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Europe

More Sudanese refugees fleeing as far as Europe

Over a thousand Sudanese refugees have reached or attempted to reach Europe in early 2025, the United Nations’ refugee agency said yesterday, citing growing desperation in part due to reduced aid in the region.

2d ago

IMO approves first global carbon pricing system

Member states of the Intentional Maritime Organization (IMO) voted in favour of a global pricing system to help curb maritime emissions, the UN shipping body announced yesterday.

2d ago

Russia seeks ‘answers’ before Ukraine truce

The Kremlin yesterday said that it supported the idea of a truce in Ukraine but had many "questions" about how it would work, pushing back at US and European suggestions that it was playing for time.

6d ago

Tariffs war: Stocks sink again as Trump digs in

Stock markets and oil prices collapsed further yesterday on a black for markets as US President Donald Trump stood firm over his tariffs despite recession fears.

6d ago

EU to discuss setting up fund to buy defence gear

European Union finance ministers will discuss this week the setting up of a joint intergovernmental defence fund that would buy and own defence equipment and charge members a fee for its use, a paper prepared for the ministers’ discussions showed.

6d ago

Aid cuts could leave more women dying in pregnancy and birth, UN says

Cuts to aid budgets are threatening to undermine years of progress in reducing the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth, and could lead to a rise in deaths, the United Nations has warned.

1w ago

Russell Brand charged with rape

London’s Metropolitan Police yesterday said it had charged comedian and actor Russell Brand with rape and a number of other sexual offences.

1w ago

Major child sexual abuse image platform busted

German investigators said Wednesday that they had dismantled a major platform for the distribution of child sex abuse images with 1.8 million users worldwide in an international operation coordinated by Europol.

1w ago

IMO approves first global carbon pricing system

Member states of the Intentional Maritime Organization (IMO) voted in favour of a global pricing system to help curb maritime emissions, the UN shipping body announced yesterday.

2d ago

More Sudanese refugees fleeing as far as Europe

Over a thousand Sudanese refugees have reached or attempted to reach Europe in early 2025, the United Nations’ refugee agency said yesterday, citing growing desperation in part due to reduced aid in the region.

2d ago

EU to discuss setting up fund to buy defence gear

European Union finance ministers will discuss this week the setting up of a joint intergovernmental defence fund that would buy and own defence equipment and charge members a fee for its use, a paper prepared for the ministers’ discussions showed.

6d ago

Tariffs war: Stocks sink again as Trump digs in

Stock markets and oil prices collapsed further yesterday on a black for markets as US President Donald Trump stood firm over his tariffs despite recession fears.

6d ago

Russia seeks ‘answers’ before Ukraine truce

The Kremlin yesterday said that it supported the idea of a truce in Ukraine but had many "questions" about how it would work, pushing back at US and European suggestions that it was playing for time.

6d ago

Aid cuts could leave more women dying in pregnancy and birth, UN says

Cuts to aid budgets are threatening to undermine years of progress in reducing the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth, and could lead to a rise in deaths, the United Nations has warned.

1w ago

Russell Brand charged with rape

London’s Metropolitan Police yesterday said it had charged comedian and actor Russell Brand with rape and a number of other sexual offences.

1w ago

Major child sexual abuse image platform busted

German investigators said Wednesday that they had dismantled a major platform for the distribution of child sex abuse images with 1.8 million users worldwide in an international operation coordinated by Europol.

1w ago

‘Catastrophe’ if Iran is attacked

Russia yesterday said that threats of military strikes against its ally Iran were unacceptable and warned that attacking the Islamic Republic could lead to potentially catastrophic results if nuclear installations were bombed.

1w ago

EU chief says new US tariffs are 'major blow to world economy'

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warned Thursday, as she vowed Brussels was 'prepared to respond'

1w ago