France tightens infant formula rules after toxin scare
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Russia says two crew members from US-seized tanker released
29 January 2026, 05:11 AM
Europe
Spain to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants: Minister
27 January 2026, 15:24 PM
Europe
US withdraws from WHO
24 January 2026, 02:38 AM
EU chief vows 'massive' Greenland investments
20 January 2026, 18:43 PM
World
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
5 nations hold 70pc of last wildernesses
More than 70 percent of Earth's last untouched wilderness lies in the territories of just five countries, scientists said Wednesday -- mostly nations that alarm environmentalists with their lukewarm response to climate change.
1 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Project launched to map genes of all complex life
Scientists launched a vast project yesterday to map the genetic code of all 1.5 million known species of complex life on earth, aiming to complete the work within a decade.
1 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Oceans heating faster than thought: study
The world's oceans have absorbed 60 percent more heat than previously thought over the last quarter of a century, scientists said yesterday, leaving Earth more sensitive still to the effects of climate change.
1 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Britain eyes Brexit deal by Nov 21
Britain's Brexit minister believes a divorce deal with the European Union could be struck by November 21, it emerged Wednesday, prompting EU leaders to warn this would require a breakthrough within days.
1 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Austria rejects UN migration pact
Austria yesterday said it will not sign a non-binding United Nations migration pact that is set to be adopted in December, in order to
31 October 2018, 18:00 PM
France begins nationwide probe
France has launched a nationwide probe into incidents of babies being born with either missing or malformed arms after abnormal rates of birth defects in several regions have sparked a public health scare.
31 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Russia launches terror probe
Russia said it had launched a probe into terrorism after a 17-year-old blew himself up at a regional headquarters of the FSB security service yesterday, wounding three employees.
31 October 2018, 18:00 PM
600,000 children die each year
Exposure to toxic air both indoors and out kills some 600,000 children under the age of 15 each year, the World Health Organization warned yesterday.
29 October 2018, 18:00 PM
End of era beckons
Angela Merkel yesterday announced she will quit as German chancellor when her mandate ends in 2021, as she sought to draw a line under a series of political crises that have rocked her fragile coalition.
29 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Merkel party hammered in key regional vote
The parties of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's right-left "grand coalition" took a beating yesterday, strengthening fears that the second tough regional election in as many weeks could threaten the alliance's survival.
28 October 2018, 20:15 PM
UN panel snubs Russia on nuke treaty
A UN General Assembly panel rejected Friday Russia's proposal to debate its resolution on preserving the Intermediate-Range Nuclear
27 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Turkey hosts key Syria summit
The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany yesterday met to try to find a political solution to Syria's devastating civil war,
27 October 2018, 18:00 PM
France expels Iranian diplomat
France has expelled an Iranian diplomat in response to a failed plot to carry out a bomb attack at a rally near Paris organised by an exiled Iranian opposition group, diplomatic and security sources say.
26 October 2018, 18:00 PM
World's rich get even richer
China produced around two new billionaires a week last year as the fortunes of the world's ultra-rich soared by a record amount, a report said yesterday.
26 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Harry and Meghan don Tongan dress as they bid farewell to Pacific Islands
Meghan Markle's trend-setting dress sense usually drives frenzied shopping at her favoured designers, but her latest choice - traditional Tongan couture - might prove a little harder for fashionistas to track down.
26 October 2018, 08:05 AM
Spain SC orders trial of Catalan leaders
Spain's Supreme Court yesterday ordered 18 former Catalan leaders to stand trial over their role in last year's declaration of independence.
25 October 2018, 18:00 PM
New arms race is on the way
President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia would be forced to target any European countries that agreed to host US nuclear missiles following Washington's withdrawal from a landmark Cold war-era arms control treaty.
25 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Such murder unthinkable 'without US backing': Iran
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday that Saudi Arabia would not have murdered prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi without American protection, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
24 October 2018, 18:00 PM
UN rights body slams French 'burqa ban'
The UN Human Rights Committee yesterday criticised France's so-called burqa ban, saying the law "violated" the rights of two women who were fined in 2012 for wearing full-face veils in public.
23 October 2018, 18:00 PM
UK PM fires back at party rebels
Britain's beleaguered Prime minister appealed to her increasingly mutinous party on Monday to back her Brexit strategy in the face of deep divisions at home and a tough negotiating stance from the EU.
23 October 2018, 18:00 PM