed at ridding the country
13 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Police warning to media stirs anger, condemnation

Senior British politicians, including both contenders to be the next prime minister, joined journalists yesterday in criticising police for
13 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Turkey ignores US warnings over Russian S-400 missiles

Turkey ignored US warnings as it continued yesterday to take delivery of Russia’s S-400 missile defence system near Ankara, a defence
13 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Merkel okay after third trembling spell

German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted she was “very well”, despite suffering her third trembling spell in less than a month yesterday. Merkel began shaking involuntarily as national anthems were being played at the reception of Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne. But she
10 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi-origin workers paid least

Workers of Pakistani or Bangladeshi heritage have the lowest median hourly pay of any ethnic group, in the latter case earning 20.1% less than white British workers, the first official statistics on the subject show.
10 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Paris says its missiles found on pro-Haftar rebel base in Libya

The French government yesterday said that its missiles had been found in Libya on a base used by rebel forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, in
10 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Turkey orders arrests of 200 troops over coup

Turkish police began nationwide raids yesterday aimed at detaining over 200 military personnel suspected of ties to the group blamed
9 July 2019, 18:00 PM

New UK PM must hold 2nd Brexit referendum

Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday said Britain’s next prime minister must put their Brexit plan to a second
9 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Maduro ‘optimistic’ after Venezuela crisis talks

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro said Monday he was “optimistic” after dialogue between his government and the opposition
9 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Greece will be proud again

Greece’s new conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in yesterday after a sweeping election victory put him in
8 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Maximum sentences sought for bosses

French prosecutors on Friday urged a Paris court to find the former bosses of France Telecom guilty of “moral harassment” and hand
6 July 2019, 18:00 PM

China, UK in war of words

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday that he had not backed violent protests in Hong Kong, after Chinese state media blamed “Western ideologues” for fomenting unrest in the former British colony.
4 July 2019, 18:00 PM

China slams UK FM for colonial fantasy

China yesterday said it lodged an official protest with London over remarks by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt about Hong Kong, accusing him of “fantasising in the faded glory of British colonialism”.
3 July 2019, 18:00 PM

Russia’s Putin formally suspends INF treaty

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday signed into law a bill on the suspension of a crucial arms control treaty signed by US president
3 July 2019, 18:00 PM

EU elects new parliament president

The European Parliament yesterday elected an Italian social democrat as its new president, filling the final top EU job a day after Brussels named two women to key posts for the first time.
3 July 2019, 18:00 PM